Looking for new, local music? Check out reviews of new releases from Vancouver punk, metal and rock bands.
Release date: April 12, 2019 Stoner rockers BORT deliver the riffs on their second release. The Unblinking Eye EP is a slower, trippier affair than the band’s debut but definitely supplies a suitable fix for anyone waiting for a second LP. The Unblinking Eye opens Read More
The rules are simple: the band is based in Vancouver, it came out this year, and I liked it a lot. Check out my favourite records & cassettes from 2018. Read More
We Hunt Buffalo cranks it to 11 on Head Smashed In, living up to the record’s name with a heavy, fuzzy onslaught on the band’s “heaviest album to date.” Read More
Into the Sun, the new LP from Freak Dream, is a journey which careers from syrupy synth-pop to all-out noise rock to spooky electronica and more. Read More
Autogramm is clearly having a good time, and they are happy to share on What R U Waiting 4?, with its upbeat new wave/power-pop sound. Read More
Continuing in the same vein of Truckfighters-esque stoner rock as on the Burnouts EP, we are treated to a much fuller sound on Getaway Van’s latest release. Read More
Time-travelling in directly from the 1970s, La Chinga channel Zeppelin, GNR and more as they noodle their way through Beyond the Sky’s 11 tracks. Read More
Building on a snotty punk core, Nutrition plays with elements of power pop, surf, glam and garage as it charges through the record’s 8 songs. Read More
Track names like ‘Humanity’s Last Breath’ let you know this isn’t going to be a cheery record, and the band doesn’t blink on this heavy, visceral release. Read More
A Low Winter’s Sun, the first full-length from Heron, sees the band continue to build on the blend of doom and sludge influences heard on previous releases. Read More