By Yasmine Shemesh
A peer review featuring contributions from Cancer Bats, The OBGMs, Bif Naked, Comeback Kid, and Fefe Dobson.
Chain punk is alive and well, and the aptly named Chain Whip are Vancouver’s torchbearers of the unapologetically gritty sub-genre. Ferocious and hostile, Two Step to Hell is a scorching indictment of Vancouver’s insidious polarities — a dystopian hellhole with runaway speculation and unchecked greed on one hand, and the black boots of the police state overseeing never ending displacement and a poisoned drug supply on the other. Throw in the reemergence of white supremacist chuds against a backdrop of climate dread, and Two Step to Hell becomes the soundtrack to punching yourself in the face as you doomscroll the nightly news.
By Yasmine Shemesh
A peer review featuring contributions from Cancer Bats, The OBGMs, Bif Naked, Comeback Kid, and Fefe Dobson.
By Ben Boddez
One of the past decade’s most prolific songwriters is stepping out from behind the pen with a new name and persona.
By Fraser Hamilton
With her third album, the singer-songwriter captures a sense of dread and makes it her own.