It's an exciting time in the Cancer Bats camp right now. According to singer Liam Cormier, the Toronto-based band is just about to vacate the rehearsal space at Islington and Lakeshore where they've been residing for the last six months. They're about to move back to more familiar ground downtown now, because wrapped work on their fourth LP. This news is so new, the record is still being mastered, artwork is still being finalized and a release date is still...

You may have noticed a change lately; things haven't seemed quite the same. When you go to the mall, there seems to be a new profusion of brightly-colored decorations hanging up. Down on the street, bells seem to be chiming more regularly than usual, and the population seems to be equally divided between wildly happy people and nervous, stressed out people. What the hell's going on? Oh right! Christmas is coming! Oh no – Christmas is coming! Chances are good...

Epitaph Records is thrilled to announce the signing of Skip The Foreplay.  Known for their distinct musical style, which mashes up elements of dubstep and house with pop and metal-core, the ground-breaking Montreal – based band has been electrifying audiences with their intoxicating blend of hardcore heaviness and dance floor energy since 2010. Skip The Foreplay will be releasing their anticipated full length Epitaph debut this spring. 

"Aside from having one of the greatest names in history, Skip The Foreplay...

Hey Junky – I'm baa-aack, I know I was a little late las' week junky, so inna spirit o' da season, I thought I'd come right back an' unload a bunch more SWAG on ya! It's really da mos' wondaful time o' da year – if yer a big fan o' nabbin' alla stuff'at falls offa trucks like I am! It's jus' pourin' off now boy – I'm tellin' you – on toppa da stuff I unloaded on ya a...

Fate has never been a mistress that it's wise to put a lot of faith in. She has too many flaws to ever be considered reliable; fate is fickle, often late and regularly gives those who pin some hope in her only what they need instead of what they want. Fate can be frustrating because of those things but, as capricious as she can be, sometimes she comes through and makes good in all the right ways too. She certainly...

No one ever realizes how much music Saul “Slash” Hudson has made until a set like Made In Stoke comes out. The image of Slash as the top hat-wearing guitar god of Guns N' Roses is the one permanently emblazoned on the mind's eye of most, but there's actually a whole lot more in the guitarist's songbook than that; there is Slash's Snakepit – which has been an on-again-off-again endeavor since 1994 – Velvet Revolver from the early new millennium...

Happy Christma-Kwanz-hanukah Junky,…Or whateva ya celebrate. It'sat time o' da year anna big day's only gettin' closer so, I figure, what kinda deala would I be f'I didn' show ya some kindness wit'a great big bag o' SWAG – fresh-fallen offa da back o' a great big truck! So here it is ya reprobates, my firs' gift to ya fer 2011 annis motha's swollen – I gots some good from all ova da map here, but I got some picks...

How nice of R.E.M. to give us this career spanning collection immediately after they announce their break-up. It gives us a chance to assess their body of work as a whole, and trace the growth and development of their sound. As much as many fans may say otherwise, this collection argues that the band's sound has been far more consistent across the nearly thirty years than one might think. There is a definite flow to this album. It demonstrates that...

Quadrophenia is always described as The Who’s second rock opera, but I have always thought of it more as a rock novel. Why a novel? First, it just feels more like a novel than an opera. Its scope, its characters, its focus all feel novelistic. When I break it down, I can list definite reasons why it fits the one genre over the other, especially if I compare it to Tommy: Tommy is plot driven, Quadrophenia is mainly a series...

Yuck's self-titled debut proves beyond the shadow of a doubt that all artistic trends in pop music are cyclical in nature. The proof of that can be seen pretty clearly if one stands back and looks at the shapes guitar-driven rock has taken over the last twenty-five years; in the late Eighties and early Nineties, underground rock bands like Soundgarden, Pavement, Sonic Youth, The Lemonheads, Sebadoh and Screaming Trees all took ideas and inspiration from the likes of The Beatles,...