Over the past few months we have been posting interviews with women from across the country who have had a phenomenal impact on the underground Canadian punk scene, with hopes of putting it all into print by the end of 2010 ( the name “push mosh” was suggested) This is an interview wit[...]
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June 10th, 2010 - 7:34 pm § in Punk, Radio Party
Artist Profile: xRapeRevengex
About a month ago we had the pleasure of interviewing a new band from Calgary called xRapeRevengex. Before you make grandious assumptions about what their name stands for and the “state of the scene”, here’s their bio: Rape Revenge is a feminist, straight edge, vegetarian band fr[...]
Interview: Toronto artist Megan Speers
Interview by Tara Bursey Artwork courtesy of Megan Speers (from her new book ‘Wanderlust’) Megan Speers is a working artist, bookmaker, and zine maker living in Toronto, Ontario. She is currently interested in commissions and collaborations of all sorts– especially for (hand-done)[...]
Interview: Liz Worth of ‘Treat Me Like Dirt’
Interview by Tara Bursey LIZ WORTH is a Toronto-based writer and the author of Treat Me Like Dirt: An Oral History of Punk in Toronto and Beyond (Bongo Beat, 2009) and Eleven: Eleven, which is surreal punk fiction about death and debauchery, available through TRAINWRECK PRESS. This is the 3rd inst[...]
Interview: Juls Generic
Who are you? I’m Juls Generic. I’m 26 and I live in St. John’s, Newfoundland but I am from the Vancouver/Fraser Valley (British Columbia) area. If people know who I am, it’s usually because I sang in a band called MARGARET THRASHER but also maybe from doing vocals in TOTALLY[...]
Interview: Emily Kendy of Absolute Underground magazine
This month, Sound Pollution launchs its new series ‘Trouble In The Wrestling Club’, as weekly interviews with women in the Canadian punk community. Our first is Emily Kendy, an editor and writer for the Vancouver-based and nationally distributed Absolute Underground magazine. Who are [...]
Roundtable Podcast: B’MO Crazy vs School Jerks
For the ones that haven’t tuned in yet, we’re now podcasting our Indie Love Radio show, The Sound Pollution Roundtable, online here every week. This podcast: B’MO Crazy vs School Jerks. Toronto punk band School Jerks somehow got lost on their way to the station, but we̵[...]
January 23rd, 2010 - 11:59 pm § in Punk, Scene Reports
Scene Report: The Niagara Region, Part II
April Bessey ..continued from 11/01/2010 Photos Courtosy of Jeslyn Lamontage Today our scene may not be as diverse as in the past but the DIY ethic is still lingering. There are many genres and sub-genres around that are starting to gather and play shows because of the lack of bands in one specific[...]
Scene Report: The Niagara Region, Part I
April Bessey Over the past couple of decades, punk rock has faded in and out of mainstream culture, much to the dismay of its more loyal followers. Booming, bursting and tearing at the seams one minute and searching for its last breath on life-support the next. In the Niagara Region, we haven’[...]