Born Ruffians

Born Ruffians

<i>Daytrotter Session</i>

PUBLISHED Nov 10, 2008

I'm not sure I've ever touched on the fantastic resource that is Daytrotter.com. Every week since the end of 2006, this extremely ambitious...

Born Ruffians & Plants and Animals Announce Joint Canadian Tour

PUBLISHED Aug 21, 2008

Travelling across the Great White North and its smaller American cousin can be long and often lonely experience for a band. In fact, it can...

Born Ruffians

PUBLISHED Mar 25, 2008

In 18 months, Toronto's Born Ruffians went from an obscure local band packing an awkwardly harmonious brand of indie rock to an internation...

Born Ruffians

Red, Yellow And Blue

PUBLISHED Mar 4, 2008

The Born Ruffians have a loveably scruffy and very identifiably "indie” rock sound, and I’ve got to give them points for ambition, but Red,...

Born Ruffians

Red, Yellow And Blue

PUBLISHED Mar 4, 2008

For all their fancy pop footwork, Toronto, ON’s Born Ruffians are charmingly cocksure on this sophomore sleeper. Red Yellow And Blue shares...

Born Ruffians

"Hummingbird" / "Knife" / "Kurt Vonnegut"

PUBLISHED Oct 3, 2007

It’s been a year since Toronto’s Born Ruffians released their self-titled debut EP on Warp and now they’ve finally returned with a timely t...

Born Ruffians

"This Sentence”

PUBLISHED Feb 21, 2007

Turning heads opening for British synth pop sensations Hot Chip, Toronto’s best new independent band won over fans by simply leaving compli...

Born Ruffians Play Elsewhere

PUBLISHED Feb 20, 2007

"Every time we’d play a show — even when we did pretty big opening slots — we’d always get glazed over [by local media].” Steve Hamelin, dr...