Release date: June 6, 2007 Label: Curve Music Tracks: 12 Rating: 9 For anyone, like me, who is of the opinion that AFI lost the plot with their last record, let me introduce you to Burnthe8track. This four-piece Winnipeg band formed 10 years after AFI but their album Fear of Falling Skies seems to pick… Read more »
Release date: October 30, 2007 Label: Curve Music Tracks: 11 Rating: 7 A collaboration between the Kaiser Chiefs, Franz Ferdinand, and modern AFI might have produced a record very similar to this one released by Canadian quartet Grand:PM. The classical vocal and piano of front man Paul Mayer came together with the punk roots of… Read more »
At Home: Smog is costing us billions in health care According to Canadian researchers, rising levels of smog in cities are not only raising concerns about health in children and long-time residents, but are also costing taxpayers $2 billion annually for health care resources. After a study conducted in Toronto, it was determined that car… Read more »
Release date: 2005 Label: Interscope Tracks: 12 Rating: 8 Social Code is a band from St. Albert, Alberta, and they’re one of the reasons I continue to look into and constantly praise our local music. They’ve taken a bit of punk inspiration, an ability to write enjoyable rock ballads, and turned this into a record… Read more »
Release date: September 11, 2007 Label: Vice Records Tracks: 13 plus 1 bonus Rating: 7 This band first came to my attention about two weeks ago when I was up late watching MuchMusic’s Punk Show. Some days the program is great and others It’s nothing more than a waste of time, but on this particular… Read more »
At Home: Two deaths result from RCMP Taser use In the space of one week, two people have died in Canada from injuries sustained from RCMP use of Taser guns. The first victim was a Polish man who was Tasered by police officers after they attempted to subdue him at the Vancouver International Airport. Witnesses… Read more »
Five years ago I bought a copy of NOFX’s The Decline on vinyl. The 18-minute song was to me, and still is, one of the greatest recordings of modern punk and having it on vinyl made me feel like it was all the more a piece of musical history. For this one special record I… Read more »
At Home: Will Harper’s throne speech lead to an election? In the few remaining hours before the Conservative throne speech on Tuesday, the New Democratic Party and the Bloc Québécois announced that they would not support the Conservatives? objectives for the 29th Canadian Parliament. Immediately following the speech, in footage taken by CTV Newsnet, Members… Read more »
Release date: 2004 Label: Distort Entertainment Tracks: 11 Rating: 8 I realize this is not a new album; the reason I’ve brought Watch Out! into the spotlight this week is I think Alexisonfire is a band that has been overlooked and underrated for too long now. Maybe part of the problem is that audiences and… Read more »
At Home: Call for boycott on 2008 Beijing Olympics Washington correspondent Bob Woodruff told CTV Newsnet’s Kate Wheeler last week that in order to support the protests of the monks in Burma, Canada and other countries need to ban arms sales to the country and start boycotting the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Monks in the South… Read more »