Minneapolis has no shortage of great punk bands, and now Dirt Cult Records have found yet another band to add to that ever growing list in the form of Sundowners.
The band will be releasing their new album, The Larger Half Of Wisdom, on May 25th and we’re pleased to premiere a new song from that album today.
The track, Heavy Cards, is the ninth song on the album and can be heard below.
Canadian based band, The Brains, are one of the most insane, undead and best psychobilly horror-punks alive. They break all the rules, push the envelope, a respect their fans as they make their mark in music. Their latest album, The Monster Within, is a stellar, unholy piece with haunting vocals unleashed from Rene D La Muerte (vocals), along with a tight rhythm section from Pat Kadaver (drums) and Colin The Dead (stand up bass). We spoke with The Brains frontman Rene D La Muerte about the band, the album, how he feels about breaking rules and whom he would like to meet in the afterlife.
Pouzza Fest 2013 is set to take over downtown Montreal on May 17th to 19th, 2013. For the third year in a row, founder Hugo Mudie has gathered some of the biggest punk bands from around Canada and the world and got them to come into the city for one weekend of punk rock madness. With 12 venues and almost 300 bands, the festival is becoming the Canadian counter part to The Fest where punk fans can see their all time favourites (American Steel, New Found Glory, The Ataris, Big D & The Kids Table, Planet Smashers, etc.) and be introduced to great local bands from around the country (Ma Jolie, Audio/Rocketry, Fire Next Time Miracles, etc.) all in the course of one weekend.
Dustin Blumhagen caught up with Hugo Mudie to discuss this year’s festival, the motivation behind doing it, plans for the future and the agony of deciding which bands to see and who they’ll have to miss.
Florida’s pop-punk outfit New Found Glory have become a staple in the pop-punk world since their formation in 1997. No pop-punk conversation would be complete without having their name come up, particularly when talking about the explosion that happened around the turn of the century. Their signature style and sound has influenced countless other bands over the years and the band shows no sign of slowing down.
At the same time, the band also doesn’t take the past for granted. You don’t need to look further than their recent Record Story Day vinyl EP, Mania which sees them covering Ramones’ hits like “I Wanna Be Sedated”, “Rock N Roll High School”,”Judy Is A Punk” and the classic “The KKK Took My Baby Away”. On top of celebrating other punk icons,New Found Glory are set to embark on a celebratory tour of themselves for their tenth anniversary of their 2002 album Sticks and Stones.
Playing the album in its entirety - including the hits like My Friends Over You, Something I Call Personality and Head On Collision - the band will also be playing a selection of tracks from their other six full length albums right up to 2011′sRadiosurgery.
The tour will see them playing all across Western Canada for the first time in over a decade. Union Events have given us a pair of tickets to each show on the tour to give away:
Sunday May 26th @ 6:30 PM - Garrick Centre – Winnipeg,MB
Tuesday May 28th @ 6:30 PM - Louis’ Pub – Saskatoon, SK
Wednesday May 29 @ 6:30 PM – MacEwan Ballroom – Calgary, AB
Thursday May 30 @ 5:00 PM — Starlite Room- Edmonton, AB
Saturday Jun 1 @ 8:00 PM — Rickshaw Theatre – Vancouver, BC
Have no fear, Red City Radio is here! This four-piece punk rock band coming straight from Oklahoma City will rock your punk rock world. The band’s latest album Two for Flinching is epic; standing out in the sea of bands as each member belts out vocals on different tracks.
Ashley N. Milholland met up with the band in Jacksonville, FL at the Phoenix Taproom where their humble yet comedic attitude made for an interesting interview as I talked with the guys about their beginnings to their future plans for this coming year.
Last year, The Menzingers were all over the place. Their third record, and Epitaph debt, On The Impossible Past was released to great fanfare. As the year came to an end, it graced countless top ten lists and for good reasons too: it’s a nearly perfect album.
In support of the album, the band headlined Pouzza Fest and The Fest and shared the stage with the likes of Bouncing Souls, Propaghandi and much more. Their first tour of the new year saw them hitting the road with Hot Water Music and La Dispute. We caught up with frontman Tom May after their set when they played the Vogue theatre in Vancouver to discuss the tour, the album, and the future of the band.
The Mahones are a Celtic-punk landmark. Formed in 1990 at an off-hand request to play a Saint Patrick’s Day celebration at a local pub, Finny McConnell has kept the band going for 23 years – travelling across the world and sharing his love for punk fueled music with the globe.
As the Montreal by way of Kingston band kicked off their Western Canadian tour in support of their newest album,Angels & Devils, we exchanged some questions with the enthusiastic front man about the tour, the Grey Cup, their appearance in The Fighter and what we can expect from them in their 23rd year.
2012 has come and gone. The so-called apocalypse never happened. Green Day released three albums and had a mental breakdown. Some guy danced his way to a billion views on YouTube (which, I guess, is a big deal). Barack Obama won the highly contested US Presidential election. Against Me!‘s Tom Gabel came out as transgender and changed her name to Laura Jane Grace, and has been killing it on stage ever since. Hundreds of beers were consumed at The Fest 11 while Hurricane Sandy left countless Festers stranded at various airports across the East coast. December 22nd was the tenth anniversary of the passing of the legendary Joe Strummer and heartwarming memories were shared across the internet while hearts were broken in the summer as No Use For A Name‘s Tony Sly sadly passed away in his sleep at the young age of 41.
