Jerkswitch are coming from Montreal, Canada and this is their new E.P. containing 5 songs. I don’t know how to characterize their music but I will try. First song Pushin’ Daisies is pure hardcore punk smash, short and sweet on point. Second song Code Red is basically fast hardcore punk, but has ska core parts and this song shows how much this band is tight musically. There is also melancholic guitar melody in this song. Vocals vary from nice melodic singing to more screaming parts, also backing vocal harmonies are in place all the time and fit perfectly to the song structures. The whole energy has some beautiful yet raw hardcore punk vibe and shows diversity and originality of this band. The third song Fight a Table reminded me of early Suicidal Tendencies turning into more modern hardcore punk with speed, energy and surprising change in style almost jazzy and post punk dancing part. Fourth song RX leads us back into hardcore punk with ska punk song parts and more angry vocals with hardcore breakdown. Lyrics of the band are personal but with a touch of humor and self irony looking the world around us. The last song is Lidocaine(Acoustic version) and ends this little opus perfectly. Nice release, i would love to hear more of this band in the future.
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(review) Iron Asparagus – ‘To Whom It May Concern…Fuck You’
Montreal based Iron Asparagus released their new debut e.p. containing four songs. I love album and song titles like this one, so it was a hitter. This one starts aggressive in thrash metal vein but continues as kind of melodic doom on choruses and later on in the song, the title song is a hit and I like it very much, kind of like Overkill meets Sabbath patchwork. ‘Orbitoclast’ starts a bit atmospheric almost ballad like, continuing in the vein of stoner grease mixed with thrash metal. But, basically this song is ballad sometimes reminding me of Queensryche but maybe that is only me hearing that. ‘Mr.Molotov’ has eerie atmosphere with that melody being sung quietly in the start and end of the song and although not fast, it is probably the heaviest song on the record. Heaviness continues with ‘Diamond In The Dirt’ being somehow classic Bay Area influenced thrash metal with all the best this genre provided, also with some death metal growls in the vocals. Great debut.
8/10
New punk rock supergroup: Montreal’s R!OT (Members of The Mahones, The Ataris, The Brains) debut video – Hit ‘Em Where It Hurts!
R!OT is Montreal’s new Punk Rock supergroup, composed of Sean Ryan (Irish Nails, The Mahones) on vocals and guitar, Danny Duke (The Ataris, The Queers, Ripcordz)) on bass and vocals and Guillaume Lauzon (The Brains, Gutter Demons, People and Space) on drums. ‘Hit ‘Em Where It Hurts’ is the band’s debut single and video release, on their own independent label Chester Records.
The band formed at a music addicts meeting during the Covid pandemic. All three degenerates decided while in the confines of a world without music to fully live out their sonic addictions, forming a band that no responsible mother would ever let her children listen to. Combining a wide variety of influences, R!OT will be releasing an EP in the very near future.
To support the new single, R!OT will be touring a quick run of shows this fall for Halloween:
Oct 28: The Mansion, Kingston, OntarioOct 29: Living Colour, Toronto, OntarioOct 30: Upper Space, Niagara Falls, Ontario


