The Nils

The Lemonheads’ ’It’s a Shame About Ray’ turned 30 earlier this year, and they’ll be continuing to celebrate by playing it in full on tour this fall…

‘This One‘s an Original‘ features their 2013 “Jenny“ / “It’s In You, It’s In Me“ single and previously digital-only harcore covers album (Minor Threat, Black Flag, Descendents, 7Seconds) all on one vinyl album.

The 2015 edition of Pop Montreal is coming up in less than a month (September 16 – 20) and festival organizers have recently made a few additions to the already robust lineup…

Punk festival Pouzza Fest will return this year to various Montreal venues from May 15-17, and they’ve got a typically great lineup including the still-reunited Knapsack, Municipal Waste, The Dwarves, 88 Fingers Louie, Teenage Bottlerocket, No Trigger, Beach Slang, Cayetana, Chumped, Jeff Rosenstock, Solids and more…

Television @ Rough Trade, November 2014 (more by Dana Yavin) Now in its 32nd year, the 2014 edition of Canadian Music Week happens in Toronto from May 6 – 10…

The seventh annual M for Montreal festival happens next week (November 14 – 17) in its namesake Canadian city. Previous years, M4M has featured mainly Montreal (and other parts of Canada) artists, being showcased to a group of “international delgates” (talent buyers, journalists, music supervisors, tour agenents and other industry types) in a tightly controlled set of shows, this year’s fest expands its scope with nearly 100 performer at 16 venues, giving it more of an actual festival feel than an industry conference that has music showcases the public could by tickets to…

Off! @ NXNE 2011 (more by Natasha Ryan) The most memorable thing that happened the year I visited Toronto for NXNE was Iggy Pop & The Stooges playing their big, outdoor, free, no-ticket-or-badge-required show downtown at Yonge-Dundas Square…