Articles by Farah Barakat
Jacuzzi Boys / Teenanger / Mystics
The Shop @ at Parts & Labour, Toronto ON October 16
PUBLISHED Oct 17, 2011
It isn't often that a show is so thematically tied that all bands gauge a similar reaction, but that was the case during Jacuzzi Boys' rece...
The Slow Death
Born Ugly Got Worse
PUBLISHED Oct 4, 2011
Minneapolis's the Slow Death are something like playing and winning a fantasy melodic punk rock league. The super-group consist of Zack Gon...
This Time Next Year
Drop Out of Life
PUBLISHED Sep 27, 2011
The sophomore release from California pop punks This Time Next Year is a 13-track collection of upbeat, melodically rich tunes, with a them...
Årabrot
Solar Anus
PUBLISHED Sep 26, 2011
Årabrot's fifth album, Solar Anus, explores George Bataille's concept of man as a mix of God and animal. With their blend of noise rock and...
Chuck Ragan
Covering Ground
PUBLISHED Sep 13, 2011
Chuck Ragan needs no introduction. Two decades into his musical career, the singer-songwriter has released his third solo album with Side O...
This is a Stand Off
Be Delighted
PUBLISHED Aug 30, 2011
Great White North punkers This is a Stand Off brandish their blend of melodic punk and Canadian allegories in the follow-up to 2009's Be Di...
400 Blows
Sickness and Health
PUBLISHED Aug 23, 2011
Known for their ferocious sound and stage presence, L.A trio 400 Blows are back from a six-year hiatus with Sickness and Health, an 11-trac...
Desalmado
Hereditas
PUBLISHED Aug 16, 2011
Featuring 15 minutes and six ferocious tracks of definitive grindcore/death metal, this EP serves as a precursor to Desalmado's much-antici...
