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Chloe Jones is starting over. Well, sort of. After getting warmed up with her debut EP, Old Palace, the UK native, who’s a classically trained pianist with a master’s in pop music, has a new plan. During a recent trip to London for some festival gigs, Jones and her like-minded bandmate Matt Fudge, decided to […]

You may know Jake Thurgood from his job beside the stage at Gus’—pouring your baby drafts—but enough nights beside the scene led him to join a band. Thurgood teamed up with Myles Deck, after trading records and chatting at the bar. “[Working at Gus’] got me thinking more about playing, for sure. I got to […]

We can thank the ghosts of music past for Willie Stratton’s sound—folk grandfathers like Woody Guthrie for his lyrical storytelling, and military drummers for spirited, steady beats. But Stratton keeps a fine balance between the old and the new. “Just growing up and figuring out who I am is a big inspiration,” says Stratton, who’s been […]

Upon arriving at the home of Jonathan Carroll (guitar/vocals), I was roped into a game of four square with his five-year-old neighbour. After the interview, I was invited to stick around and watch Star Trek or “maybe go to Value Village.” Everything with this band is so delightfully copacetic. They insist the band works because […]

“I used to listen to only country…and The Beatles,” says Audrey and the Agents’ commanding frontwoman Chantal Caissie of her seven-year-old self. It wasn’t until her brother bestowed No Doubt’s Tragic Kingdom upon her, and Gwen Stefani’s hardcore on-stage pushups blew her mind, that Caissie began to think about leading a rock band, looking to […]

Nick Iwaskow started Gigas “a while ago” while still in high school and looking to focus on a solo project while his other band was falling apart. He started collecting synths and looping pedals and playing house parties. Inspired by Boards of Canada, Cocteau Twins, shoegaze bands and folk, Iwaskow says, “I like to try […]

At press time, Bird World’s future is uncertain—though the band just released a new EP, it’s embarking on a temporary hiatus. Seamus Dalton began writing songs for the shoegazey four-piece two years ago, while living in St. John’s for school. He got together with friends Kathleen Prinsen, Scott Grundy (Quaker Parents, Gamma Gamma Rays) and […]

The members of Inmortis—Holly Fox, Lisa Faulkner, Jolene Zacher and Gerald Smith—bring a variety of influences to their virulent musical brew, including punk, thrash and black metal. “Basically we like music that doesn’t suck, and we smash it all together,” says Fox. The band is currently working on its first album with producer Mitch Kelly, […]

Jess Lewis has spent the last decade proving herself a stellar sidekick in a handful of Just Friends groups including The Pinecones, Hymm, Church Of Satan and The K-Tels, handling bass, guitar and backing vocal duties. However, in the past year, mostly due to requests from her close friends, Lewis has stepped into the spotlight. […]

I hadn’t intended to meet Hind Legs at a weird, heretofore-unknown-to-me jam space called Headquarters in the north end at 11pm on a Sunday night. But singer/guitarist Hally Jones is rather charmingly persistent—“Dude! You have to come to Headquarters!” she texted, over and over again—and so I went. At the door, Jones is resplendent in […]

Like a Motorcycle played its first show at Gus’ in March. Since then the band has been working its ass off in a quest to create rock music that is darkly melodic and deeply felt. Good buddies Kim Carson, Jillian Comeau and Michelle Skelding have kept themselves busy booking shows, creating merch (cute t-shirts and […]