Ok so Matt Johnson has my book this is crazy

My band @survivalclubtheband.com has a new single out and it features the Honest Heart Collective, who we're touring with this week and next. Check it out on all your favourite steaming services!!! Here's the bandcamp link survivalclub.bandcamp.com/track/happil...

Happily Ever After (feat. The Honest Heart Collective), by Survival Club

track by Survival Club

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East York house show!!!!! Come hang out at the Flat Top on August 30 for this sick lineup (ask a punk)

huge update for our loyal fans

my local drive-in theatre has one of the craziest double features I've ever seen

At every concert now there will be a guy in front of you holding his phone up very high taking horizontal video for the duration of an entire song or more

Thrilled beyond belief to have written about my one and only Jackass for the lovely @lukeoneil47.bsky.social . Everyone subscribe to Hell World, your life will be enriched ten fold.

Luke O'Neil@lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 4mo ago

What a treat today! We've got the great @nikostratis.com on the new and final Jackass film, and the gang's delightfully dangerous, hilarious and heartwarming legacy. www.welcometohellworld.com/decades-of-g...

re: Turnstile tickets being way for more expensive in Toronto than most U.S. dates. I would love it if we had a more robust music press that not only reported on it but also asked why.

Turnstile tour crashed Ticketmaster

Hmmm why have Brand New turned off the comments on every single post promoting their new tour 🤔🤔🤔

It will never stop being funny to me that the street fighter subreddit has a much better, well reasoned ai policy vis a vis literally all universities.

After spending all day on Twitter: People are essentially evil. After spending all day in the real world: People are essentially decent. After spending all day on Bluesky: People are essentially 38 years old.

Standing in front of my closet picking out my lil outfit for my lil rock show

Mod punks @perennialtheband.bsky.social announce new album 'Modernism'; hear its party-starting lead single "What's New On The Beat Scene"

Perennial Announce New Album Modernism: Hear "What's New On The Beat Scene"

The New England trio Perennial have an incredibly distinctive audio-visual aesthetic. All three members tend to wear striped T-shirts designed to evoke the 1960s mod era, a historical moment that also...

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asking myself this daily

Hey, it's been a hot minute... we have some shows coming up this week in Kitchener-Waterloo, Hamilton, and Toronto! Stacked bills, good vibes, come see us and our friends

For @exclaimdotca.bsky.social, I wrote about the "emo revival" era of the 2010s having its own revival now, thanks to a combination of TikTok virality and a continuing tradition of new bands honouring the ones that came before. exclaim.ca/music/articl...

A Decade Later, the "Emo Revival" Is Having Its Own Revival │ Exclaim!

"The fact that there are other people who are continuing that tradition and finding that same community, that same significance in music — that is something that I really am moved by," says Title Figh...

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i believe it’s impossible to be this much of a greedy, seething bigot and still genuinely enjoy, like, saturday mornings with your girl drinking coffee and reading the paper. even zero stakes everyday pleasures will feel a little off because you do everything on behalf of a sickness in your spirit

email to my editor while filing a draft over the long weekend

My publisher warned all their authors about these book club scams, and I have gotten a few of them now that are very similar, but I’m curious about the endgame. How precisely does this lead to the scammers extracting money or useful data from me? I want to ask

vintage Pitchfork

This just came up in my Apple Music autoplay after listening to Soul Glo. This is the band’s only song and they have just five monthly listeners on Spotify. Mythical autoplay pull.

It brings me no joy to say that it is "Low" by Flo Rida

the babahuck@tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 5mo ago

had a debate last night about the definitive millennial song. some contenders: mgmt’s “kids,” yeah yeah yeah’s “maps,” kanye’s “all of the lights,” arcade fire’s “wake up,” postal service’s “such great heights,” animal collective’s “my girls,” lcd soundsystem’s “all my friends,” stroke’s “last nite”

came across this guy pretending to swing people around in a circle pit. Such a good bit

We are rapidly losing the outlets where new writers can learn to shape a voice, where they can cultivate skills beyond quick news hits and PR with the guidance and mentorship of strong editors and the benefit of a trusted name, and it’s such a loss for writers and readers alike.

Every week living in Ontario is like - BREAKING: Doug Ford's government introduces bill that will let landlords evict you with no notice if you sneeze too loud - 10 protests about bill - Daily social media posts raising awareness - News interviews scared allergy sufferers - BREAKING: Bill passes

Honoured to have been invited to Ottawa to give a keynote speech to English teachers in my hometown. Books are punk actually!