Articles by Connor Atkinson

SeeYouSpaceCowboy

The Correlation Between Entrance and Exit Wounds

PUBLISHED Sep 24, 2019

On their (proper) debut LP, The Correlation Between Entrance and Exit Wounds, the days of SeeYouSpaceCowboy's flashy political jabs and out...

Knocked Loose

A Different Shade of Blue

PUBLISHED Aug 20, 2019

There is something about Knocked Loose. Nobody is quite sure what it is. Their 2016 debut, Laugh Tracks, certainly showed promise throughou...

Knocked Loose Discuss the Growth — and Ghost Story — That Birthed 'A Different Shade of Blue'

PUBLISHED Aug 19, 2019

Knocked Loose were recording "In the Walls," a track from their new album, A Different Shade of Blue, when the band connected with… somethi...

Sanction

Broken in Refraction

PUBLISHED Aug 13, 2019

On Broken in Refraction, Sanction show the world through their eyes — twisted, anxious and distanced from life's simple pleasures.   Truthf...

Is Sanction's New Album 'Broken in Refraction' Heavy Hardcore? Deathcore? "We Don't F***ing Care"

PUBLISHED Aug 7, 2019

Sanction have long been carving out their place in the lineage of heavy music from their native Long Island, but their debut album, Broken...

All Out War

Crawl Among the Filth

PUBLISHED Jul 17, 2019

All Out War have almost always sounded like some sort of sadistic, feral animal. Truth in the Age of Lies and For Those Who Were Crucified...

The Beths / Girl Friday

Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto ON, July 5

PUBLISHED Jul 6, 2019

"Turn it up!" was a repeated heckle from the crowd at the Horseshoe Tavern throughout the Beths' second headlining appearance in Toronto. I...

GAZM, Mortality Rate, Wild Side: Meet Three of the Best New Canadian Hardcore Bands

PUBLISHED May 18, 2019

There's enough happening in Canadian hardcore right now to make a music fan crazy trying to keep up. We spoke to three of our new favourite...