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(review) The Whiskey Bats – The Whiskey Bats

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Halloween is almost upon us and what better way to wait for it than with new The Whiskey Bats release. A while ago I did a review for their split record and here is the new one. What do we get here on this new opus? Well, we get five songs of wild and untamed energetic punk rock with a touch of horror punk thrown here and there for good measure. NC-17 is a great song with wicked guitar melody, almost evil hehe, great sing along part and being fast punk anthem in itself. Moonlight Girl is a bit different, having almost nervous guitar sound, being a bit more garage punk influenced, at least I heard it like that. Vocals are so great, screamed and shouted but fitting perfectly to wicked vibe of the record as a whole. Gallows and Vanta Black are for me the best songs on this record, but Missing Midian completes the release in rock n roll mayhem way with horror vibe all over. Great one by great band.

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Propagandhi’s Today’s Empires, Tomorrow’s Ashes turns 20!

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In a 2015 interview with Noisey, Propagandhi’s Chris Hannah ranked the six albums the hyper-political Canadian punks had made until that point. The vocalist/guitarist placed Today’s Empires, Tomorrow’s Ashes in second-to-last place, blaming his decision wholly on the sonics of the record. “I just find it sonically not very listenable,” he explained in the piece. “I wish we could remix it, but nobody ever wants to hear a remixed 20 year-old record.” He was wrong. 

Today, we’re thrilled to reveal that the record has finally been given the remix it deserves by the talented Jason Livermore from The Blasting Room. It has been remastered from the original reels and remixed along with FOUR bonus tracks. Today’s Empires, Tomorrow’s Ashes drops on November 12th, and is available for pre-order. 

Europe can order HERE

Australia can order HERE

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New punk rock supergroup: Montreal’s R!OT (Members of The Mahones, The Ataris, The Brains) debut video – Hit ‘Em Where It Hurts!

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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