New Fries

New Fries Streamline Their Esoteric Sound on 'Is the Idea of Us'

PUBLISHED Aug 5, 2020

New Fries are a hard band to pin down. Unconcerned with traditional songwriting, the Toronto no wave group have made their name on short, p...

New Fries Share New Single from 'Is the Idea of Us'

PUBLISHED Jun 17, 2020

After taking a few years off from recording, Toronto experimental troupe New Fries returned with plans for a new album titled Is the Idea o...

Toronto's New Fries Detail First Album in 4 Years 'Is the Idea of Us'

PUBLISHED Apr 29, 2020

Toronto experimental crew New Fries have announced plans for a brand new record. Titled Is the Idea of Us, the album arrives August 7 via T...

Toronto's Wavelength Winter Festival Reveals 20th Anniversary Lineup

PUBLISHED Jan 9, 2020

Toronto's Wavelength Winter Festival is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, and today organizers have unveiled the 2020 lineup. Ta...

Telephone Explosion Year Ten with Odonis Odonis, Freak Heat Waves, New Fries, Teenanger, Andre Ethier

Lee's Palace, Toronto ON, June 8

PUBLISHED Jun 9, 2018

In 2008, Toronto record label Telephone Explosion Records quietly emerged as a vital outpost for underground culture, its steadily expandin...

METZ / Fake Palms / New Fries

Silver Dollar Room, Toronto ON, April 30

PUBLISHED May 1, 2017

The Silver Dollar Room was not a pretty place, but it was always a vibrant one. The latest victim of Toronto's booming downtown real estate...

Silver Dollar Room Gets METZ, Suuns, Dilly Dally for Final Shows

PUBLISHED Mar 9, 2017

Toronto's storied Silver Dollar Room announced plans to close its doors earlier this year, but not before venue booker/promoter Dan Burke l...

New Fries

"JZ III" (video)

PUBLISHED Dec 8, 2016

Experimental-leaning Toronto rock crew New Fries recently released their More 10-inch last month, so it's no surprise they are showing it o...