Archive for the ‘Power Punk’ Category

The Manvils had quite a year in 2011. They moved from Vancouver to Toronto and celebrated the new release of their EP Black Tornado. They hooked up with producer Sho Murray who recorded their debut CD Buried Love. The concept that they acquired is to record songs in each of their favorite cities – Vancouver, [...]

Show Review – Rancid, My Chemical Romance and Blink 182 Wednesday August 31, 2100 Rogers Arena Vancovuer BC by Jade Sperry JadedPhotography The Honda Civic Tour rolled through Vancouver this past Wednesday and the arena was set up for concert bowl due to the apparatus of the lighting system – it would have been in [...]

EP Review and Interview with Edmonton band Letters To Elise EP Title: When It Meant Something Release Date: April 12, 2011 by Jade Sperry Jadedphotography Letters To Elise have music that is a good mix of power pop, punk rock, synths and guitar driven songs which have infectious and catchy hooks. They also have a [...]

Hello to everyone on this fine Saturday!  Happy long weekend.  Whoo!  I’m starting a new series (sort of) of letting people know of new bands that stand out and above the murkiness of finding good music in the abyss.  Today I’m focusing on 2 bands – Teenage X (Toronto ON Canada) and Emily’s Army (Oakland [...]