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Craig Lewis remembers Quebec City punks DISCORDIA, Caillou, and finding himself in Quebec City
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (600+ words) Growing up in Boston; I don't know how other people felt, but I don't think I ever felt like I truly belonged. I always gravitated toward Quebec because I knew that I would feel safer in places where people spoke…...
Cobourg hardcore muscle MAXIMUM FORCE lock into late-80s hardcore blueprint on "Physical Therapy Records" demo
6+ day, 21+ hour ago (485+ words) The first hit lands like a fist into concrete " short pause, tension, then impact. Maximum Force don't waste time easing in. This demo is built to move weight, whether that's a barbell or a car you're probably driving a bit…...
BRIGHTSHADE blur nu-metal drive and cinematic tension on debut "Lost and Haunted
1+ week, 13+ hour ago (439+ words) There's a point in "Lost and Haunted" where everything locks in " not in a clean, overworked way, but in that slightly chaotic, "don't touch it, it works" sense bands usually sand away. Brightshade built their first single around chasing exactly…...
Immobilism" finds ORGAN pushing their instrumental post metal doom into colder, more desolate ground
1+ week, 2+ day ago (518+ words) The first piece written for "Immobilism" takes its name from a way of painting'tenebrism, the heavy contrast of light and shadow associated with Caravaggio and D'rer. That same push and pull runs through the entire record, five instrumental suites built…...
Baltimore's emo alt rockers STILL BONES turn frustration into motion on collaborative EP "Start/Stop
1+ week, 6+ day ago (619+ words) You better take the long way to see it through / Don't care about the wrong way, got better things to do." The line lands early in Long Way," and it sticks there, not as a slogan but as a workaround'something…...
Pop punk rockers HARK! A SHARK! break a decade of silence with "Sirens" and the coming EP "Very Nice, Very Evil"
2+ week, 2+ day ago (594+ words) Sirens by Hark! A Shark! Sirens by Hark! A Shark! "Sirens," out April 1, is Hark! A Shark! s first new release in ten years, and the first look at the upcoming EP "Very Nice, Very Evil," due this summer. The…...
Montreal teenagers GENERAL CHAOS push harder on "Busted" and map out the anger behind "Can't Please 'Em All"
2+ week, 2+ day ago (599+ words) Some bands spend years trying to sound this direct. General Chaos got there by sixteen. "Busted," the first single from the Montreal trio's second LP "Can't Please 'Em All" gets in, says its piece, and leaves a mark: fast downstrokes,…...
Mellow shoegaze alt rockers PILEUP walk through their mesmerizing album "Leave The Light On"
2+ week, 3+ day ago (1867+ words) There's a steel water tower at the end of a gravel turn on the outskirts of Portland, half-swallowed by evergreens, immense and alien and industrial against all that green. Nathan Urbach grew up nearby, used to walk down to it…...
"Demonstrating Violence", with ODD LIMBS
2+ week, 3+ day ago (652+ words) Eight tracks. Eighteen-second blasts sitting next to a three-minute-forty-six closer. Los Angeles powerviolence that took over a year to get out of the room and into the world. Odd Limbs are Spencer Gilmore (guitar/vocals), Melody Corza (vocals), Roger Iglesias…...
UNSTABLE SHAPES give Rites of Spring's "For Want Of" a wider release on March 27
2+ week, 6+ day ago (664+ words) Unstable Shapes are taking a live recording from their fourth show and putting it back to work. Today, the Minneapolis five-piece releases their version of Rites of Spring's "For Want Of" to streaming services, with all revenue again going to…...