Toronto's Greys Reveal Debut EP, North American Tour Dates

This band's pseudo-declaration that they are the only group in Toronto playing "raw, aggressive" music is farcical, as is the fact that Exclaim would print such a spurious assertion. Also disturbing is the obvious cut-and-paste approach employed by this writer. Exclaim, you consistently set the lowest standards of music journalism. The lameness of your approach often discourages readers from checking out artists that, despite their bogus claims, might actually be interesting. Suffice to say, that has been the case here.

"They simply display the raw, aggressive, yet artful and progressive traits bands haven't shown off in over a decade -- especially in their hometown."

There's no "reading into" anything here. The above quote is obviously trying to draw a line between this band and the rest of Toronto. Goodnightcigarettes, you are just wrong. If the writer hasn't heard the band and doesn't have anything better to say, he should not write the article, rather than quoting verbatim from a boastful press release. It's lazy and pointless. Exclaim's writers need to work harder on their craft.

But its okay to "shit on" commenters, right? We are trying to hold "Canada's Music Authority" accountable to its readers. If they want to make claims of authority, they should know better than to publish this kind of lackluster journalism. That point has been made repeatedly on this site.

Wrong again, goodnightcigarettes.

As a lifelong music fan, I read all of the major music news outlets, including websites. I am also a longtime supporter of Exclaim (or I was until they started hiring all these terrible writers). I've been reading this rag for a long time, so trust me when I say the standards have slipped significantly. Just because everyone else is descending into limp journalism doesn't mean Exclaim has to follow.

I'm also a journalist, by trade and education, and what I am saying is taught in every journalism school across this county. Quoting a press release is NOT NEWS- it is regurgitation. Imagine if all of the news outlets in Canada reported every government press release as fact. Just because the announcement is made doesn't make it so. Press releases require reality checks in order to be properly contextualized. Why does this basic principle not apply to music journalism?

As for your approach: It's a lot more fun to make disparaging assumptions about the person you're speaking to than actually respond to their statement, isn't it?

Nameless Poseur, I think you're misunderstanding the purpose of Exclaim! news. While some may disagree, I think the nature of this content is closer to blogging than your apparently very well-educated idea of journalism. Our purpose is to inform our readers about new releases and tour dates and other interesting items, not to critically dissect those things. And often quoting the press release is better than half-assedly paraphrasing it and pretending its our own content. For the sake of full disclosure I should add that the record's tracklisting and the band's tour dates were also taken from a press release. Sorry!!!

Wow dumbest argument ever. I'm sure all you sad fuckers are aging, balding, fat dicks living pay check to pay check because you're pathetic "journalists" or whatever. Of all the things you could shit on a magazine about and then defend, this is just retarded. More Beefs 2011 please.

What started as a healthy and intelligent debate has descended into open name-calling. It's unfortunate that certain people cannot understand the purpose of such a discourse.