Running June 10-16, NXNE in Toronto has announced a second wave of bands to perform this year, including Fucked Up, Nu Sensae, White Lung, Why?, and more.
Previously announced were band including Iceage, Supersuckers, Joey Bada$$, and others as well.
Since the 1980s, Vancouver, B.C. has always had a thriving punk scene, but the new millennium came in like a reaper and scythe, decimating live music venues until there was virtually nothing left. So, in true DIY fashion, performances began in the underground parking garage of the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design, that became known as The Emergency … Read more
There's very few bands that work as hard to bring the music to the masses as Supersuckers. They're like a sleeper cell. Without warning, they'll come out of hiding in Anytown, U.S.A. and blow shit up. They are a band that everyone needs to see live at least once - and when you do, you'll want to see them every … Read more
Deep Fantasy is pissed off, but it could still use a good angry howl every so often.The record, the third from Vancouver’s White Lung, is their first on Domino Records and was recorded as a trio (though they still tour as a quartet). The band has seen its fair share of comparisons to Pretty Girls Make Graves and this release isn’t going to … Read more
In the days leading up to the three-day Fun Fun Fun Fest, weather forecasters were calling for yet another weekend of torrential rain in and around Austin. Strange, as, after going precipitation free for the majority of the previous three months, the weekend of the US Formula 1 Grand Prix … Read more
Eddie Spaghetti (Supersuckers, solo) SPB: In one of your columns you wrote for us, you talked of being a disco DJ at house parties. What’s the best disco song out there? Spaghetti: Hmm. Tough question for sure. So many good ones. But if pressed to pick the ONE, genre defining … Read more
After our pre-festival coverage of Beacons 2013, we spoke to a couple of the headliners: Fucked Up and Wire. Read on for more from both bands. Fucked Up/No Warning - Ben Cook Scene Point Blank: That show just now looked crazy. Ben Cook: Yeah, I was pretty high. Scene Point … Read more
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