Category: Canada
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Screaming and Halloweening with the Brains
[itunes link=”http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/drunk-not-dead/id467901242?uo=4″ title=”Get it on iTunes…”] It’s Halloween, my pretties, so it seems rather fitting that we pimp a little pychobilly from The Brains. The uncensored video for “Screaming” (above) is from their just released Drunk Not Dead album so if you digz it click the iTunes link above and get you some. Stay safe…
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Nothin' But the Good Stuff
artist: Rude City Riot | genre: power ska, punk, reggae | label: Skaspot/Stomp In the midst of a rather busy show schedule this past summer, the Kings of Canadian Ska somehow found the time to record, master and release their debut, full-length album. How do they do it!? Do these cats ever sleep!?!? As the saying goes,…
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All Hail the Working Man
Dig it? Get in on [itunes link=”http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-spirit-of-radio/id521302?uo=4″ title=”Rush on iTunes”] Flashback highlights one of the greatest, if not the greatest, progressive rock bands of all time. Rush formed in Toronto, Canada back in 1968 and are still going strong today. Although the band got it’s official start back in ’68 it recognizes 1974 it’s official…
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OuterSound :: The Stomp Episode
listen now: OuterSound :: June 2011 In this month’s installment of OuterSound Froglix is featuring a double shot of songs from (5) spectacular bands…all on the Stomp Records label. Needless to say, we have been quite impressed with the talent currently being amassed in the Stomp stable of artists, the latest of which includes the…
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It's Official…Rude City Riot signs with Stomp Records
Congratulations are most certainly in order for Rude City Riot who will be celebrating the release of their newest CD on June 6th at The Media Club in Vancouver, BC…but wait there’s more! Nothing But Time is not only RCR’s first full-length disc it is also the first of 2-record with Stomp Records! Yup. No…
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Flashback :: The Grapes of Wrath
I can’t prove it but I’m pretty sure it’s the same dude playing all three instruments…check that…it’s just the same hair. Regardless, The Grapes of Wrath were one of Canada’s most successful indie/folk/rock bands from the time they formed in British Columbia in 1983 until they broke up in 1992. This particular track, “O Lucky…
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BOOM!…BANG!…The Creepshow
artist: The Creepshow | genre: power ska, punk | label: Stomp Records [itunes link=”http://itunes.apple.com/us/music-video/they-all-fall-down/id396215006?uo=4″ title=”The Creepshow-They All Fall Down” text=”[object Selection] Looking for a big bang to get your week started? Look no further than The Creepshow. Cornerstones of the Canadian Ska scene, Sarah “Sin” Blackwood, Sean “Sickboy” McNab, Matt “Pomade” Gee and “Reverend” McGinty bring…
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Drago Needs Help and HUB Delivers
artist: HUB genre: indie-pop, alt-rock label: unsigned listen now:Upside Down :: Forget Them :: Round and Round Ok. I have something that I just have to get off my chest. My name is Drago and, under normal circumstances, I have a complete and utter disdain for “singer-songwriters.” Whew! I feel much better now. I’m not…
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…an End and a Beginning
artist: Mark Munroe | genre: alternative, rock | itunes: [itunes link=”http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/secrets-lies-single-version/id404623775?i=404623783&uo=4″ title=”Mark_Munroe-Secrets_and_Lies_(Single_Version)” text=”[object Selection] Secrets and Lies Word has recently reached our ears that brothers Mark and Ian Munroe (better known as IM Munroe) have decided to make a musical split. While we’re not sure exactly why they have decided to go their separate ways, as anyone who has…
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Music Notes: New Studio LP on the Way from Rude City Riot
The word out of the Great White North is that the Kings of Canadian Ska, better know as Rude City Riot (Stomp Records), are working on a full length studio release. The drop date is scheduled for March 22nd, providing there are no unexpected delays. How’d you like to catch a sneak preview of…