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Interviews / Don't Quit Your Day Job: The Bloody Lips/Kole
Feature — March 28, 2022
There are a lot of misconceptions about the life of a musician. It’s rarely glamorous. Most musicians have day jobs – and not just to pay the bills. Jobs provide new challenges, personal fulfillment and, yes, some rent or gas money. And usually when somebody is writing a new record …
Music: Riot Fest Toronto 2014
Feature — September 29, 2014
The bus I'm on smells terrible: a mixture of body odour, cheap beer, and anticipation. It's filled to the brim with concert goers, mostly teenagers, but also a handful of adults who are dressed like teenagers. We're on our way to the Toronto leg of Riot Fest. This is the …
Music: MOFO 2016 Festival
Feature — January 31, 2016
13 Jan – 18 Jan, 2016 MONA, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia In 2011, I visited Tasmania for the first time. In many ways it was still uncharted territory and one of the few things I knew about the place was that Hobart was the late Joachim “Blacky” Fuchsberger’s adopted …
Shows: Levitation 2019 lineup news
News — July 27, 2019
Scheduled for Nov. 7-10, 2019, Levitation has unveiled phase 2 of lineup announcements for the annual Austin, TX festival. Big names -- and there are many -- include The Flaming Lips, Flipper (with David Yow), The Coathangers, Windhand, Tobacco, Deafheaven, Russian Circles, Chelsea Wolfe, Kurt Vile & the Violators, and …
Shows: Riot Fest 15th anniversary
News — June 2, 2019
Scheduled for September 13-15 at Douglas Park in Chicago, Riot Fest will celebrate its 15th anniversary with a big lineup featureing diverse acts like Bikini Kill, Slayer, and Blink 182, plus notable sets by The Flaming Lips (playing Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots), Ween (playing The Mollusk), Descendents, …
Bands: New EP & tour dates from Le Butcherettes
News — August 4, 2018
Le Butcherettes have had a busy year. The group recently signed with Rise Records and announced that Jerry Harrison of The Flaming Lips will produce their label debut. Before the new album, they're sharing "struggle/STRUGGLE" on a new 3-song EP, which features the title track and two alternate versions …
Music News: It Came From Aquarius Records documentary
News — May 15, 2022
Aquarius Records was an independent record store in San Francisco for 47 years, closing in 2016. The legacy lives on in the form of a new documentary, It Came From Aquarius Records, which will premier3 on June 3 at SF Doc Fest (and stream worldwide June 1-12). The …
Records: Thin Lips release EP to fund van repairs
News — April 25, 2019
Thin Lips have a new 3-song EP out now on Lame-O Records. Titled Carrot Milk, it's available on Bandcamp in the pay-what-you-want format in effort to raise funds for van repairs. Otherwise, it releases officially come May. The band, fighting van issues, is currently on the road with …
Records: New Pale Lips news
News — December 7, 2018
Pale Lips recently release the new You're A Doll singe on Nov. 30, to be followed by the group's second full-length after the calendar turns. Titled After the Dark, the new album will be released by Spaghetty Town Records (USA), God's Candy Records (Canada), and Alien Snatch Records …
Records: Wine Lips
News — November 1, 2021
Toronto-based Wine Lips has a new album out last Friday, Oct. 29, called Mushroom Death Sex Bummer Party. As the name suggests, the band play busy, scattered rock with elements of psych, punk, and garage on the 11-song release. The band shared a talk show themed video …
Bands: A new taste of American Lips
News — November 8, 2022
Los Angeles/Montreal trio American Lips is back with a new double a-side maxi-single, released on Friday and titled "Waste of Crime." The three-piece consists of Sebastien Grainger (Death From Above 1979, Adrian Popovich (producer/ex-Tricky Woo), and Jessica Bruzzese. Together they play a mix of 1980s rock with punk influence, …
Bands: 1QI: Spotlights, CoinTossRecords, Thin Lips
News — August 3, 2016
Welcome to our almost daily quickie Q&A feature: One Question Interviews. Follow us at facebook & twitter and we'll post an interview three days each week, typically every Tuesday-Thursday. After our social media followers get the first word, we post a wrap-up here at the site …
Records: Thin Lips Riff Hard
News — March 10, 2016
Lame-O Records will release the debut full-length from Thin Lips, Riff Hard, n May 20, with a new video streaming here for the song "Never Again." Out on vinyl and digitally, pre-orders from the label are open now. Thin Lips released the Divorce Year EP last year (also …
