Moncton Gig Alert: Saturday January 31, 2020

Who: Papa Ya
What: Acadian reggae
When: Saturday January 31, 2020  10PM
Where: Timber Lounge
Cost: $5
Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/257529385215506/

Moncton Gig Alert: Friday January 24, 2020

Who: Outtacontroller (Halifax NS), Zero Zero UFO, Johnny Deathwish, Grosse Bouche
What: punk rock, new hardcore
When: Friday January 24, 2020  10PM
Where: The Caveau
Cost: $10
Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/1529384543866852/

Who: Birds of Paradise (Montreal), Wangled Teb (Fredericton) , Allumette
What: romantic art-pop / dark breakcore/ goth pop
When: Friday January 24, 2020  doors 10:30 / show 11PM
Where: Tide and Boar
Cost: $7 PWYC
Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/2666040180142790/

2019: The Year In Review

Well another year has come and gone in this little sleepy part of the world. This is our annual look back at the year that was. Lots of great music has been created, performed and ultimately released. Vinyl continues to grow in popularity and despite it being cost prohibitive, it's still the best format for rock and roll. The great cassette comeback of the past few years is especially good for bands with limited budgets as it's an excellent way for touring bands to get their petrol money. Compact discs remain affordable and digital downloads are boring. Regardless of which format you choose, please support the artists.


Local wax: It's always nice to be able to make this list. So here, to my knowledge, are the local vinyl releases of 2019:

Joseph Edgar - 2004-2019 Point Picot  2LP (Rosemarie) April
Zaum -  Divination LP (Listenable) April
Phone Jerks - 10x10  10" EP  (Alien Snatch) October
Follow-Ups - Don't Like You Either  LP (Flat Tyre) October
Eric's Trip - Warm Girl  LP (Bluefog) December
Upcoming: hopefully some new stuff by Funeral Fog, Which Witch Is Which, Nerve Button and a local punk comp.

Gone But Not Forgotten: Klackers, Bruce, les Paiens
Missing In Action:  Whoregasms, Chiller
New Blood: Zero Zero U.F.O., Old Habits, Pas Much, Johnny Deathwish, The Atlantix
Reunion of The Year: Fear of Lipstick
Venues: We lost the Plan B Lounge back in April. That small bar tucked away at the corner of Lutz and St. George Street played host to many local bands as well as various indie touring acts. Whether it was country or death metal, it was one of the few stages where you could original music on almost any night of the week. Luckily for us punters, the Caveau has stepped up and provided us with a space for occasional night time revelry.

As is customary, we've asked a few of our music obsessed friends to compile a list of their favourite moments of 2019. So without further ado, here goes...

One of the better releases of 2019

Ray 13 (AKG editor, street walker)
Top Ten New Music Releases (in alphabetical order)
Amyl and The Sniffers - s/t  LP
Black Halos -Geisterbahn II b/w Tandem Drown  7"
Booji Boys - Tube Reducer  LP
The Chats - Pub Feed  7"
Aldous Harding - Designer  LP
Phone Jerks - 10x10  10" EP
Plasticheads - Nowhere To Run  12" EP
Subhumans - Crisis Point  LP
Rick White and Eiyn Sof - The Opening  LP
Wolfbrigade - The Enemy: Reality  LP

Top Ten Reissues, collections, live recordings (in alphabetical order)
John Coltrane - Blue World  LP
D.O.A. - 1978  2LP
Discharge - Noise Not Music  Box Set
Eric's Trip - Warm Girl  LP (first time on vinyl)
Genetic Control - First Impression  LP
Hawkwind - The '1999' Party (Live At The Chicago Auditorium, March 21 1974) 2LP
Heartbreakers - Yonkers Demo  LP
The Ramones - Live At The Palladium, New York, NY (12/31/79)  2LP
The Unintended - s/t  LP  (first time on vinyl)
The Victims - s/t LP   

Top Ten Live Shows (in chronological order)
Atoxxico / Helltroopers / Warsick, Saturday May 25, Wize Guyz, Riverview NB
The Cult - Thursday May 30, Casino NB, Moncton NB
Doc MacLean, Saturday June 29, Timber Lounge, Moncton NB
No Funswick Fest July 12, 13 and 14, various venues, Moncton NB
Andy Irvine, Friday July 26, Shepody House, Dorchester NB
Painbow / Warsick / Grosse Bouche / Small Package, Saturday July 27, The Caveau, Moncton NB
Fred Eaglesmith and Tif Ginn, Sunday September 22, Tide and Boar, Moncton NB
Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet - Saturday October 5, Centre culturel Aberdeen, Moncton NB
Fear of Lipstick / New Calling / Phone Jerks - Friday October 18, Tide and Boar, Moncton NB

