Calamity is the new EP from Toronto’s Fine Motor Control. Not to be confused with the drum/bass “new grunge” outfit of the same name also from Toronto circa 2004-2007. This band is actually the fifth collaboration between Vello Verder andRead more…
Wasting Time – Hurry Up and Wait
Hurry Up and Wait is the latest from Toronto’s Wasting Time. It’s the immediate follow-up to 2023 EP Chainsaw Dynamos and sees the four-piece picking up right where they left off. It’s a succinct collection of tightly-spun punk-rock head-bobbers. Frontman/songwriterRead more…
Mononegatives – Crossing Visual Field
Crossing Visual Field – the latest from London-based post-punkers Mononegatives – is the record we thought people would be making in the future back in the 80’s. While we now have scarily-accurate facsimiles of songs by famous artists created byRead more…
Playlist Monday – Issue #2
Plastic and Wax issue #2 is in circulation and issue #3 is on the way. Grab your copy of the new one starting in May – first dibs at the release party at Handlebar in Toronto May 4. Or atRead more…
Marvelous 3 – IV
IV is the fourth full-length from Marvelous 3. But to call it a fourth album would be extremely misleading. A quick history lesson: Butch Walker, Jayce Fincher and Mitch “Slug” McLee alongside vocalist Jesse Harte spent the late 80’s/early 90’sRead more…
Jon’s Top 10 Albums of 2023
Just as I was happy last year to see the lockdown in the rearview, I’m happy to leave 2023 behind. But not without bringing a few records with me. There was a lot of great stuff released this year andRead more…
Playlist Monday – Issue #1
Plastic and Wax is in print now. If you live in the greater Toronto area, you can grab one at an independent record store. If you don’t, follow our sponsor @cartridge.heart on Instagram, send a DM and we can doRead more…
Avem – Nerdin About Birdin
“All guitar strums were down” Avem proudly announces in the liner notes of their EP Nerdin About Birdin. For the uninitiated, Avem has embraced Ramonescore – a sub-genre of a sub-genre that embraces the fast, furious and melodic sound ofRead more…
Taxi Girls – Coming Up Roses
Taxi Girls is a power trio from Montreal. After seeing them perform at Pouzza Fest earlier this year my first instinct was to compare them to west coast indie darlings Cub, but after a few listens I realize I’m wayRead more…
Poison Fountains – Terminal
If you ever wondered “what would the Misfits sound like if Danzig got into sci-fi instead of horror?” have I got an album for you. While it’s a blink-and-you-miss-it affair (9 tracks in 15 minutes) Poison Fountains’s Terminal is hookyRead more…