Lawnya Vawnya

Mooch

The Ship, St. John's NL, April 23

PUBLISHED Apr 24, 2015

Somewhere between John Reis' Drive Like Jehu and Rocket From the Crypt, hometown band Mooch play a kind of mathematical post-punk with unex...

Suuns

The Ship, St. John's NL, April 23

PUBLISHED Apr 24, 2015

The hooks are there, but they're layers deep, below noise and distorted beds of rhythm. The guitars in Suuns are just texture machines that...

Quidi Video

The Republic, St. John's NL, April 22

PUBLISHED Apr 23, 2015

Quidi Video started their Lawnya Vawnya-opening set with a squall of noise before their singers deployed harmonized croons, Sam Primmer sin...

Jonny and the Cowabungas

The Republic, St. John's NL, April 22

PUBLISHED Apr 23, 2015

"So does everybody feel as good as we look tonight?" asked Jonny and the Cowabungas' frontman late into their blistering Lawnya Vawyna set....

Vulva Culture

The Republic, St. John's NL, April 22

PUBLISHED Apr 23, 2015

There's something methodical, precise about Vulva Culture. While some of the young, boisterous crowd that had congregated for Jonny and the...

Lawnya Vawnya Announces 2015 Lineup

PUBLISHED Feb 27, 2015

This marks the fifth year for independent Newfoundland music festival Lawnya Vawnya, and the organizers have now confirmed the lineup that...

Pet Vet

The Rock House, St. John's NL, April 27

PUBLISHED Apr 28, 2014

Over the years Lawnya Vawnya has showcased a number of local bands who are masters of brooding post-punk, and Pet Vet are particularly grea...

Monsterbator

The Rock House, St. John's NL, April 27

PUBLISHED Apr 28, 2014

This is what controlled chaos sounds like. If David Yow was dead, his spirit would be housed in the clean-cut frame of Andrew Waterman and...