On covers pt. 2 -or- Wax Trax pt. 7 -or- something
In today’s installment of our feature on vinyl-only releases, we touch once again on a cover song. Hawks and Doves is the latest project from Gared O’Donnell, a guy who spent a lot of years as the...
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If Regina’s music scene has an abundance of anything, its bands that take themselves seriously. Very seriously. Call Molten Lava the antithesis of that mentality. The two-piece noise-mongers are not...
View ArticleBecause nothing says “Good Friday” like naked punk rockers
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This thing just sounds legendary. While Fucked Up have been hardcore’s red-headed stepchild ever since 2006′s Hidden World, they’re on a whole other plane of existence right now. The Chemistry of...
View ArticlePat’s Top Best Favourite Records of 2008, Vol 5
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