The sixth edition of Lawnya Vawnya: An Exposition of Independent Art and Culture, is ready to kick off tonight in St. John’s, NL. Check out our first rundown from visiting contributor Mike Roy (Sackville, NB) as he jumps in with a few blurbs on some of his most anticipated festival selections.
MC Snax the Mount Pearl mac is back with his sixth sonic attack, and this time he’s hungry to help.
In 2006 a news hit from a small Alaskan town called Ravenstoke went viral; the video features NTV News anchor Glen Carter playing reporter Chuck Peterson. Ravenstoke, Chuck Peterson and the story in the video are all made up, but the weirdness is very real.
Here is an exclusive first listen to “SUNROOF” from the upcoming sophomore album by St. John’s emcee Dope Piece. Pre-order your CD or cassette copy of DOPEACE today and receive an advance digital download of all 18 tracks.
During their 1992 Breaking of The Wind reunion tour, British mockstars Spinal Tap stopped by Quidi Vidi Lake in St. John’s for a special Canada day performance. Check out some found footage from the original Much Music broadcast.
Andrew Waterman of Monsterbator pays homage to the legacy of unsung New York punk legend Sonny Vincent, and lends a hand during a crisis which has left this musical icon in a dire situation.
If you’re looking for an inspiration of musical efficiency for the RPM Challenge, look no further than Hard Ticket. Only a few short months after their first gig, Hard Ticket are ready to drop their debut full length in March. To tide you over until then, we’ve got an exclusive track for your listening pleasure.
After a month of digging through the Distortion archives, we inevitably had to share a personal favourite as a part of our collaborative series. Check out the full set from Truro, Nova Scotia punks Genetic Angry during their visit to St. John’s in 2008.
For this weeks collaborative flashback, we turned our attention to the diverse slew of touring acts that have stopped by Distortion over the last decade. Relive Montréal’s nomadic one-man rockabilly act Bloodshot BIll during his visit for Lawnya Vawnya 2013.