Local faves Which Witch Is Which

 Grant Forsythe (lead shouter at Neighbourhood Watch)
 Top Ten EPs and Singles
 1. Aloha Swamp - Aloha Swamp/Midnight, the Stars and You 7"
 2. Channel 3 - The Bellweather 12" EP
 3. Corporate Citizen - A Brief Moment Of Sanity 7" EP
 4. Crime - San Francisco's First And Only Rock 'N' Roll Band: Live 1978 dbl 7" EP
 5. Cro-Mags - Don't Give In 7" EP
 6. Misfits - Hellbent For Vinyl 7" EP
 7. Parasytes - Boxed In 7" EP 
 8. Pisser - Breaking Chains 12" EP
 9. Tasty Wangs - Better Living Through Proper Nutrition With... 7" lathe cut EP
10. Tørsö - Build And Break 7" EP
 Top Ten Albums
1. Chain Whip - 14 Lashes LP
2. The Follow Ups - Don't Like You Either LP
3. The Freeze - Calling All Creatures LP
4. Frig Dancer - Hot Garbage LP
5. The Grim - Nuclear World Order LP
6. Hard Charger - Vol 4: Take The Guff And Suffer LP
7. Hype - Live Larry's Hideaway 1985 CD
8. Various Artists - Drunk Canadian Punk Rock Vol. 1 LP
9. Various Artists - Oakville Uber Alles CD
10. Various Artists - Punk East Vs. Punk West LP 
 Top Five Reissues/Compilations
1. Chronic Submission - Sick Of Reality LP
2. Direct Action - Tomorrow Is Too Late LP
3. Genetic Control - First Impressions LP
4. Mad Parade - Caffeine Screams LP
5. Nine Nine Nine - Nasty Cuts LP

Ken Kelley (drummer at the Monoxides)
The Raconteurs - Help Us, Stranger  CD
Sebadoh - Act Surprised  CD
Spoon - Everything Hits At Once: The Best of Spoon  CD
Ian Blurton - Signals Through The Flame  CD
The National - I Am Easy To Find  CD
Jeff Tweedy - Warmer  CD
Bob Mould - Sunshine Rock  CD
Tindersticks - No Treasure But Hope  CD
The Black Keys - Let’s Rock  CD
Jenny Lewis - On The Line  CD

Bill Battershill 
1. Pale Lips - After Dark  LP
2. Frank Turner - No Man’s Land  LP
3. Brad Marino - Extra Credit  LP
4. Amon Amarth - Berserker  CD
5. The Cigarettes - You Were So Young  LP
6. Pkew Pkew Pkew - Optimal Lifestyles  LP  
7. Titus Andronicus - An Obelisk  LP 
8. Plasticheads - Nowhere to Run  12" EP
9. Los Pepes- Positive Negative  LP
10. Neck - You Don’t Think It’s Evil  LP 

Tyler Boots (guitarist at Nerve Button and Phone Jerks)
10. Gino and the Goons – Off The Rails  LP
9. The  Follow Ups – Don’t Like You Either  LP
8. Bikes – S/T III  LP
7. Real Tears – Hay Fever  LP
6. The Muffs – No Holiday  LP
5. Brad Marino - Extra Credit  LP
4. Neck - You Don’t Think It’s Evil  LP
3. The Cowboys – Bottom of a Rotten Flower  LP
2. Plasticheads – Nowhere To Run  12" EP
1. Control Freaks – She’s The Bomb  LP

Cat Butterfield (man about town)
1 Hunt Sales Memorial - Get Your Shit Together LP 
2 Daddy Long Legs - Lowdown Ways LP 
3 Billy Childish - Punk Rock Ist Nicht Tot: The Billy Childish Story 1977-2018 LP 
4 Peter Perrett - Humanworld LP 
5 The Raincoats - s/t  LP (reissue)
6 Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds - Ghosteen LP 
7 Guitar Wolf - Love and Jett LP 
8 Booth and the Bad Angel - Angelo Badalamenti LP (reissue)
9 Fallen Angels - s/t  LP 
10 Headcat with Johnny Ramone - Good Rockin’ Tonight 7" 

Mark Eveleigh (local music supporter/ full-time dad)
Top Ten Albums 
1. Amyl and the Sniffers - s/t  CD 
2. Starcrawler - Devour You CD
3. Heart Attack Kids - Bad Luck Like Gold  CD 
4. The Black Keys - Lets Rock CD 
5. The Raconteurs - Help Us Stranger CD 
6.  The Headstones - Peopleskills CD 
7. Rick White + Eiyn Sof - The Opening LP 
8. L7- Scatter The Rats CD 
9. Ian Blurton's Future Now -Signals Through The Flames Digital Download 
10. The Follow Ups - Don't Like You Either LP 

