CANADIAN HARDCORE HEROES COMEBACK KID ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM CHOSEN HELL OUT NOVEMBER 6 VIA SHARPTONE (U.S.)/DINE ALONE RECORDS (CANADA)
BAND SHARES VIDEO FOR TITLE TRACK — WATCH
ALBUM FEATURES GUEST APPEARANCES FROM SPIRITBOX’S COURTNEY LAPLANTE + INCENDIARY’S BRENDAN GARRONE
Canadian hardcore heroes COMEBACK KID are thrilled to announce their new album Chosen Hell. It arrives November 6 via SharpTone Records in the U.S. and via Dine Alone Records in Canada. Pre-order it here (Canada).
Chosen Hell, the band’s eighth and latest LP, further distills the potency of the musical elements that have defined CBK since the beginning while once again evolving their creative spectrum, weaving in influences of blazing modern metal, piss-and-vinegar punk, and even vulnerable melodicism that adds compelling contrast to their longstanding and beloved sonic foundation.
Today, the band has shared the video for the title track. (Here for Canada). It pairs deeply introspective lyricism atop a punishing aural arsenal.
“The theme of the title track ‘Chosen Hell’ on our new album touches on morality and ethics,” explains singer Andrew Neufeld. “Something as simple as right or wrong. Good or evil. Healthy or unhealthy, and our ability to make a choice. Often, we are incapable of choosing the right thing, and we find ourselves in situations that we know hold us back, therefore affecting our own well being. The outcome is what we make of it.”
Additionally, the album cover design is an actual structure built by Callum Preston in Melbourne, Australia.
CHOSEN HELL TRACK LISTING:
“Target On My Back”
“Vindication”
“Shedding Season” (Feat. Courtney LaPlante)
“Lost And Found”
“Underneath The Pressure”
“Chosen Hell”
“Yesterday’s Gone” (Feat. Incendiary’s Brendan Garrone)
“Tunnel Vision”
“Becoming”
“Heartland Elegy”
“Too Late”
The band will tour this fall. Additional U.S., Canadian, European, and UK dates to follow.
COMEBACK KID ON TOUR:
11/7 — Oklahoma City, OK — Flyover Fest
11/8 — Dallas, TX — Puzzles Deep Ellum *
11/9 — Houston, TX — Secret Group *
11/10 — San Antonio, TX — Paper Tiger *
11/11 — Austin, TX — Come And Take It Live *
11/13 — Las Vegas, NV — American Legion Post 8 +
11/14 — San Diego, CA — Corazon Del Barrio +
11/15 — Los Angeles, CA — 1720 +
11/16 — Berkeley, CA — Cornerstone +
11/18 — Portland, OR — Dante’s ^
11/19 — Tacoma, WA — Real Art ^
11/20 — Boise, ID — Shrine Social Club %
11/22 — Salt Lake City, UT — Metro Music Hall %
11/23 — Denver, CO — HQ ^
*Comeback Kid w/ Dead Heat, Fear Of Loss, Slow Pulse
+Comeback Kid w/ Defeater, Dead Heat, Barrio Slam
^Comeback Kid w/ The Warriors, Dead Heat, Barrio Slam
%Comeback Kid w/ The Warriors, Dead Heat, Time x Heist
Defying a sadly and increasingly pervasive trend in today’s heavy music scene, Comeback Kid have managed to not only maintain but expand the energy and urgency of their groundbreaking debut and sophomore LPs over the course of a decorated 25+ year career. Luckily — at least for their fervidly loyal fanbase — there’s a lot to be angry about these days…
The quintet, comprised of Neufeld, guitarists Jeremy Hiebert and Stu Ross, bassist Chase Brenneman, and drummer Terrance Pettitt, cut Chosen Hell with heralded producer/engineer Will Putney at his Graphic Nature Audio studio in New Jersey — an exercise that clearly elevated the impact, power, and passion of these 11 tracks. “He’s also been a supporter of ours from the get, so he knows where we’re coming from and really understood our vision,” shares Neufeld. “We all played to our strengths as best we could, and I think that’s really apparent in the final product.”
Two selections add new names to Comeback Kid’s long and diverse list of guest vocalists, with Spiritbox frontwoman Courtney LaPlante injecting her raw guttural glory into “Shedding Season” while Incendiary’s Brendan Garrone augments the ferocity of “Yesterday’s Gone” with his trademark swagger.
“Overall, I was able to let my guard down a little bit while writing for this one, and took more input from everybody else,” adds Neufeld. “It was really collaborative that way, which is also kind of new for us.”
It’s that blend of familiar musical fury laced with novel elements that’s earned Comeback Kid its loyal following and overall longevity — along with their ability to relay said fury from the stage. Through the years, they’ve toured relentlessly alongside iconic acts from every corner of heavy music — hardcore icons like Hatebreed and Sick of It All; punk pioneers including Dropkick Murphys and Bad Religion; metal masters like Gojira and Parkway Drive; and even rock radio mainstays like Rise Against and Alexisonfire.
There’s still plenty to be angry about, but Chosen Hell is a masterclass in processing that pain and rage and outputting something truly transcendent — a reward for conquering the hardships we all encounter. And if Comeback Kid can carry forward this trend of continually exceeding their own standards, then we can only eagerly await what might come next.
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Chastity announce new LP: I Built This Prison Myself
Incoming November 13 on Deathwish Inc. [pre-order]
(on Dine Alone Records in Canada)
Share new single “Misled Youth”
Photo by Justin Singer
Chastity is for the skids, the headbangers, the freaks— for anyone who has felt trapped inside a place, a life, or a version of themselves that they didn’t choose. Since forming the project in Whitby Ontario in 2015, Brandon Williams has built Chastity around a suburban feeling, creating songs as an outstretched hand, and building community as a way of surviving.
On November 13 2026, Chastity will return with a new full-length titled I Built This Prison Myself, a record about fighting for yourself. It is Williams’ most narrative work yet, based on a story that has haunted his hometown for generations: the Whitby Psychiatric Hospital and the 1976 fire set by a 16 year old patient who burned down a massive barn on the hospital grounds. The record imagines the boy behind that fire, not as a symbol of destruction, but as a young person confronting fear, powerlessness, control, and the hope to remain himself.
