Articles by Nicole Villeneuve

• 

  Spitfist

  Thanks For Nothing

  PUBLISHED Sep 13, 2011

  Toronto, ON's Spitfist (all former music store co-workers turned friends) formed after nights of partying, an arsenal of inside jokes and a...

• 

  Army Girls

  Close to the Bone

  PUBLISHED Sep 13, 2011

  Earlier this summer, when Toronto, ON's Army Girls released debut single "The Power," it boded well for the full release that was to follow...

• 

  Festival de musique émergente featuring Akron/Family, Miracle Fortress, Galaxie

  Rouyn-Noranda QC September 2-4

  PUBLISHED Sep 8, 2011

  The Festival de musique émergente (the Emerging Music Festival) is a special one. Located in a remote part of northern Quebec in a copper m...

• 

  Male Bonding

  Endless Now

  PUBLISHED Aug 30, 2011

  The second album from UK trio Male Bonding doesn't stray too far from the Sub Pop blueprint of debut Nothing Hurts, and while their early '...

• 

  Banquets

  Top Button, Bottom Shelf

  PUBLISHED Aug 22, 2011

  Banquets demonstrated off some serious songwriting on their EP, This Is Our Concern, Dude, a year ago, attacking their craft with the passi...

• 

  Society's Ills

  Society's Ills

  PUBLISHED Aug 4, 2011

  On their second release, Montreal's Society's Ills claim that they took things seriously for a change when it came to writing and recording...

• 

  Heartsounds

  Drifter

  PUBLISHED Jul 23, 2011

  Though it feels like Heartsounds came rushing back to release their sophomore effort, after their debut, Until We Surrender, was re-release...

• 

  Street Eaters

  Rusty Eyes and Hydrocarbons

  PUBLISHED Jul 13, 2011

  Berkeley, CA DIY duo Street Eaters have evolved in compelling ways since their 2009 EP, We See Monsters, maintaining an overall joyous soun...