The Flatliners – This Respirator
The Flatliners are back and tighter than ever. We managed to grab an interview with vocalist/guitarist Chris Cresswell and guitarist Scott Brigham back stage at Edgefest ’08. It’s been a year since we’ve met the boys at NXNE 2007 where they just finished recording their album and signed to Fat Wreck Chords (the youngest group [...]
Hostage Life – White Jesus
Interviewed at Edgefest ’08, guitarist Patrick Mathers of Hostage Life recounts a story from 2 years ago when Hostage Life played Edgefest in 2005. It’s interesting to remark upon the fact that certain venues expect a certain stage etiquette when a band performs in front of a family audience. For some artists, that goes without [...]
The Artist Life – Resting Place
Indie Tour Basics
I had the pleasure of sitting down with Ian Blackwood and Dean Richards of The Artist Life, a punk rock band from Toronto as they head way to the east coast for their first tour accompanied by The Swellers, another punk rock band from south of the border. They booked the tour themselves [...]
Machete Avenue – Cut to Pieces
Take a stroll down Machete Avenue
London’s Machete Avenue was at Wakestock this past weekend where the dark duo performed two sets including an acoustic set at the MySpace stage as seen above. Despite being ‘sick as a dog,’ Machete’s front man, Chad Michael, put on a great show for the crowd of people intimately sitting [...]
Rody Walker Kicks off Wakestock 2007
Get a taste of Rody’s infamous video blogs as he introduces Wakestock 2007 on Toronto Island, the world’s biggest wakeboarding event. With skateboarding competitions hosted by Element skateboards in vert and street skate for a grand prize of $10,000. There was live music by I Hate Sally, The Flatliners, From First to Last, Ten Second [...]