Suffice to say, it was a busy year.
Like any website out there, we at ThePunkSite.com have compiled our favourite releases of the year and collected them in a nice, tiny, list-format. Without any further ado, here are our Best Of lists for 2012.
Ben Rispin is a busy man. When not touring with his band Saint Alvia, he’s carefully orchestrating a unique festival in his home town of Burlington, Ontario. The festival, dubbed Burly Calling, is entering its sixth year and sees a swarm of bands take over the samll town and playing venues all over the city. What started as a joke tour to raise funds for a full flegde tour as now progressed into something that the entire town eagerly awaits. This year’s edition is special as well as Saint Alvia are set to drop their new album, Static Psalms, in conjunction with the Festival.
We wanted to learn more about the festival and the album so Nicole Pollo had a little e-mail conversation with him to figure out exactly what’s happening this year in the world of Ben Rispin.
Read the interview here and make sure to catch Burly Calling 6 this weekend from December 7th to 9th.
Get out you Baseball bats because the bad boys of summer, The Isotopes, are in full swing with their newly released EP Blood Diamond. Defining themselves as the World’s Greatest Punk Rock Baseball band, their songs and lyrics are fused with all that encompasses Baseball by adding a punk rock spin to it, as you can hear in their cover of the classic song “Take Me Out To The Ball Game” which can be heard on their new EP. Ashley spoke with Evan October, lead vocalist and guitar player, about everything including their Baseball theme, their new EP and what you can expect to see from the band in 2013.
Greg MacPherson is no stranger to the Canadian music world. Based out on Winnipeg, this singer-songwriter has been steadily growing his fan base for the last decade with six solo albums on some of Canada’s most well respected indie labels such as G7 Welcoming Committee and Smallman Records.
Always dedicated to supporting the local scene, and community as a whole, MacPherson is a force of positivity, working towards making the world a generally better place – be it through music or any other type of community development. Having just started a brand new record label called Distintegration Records, we exchanged emails with MacPherson as he wrapped up his first tour of Western Canada with his brand new band Nova in support of their album Midnight.
Pop-punkers All Time Low and Yellowcard both just released new albums for their fans to devour, Don’t Panic and Southern Air respectively.
In support of the two releases, the bands are hitting the road together with support from Fireworks in early 2013. The tour will see them hit up Vancouver, BC and play at The Vogue Theatre on Saturday, January 26th, 2011.
LiveNation has been kind enough to give us a pair of tickets to the show to one lucky winner. Simply fill out the form below to enter to win. Remember, must be 13 years or older to enter and must have own transportation to/from the venue. The winner must have Government issued-ID to pick up the tickets on the day of the concert.
A lot of things happen each and every week that sometimes it’s hard to keep track of everything. If you’re somehow without internet access for a day, you could miss a big tour announcement or signing – and we don’t want that to happen. That’s why we have “The Week That Was” where we will recap the more important news stories from the past week.
A lot of things happen each and every week that sometimes it’s hard to keep track of everything. If you’re somehow without internet access for a day, you could miss a big tour announcement or signing – and we don’t want that to happen. That’s why we have “The Week That Was” where we will recap the more important news stories from the past week.
Just a year after doing their first ever full blown Canadian tour with NOFX, pop-punk superstars Teenage Bottlerocketwere back and touring the Great White North. The only difference is that this time they were headlining and bringingThe Dopamines and Elway along for the ride.
We had a little e-mail conversation with guitarist Ray Calisle as they prepared for the tour, you can read the interview here.
A lot of things happen each and every week that sometimes it’s hard to keep track of everything. If you’re somehow without internet access for a day, you could miss a big tour announcement or signing – and we don’t want that to happen. That’s why we have “The Week That Was” where we will recap the more important news stories from the past week.
A lot of things happen each and every week that sometimes it’s hard to keep track of everything. If you’re somehow without internet access for a day, you could miss a big tour announcement or signing – and we don’t want that to happen. That’s why we have “The Week That Was” where we will recap the more important news stories from the past week.
Quebec City’s technical punk band Mute are no stranger to hard work and dedication. Forming in 1998, the band has spent the last fourteen years honing their craft and touring the world. Touring across North America with the likes ofStrung Out and Rise Against and heading overseas countless times for festivals and other touring opportunities, the band has chiselled away and slowly developped a name for themselves.
All that hard work paid off as they played the biggest show of their career opening for Alkaline Trio and The Offspring on the Plains D’Abraham for the Festival D’Ete. The hometown crowd was there early and broke into a whirlwind of activity the moment the band stepped on stage. Circle pits and crowd surfers appeared out of nowhere and the air filled with a steady stream of dust being spat up from the ground.
