So if drinking water for Indigenous Peoples is a focus of the Conservatives, Liberals and NDP and Greens it should pass on day 1 with at least 305 votes surely
Asked if there were any Canadians in the crowd in Berlin (there were) & said: “Don Cherry just got fired” to a loud smattering of the applause. Then turned to the rest of the crowd, Germans & others, & said “a prominent Canadian racist lost his job today.” The place went nuts. A+
It’s been a long day here watching well-regarded punks whose ethics were forged in the 80s and 90s fundamentally misunderstand, or disingenuously misrepresent, an important conversation happening about touring in 2023. Unlike the 80s & 90s, it is our only means of survival. Alas!
Weed has been legal for literal years and still every time I catch a slight whiff of it on the breeze in a park I’m like “hell yeah someone is being rebellious”
As a braindead punk who posts too much, I too would like to join the chorus of mouthbreathers telling Jeff to skip a gig in [checks notes] the tiny market of Philadelphia
[CA] Hey Canada! We would love to hear what types of BARRIERS you, or your community personally face in getting vaccinated! Whether you are East, West North or South we want to know!
Please let us know in the comments below. ☺️
#COVID19CA
#vhcCA
Missed the shoegaze discourse because I was playing the guitar through two amplifiers simultaneously while different effects pedals were running at different parts of the signal split
A friendly reminder from your local Eastern Europeans as we enter pierogi season here in the global north: if you’re not finishing your pierogis by sautéing them in butter with onions you officially forfeit your right to wear any Adidas clothing for six months
You can & should subscribe to streaming services AND buy phyiscal music/merch from your favourite artists. It’s not one or the other and you shouldn’t feel guilty for subscribing to streaming services (even if they are Satan-adjace). But fuck’s sake buy some physical product too!
Y’know if you’re that frustrated with the Billboard rock songs year-end chart, you could uhhhh buy the records made by artists you like. You can even preorder them!
Thanks to
@Fender
for being endlessly supportive of our band and for gifting me this beautiful American Professional II Tele Deluxe which I will debut tomorrow night on
@LateNightSeth
babyyyy
Morbid Stuff is out today. It’s felt like an eternity waiting to share this with you but uhhh here it is! Today’s a little overwhelming but I’m so proud of my three talented hardworking and insane best friends. You know where to find it! 💙💙💙
Last time we played Philadelphia, I was booed onstage for wearing a Raptors jersey during Game 2 when the Raptors got absolutely shellacked by the Sixers.
This time?
got asked to do a DJ an afterparty after a show in Québec, just gonna loop “Bill 21 is racist” in both official languages over 22 minute ambient electro cuts and stand on the riser with my arms crossed
This Place Sucks Ass EP. 10/23. Yes, that's a real title. It started as a joke that felt like it came true. New song "Rot" out now. No matter your circumstances, this EP is about where you're from and where you're at now. Wherever it is, it def sucks ass.
In 2001, when I was 13, I bought Sum 41’s Half Hour of Power from the Queen West HMV. I rode the streetcar home, excited for my first listen of this now-seminal Southern Ontario punk record. What a thrill to be part of their final run & at our hometown arena for the first time!!!
We're coming home for the FINAL dates of the Tour Of The Setting Sum! That's right, the last Sum 41 shows will be all across Canada, ending with two nights in Toronto on Jan 28th & 30th.
Canada skumfuks, get presale tickets Tuesday, March 26 @ 10 AM local time using password…
if i have to socially distance myself, the amount of dumb shit i’m gonna do with the guitar pedals i can’t use in public while taking edibles is gonna be truly astounding
We did it, somehow. THE UNRAVELING OF PUPTHEBAND is out today. Couldn’t have done it without the support of too many to name. I love & appreciate everyone who had a hand in this, whether listener, producer, or somewhere in between. Wear a mask at shows, I will too, let’s rock 💙
Every time I’ve had to show proof of vaccination to gain entry to a place, it’s felt great. Like truly a relief to know everyone around me is vaxxed! Bozos will stay bozoing but it rules that the rest of us Ontarians can slowly begin to enjoy things that affirm our humanity
🏡
@puptheband
refused to dial down the volume for its Tiny Desk (home) concert, filmed from a neatly-furnished living room complete with an Ontario pennant.
say whatever you want about the beatles; george harrison never played a note more or less than was demanded of a song and that is... impossibly hard to do. his entire output is an exercise is melodic intentionality. he rules.
Honestly, as someone who has been on both the reader & artist side of Pitchfork reviews, one of the most difficult things about all of this is seeing the further devaluing of criticism as a meaningful part of the experience of the work itself.
The great
@RepRashida
just introduced the Living Wage for Musicians Act, which will finally create a new streaming royalty paid directly to musicians. Sign on in support here:
I’m just catching up here, so forgive the lateness. But since the
@BlueJays
follow me here and I have publicly endorsed them for
@Cut4
in the past, I hope they do they only right thing and send Bass elsewhere. This is unacceptable stuff for a Toronto Blue Jay, full stop.
If Anthony Bass really understands the significance of his decision to endorse anti-LGBTQ material yesterday, a 35-second apology and a refusal to answer follow-up questions fails to make that clear.
Felt appropriate to post this on Labor Day. Here are the merch cuts being taken by the venues on this upcoming tour. This is going to cause us to sell our merch for higher prices than we'd like to at certain venues. We think that sucks. 1/
Hi hello. It is very wild to announce that we will be the musical guest on
@LateNightSeth
w/
@sethmeyers
THIS WEDNESDAY MARCH 20TH at 12:35/11:35c on
@nbc
. Holy moly!!!
Eric Clapton says the Covid vaccine has impaired his guitar playing. Just for the record, he has already said nerve damage has impaired his guitar playing. Next he’ll be saying it was fear of the vaccine that made him racist in 1976.
So excited to share new music with y’all. I think the four of us all lost our minds & you’ll definitely be able to hear it. The album is out April 1st (not a joke) & available for preorder. I like the Soundgarden reference in the video for Robot, go listen/watch/be safe out there
New album 'THE UNRAVELING OF PUPTHEBAND' out April 1. New song + vid for "Robot Writes A Love Song” out now. Watch / pre-order the record / buy tix:
Cover art by
@beefstrong
Here’s a perfect example of the kind of thing you do (dietary restrictions aside) if you are travelling and someone in the place you’re visiting recommends it. What you think about the hot dog toppings literally doesn’t matter and if you don’t want to try it as is, you’re a dick
I just received my first dose from the amazing crew
@HRHospital
. Very very grateful today and celebrating with California Sandwiches baby! Hope everyone else in hotspot postal codes like mine can get theirs soon!! 💙💙💙