Hey Predator!

Not one to give it up easy, Hey Predator!, play aggressive pop, melodies jumping frantically while they work their way into your head. As as a six-piece should, Hey Predator!, layer their hooks on top of each other; in one bar you will hear what could easily be three different songs blended, shaken and stirred until ready to simmer and eventually boil over. But before they get too out-there, too music school cool, too pretentious, they pull it back and make sure it's having fun. Wailing, shrieking energy gives way to slinky grooves played with precision; each note sounding deliberate yet spontaneous. A relatively new band, Hey Predator! promise ten tonnes of quality tune-age for those who still grieve the loss of Dilute, Volta Do Mar, Q And Not U, et al.

Image :: from band Myspace
http://www.myspace.com/heypredator
Contributor :: Lee Taylor

Damages | Scars 7"

Scars, Damages first official 7" is up for pre-order at Clue 2 Records. Word is that the same material will be released with a different jacket and vinyl colour in Germany by Deaf Cult although DC's website has yet to release the details.

If you don't know Vancouver's Damages and you like the early Discord and/ or Ebullition sounds, you will certainly like this. Although Damages crafts their music to modern standards, the fellas really get 90's post-hardcore and push the bar up a notch.

Go pre-order it now at Clue 2 Records. Ships in September.

MP3 :: Gears

Damages Myspace
http://www.myspace.com/damagestothearchive

Whiskey Priest

If you are familiar with any part of the last 15 years of the Mississauga scene. You probably know that this burb has fostered bands and creativity in the punk scene that have echoed the world round with bands like Blake, Acrid, The End, and Dance Electric, the list goes on and on. Today it's tough to find an authentic all age show in Mississauga akin to the church or the lodge, but it hasn't stopped the music from being made. It's just harder to find. Discover Whiskey Priest.

Whiskey Priest mesh a bit of 90s post-hardcore with math rock and do that edgy/ smooth, quite/ loud thing real well. Their tone is surprisingly clean even though the material has so much bite. The best pairing of bands to use as description would have to be Three Penny Opera + Faraquet.

Thus far the band has produced a 5 song self released demo, 4 of which are available for listening on their Myspace, start with "Fragile Line". In the coming weeks 3 new songs are to be recorded. Word is that these 3 jams are to be paired with 3 from Toronto's The Smile for a split cdr release on Gorgeous Industries due for March.

Check Whiskey Priest out live (best way) on the 16th in Toronto at Annies On Queen with The Smile and Please Stand By.

top photo by :: Samir Khan