At Home: Alberta votes 2008 On March 3, Albertans are due to hit the polls again and ultimately to elect Progressive Conservative leader Ed Stelmach. Let’s face it, Alberta isn’t known for its close political races. The only real excitement this time around comes from the Edmonton-Castle Downs race, where in 2004 Progressive Conservative candidate… Read more »
Release date: September 2007 Label: Fat Wreck Chords Tracks: 12 Rating: 10 Introducing the Band: Chris Cresswell – Vocals and Guitar; Scott Brigham ? Guitar; Jon Darbey ? Bass; and Paul Ramirez ? Drums The Flatliners are a four-piece punk band from Toronto who were picked up by Fat Mike and the Fat Wreck Chords… Read more »
At Home: Harsh winter but global warming continues nonetheless Many Canadians have been wondering exactly what happened to global warming with some of the brutally cold temperatures that have been a part of the winter of 2007/2008. The nation has been hit with winter storms that have dumped snow in amounts not seen in years…. Read more »
At Home: Gunman arrested in Montreal high school Montreal high school Polyvalente Cavelier-de-Lasalle has a reputation of being a somewhat rough educational centre, where earlier in the week a parent allegedly assaulted his eighth grade child’s gym teacher, punching the man and breaking his nose. The police are said to have a close relationship with… Read more »
Release date: October 2007 Label: Fat Wreck Chords Tracks: 12 Rating: 9 This is the first record released by American Steel in six years, after splitting up in 2002 following drawn-out tours of North America that, according to Fat Wreck Chords, included basements as well as decent clubs. The band began as something of an… Read more »
Release date: June 2007 Label: Fat Wreck Chords Tracks: 12 Rating: 10 Since the band’s first release on Fat Wreck Chords in 1994 (Another Day in Paradise), Strung Out has been a huge hit on the SoCal punk scene and has also cultivated decent fan bases internationally. Earlier albums featured a different line-up than the… Read more »
At Home: Newfoundland sees funeral crime wave in January A 46-year-old Newfoundland woman has been charged with theft following a funeral on January 7. The police who made the arrest say that the woman had been a volunteer at the Anglican church in Harbour Breton where the funeral was held, and thus in a prime… Read more »
Release date: June 2007 Label: Hype Music Tracks: 10 Rating: 7 Pleasure Shop is an Ontario band that originally began its musical life playing the blues; front man Chris Chown says when he started singing and writing music he hadn’t even listened to the radio, just his mother’s blues records for inspiration. Eventually, Pleasure Shop… Read more »
At Home: Canada’s aboriginal population has risen at an exceptional rate A recent report released by Statistics Canada shows that the total number of Aboriginal Canadians has reached the one million mark?an increase of 45 per cent over the last ten years. Comparatively speaking, this means that the native population (this includes people grouped under… Read more »
The last year has been a poignant one for music; emerging bands found centre stage, old favourites finally wrapped up their recording sessions, and we lost one of the great modern punk bands. Now what do we have to look forward to this year? For one thing, Green Day is rumoured to be releasing another… Read more »