The album’s title is both accusation and admission. I Built This Prison Myself asks what happens when the forces that confine us become internalized— when survival mechanisms harden into walls, and the parts of ourselves we fought to protect begin to resemble the things that keep us trapped. Across the 10 songs on the album, Williams turns those questions over with characteristic urgency: What if the parts of yourself others think are broken are the parts that are most worth protecting?
Listen / share first single “Misled Youth”
I Built This Prison Myself hurtles through melodic hardcore, shoegaze and punk, and arrives on the heels of a whirlwind past few years for the band. There weren’t any venues for independent punk music in their suburban town, so Chastity started throwing shows in a barn in Whitby’s rural outskirts, and people took notice. Before long, punk stalwarts like PUP and Metz were making the pilgrimage to the barn to headline gigs, and profits from the shows went to a regional youth mental health service. Chastity spent the next years touring internationally, including shows with Sunny Day Real Estate, Alexisonfire, Deafheaven and more.
These new songs follow Chastity’s progression from the conceptual mortality of 2018’s breakthrough LP Death Lust, through the anxiety of 2019’s Home Made Satan and the search for happiness on 2022’s Suffer Summer, to the deeply autobiographical Chastity (2024). On I Built This Prison Myself, Williams turns outward again, via a story from Whitby’s past, to explore questions that remain painfully present today.
Pre-order I Built This Prison Myself here.
I Built This Prison Myself cover art:
I Built This Prison Myself track list:
- Blink and See God
- Don’t Lose the Feeling
- Jesus Christ Superstore
- Misled Youth
- Error of My Ways
- Fighting
- So Alive I Cry
- No One
- Seeing Red
- Making Peace with the Horrors of Being Me
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SPENCER BURTON REVEALS NEW LP, ANNOUNCES TOUR DATES
SPENCER BURTON ANNOUNCES HIS UPCOMING SELF-TITLED ALBUM, SET FOR RELEASE ON OCTOBER 16, 2026 VIA DINE ALONE RECORDS
TOUR DATES SUPPORTING THE ALBUM BEGIN OCT 15 – TICKETS HERE
FULL DATES LISTED BELOW
BUY / STREAM “CABIN IN THE WOODS” HERE
PRE-SAVE SPENCER BURTON HERE
PRE-ORDER LIMITED EDITION 12” AMAZONITE VINYL (500 COPIES)
Photo Credit : Vanessa Heins
Home, as we so often hear, is where the heart is. It’s where you belong and where your story begins. There’s no place like it, but paradoxically, it’s not a place; it’s a feeling –simultaneously sweet, simple, the anchor of the soul.
Over the course of his last two lauded LPs – 2024’s North Wind and 2021’s Coyote – Spencer Burton deeply considered and contemplated the concept, even retreating to a secluded cabin in the sticks of Northern Ontario to record the former and find “home” for himself.
Ultimately he did, but that blissful discovery would soon be tempered by an unforeseen burden, and on his new self-titled collection, Burton ruminates on how to return to it. “This album was also written in isolation, though not by choice,” he begins, recalling the harrowing experience of his son requiring emergency life-saving surgery at the foot of 2025. “Our lives were turned upside down; it was very sudden and very urgent.”
His wife refused to leave the bedside, and since only one parent could remain in the cramped hospital room around the clock, that once again left Burton with ample time for insular introspection – albeit this time, not by choice.
“I just started writing songs about the whole experience, and playing them for my family became a way for all of us to cope with and work through the situation,” he shares about the weeks-long ordeal. “They don’t necessarily feel like ‘hospital songs,’ but they do carry a recurring theme of home – of wanting home and finding home when you can’t physically be there.”
The resulting collection – like the transformative experience that inspired it – is one rich with hope, home, and healing. What began as the seeds of something deeply personal sprouted into something optimistic and undeniably communal – both figuratively and literally.
Having already shared the album’s first two tracks, today Burton is sharing the third, “Cabin In The Woods”. “Home is a recurring theme on this album,” he explains. “Places, feelings and people. Memories of comfort and good feelings. Places of safety. ‘Cabin In The Woods’ is about a place that brings all those things together.”
BUY / STREAM “CABIN IN THE WOODS” HERE
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Most of the songs were written and, for a good while, solely performed on an acoustic guitar in a sterile and stodgy Ontario hospital; however, the album – produced by longtime friend Matt Kelly and engineered and mixed by Erik Nielsen – features a diverse and decorated cast of musical collaborators amassed from different eras of his career.
“The last few albums were done down in Nashville, but this one was so personal, I wanted to make it nearer to home with people really close to me,” shares Burton, listing off a list of familiar names who added backing vocals and various instrumentation to the sonic collage.
The material is beautifully delicate and dulcet – the purest distillation of his prolific, decades-long pursuit in the arts, spanning his roots in Ontario’s seminal early-00s punk scene to his dark-tinged alt-country stylings as Grey Kingdom through to the candid, compelling country-folk catalogue of the last decade-plus, fittingly released under his given name.
His latest works have earned acclaim from esteemed outlets like Exclaim! and the CBC, a coveted Canadian Folk Music Awards nomination, major tours supporting the likes of Burton Cummings and City and Colour, and high-profile slots at revered festivals from Mariposa to Riverfest. His latest is sure to maintain the impressive momentum.
BUY / STREAM “PRAIRIE MOON” HERE
WATCH “PRAIRIE MOON” (ACOUSTIC PERFORMANCE) HERE
LISTEN / SHARE “PRAIRIE MOON” HERE
“Prairie Moon” opens the album with a perfect summation of all that follows – simple poetry, alliterative, vulnerable, and alive, set to a dynamic backdrop of sweetly subtle and pristinely nuanced instrumentation. It’s effortlessly engaging and memorable, everything seemingly in its right place.
Closing your eyes to “I Need a Song”, you float into an immaculate concert hall in rural Tennessee, seated in the centre of a wholly rapt audience as the lush harmonies and poignant instrumentation slowly decay into the arched ceiling.
