Preoccupations

Freak Heat Waves Return with 'Beyond XXXL'

PUBLISHED Jan 31, 2018

Ending a few brief years of silence, rock experimenters Freak Heat Waves are returning with a new album. Titled Beyond XXXL, the Montreal-v...

​Preoccupations Announce 'New Material' LP, Share "Espionage"

PUBLISHED Jan 16, 2018

Preoccupations have announced that an album's worth of new material is on the way — and aptly enough, the upcoming LP is titled New Materia...

Preoccupations Announce 'Cassette' Vinyl Reissue

PUBLISHED Jun 20, 2017

Preoccupations initially released Cassette as a small-run tour EP in 2013. Now, the release is set to get the vinyl reissue treatment. The...

Preoccupations / Walrus / the Yips

Zaphod Beeblebrox, Ottawa ON , April 28

PUBLISHED Apr 29, 2017

Returning to the nation's capital for the first time since their sparsely attended slot at last summer's Ottawa Bluesfest, Preoccupations a...

Preoccupations Plot World Tour

PUBLISHED Feb 7, 2017

After releasing their first album as Preoccupations last September, the Calgary post-punk four-piece are set to bring their latest disc aro...

Preoccupations

"Memory" (video)

PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2016

Earlier this year, Preoccupations (formerly Viet Cong) issued their first album under the new name, spawning the Dan Boeckner-assisted "Mem...

Preoccupations

Preoccupations

PUBLISHED Sep 14, 2016

After finally changing their name to Preoccupations, the band of four guys from Calgary have a new album. It, too, is self-titled and a kin...

​Preoccupations Pair Up with Wolf Parade's Dan Boeckner for "Memory"

PUBLISHED Sep 7, 2016

Since rebranding as Preoccupations, the band formerly known as Viet Cong have been rolling out teaser tracks from their upcoming debut self...