Articles by Dave Synyard

Architects

Ruin

PUBLISHED Jun 20, 2007

Often, the release of a second CD is the deciding factor to a band’s future success. Ruin, Architects’ follow up to 2006’s Nightmares, is a...

Funeral for a Friend

Tales Don't Tell Themselves

PUBLISHED Jun 20, 2007

What we have here is an easy listen, best demonstrated by the ultra-radio friendly "The Diary,” with its digitally polished vocals and simp...

Rage Against the Machine Explain Reunion

PUBLISHED Jun 12, 2007

Since Rage Against the Machine reunited at Coachella in April, fans and music enthusiasts have been wondering if the performance was a one-...

Ra Ra Riot Drummer Found Dead

PUBLISHED Jun 4, 2007

The deceased body of Ra Ra Riot drummer, John Pike, was found in Massachusetts over the weekend. The 23-year-old went missing in the early...

Hopesfall

Magnetic North

PUBLISHED May 22, 2007

The Earth has two magnetic poles — north and south — each one opposing the other. Hopesfall have defined their sound just by the name of th...

Liferuiner

No Saints

PUBLISHED May 22, 2007

If you don’t know how to define a breakdown or what one sounds like just let Toronto straightedge metallic hardcore unit Liferuiner explain...

Blue Rodeo Honoured by Royal Conservatory of Music

PUBLISHED May 10, 2007

Canada's biggest music school, the Royal Conservatory of Music, will award an honorary fellowship to Blue Rodeo. Members of the rock group...

New Order Break Up

PUBLISHED May 4, 2007

The rumors circulating about New Order disbanding have come to pass. The band have split up, according to bassist Peter Hook and www.nme.co...