“Little Boy” and the penultimate “Bound for Home” carry considerable weight, the latter inspired by Burton’s then-bedridden son reporting on his dreams from the night before – all longing to be home.
And fittingly, “Prairie Moon Pt. 2” serves as the perfect response to that longing call, revisiting the sonic envelopment of the opening track and embodying the primary theme of the record as a whole.
BUY / STREAM “TIME” HERE
WATCH “TIME” (ACOUSTIC PERFORMANCE) HERE
LISTEN / SHARE “TIME” HERE
“It was one of those miracle situations,” reflects Burton, looking back on the surreal experience that spawned the offering. “[My son] is back to being a kid, safe and sound with us at home. I typically write for myself, but these songs were really for me and for my family, to get us through this very specific thing. But going back and revisiting them from the other side of it all, it occurs to me we all face hardships as parents or just as people, and everyone needs comfort and hope and to know they’re not alone.”
Indeed, these 10 tracks offer a powerful testament to the/ idea that one can find home where it originally wasn’t; that a home can be built atop connections and comfort and, most importantly, the people that remind us we’re right where we belong.
PRE-SAVE SPENCER BURTON HERE
PRE-ORDER LIMITED EDITION 12” AMAZONITE VINYL (500 COPIES)
TOUR DATES // TICKETS HERE
Oct 15 – St. Catharines, ON – Helliwell Hall
Oct 16 – Toronto, ON – Burdock Music Hall
Oct 20 – Windsor, ON – Meteor
Oct 21 – London, ON – Aeolian Hall
Oct 22 – Guelph, ON – Sonic Hall
Oct 28 – Kingston, ON – Broom Factory
Oct 29 – Chelsea, QC – Motel Chelsea
Oct 30 – Burnstown, ON – Neat Cafe
TRACKLIST
01 Prairie Moon
02 Time
03 Cabin In The Woods
04 I Need A Song
05 Bump In The Road
06 Little Boy
07 In Your Eyes
08 Silence In The Woods
09 Bound For Home
10 Prairie Moon Pt. 2
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CELEBRATED TEXAS ALT-ROCK BAND SPARTA ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM
CUT A SILHOUETTE
RECORDED WITH THE LEGENDARY J. ROBBINS AT MAGPIE CAGE STUDIO
MUSIC VIDEO FOR FIRST SINGLE, “CRATER,” CO-WRITTEN WITH FRANK IERO
(MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE, L.S. DUNES), NOW STREAMING ONLINE
FESTIVAL APPEARANCES, DATES SUPPORTING JIMMY EAT WORLD AND THE TOADIES,
AND TOUR OF LATIN AMERICA ANNOUNCED FOR MAY, JUNE, AUGUST & SEPTEMBER
CUT A SILHOUETTE AVAILABLE VIA EQUAL VISION RECORDS / DINE ALONE RECORDS ON FRIDAY, MAY 29
WATCH: “CRATER” FROM CUT A SILHOUETTE
(DIRECTED BY TRAVIS SHINN)
STREAM: “CRATER” FROM CUT A SILHOUETTE
(ON ALL PLATFORMS)
Equal Vision Records, Dine Alone Records and Sparta are excited to announce the Friday, May 29 release of Cut A Silhouette, the forthcoming album from the celebrated El Paso, TX-based alt-rock band (pre-save, pre-add and pre-order HERE). Produced, engineered and recorded in seven days at Magpie Cage Recording Studio by the iconic J. Robbins, Cut A Silhouette is a collision of past and present. It builds off Sparta’s legacy but equally continues the evolution of a band that has never rested on its laurels. Written in hotel rooms, practice spaces, studios and soundchecks over the course of a year, Cut A Silhouette reveals frontman Jim Ward’s rediscovery of his love for music.
“This is a love record,” Ward happily declares. “I want it to leave an impression, and at this point in my career, that’s what I yearn for. I’m working so hard to make something meaningful to me, and I really want people to get a chance to feel it as well.” Watch the music video for the album’s first single, “Crater,” a song co-written with Frank Iero (My Chemical Romance, L.S. Dunes), on YouTube HERE, and stream the track on all platforms HERE.
Additionally, Sparta will be making a number of appearances over the summer behind Cut A Silhouette, performing headline shows in Latin America, appearing at Sol Summit Festival in El Paso, TX on Sunday, May 3, and supporting Jimmy Eat World and The Toadies separately in select markets across the U.S. Tickets for all shows are on sale now via the band’s website HERE, and a full listing of dates can be found below.
It all started with John Candy. Some 31 years after the comedian’s death, Jim Ward was watching a documentary about him, and in it Macaulay Culkin — who had starred in a number of films with the late actor — said something that really stuck with the musician. So much so, in fact, that, after months of pondering and overthinking what Sparta’s sixth full-length album would be named, Ward decided that those very words—“cut a silhouette”—should be the title.
“He said that when he met John Candy, he just entered your brain and cut a silhouette,” says Ward. “Like, he just left an impression is the way I see it. And when I heard him say that, I was like ‘Oh! That’s what I want this record to be.’ I want it to leave an impression.”
Helmed by the legendary J. Robbins, Cut A Silhouette begins with the frantic, impassioned rush of “Split Lip” before charging into the urgent insistence of “Crater”. The latter song, along with “Mouthbreather”, which immediately follows it, were both written with Frank Iero, though the My Chemical Romance guitarist doesn’t play on them. “See You Soon”, a gorgeous, lilting explosion of slow-motion power-pop, was co-written with Kemble Walters (Chevelle, Juliette And The Licks). He does play on that song, as does Adrian Borgeois, who adds some tender piano to the melancholy equation. J. Robbins also features on a number of the songs, as does Brooks Harlan, who plays in Jawbox with Robbins, as well as in War On Women, while Carlos Arévalo from Chicano Batman plays guitar on the hopeful fragility of “Midnights”.
The result is pure, unadulterated Sparta. These days completed by bassist Matt Miller and drummer Neil Hennessy, the band have made a record that’s a culmination of the perfectly imperfect chemistry that flows between the three of them. The only thing on this record that shines as much as that chemistry between the trio is the community spirit that helped create it.
