Articles by Jason Schreurs

Deftones
Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver, BC, October 14
PUBLISHED Oct 15, 2012
The openers had to bail, singer Chino Moreno was under the weather and the sound was patchy to start. Still, Sacramento proto-groove metall...
Rise Against / Gaslight Anthem / Hot Water Music
Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre, Victoria, BC, October 4
PUBLISHED Oct 5, 2012
With all of the talk about punk scene legends Hot Water Music opening up on this tour, including elaborate shout-outs from both bands above...
Sparkmarker / Carpenter / Narrows
Rickshaw Theatre, Vancouver, BC, September 28
PUBLISHED Sep 30, 2012
What Sparkmarker meant to the early-to-mid-'90s hardcore scene in Vancouver can't be properly put into words. They were the band that scene...
Kreator / Accept / Swallow the Sun
Rickshaw Theatre, Vancouver, BC, September 21
PUBLISHED Sep 22, 2012
Seeing Kreator live is akin to a religious experience for those who grew up on thrash metal, and their performance at the Rickshaw Theatre...
Anthrax / Testament / Death Angel
Vogue Theatre, Vancouver, BC, September 20
PUBLISHED Sep 21, 2012
Seeing arguably the big four, five and six of thrash metal (we all know Slayer, Metallica and Megadeth constitute one through three) sharin...
Reignwolf
Royal Athletic Park Side Stage, Victoria, BC, September 15
PUBLISHED Sep 17, 2012
Reignwolf (aka Jordan Cook) was a train wreck onstage, all crash and bang, sloppy and loose, with sweat pouring from his continuous orgasm...
Everlast
Royal Athletic Park Side Stage, Victoria, BC, September 16
PUBLISHED Sep 17, 2012
It's almost impossible to watch Erik "Everlast" Schrody up on stage without thinking of House of Pain the whole time. Like, if only he woul...
Kids and Explosions
Metro Theatre, Victoria, BC, September 15
PUBLISHED Sep 17, 2012
It was clear from the start of his set that Toronto's Kids and Explosions was just as uncomfortable with the Metro Theatre venue as all of...