Teenage Bottlerocket have always been about the essentials: fast songs, fun shows, and friends who feel more like family. With their new album Ready to Roll, dropping this September on Pirates Press Records, they’re leaning harder than ever into the punk rock values that started it all—no gimmicks, no agenda, just straight-up energy, melody, and […]
Bad Religion
Aside from essentially defining the California half-pipe punk blueprint, Bad Religion has defied the usual trend-shifts or values-ditched ubiquities of the usual punk band storyline and morphed along with challenging album after challenging album amid astoundingly consistent touring, retaining their core audience while roping in subsequent generations of anxiously energetic kids. The band has long […]
Despised Icon
Despised Icon is a pioneering Canadian deathcore band from Montreal, formed in 2002 by vocalist Alex Erian and others. Known for blending death metal with hardcore and featuring dual vocals, they released acclaimed albums like The Healing Process (2005). After disbanding in 2010, they reformed in 2014, continuing to release music, including 2025’s Shadow Work.
Orloge Simard
Orloge Simard has been an irreverent rock band since 2012. Their music is combative, while their lyrics are the result of an uncadrified anthropological analysis. Over the years, many fans across Quebec have witnessed the phenomenon and branded their loyalty to the Orlogesque cult with a red-hot iron: sold-out shows at Montreal’s Club Soda, Quebec […]
Guttermouth
Formed in Huntington Beach, California in 1988, Guttermouth was heavily influenced by the Southern California punk rock scenes of the 1980s which spawned bands such as the Adolescents, The Vandals, Social Distortion, Fear, Descendents, Angry Samoans, Bad Religion and Black Flag. The band took these influences and developed their own style of fast, punk tempos […]
Les Goules
Les Goules play music to haunt the rotten and cheer up the sick.
Cadmium
Cadmium is a melancholic folk music trio from Montreal, featuring Jadis Amiral (vocals and banjo), Aurélie Tessier (saxophone, bass clarinet, and vocal harmonies), and Noémie Adsuar (accordion). They craft an enveloping musical universe that lets the spirit wander through soundscapes where softness meets strength. Their music arises from raw emotions and embraces the dualities of […]
DiTrani Brothers
DiTrani Brothers play original and traditional tunes drawing influence from western and eastern-European folk music, Roma swing, and early American jazz and ragtime, delivering raucous performances that allude to past traditions with a contemporary sentiment.
Voivod
In 2023, Voïvod celebrates its 40th anniversary with undiminished determination. On this occasion, the current lineup—composed of Michel “Away” Langevin (drums), Denis “Snake” Bélanger (vocals), Daniel “Chewy” Mongrain (guitar), and Dominic “Rocky” Laroche (bass)—re-records ten songs from its discography for the retrospective album Morgöth Tales. It’s a glance in the rearview mirror for an adventure […]
Enfants Sauvages
Worthy offspring of planet Lower Town, raised on distortion and rock ’n’ roll. Naughty brats, insolent and untamable, we spit in your face a poetically incisive punk-garage-hardcore-from-the-back-alleys.