We spoke with Alex Trépanier and Étienne Dionne before they took the stage, talking about the festival, the crowd and their decision to cover Mr. Big‘s To Be With You.
Minneapolis has no shortage of great punk bands, and now Dirt Cult Records have found yet another band to add to that ever growing list in the form of Sundowners.
Canadian based band, The Brains, are one of the most insane, undead and best psychobilly horror-punks alive. They break all the rules, push the envelope, a respect their fans as they make their mark in music. Their latest album, The Monster Within, is a stellar, unholy piece with haunting vocals unleashed from Rene D La Muerte (vocals), along with a tight rhythm section from Pat Kadaver (drums) and Colin The Dead (stand up bass). We spoke with The Brains frontman Rene D La Muerte about the band, the album, how he feels about breaking rules and whom he would like to meet in the afterlife. 
Pouzza Fest 2013 is set to take over downtown Montreal on May 17th to 19th, 2013. For the third year in a row, founder Hugo Mudie has gathered some of the biggest punk bands from around Canada and the world and got them to come into the city for one weekend of punk rock madness. With 12 venues and almost 300 bands, the festival is becoming the Canadian counter part to The Fest where punk fans can see their all time favourites (American Steel, New Found Glory, The Ataris, Big D & The Kids Table, Planet Smashers, etc.) and be introduced to great local bands from around the country (Ma Jolie, Audio/Rocketry, Fire Next Time Miracles, etc.) all in the course of one weekend.
Florida’s pop-punk outfit New Found Glory have become a staple in the pop-punk world since their formation in 1997. No pop-punk conversation would be complete without having their name come up, particularly when talking about the explosion that happened around the turn of the century. Their signature style and sound has influenced countless other bands over the years and the band shows no sign of slowing down.
Have no fear, Red City Radio is here! This four-piece punk rock band coming straight from Oklahoma City will rock your punk rock world. The band’s latest album Two for Flinching is epic; standing out in the sea of bands as each member belts out vocals on different tracks.
Last year, The Menzingers were all over the place. Their third record, and Epitaph debt, On The Impossible Past was released to great fanfare. As the year came to an end, it graced countless top ten lists and for good reasons too: it’s a nearly perfect album.
The Mahones are a Celtic-punk landmark. Formed in 1990 at an off-hand request to play a Saint Patrick’s Day celebration at a local pub, Finny McConnell has kept the band going for 23 years – travelling across the world and sharing his love for punk fueled music with the globe.
2012 has come and gone. The so-called apocalypse never happened. Green Day released three albums and had a mental breakdown. Some guy danced his way to a billion views on YouTube (which, I guess, is a big deal). Barack Obama won the highly contested US Presidential election. Against Me!‘s Tom Gabel came out as transgender and changed her name to Laura Jane Grace, and has been killing it on stage ever since. Hundreds of beers were consumed at The Fest 11 while Hurricane Sandy left countless Festers stranded at various airports across the East coast. December 22nd was the tenth anniversary of the passing of the legendary Joe Strummer and heartwarming memories were shared across the internet while hearts were broken in the summer as No Use For A Name‘s Tony Sly sadly passed away in his sleep at the young age of 41.
Ben Rispin is a busy man. When not touring with his band Saint Alvia, he’s carefully orchestrating a unique festival in his home town of Burlington, Ontario. The festival, dubbed 
Greg MacPherson is no stranger to the Canadian music world. Based out on Winnipeg, this singer-songwriter has been steadily growing his fan base for the last decade with six solo albums on some of Canada’s most well respected indie labels such as G7 Welcoming Committee and Smallman Records.
A lot of things happen each and every week that sometimes it’s hard to keep track of everything. If you’re somehow without internet access for a day, you could miss a big tour announcement or signing – and we don’t want that to happen. That’s why we have “The Week That Was” where we will recap the more important news stories from the past week.
A lot of things happen each and every week that sometimes it’s hard to keep track of everything. If you’re somehow without internet access for a day, you could miss a big tour announcement or signing – and we don’t want that to happen. That’s why we have “The Week That Was” where we will recap the more important news stories from the past week.
Just a year after doing their first ever full blown Canadian tour with NOFX, pop-punk superstars Teenage Bottlerocketwere back and touring the Great White North. The only difference is that this time they were headlining and bringingThe Dopamines and Elway along for the ride.
A lot of things happen each and every week that sometimes it’s hard to keep track of everything. If you’re somehow without internet access for a day, you could miss a big tour announcement or signing – and we don’t want that to happen. That’s why we have “The Week That Was” where we will recap the more important news stories from the past week.
A lot of things happen each and every week that sometimes it’s hard to keep track of everything. If you’re somehow without internet access for a day, you could miss a big tour announcement or signing – and we don’t want that to happen. That’s why we have “The Week That Was” where we will recap the more important news stories from the past week.
Quebec City’s technical punk band Mute are no stranger to hard work and dedication. Forming in 1998, the band has spent the last fourteen years honing their craft and touring the world. Touring across North America with the likes ofStrung Out and Rise Against and heading overseas countless times for festivals and other touring opportunities, the band has chiselled away and slowly developped a name for themselves.