While you might expect 2022’s self-titled album to have been the one to bring Sparta home — after all, self-titled records are often made with that intention — that’s actually the role Ward has given Cut A Silhouette. But he admits that the previous record — one he says felt like it was made from disparate parts being brought together — was a necessary process to go through for this one to exist. “This feels like we’re a fucking band again,” Ward says. “All three of us are in a room, we’re all writing together, we’re listening to each other; this is now a constructive creative process, and it’s now the end of this era. Like, I made it through.”
Sparta will be making the following appearances in 2026. Dates below with more to be added soon.
MAY
03 — El Paso, TX — San Jacinto Plaza (Sol Summit Festival)
JUNE
05 — Denver, CO — Ogden Theater *
06 — Salt Lake City, UT — The Grand Theatre *
07 — Boise, ID — Knitting Factory *
09 — Seattle, WA — Showbox *
10 — Portland, OR — Roseland Theater *
12 — San Francisco, CA — The Fillmore *
13 — Los Angeles, CA — The Belasco *
14 — Santa Ana, CA — The Observatory *
16 — San Diego, CA — The Observatory North Park *
17 — Phoenix, AZ — The Van Buren *
AUGUST
14 — Rio de Janeiro, BR — Casa da Glória #
15 — São Paulo, BR — Burning House #
16 — Buenos Aires, AR — Club Cultural Bula #
18 — Santiago, CL — Club Ambar #
19 — Lima, PE — Yield Rock #
21 — San José, CR — Amon Solar #
22 — Mexico City, MX — Hendrix Bar #
SEPTEMBER
09 — Austin, TX — Moody Amphitheater ^
10 — Irving, TX — The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory ^
* — supporting The Toadies
# — headline show
^ — supporting Jimmy Eat World
Cut A Silhouette album cover art.
Cut A Silhouette track listing:
Split Lip
Crater
Mouthbreather
Daydream
See You Soon
Everything You Say
Without Your Hands
Midnights
Mystery Of Missing
Glimmer
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ps goner announces debut album there’s an atm inside
out april 3rd
shares lead single + video “wind on the horizon”
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https://shhoamkee.ffm.to/theresanatminside
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ps goner announces his debut album there’s an atm inside with the lead single “wind on the horizon”, accompanied by a music video by Cole Kush. The forthcoming album will be released on April 3rd via SHHOAMKEE Records.
ps goner is another musical project from Peter Sagar (aka HOMESHAKE), known for his singular blend of intimacy, atmosphere, and emotional precision. Across a constantly evolving catalogue, Sagar has followed instinct over expectation, shaping deeply personal music that resists easy categorization. His new album, there’s an atm inside, marks a clear departure into a different world; alternative country, trading hazy synths for steel guitars, piano and songcraft rooted in Americana – recorded entirely to cassette. Speaking on the lead single, Peter shares: “wind on the horizon is about what comes after the end. maybe you don’t belong here anymore, but you belong somewhere else, and now you’re free to find it.”
The sound of the original recording has been preserved as closely as possible, however due to its high resolution, the audio can reveal limitations of the source tape. Peter will tour across North America following the album’s release. There’s also a ps goner hotline on +1 914-530-0231 where fans can hear previews of the record leading up to its release.
Tracklisting:
- drive away
- wind on the horizon
- finally alive
- pray for me
- broken dream
- disappear
- ???
- i forget : )
Tour Dates:
April 7, 2026 — Montreal, QC — Bar Le Ritz
April 9, 2026 — Brooklyn, NY — Baby’s All Right
April 10, 2026 — Philadelphia, PA — RUBA
April 12, 2026 — Chicago, IL — Sleeping Village
April 14, 2026 — Toronto, ON — The Garrison
April 21, 2026 — San Diego, CA — Lou Lou’s
April 23, 2026 — San Francisco, CA — Rickshaw Stop
April 25, 2026 — Seattle, WA — Barboza
April 26, 2026 — Portland, OR — Polaris Hall
April 28, 2026 — Los Angeles, CA — Sid The Cat Auditorium
ACCLAIMED, JUNO-NOMINATED CANADIAN PUNK VETERANS
THE FLATLINERS
ANNOUNCE BRAND NEW STUDIO ALBUM, COLD WORLD
MUSIC VIDEO FOR FIRST SINGLE, “GOOD, YOU?”, NOW STREAMING ON YOUTUBE;
“GOOD, YOU?” NOW ALSO STREAMING ON ALL DIGITAL PLATFORMS
SPRING/SUMMER NORTH AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN HEADLINE AND FESTIVAL
APPEARANCES ANNOUNCED
COLD WORLD, PRODUCED BY CHRIS CRESSWELL AND THE FLATLINERS, AVAILABLE VIA EQUAL VISION RECORDS / DINE ALONE RECORDS ON FRIDAY, MAY 8
LISTEN: “GOOD, YOU?” FROM COLD WORLD
(ON YOUTUBE)
LISTEN: “GOOD, YOU?” FROM COLD WORLD
(ON ALL PLATFORMS)
Equal Vision Records, Dine Alone Records and The Flatliners are excited to announce the Friday, May 8 release of Cold World, the longstanding, Juno-nominated Canadian punk quartet’s brand new studio album (pre-order/pre-save-pre-add HERE). While 2022’s New Ruin was preoccupied with the inherited damages of the last generation, Cold World sees that legacy for what it is — a ghost, a fading memory. If New Ruin was about the rage of realization, now we’re damned with the aftermath of clarity. Welcome to the future.
Leading the collection is the single “Good, You?“, a snotty, tongue-in-cheek offering that successfully skewers the topic of toxic masculinity and the irrational fear we all seem to share of talking about our feelings. Watch the music video for “Good, You?” directed by Jeff Powers on YouTube HERE, and stream the track on all platforms HERE. The band had the following to share about the video:
“We wanted to pay homage to the greatest era of music videos we have ever known — the one we grew up in. Our aim was to make a ‘90s-style video, portraying the album artwork in all its glory; to bring things back to a time where you could suspend disbelief and just let your eyes and
ears devour those next three minutes. With the help of our amazing cast and crew,
we achieved just that. A piece of nowstalgia that feels like it has a strong foot
in the past, and another firmly planted in the present.”