Top Ten EP's / Singles 
1. Local h- Patrick Bateman 7" 
2. Ian Blurton - Space Is Forever 7" 
3. Thick-Thick Digital Download 
4. The Beaches- The Professional CD 
5. Mudhoney - Morning In America 12" EP 
6. Sleater-Kinney - Animal 7" 
7. Trash Juice-Trash Juice Digital Download 
8. Sleater-Kinney - Hurry On Home 7" 
9. Idles - Mercedes Marxists 7" 
10. Phone Jerks- 10 x 10  10" EP

Top Three Live Shows 
1. Thrush Hermit with Shotgun Jimmie 09/27 at the Marquee Halifax NS
2. Thrush Hermit with Walrus 09/26 at the Tide and Boar Moncton NB
3. The Offspring with Sum 41 and Dinosuar Pile-up 11/13 at the Avenir Centre Moncton NB

Top 5 Reissues 
1. Eric's Trip- Warm Girl LP 
2. The Unintended- S/T LP 
3. Fu Manchu -Start The Machine LP 
4. Green River-Rehab Doll CD 
5. Fu Manchu-Godzilla's /Eatin' Dust 3 x 10"

Remi LeClair (thee Comic Hunter)
1. Green Lung – Woodland Rites  download
2. Motorpsycho – The Crucible  LP
3. Horseburner – The Thief  LP
4. Ian Blurton – Signals Through the Flames  LP
5. My Diligence – Sun Rose  download
6. Baroness – Gold and Grey  LP
7. Oozing Wound – High Anxiety  download
8. Zeta – Mochima  download
9. Cult of Luna – A Dawn to Fear  LP
10. Howling Giant – The Space Between Worlds  LP 

Mark Gaudet (Purple Knight, Parlour Tricks)
1. Darkthrone - Old Star  LP 
2. Motley Crue - The Dirt  LP 
3. Subhumans  -Criss Point  LP
4. Hawkwind - The 1999 Party  LP
5. Discharge - Noise Not Music  LP Box Set
6. The Ramones - Live At The Palladium New York 12 31 79  LP
7. Rick White/Eiyn Sof - The Opening  LP
8. Redd Kross - Beyond The Door  LP
9. Mayhem - Daemon  CD
10. The Doors - London Fog  LP

Sonia Noel (local music supporter) 
Top Ten Things...
1. Rick White + Eiyn Sof - The Opening  LP 
2. Anyway Gang - s/t  LP 
3. Shotgun Jimmie - Transistor Sister 2  LP 
4. Diamondtown - The Voice  CDEP
5. Mauno - Really Well LP
6. Taylor Swift - Lover  CD 
7. The Nuclear - No Emotion (digital purchase through iTunes) 
8. The Unintended - s/t  LP reissue
9. Julie Doiron - live at Thunder and Lightning Sunday Sessions February 17th, 2019
10. Def Leppard - live Avenir Centre July 13th, 2019

Brian LaManna (Phone Jerk)
Top 5 in no particular order
1) Gino and The Goons - Do the Get Around LP / Off The Rail  LP
2) The Victims - s/t  LP (reissue)
3) The Undertones (live at the Once Ballroom, Somerville, Mass. May 24, 2019)
4) Crime - Live In ’78 (DVD + 2 x 7") 
5) MY BAND RELEASED A SOPHMORE LP!!! SORTA!!! KINDA!!! IT COUNTS, DAMMIT!!! I DON’T CARE IF IT’S A 10” – THAT COUNTS!!! IT HAS MORE SONGS THAN “RAW POWER” AND THE SAME AMOUNT AS “(I’M) STRANDED!!! DON’T MAKE ME CUT A BITCH!!!

Jeff Cheyne (a man of ideas...)
Top Ten in no particular order:
Phone Jerks 10x10 10" 
BATTLES -Juice B Crypts (digital) 
Health - Volume 4 CD 
Uniform and the Body- Everything that dies Someday Comes Back (digital) 
Zaum - Divination LP 
Flying Lotus - Flamagra CD 
Tim Hecker- Anoyo (digital) 
Cate Le Bon - Reward LP 
Priors - Call to You 7" 
Deerhunter - Why Hasn't Everything Disappeared (digital)

Craig Pinhey (Wine, beer and spirits. What else is there?) 
1.  John Southworth - Miracle In the Night  CD
2.  Tegan and Sara - Hey, I'm Just Like You  CD
3.  The Likes of Jeff Pittman - History and Mystery  CD
4.  Stray Cats - 40  CD
5.  Jenny Lewis - On The Line  CD
6.  Joe Jackson - Fool  CD
7.  Juliana Hatfield - Weird  CD
8.  Lloyd Cole - Guesswork  CD
9.  TC&I - Naked Flames CDEP /Robyn Hitchcock and Andy Partridge - Planet England CDEP
10.  Weezer - The Teal Album  CD /   Jonathan Coulton - Some Guys  CD

