Articles by Farah Barakat

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  Jacuzzi Boys / Teenanger / Mystics

  The Shop @ at Parts & Labour, Toronto ON October 16

  PUBLISHED Oct 17, 2011

  It isn't often that a show is so thematically tied that all bands gauge a similar reaction, but that was the case during Jacuzzi Boys' rece...

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  The Slow Death

  Born Ugly Got Worse

  PUBLISHED Oct 4, 2011

  Minneapolis's the Slow Death are something like playing and winning a fantasy melodic punk rock league. The super-group consist of Zack Gon...

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  This Time Next Year

  Drop Out of Life

  PUBLISHED Sep 27, 2011

  The sophomore release from California pop punks This Time Next Year is a 13-track collection of upbeat, melodically rich tunes, with a them...

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  Årabrot

  Solar Anus

  PUBLISHED Sep 26, 2011

  Årabrot's fifth album, Solar Anus, explores George Bataille's concept of man as a mix of God and animal. With their blend of noise rock and...

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  Chuck Ragan

  Covering Ground

  PUBLISHED Sep 13, 2011

  Chuck Ragan needs no introduction. Two decades into his musical career, the singer-songwriter has released his third solo album with Side O...

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  This is a Stand Off

  Be Delighted

  PUBLISHED Aug 30, 2011

  Great White North punkers This is a Stand Off brandish their blend of melodic punk and Canadian allegories in the follow-up to 2009's Be Di...

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  400 Blows

  Sickness and Health

  PUBLISHED Aug 23, 2011

  Known for their ferocious sound and stage presence, L.A trio 400 Blows are back from a six-year hiatus with Sickness and Health, an 11-trac...

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  Desalmado

  Hereditas

  PUBLISHED Aug 16, 2011

  Featuring 15 minutes and six ferocious tracks of definitive grindcore/death metal, this EP serves as a precursor to Desalmado's much-antici...