Credit: Riley Taylor.
Maybe the greatest resistance that any artist can offer today is the radical act of stability — the same four people, friends since they were kids, playing music together because they have been compelled to for nearly their entire lives, 24 years and counting.
Cold World, the brand new studio album from Canadian punk veterans The Flatliners, is the sound of a band free to make what they want with the people they want to make it with, to try to carve out some space to demonstrate a different way of doing things — a space where bands share credit equally, where friends grow and work together over decades, a space where stability is the reward for sticking to your vision.
That vision has evolved into a consistent confidence that gives The Flatliners the freedom to experiment with the edges of their sound while grounded by each other, locking out the decay of the world outside. The band fought through the fire of their last record only to find a landscape of debasement and erasure, and an increasingly cold world for all of us to live in.
The textures of Cold World itself are anything but comfortable and familiar. The band’s airtight foundation of bassist Jon Darbey and drummer Paul Ramirez continues to drive with a learned, casual urgency on rippers like “Inner Peace” and “Burn,” while Chris Cresswell and Scott Brigham deploy the controlled chaos of their shredding two-guitar attack, enveloping the listener on songs like “Pulpit” and “Whyte Light.” As the album ends, we may be drifting out into darkness. But if we’re lucky, we can choose who we drift with.
The Flatliners will be making the following appearances in 2026. Dates below with more to be announced soon.
FEBRUARY
20 — Kingston, ON — Broom Factory
21 — Oshawa, ON — Bond Street Event Centre
26 — Tillonsburg, ON — Paddy’s Underground
27 — Guelph, ON — Sonic Hall
28 — St. Catharines, ON — Warehouse Concert Hall
MARCH
20 — Winnipeg, MB — Park Theatre
MAY
02 — Philadelphia, PA — Sing Us Home Festival #
05 — Washington, DC — The Pearl *
06 — Virginia Beach, VA — The Bunker *
08 — Brooklyn, NY — Meadows *
09 — Cambridge, MA — The Middle East *
28 — Sacramento, CA — Goldfield ^
29 — San Francisco, CA — Rickshaw Stop ^
30 — San Jose, CA — The Ritz ^
31 — Los Angeles, CA — Teragram Ballroom ^
JUNE
19 — Hamburg, DE — Bahnhof Paulo
20 — Berlin, DE — Hole 44
21 — Dresden, DE — Farewell Youth Fest #
23 — Vienna, AT — Arena
24 — Munich, DE — Strom
25 — Cologne, DE — Gebaude 9
26 — Ysselsteyn, NL — Jera On Air #
27 — Munster, De — Vainstream #
28 — Tabor, CZ — Mighty Sounds Festival #
JULY
02 — Trois Rivières, QC — FestiVoix #
* — w/ A Wilhelm Scream, Signals Midwest
^ — w/ Samiam
# — Festival appearance
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NASHVILLE-BASED CHILDREN’S MUSIC DUO
MAC N CHEEZE
(RYAN O’REILLY OF NHL’s PREDATORS AND KELLY JAMES) SHARE NEW SINGLE
“COCONUT”
ANNOUNCE UPCOMING ALBUM PIZZA PARTY OUT APRIL 10, 2026
(Photo Credit: Genevieve de Leur)
Los Angeles, CA (February 13, 2026) – Mac N Cheeze is a playful, music-first kids’ project dreamed up by two longtime friends, Ryan O’Reilly and Kelly James, who traded hockey sticks for kid-friendly hooks. The pair met as teammates in Major Junior hockey with the Erie Otters and, years later, began making up silly songs to entertain Ryan’s kids. A Raffi concert crystallized the idea: kids’ music could be joyful, high-quality and theatrical. From those living-room singalongs grew a full universe of characters, videos and songs designed to make families laugh, dance and sing together.
O’Reilly and James’ creative approach is collaborative and character-driven. Songs come from riffs, silly lines and real moments with children, often inspired by things kids say and do. Melodies spark characters (“Mac” and “Cheeze” are essentially the duo’s alter egos), and the characters in turn shape the visuals and stories: “Mr. Poo” (a cheeky reminder to flush), “Greg and the Weasel” (an unlikely best-friend duo), “Coco the Coconut,” “Country Santa” and his elf, “Elvis” the chicken, a shy porcupine, and even an Irish Pirate with a wooden hockey-stick peg leg. The result is the Mac N Cheeze Universe, a world meant for imaginative play and goofy, feel-good songs.
Today, the group is excited to share “Coconut,” which follows on the heels of their debut single “Pizza Party,” and have announced the release of their forthcoming album, Pizza Party, out April 10, 2026, with more animated music videos, live mini-shows, behind-the-scenes content,
toys, merch, a TV show, musicals, and even boxed macaroni and cheese in the works. The project also features a strong philanthropic commitment, allocating a portion of its proceeds to foster care initiatives, music-focused charities, and youth sports programs.
Recording the debut material in Nashville, where Ryan currently plays for the NHL’s Predators, was a formative experience. Working with producer and drummer Chris Kimmerer and a roster of guest musicians elevated the sound and brought new textures to the songs. Collaborators include Dallas Green (City and Colour), Thumpasaurus, Alle Bernardi, and Jig Jam—friends and artists who helped make the album lively, musically diverse and genuinely fun.
Pizza Party Track Listing:
- Pizza Party
- Coconut
- Boc Like a Chicken
- The Robot Song
- Bye Bye Mr. Poo (feat. City and Colour) 6. Imma Baby
- I Love You Mom
- Irish Pirate (feat. Jig Jam)
- Greg and the Weasel
- L-U-N-C-H
- Good Morning Dad
- Shake Your Booty (feat. Alle Bernardi, Thumpasaurus)
- No Instruments
- Porcupine (feat. Jenna Rose)
- Soiree Pizza
About Mac N Cheeze:
“Recording in Nashville was an incredible experience for us,” says Ryan. “Getting to be in such an amazing music place and work with very talented and experienced people was a dream. This was our first time recording, so it took some time, but we had the right guidance and people around us to help accomplish our vision.” Mac and Cheeze’s inspiration often starts close to home. “Our families love Mac N Cheeze,” he adds. “They love hearing the music, and my kids love being on some of the songs. They’re excited to share the project with others and bring them into the Mac N Cheeze world.”