 Mat O'Blenis (screamer at Warsick)
1.  Devil Master – Satan Spits On Children of Light  LP
2.  L.O.T.I.O.N. – World Wide Web  LP
3.  Enzyme – Howling Mind  LP
4.  Fetish – World Eater  LP
5.  Rocky and the Sweden – City Baby Attacked By Buds  LP
6.  Svaveldioxid – Dodsogonblick  LP
7.  The Wraith – Gloom Ballet  LP
8.  Larma – S/T  12" EP
9.  Witchtrial S/T  12" EP
10. Kohti Tuhoa – Ihmisen Kasvot  LP

Peter Leger (Bagtown correspondent)
1 Beatles - Abbey Road (remaster expanded) CD
2 Marc Bolan - Marc Bolan Early Years  CD
3 Frank Zappa - Hot Rats Sessions Expanded  CD
4 Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Ghosteen  CD
5 Indoor Pets - Be Content   CD
6 Purple Mountains - Purple Mountains  CD
7 Queen Zee - Queen Zee   CD
8 Caterina Barbieri - Ecstatic Computation  CD
9 Pup - Morbid Stuff  CD
10 Bruce Springsteen - Western Stars  CD

Sammy Klacker: (record store clerk extraordinaire)
1. Control Freaks - She's a Bomb LP 
2. The Cowboys - The Bottom of a Rotten Flower LP 
3. Gee Tee - Chromo-Zone Cassette 
4. Judy and the Jerks - Music for Donuts 7" EP
5. The Muffs- No Holiday LP 
6. Pale Lips - After Dark LP
7. Phone Jerks - 10X10 10" 
8. Powerplant - People in the Sun LP 
9 .Steve Adamyk Band - Paradise LP 
10. Uranium Club: The Cosmo Cleaners LP

Gavin MacNeil: (apiarist, connoisseur of cardboard)
1- Fontaines DC - Dogrel  bandcamp
2- Actors - It Will Come To You  LP
3- Phone Jerks - 10x10  10"EP
4- Iggy Pop - Free LP
5- Trash Kit - Hoizon  soundcloud
6- Tropical Fuck Storm - Braindrops  bandcamp
7- The Wraith - Gloom Ballet  LP
8- Rick White, Eisner Sof - The Opening  LP 
9- Kim Gordon - No Home Record  LP
10- Kælan Mikla - Nótt eftir nótt  LP

Kyle McDons (bassist at Zaum)
1. Drab Majesty - Modern Mirror (LP)
2. Big Business - The Beast You Are (LP)
3. Firebreather - Under a Blood Moon (LP)
4. Com Truise - Persuasion System (LP)
5. Sunn O))) - Life Metal / Pyroclasts (LP)
6. Spidergawd - V (LP)
7. VR Sex - Human Traffic Jam / Horseplay (LP)
8. Torche - Admission (LP)
9. Lightning Bolt - Sonic Citadel (LP)
10. A Winged Victory For The Sullen - The Undivided Five (LP)

Daryl Buote (Port City correspondent)
Top Ten Releases:
1. Rich Ragany and The Digressions - Like We'll Never Make It (download)
2  Bob Mould - Sunshine Rock  CD
3  The Divided- World You're Living In  LP
4  Little You Little Me - Hard To Say Not Knowing  LP 
5  Zaum - Divination  LP 
6  Chain Whip - 14 Lashes  LP
7  Desperate Times  cassette
8  Rainbow Grave - No You  LP
9  The Wraith- Gloom Ballet  LP
10. Black Halos - Geisterbahn II  7"
10. Hammered Hulls  7"
10. Phone Jerks - 10×10  10" EP

Top Live Shows:
No Funswick Festival (especially Feed) - July 10, 11 and 12 (Moncton)
Acidez/Hard Charger - September 6 (Fredericton)
Existench - July 11 (Fredericton)
Atoxxcico - May 25 (Riverview)
Zaum - June 8 (Moncton)  
Painbow - July 27 (Moncton)
Steve Adamyk Band / Chiller / Dee Cracks / Phone Jerks - May 10 (Moncton)
Fear of Lipstick - October 18 (Moncton)
Interpol - August 3 (Saint John) 

Montreal's Painbow tearing up the Caveau.

Moncton Gig Alert: Saturday January 11, 2020

Who: B.A. Johnston (Hamilton ON), Which Witch Is Which
What: slapstick rock, punk
When: Saturday January 11, 2020  10:30PM
Where: Tide and Boar Gastropub
Cost: $10
Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/836629526767084/