Articles by Jason Schreurs

The Weir

Dickens Pub, Calgary AB, June 20

PUBLISHED Jun 21, 2013

Calgary lurch-metal crew the Weir seemed completely unfazed by the impending disaster of their hometown, although their atmospheric, doom/N...

Biblical

Dickens Pub, Calgary AB, June 20

PUBLISHED Jun 21, 2013

We all know how festivals go: bands get billed together because they fit, or kind of fit, or barely fit. In this case, Toronto's Biblical s...

Burning Love

Ship & Anchor, Calgary AB, June 19

PUBLISHED Jun 20, 2013

Spinal cord damage notwithstanding, the few full-out moshers in the bar got what they wanted when Toronto's dirtied-up hardcore wrecking cr...

Code Orange Kids

Ship & Anchor, Calgary AB, June 19

PUBLISHED Jun 20, 2013

Much ballyhoo has been made about these Pittsburgh, PA kids who have concocted an unholy brew of first-gen death metal and emotional hardco...

High on Fire's Matt Pike Talks 'Spitting Fire' Live Albums, Hints at "Amazing" New Project and Sleep's Return to the Studio

PUBLISHED Jun 14, 2013

Oakland riff lords High on Fire, known for their unfathomably heavy live shows, are readying the release of a double live album to prove th...

Jimmy Eat World

PUBLISHED Jun 14, 2013

On Jimmy Eat World's seventh album, Damage, the Phoenix alt/emo rock band have returned to the straightforward days of 1999's Clarity, an a...

Jimmy Eat World Talk Getting Back to Basics with 'Damage'

PUBLISHED May 13, 2013

It's a return to the simpler days for alt-rock mainstays Jimmy Eat World on their upcoming seventh album, partially inspired by recording a...

The Revival Tour

Vogue Theatre, Vancouver BC, April 17

PUBLISHED Apr 18, 2013

Billed as an "acoustic collaborative event," DIY scene mainstay Chuck Ragan (Hot Water Music) gathered punk, bluegrass and alt-country musi...