Kelly echoes that family energy: “Mac and I have always played music when we’re together just for fun and laughs between us and our friends. When Mac started having kids, we began making songs catered to them—and they really loved them. The kids would make requests for the songs we made up, and they would dance and sing along every time. We started sharing those songs with other family members (and their kids), and they also loved them. So we made more songs and eventually named ourselves Mac N Cheeze!”
The duo cites Raffi, classic family music and all genres of great songs as influences, but their guiding principle is simple: “When in doubt, silly it out.”
“We just want kids to have fun!” says Kelly James. “If kids are laughing, dancing, and singing, then that’s a great song. We also want parents to enjoy the music too. We’re big fans of children’s movies that sneak in some humour for the parents watching with their kids, so we like to write songs that get the whole family dancing and having a good time.”
Connect with Mac N Cheeze:
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For media availability and more information on Mac N Cheeze, please contact: Shane Greenberg | The Syndicate | shane@thesyn.com | 201.864.0900 ext. 322
Management for Mac N Cheeze:
Chris Taylor | Hall of Fame Artists | CT@HOF-Artists.com
Hoopla, Weird Nightmare’s Stunning New Record Is Available Friday, May 1st, 2026,
Worldwide From Sub Pop and in Canada From Dine Alone
Official Video For “Might See You There”
YouTube | Stream
…And 2026 Touring
Photo Credit: Colin Medley
On Friday, May 1st, Weird Nightmare will release Hoopla, the engaging and melodic second LP from former METZ frontman Alex Edkins.
Every band worth its salt has a member who worked in a record store. In METZ, the fearless noise rock trio who released five full-length albums on Sub Pop between 2012 and 2024, it was singer and guitarist Alex Edkins. Slinging indie rock and hardcore records in his hometown record store while attending university, Edkins became an ardent student of rock ‘n’ roll; from the psychedelic 1960s to the DIY 1990s and beyond. The new Weird Nightmare album Hoopla, mixes and matches these wide-ranging influences in fun, exhilarating combinations, showcasing his sophisticated musical mind. Bursting to life with hooks and earworms.
Co–produced by Edkins and Spoon’s Jim Eno at Seth Manchester’s Machines With Magnets in Providence, RI. Edkins expands Weird Nightmare’s dimensions to new heights, gilding the direct emotions of his straightforward songwriting with musical textures such as piano, bells, and castanets, giving these well-wrought tunes a shiny luster.
Following the previously released single “Forever Elsewhere,” which Stereogum called “… an undeniably infectious power-pop anthem”, Weird Nightmare has shared an official video for their new song, “Might See You There,” which was directed by CC Mulligan.
Edkins shares about the track: “‘Might See You There’ is about going back to visit my hometown and being flooded with teenage nostalgia. Small-town boredom and isolation almost feel like a gift in today’s highly connected world. I feel fortunate for that time spent idly, down in the basement, learning the entire Rancid “Let’s Go” album on guitar with my friends. I find it easy to romanticise that time in my life, even though I was, without question, a disgruntled kid who badly wanted to escape my surroundings and see the world.
“I was listening to a lot of the Irish bands The Undertones and Protex while writing this one, and I think there is a fair bit of their influence. Just the simplicity and big bar chords mostly.
Seth Manchester and I were very into the idea of adding piano and bells to the outro, akin to the Phil Spector-produced “End of the Century” album by The Ramones. The great Julianna Riolino sings with me on the choruses, too!”
Weird Nightmare is also announcing North American headline dates beginning on April 14th in San Diego, with festival appearances at the Soundscape NW Festival in Portland, on April 28th with labelmates Bully, and a 5-date Canadian run in June with Wintersleep. Additional live dates will be announced soon.
Fri. Apr. 14 – San Diego, CA – Soda Bar
Sat. Apr. 25 – Los Angeles, CA – Gold Diggers ^
Sun. Apr. 26 – Oakland, CA – Thee Stork Club ^
Tue. Apr. 28 – Portland, OR – Soundscape NW Festival *
Wed. Apr. 29 – Seattle, WA – Baba Yaga
Fri. May 01 – Toronto, ON – Sonic Boom in-store
Sun. May 03 – Brantford, ON – zBTFD in-store
Tue. May 12 – Kingston, ON
Wed. May 13 – Montreal, PQ – Bar le Ritz
Fri. May 15 – Halifax, NS – Marquee Ballroom #
Sat. May 16 – Halifax, NS – Marquee Ballroom #
Fri. May 29 – Detroit, MI – Lager House
Sat. May 30 – Chicago, IL
Sun. May 31 – Minneapolis, MN
Mon. Jun. 01 – Milwaukee, WI
Tue. Jun. 02 Indianapolis, IN
Wed. Jun. 03 – Louisville, KY
Thu. Jun. 04 – Columbus, OH
Fri. Jun. 05 Cleveland, OH
Sat. Jun. 06 – Pittsburgh, PA
Wed. Jun. 17 – London, ON – London Music Hall #
Thu. Jun. 18 – Hamilton, ON – Bridgeworks #
Fri. Jun. 19 – Toronto, ON – Masonic Temple #
Sat. Jun. 20 – Ottawa, ON – The Bronson #
Wed. Jun. 24 – Richmond, VA –
Thu. Jun. 25 – Washington, DC
Fri. Jun. 26 – Philadelphia, PA
Sat. Jun. 27 – Brooklyn, NY – Union Pool
Sun, Jun. 28 – Medford, MA – Deep Cuts
Thu. Aug. 28 – Torremolinos, ES – Canela Party
Fri. Aug. 29 – ES – Torremolinos, ES – Canela Party
Sat. Aug. 30 – ES – Torremolinos, ES – Canela Party
* with Bully
^ with Mrs. Magician
# with Wintersleep
Hoopla is now available for preorder on CD/LP/all DSPs worldwide from Sub Pop and in Canada from Dine Alone. LP preorders in the US through Sub Pop Mega Mart will receive the limited Loser Edition on Emerald Green-Blue vinyl; preorders through Mega Mart Europe will receive the Loser Edition on Transparent Orange (UK/EU). The Canadian exclusive will be available on Orange/Blue/White Solar Flare from Dine Alone. The limited Loser Editions will also be available at your local record store (All limited vinyl colors available while stock lasts!).
