There isn’t enough goth-led music nowadays, so when an absolute heater of darkness comes out of nowhere, it’s time to bend the knee and kiss the ring. Combining a web of industrial chaos and a palette of screechy death rock sermons, Dermabrasion is a duo from Toronto who knew their self-assigned mission well; create a thematic, noisy candelabra of a concept album that draws from the bizarro world of the macabre. Dig out the all-black outfit I know you own, slap on some thick eye shadow and mascara, throw on Pain Behaviour, and go haunt some graveyards.
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The Calgary post-punks on peace, purpose and predilection.
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Seattle guitarist Jimmy James talks groove, mentorship, and finding the pocket decades into his career.
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604 Records rounds up Canada’s country stars for a nostalgic covers album.