Articles by Nicole Villeneuve

Planet Smashers

Descent Into the Valley of the Planet Smashers

PUBLISHED Jul 12, 2011

There's a certain comfort that comes with putting on a new Planet Smashers record for the first time ― those upstrokes, that brass, t...

We're Doomed

Like A Machine

PUBLISHED Jul 12, 2011

Sometimes it's easy to use a band's youth as way to excuse their uninhibited missteps or as a pat on the back for their yet unperfected eff...

Beware Iceage

PUBLISHED Jun 26, 2011

How's this for the perfect teenage summer: finish up high school or first-year university exams and take off to another continent so your b...

Girls Rock Camps Rock

PUBLISHED Jun 26, 2011

Having started out in bands as teenagers, both Alysha Haugen and Magali Meagher know too well the sting of intimidation that can deter youn...

Crucial Dudes

61 Penn

PUBLISHED Jun 23, 2011

Crucial Dudes make the kind of anthemic punk that'll always sound good on a stereo, but that truly belongs in the basements or venues where...

Teenage X

Drink, Dance, Destroy

PUBLISHED Jun 23, 2011

Toronto, ON four-piece Teenage X cover a great deal of classic punk ground on debut album Drink, Dance, Destroy, taking cues from the Ramon...

Iceage

New Brigade

PUBLISHED Jun 20, 2011

The debut from Copenhagen's Iceage strikes a savage balance between unaffected amateurism and an advanced understanding (or at least revere...

Chuck Ragan Talks Canadian Tour, New Hot Water Music Material, and Upcoming Solo LP with Frank Turner and Brian Fallon

PUBLISHED Jun 16, 2011

As singer/guitarist of iconic Gainesville, FL punk outfit Hot Water Music and a successful solo musician, one would assume that after over...