Perfect Youth: The Birth of Canadian Punk

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March 2013

7 posts

Digital Split Series 004: The Extroverts (REG) / Red Squares (OTT)

The last in our four part digital split single series. Check out the rest for some classic, rare Canadian punk!

Mar 26, 2013
Mar 25, 2013
Digital Split Series 003: The Moderns Minds (EDM) / The Normals (MTL)

Every week in March, we’ll be posting a new digital split single from two classic Canadian punk bands, free to download and stream.

Mar 20, 2013
Digital Split Series 002: Dub Rifles (WPG) / Pink Steel (VIC)

Every week in March, we’ll be posting a new digital split single from two classic Canadian punk bands, free to download and stream.

Mar 12, 2013
Mar 8, 2013
Digital Split Series 001: Verdix (CGY) / Popular Mechanix (WPG)

Every week in March, we’ll be posting a new digital split single from two classic Canadian punk bands, free to download and stream.

Mar 5, 2013
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Mar 4, 2013

February 2013

5 posts

Records and releases

Throughout March, keep your eyes here. We’re releasing a series of digital split singles with hard-to-find tunes from the Normals, the Extroverts, the Modern Minds, Dub Rifles, Verdix, Pink Steel, Popular Mechanix, and more. And if you’re in Hamilton on March 29th or Montreal on March 30th, we’ll have release events with BIG GUESTS and GOOD TUNES. See you in the spring!

Feb 21, 2013
Interview on the Strombo Show

George Stroumboulopoulos had me on his Radio 2 show to talk classic punk and spin tunes from Da Slyme, the Curse, B-Girls, and more. A legit punk and a gentleman. Starts around minute 44.

Feb 21, 2013
Feb 20, 2013
Feb 17, 2013
Feb 16, 2013

December 2012

1 post

I'm Foaming: Best of 2012

Since punk isn’t a museum piece, here’s an Rdio playlist of my top 50 releases from 2012. What’s missing?

Dec 21, 2012

November 2012

4 posts

Nov 26, 2012
Drama, intruige, deception, and the CBC Music Book Club

No seriously, this is insane. Head over to CBC and watch the second video.

Nov 2, 2012
"Dispels the myth of a conformist Canada drowning in dreadfully dull culture." → www2.macleans.ca

Extremely kind review from the October 25th edition of Maclean’s.

Nov 2, 2012
After the Riots: 1985 - 2000

First stab at a collaborative Rdio playlist — take it for a spin and add your own favourite songs from Canadian punk bands that followed in the wake of the first wave.

Nov 1, 20121 note

October 2012

27 posts

Oct 24, 2012
Oct 24, 2012
From Maclean's Magazine, a conversation with Have Not Been The Same author Michael Barclay → www2.macleans.ca
Oct 22, 2012
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