Canadian Exclusive
What people have said about Weird Nightmare:
“Weird Nightmare is all about hooks and melody. Still delivered with levels in the red, but these are ultracatchy powerpop songs first and foremost, and really good ones at that.” – Brooklyn Vegan
“The debut Weird Nightmare album from METZ guitarist/vocalist Alex Edkins is a hook-filled set of blown-out power-pop with distorted guitars, punchy rhythms and bright pop melodies.” – KEXP
“Alex Edkins finally lets those melodies loose, resulting in an irresistibly euphoric blast of feedback spattered garage-pop that is just what the doctor ordered to chase away any lingering post-lockdown blues.’” – The Quietus
“All chiming chords and smart harmonies, Wrecked is a boisterous ode to ’90s indie-rock and everything that followed.” – [“Wrecked”] Guitar World
“Bully’s Alicia Bognanno joins Alex Edkins of Canadian punk iconoclasts Metz on this rip-roaring taste of his upcoming self-titled solo debut. Bognanno’s killer vocal steals this one.” – [“Wrecked”] Fader
Tracklisting:
Headful of Rain
Might See You There
Baby Don’t
Forever Elsewhere
Never in Style
Pay No Mind
If You Should Turn Away
Little Strange
Bright City Lights (ft. Julianna Riolino)
Where I Belong
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For more information on Weird Nightmare, please contact:
BEKAH ZIETZ FLYNN
M: 206.949.2158
ALEXISONFIRE
CELEBRATES 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF PLATINUM-SELLING, CHART-TOPPING ALBUM CRISIS
ANNOUNCE HEADLINE PERFORMANCE OF CRISIS FRONT TO BACK
AUGUST 14, 2026 AT RBC AMPHITHEATRE IN TORONTO
Only Ontario Performance of Crisis
With Special Guests UNDEROATH
Artist Presale: Wednesday, February 4 @ 10am local
General Onsale: Friday, February 6 @ 10am local
TICKETS AVAILABLE HERE
(February 3, 2026) – Multi-platinum, two-time JUNO award winning rock icons Alexisonfire will celebrate the 20th Anniversary of their Platinum-selling, #1 album Crisis with a special performance at RBC Amphitheatre in Toronto on August 14, 2026. The evening will be a unique celebration, beginning with a front-to-back performance of Crisis in its entirety, followed by a career-spanning set honouring the band’s legacy and enduring impact on fans around the world.
Joining AOF as support is Underoath, a three-time Grammy-nominated, U.S. Gold certified five-piece, and one of the most influential post-hardcore bands in modern heavy music. Rounding out the bill is Vancouver’s Computer, an experimental rock band recently signed to Dine Alone Records.
An artist presale begins Wednesday, February 4 at 10:00am ET via Ticketmaster HERE. Fans will receive a password to access the presale via Alexisonfire’s mailing list and social media.
General Public onsale commences Friday, February 6 at 10:00am ET with tickets available via Ticketmaster HERE. Fans are encouraged to stay tuned to Alexisonfire’s social media platforms for announcements of exclusive Crisis 20th Anniversary related merchandise and initiatives.
Alexisonfire has partnered with PLUS1 so that $1 per ticket goes to supporting organizations working for equity, access, and dignity for all.
Crisis, released on August 22, 2006, debuted at #1 on the Top 200 SoundScan – one of only four Canadian artists to have a #1 debut that year including Nelly Furtado and Billy Talent – and is one of the band’s most successful albums. The LP hit #5 on Billboard’s Top Heatseekers chart, #18 on the U.S. Nielsen SoundScan Independent Album chart, and made waves worldwide charting in the UK and Australia’s ARIA charts. The music video for “This Could Be Anywhere in the World” also won Best Cinematography at the 2007 MuchMusic Video Awards.
The album which Billboard lauded as, ‘the band’s best album yet’, took Alexisonfire across the globe, launching them on a massive two‑year world tour where they headlined across Canada (twice), the US, Europe, the UK, and Australia. It literally put the band on the map, and its impact was further solidified when the record made Kerrang’s Top 50 Albums of the 21st Century, a huge honour considering the list featured seminal releases by Green Day, Muse, Nine Inch Nails, Metallica, My Chemical Romance, and more.
With songs ranging in subject matter from the Blizzard of ’77 (“Crisis”) to disenfranchised workers (“Boiled Frogs”), the album embodied a much darker theme than previous Alexisonfire recordings, which the popular quintet attributed to returning home from traveling around the world with a fresh perspective. The gravity of Crisis is underscored by its cover art, which features Erno Rossi’s haunting photographs of the Niagara region during the Blizzard of ’77, including an image of a victim with frostbitten hands. The title track itself contains multiple lyrical references to the storm, including the repeated refrain, “one nine seven seven”. The album also marked a much more “rhythmically liberal” process in the studio, with AOF stripping everything down to write and record an album that captured the essence of the band’s live sound, without looping, overdubs, or layered production.
“It feels like you blink and all of a sudden your album is almost old enough to drink in the United States,” jokes AOF frontman George Pettit. “So many incredible memories of making this record. It felt like we were really coming into our own as a band. We discovered another level of potential that we didn’t have at the start. I’m happy we get to relive it this summer with all of you.”
