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Homewrecker Association Récréative de Gatineau (ARG), Gatineau QC, September 6 Published Sep 07, 2015In what might have been one of the most inadvertently punk speeches of the weekend, a gentleman working the venue prefaced Homewrecker's set...
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Malfunction Association Récréative de Gatineau (ARG), Gatineau QC, September 6 Published Sep 07, 2015The most exciting moments of Malfunction's set didn't come when they played their newer, more metalcore-leaning songs, but when they played...
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Eternal Sleep Association Récréative de Gatineau (ARG), Gatineau QC, September 6 Published Sep 07, 2015It has to be a challenge to play dark music in the daylight, especially when the venue is awash in it thanks to a wall of windows. Eternal S...
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Iron Golem Centre Communautaire Portugais les Amis Unis, Gatineau QC, September 5 Published Sep 06, 2015You know you're in for something special when the pit explodes before the music even starts, and so it was when Ottawa's Iron Golem announce...
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Expire Centre Communautaire Portugais les Amis Unis, Gatineau QC, September 5 Published Sep 06, 2015Expire came up through the hardcore scene — actually, the last time they played Heart Fest was on their rise — and expanded beyo...
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No Warning Centre Communautaire Portugais les Amis Unis, Gatineau QC, September 5 Published Sep 06, 2015The last time No Warning played Canada was a decade ago, in Quebec with Sum 41 and Yellowcard — "the pop punk band with the violin," a...
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Harm's Way Centre Communautaire Portugais les Amis Unis, Gatineau QC, September 4 Published Sep 05, 2015Hours after a 60-minute break for a church service to happen upstairs at the venue, Chicago punishers Harm's Way took the stage. It was an a...
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Cruel Hand Centre Communautaire Portugais les Amis Unis, Gatineau QC, September 4 Published Sep 05, 2015"We got strip-searched at the border. We're Cruel Hand. Let's go," was the first utterance of this Portland, Maine band's set. Sure, the six...
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Badlands Centre Communautaire Portugais les Amis Unis, Gatineau QC, September 4 Published Sep 05, 2015Prodigal son Evan MacIsaac returned from Calgary with "Ottawa Hardcore" emblazoned on his back. Yes, he was wearing his own band's shirt, bu...