Punk

PUP talk about how to keep on keeping on, and their rumoured connection to a urinal at Sneaky Dees

Alanna Why: “I want to hear more songs about friendship and queerness and self-love.”

“When we were 20 and angry with the world, so were they, and when we all reached 50, we were still angry with the world, but on a much more personal level.”

The trio was interviewed on this week’s episode of Apt613 Live, and they talked about mixing fun, power pop songs with important social commentary, their punk roots and influences, and why they’re looking forward to playing at Arboretum Festival this year.

“Punk Rock Is Not Dead” should have been the debut album title of local pop-punk band, Neck. Their debut album, Hate to Read is a concise 24 track compilation consisting of one minute, head-banging, energetic rippers with heavy doses of raw, punk-rock nostalgia.    ‘Loud and fast’ is the basic musical approach for punk and […]

The first time I heard Caves, I was intrigued. It was like nothing I had ever heard before, and yet, it had elements of various musical genres that I’ve been listening to all my life. It was a thoughtfully constructed mix of sounds and genres, and subgenres, that I had heard plenty of and was […]

Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls are returning to Ottawa this week. They’ve played many staple Ottawa festivals including the Folk Festival (CityFolk) and Bluesfest and will be playing the Bronson Center for a second time this Saturday, March 12th at 7 p.m. Spending most of his time on the road, Turner was in Vancouver when he […]

Unless your knowledge of punk, garage, and associated genres is truly encyclopedic, Ottawa Explosion Weekend can be a pretty overwhelming prospect. The annual music festival has been growing steadily since its inception, and this year, the “weekend” runs from this Tuesday to the following Monday, and features over eighty bands from Ottawa and around the […]

The Ontario Scene Festival presented by the National Arts Centre came to a seemingly quick close. In that time, Ottawa Showbox had the opportunity to catch up with a few bands at House of Targ. Here’s their interview with Toronto’s PUP. The punk rock band has made some waves since their debut LP last August, raising […]

The little festival that could may be all grown up, but Amnesia Rockfest remains the laid back, gritty punkpocalypse it always was. The community ball diamond, cement bleachers and tiny beer shack I remember from my first Rockfest four years ago are long gone and organizers have finally figured out how to tend to the […]

Sometimes, the first step is just admitting you have a problem. This is the principle behind the Ottawa Sucks, a punk and hardcore fest taking place this weekend. By starting from the premise that, yeah, Ottawa isn’t necessarily the coolest place in the world, Ottawa Sucks hopes to bring great bands to the city, build community, and lend […]