Alexisonfire rose up out of the Southern Ontario underground in late 2001 to become one of the most successful independent bands to come out of Canada. The post-hardcore luminaries have sold over 1 million records and released five hugely successful studio albums, with four achieving Platinum-certification: Alexisonfire (2002), Watch Out (2004), Crisis (2006), and Old Crows / Young Cardinals (2009). Crisis debuted at #1 on the Top 200 Soundscan (Canada), and Old Crows / Young Cardinals debuted at #2, and charted at #9 on the US Billboard Independent Album chart. Watch Out helped garner a New Group of the Year JUNO (2004). The band has performed to hundreds of thousands of fans on iconic stages worldwide, and graced notable music magazine covers internationally. Their long-anticipated 5th studio album, and first full-length album in over 13 years, Otherness, was released in 2022 to international acclaim, garnering a 2023 JUNO award for “Rock Album of the Year”.
CRISIS TRACKLIST:
Drunks, Lovers, Sinners And Saints
This Could Be Anywhere In The World
Mailbox Arson
Boiled Frogs
We Are The Sound
You Burn First
We Are The End
Crisis
Keep It On Wax
To A Friend
Rough Hands
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About Underoath
Underoath reinvents the balance between chaos and harmony with each successive release. Their compositions, conjured from creative tension, become iconoclastic anthems. Even when the band almost combusts, the crackling energy coalesces into something deeply resonant for millions.
Each time they have a chance to do something safe, Underoath challenges themselves instead, with integrity and attitude. Their pair of gold albums and three Grammy nominations stand in stark defiance of the idea of commercial compromise. The Underoath catalog weaponizes noise, aggression, and ambiance as skillfully as melody.
The combination of heaviness and headiness found on Define the Great Line makes it the only record of its kind to debut at No. 2 on the Billboard 200. The passion and power are as undeniable on tours with Alice In Chains or Bring Me The Horizon as they are in the sweatiest of intimate shows or their genre-redefining runs on Vans Warped Tour. Walking an artistic tightrope between immersive access and isolationist otherness, Underoath owns the space between huge choruses and forward-thinking heaviness, both on record and onstage.
About PLUS1
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TORONTO’S CAM KAHIN PREMIERES PUMMELING, ANTHEMIC NEW SINGLE/VIDEO “YEAH RIGHT!” VIA FLOOD MAGAZINE
Debut LP CHUG Out This Friday, January 23rd
(Dine Alone Records)
Credit: Felice Trinidad
“With every new track Cam Kahin releases from his forthcoming debut album, it’s only getting harder to classify it…But ‘yeah right!’ feels pretty distinctly aligned with a few of his Dine Alone Records labelmates—namely the nasally snarl of Single Mothers’ Drew Thomson and the aggressive pop-punk of The Dirty Nil.” – FLOOD Magazine
Exclaim!’s Most Anticipated Canadian Albums of 2026
Ahead of this Friday’s release of his debut LP CHUG (Dine Alone Records), Toronto’s Cam Kahin has premiered his defiant, intoxicating new single/video “yeah right!” at FLOOD Magazine. “I wanted to make a song that captured the 2000’s pop punk sound that I grew up on,” Kahin explains. “I was feeling particularly overwhelmed with newfound responsibilities and just getting older. I felt like these chords and this energy was the perfect backdrop to let out some of those frustrations.” Its Adit Dixit-directed video pulls listeners into CHUG’s world: “We ditched the big cameras and lights and shot all of this on a skateboard-style VHS cam,” Dixit says. “The video was pieced together across our journey working on the visual world for this album back in Dunnville, with a big chunk coming from Mudcat Festival–this once-a-year festival the whole town shows up for. It’s not staged or precious. It’s just real life, reckless abandon.”
“yeah right!” follows previous singles “where’d it all go wrong,” “limbo,” “come around,” and “break or bend”–which earned early praise and support from Spotify’s New Music Friday, Exclaim!, Audiofuzz, Ones to Watch, and more. Kahin is set to play an album release show on January 24th in Toronto and has also confirmed upcoming shows in Hamilton, ON as part of CBC Presents: Road to the Junos on February 6th and JUNOfest presented by CBC on March 27th; a current itinerary is below and tickets are on-sale now. CHUG is available for pre-order and pre-save HERE (on vinyl HERE).
After two breakthrough EPs earned him praise as one of Canada’s “fearless new rock voices” (CBC Music), Cam Kahin’s full-length debut is a visceral, heartfelt reflection on persistence from a 23-year-old living in a chaotic time. Across its 10 impactful tracks, he lets his rawest feelings rise to the surface without apology or polish. Produced by Kahin alongside David Steinmetz, Jeremiah Pick, and longtime collaborator Will Crann, CHUG is an emotionally and sonically immediate collection that signals a defining moment for the young artist-to-watch.
Lyrically, Kahin captures the quiet struggles of isolation and imposter syndrome, the weight of trying to rebuild, and the subtle hope in beginning again. One standout line from “come around” distills the record’s emotional mission: “Despite your broken parts, amass the means to start.” It’s a mantra for anyone feeling stuck, an urgent call to action when inertia feels like it’s taking over. “I think this song summarizes the sentiment behind a lot of this new music, which is resilience despite constantly feeling beaten down,” Kahin explains. “I think a lot of people right now feel exploited or forgotten and all I want to do is shine a light on them.”
Musically, CHUG is Kahin’s boldest and most cohesive work to date. From towering choruses to more introspective textures–hinting at some of Kahin’s biggest influences, everything from Blink-182 and Green Day to Radiohead and Biffy Clyro–the record leans into the organic roots of alternative rock, eschewing programmed drums and digital tropes in favor of something more raw and human. “This is an album I’ve wanted to make since I was a kid,” Kahin says. “It’s the culmination of everything I’ve been building toward.”
Bio, hi-res press photos and cover art HERE.
Cam Kahin Tour Dates:
01/24 – Toronto, ON – Hard Luck Bar
02/06 – Hamilton, ON – Mills Hardware (CBC Presents: Road to the Junos series)
03/27 – Hamilton, ON – JUNOfest presented by CBC
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For more information, please contact Hector A. Silva (hector@chromaticpr.com) and Christina Cambria (christina@chromaticpr.com) at Chromatic PR.