Articles by Jason Schreurs

Dave Hause

The Lonely Loved One

PUBLISHED Oct 14, 2013

Singer-songwriter Dave Hause is known well in punk rock circles as the hyped-up, super-posi sparkplug from Philly that plays hard and sings...

Dave Hause Talks His Long Journey to 'Devour'

PUBLISHED Oct 4, 2013

Rough and tumble singer-songwriter Dave Hause tapped a wide array of studio musicians and guests for his second solo album, Devour, which h...

The Flatliners

First Take Troopers

PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2013

The fourth album by punk rock band the Flatliners sounds like a band growing up and getting in touch with what they do best: rocked-out pun...

Cancer Bats

Club 919, Victoria BC, September 30

PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2013

It was a bold and highly questionable move for Cancer Bats to do a cross-Canada tour including their Bat Sabbath incarnation the same year...

Touché Amoré Detail the Themes and Inspiration Behind 'Is Survived By'

PUBLISHED Sep 23, 2013

Touché Amoré's third full-length album, Is Survived By, is sure to capture the attention of emo/hardcore and heavier indie rock fans, not o...

Bosnian Rainbows

Main Stage, Victoria BC, September 15

PUBLISHED Sep 16, 2013

Before the rain came down on the last night of Rifflandia, eclectic four-piece Bosnian Rainbows performed what had to be the oddest, most e...

Hot Hot Heat

Royal Athletic Park Main Stage, Victoria BC, September 14

PUBLISHED Sep 15, 2013

"It's just nice to play with my buddies again onstage." The words of Hot Hot Heat leader Steve Bays pretty much summed up the Victoria-born...

Derrick May

Market Square, Victoria BC, September 14

PUBLISHED Sep 15, 2013

Nabbing Detroit house legend Derrick May for Rifflandia might have been the organizers' biggest coup this year. Known as one of the forefat...