Graeme Houssin sits down with one of Winnipeg’s premiere punk drummers to talk about emotional labour, Mario Kart and navigating the non-binary. This article is a partnership between SPF and Queer Music Spotlight, a blog by Houssin showcasing the best queer-made music weekly.
High-energy Kingston kings of party rock, Enrights, kick things up a notch with their brand new EP, Holding Me Back // Club Soda – Out March 29. The Ontario quartet pulls inspiration from the legendary rock vibes of yesteryear and serves an exuberant and addicting nod to early 70s & 90s rock ‘n roll mixed with a fresh, modern twist. We caught with guitarist/vocalist, Andrew Wright to talk about self-recording their releases, and the band’s excitement for growing into this fun, new throwback sound.
Painting a painful portrait of infidelity and the dark truths we often try our best not to think about, is the brand new split release, homewrecker. The five-song EP is the latest collaborative project by Canadian musicians housepanther and wrecker and melds indie-pop, folk, and rock to bring you a memorable and moving batch of songs. We sat down with Bailee Woods (housepanther) and Jory Strachan (wrecker) to chat about what sparked the project, working together and what it takes to write such intricate and intimate songs.
You know what they say, there’s no rainbow without dealing with the rain. Pulling inspiration from pain, Winnipeg singer/songwriter The Rainy Day Apparel encapsulates the vast emotional spectrum that is the human condition. From love and loss to the feeling of being lost, he wonderfully meshes the messiness of life with a dash of heartfelt hope in his new EP, Reset.
The old school pop-punk revival is alive and well in Denver thanks to Stray the Course. Melding the signature upbeat, pop elements of late 90s punk with the darker states of early emo, the quartet blends their favourite musical elements to create their nostalgic and emotionally-driven debut EP, Jetlag.
In late 2017, the Canadian punk scene said a heart-wrenching goodbye to Dangercat, one of Winnipeg’s most prominent groups, but hoping to fill that void now is new punk band, Sour Days.
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