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.
Our favourite St. John’s psych surfstrumentalists offer a flipbook style music video for their track “Chipz & Pepsi”.
Shed Island presents their first showcase of the year as Haligonian hardcore trio Botfly brings their brand of abrasive sludge punk to Distortion tonight in St. John’s. Check out our conversation with Botfly from earlier this week as we discuss the weather, their upcoming releases, and their visit to St. John’s this weekend.
In part 2 of our #TBT collaboration, we dip into the Distortion archive once again for some unreleased tracks from the final 2012 recording session of St. John’s trio The Drunks Rule This Place.