Faster and Louder

I love that this blog has been around so long now that I can sometimes review bands I wrote about years ago and people will be like, "W...

I know a lot of us have been waiting for this one for a while, and here it is: the first publicly-released recordings from Moncton's new...

Well here's something new and exciting: The Vains are what happens when New England, U.S.A. meets New Brunswick, Canada. They are like t...

Here's an appropriate post for a Christmas Eve! But honestly, a new Phone Jerks release is like a holiday onto itself!  !Christmas on th...

So if you're not yet hip to maritime sham glam, now is an opportune time to become so. By next year, it will be passé after it becomes t...

So it had to happen that two of Moncton, New Brunswick's most celebrated musical entities would join forces. All of Atlantic Canada ha...

Perhaps the only silver lining in the world having gone to complete shit has been the recent explosion of digital music. For example, I lo...

If Phone Jerks' recent 10-inch full length was not quite full enough for your satisfaction, you should be glad to hear that the band...

Wow! Wasn't it just a year ago that Phone Jerks suddenly turned up on Alien Snatch Records with a debut long player that ultimately be...

What was I just saying about Moncton? There's got to be something in the air or the water or the Timbits that is producing so much ama...

Before I could even think about writing about new music in 2019, I wanted to go back and look at the releases from 2018 that I most regret...

WHAT?! Phone Jerks have released an album? On Alien Snatch Records?! One of my favorite bands put out a record on one of my all-time favor...

So Phone Jerks just might be my favorite new band of the year. Well, actually "new" band is not really an accurate term. This Mo...

It has been, what, 42 days since I last reviewed a punk band from Canada? You had to know that I had a little something up my sleeve! Hail...

Ever notice that the long-running joke about Canadian bands sucking doesn’t pertain to punk music? I don’t know what it is about Canadians, ...