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2023: A Year In Review

January 9, 2024

2023: A Year In Review
2023: A Year In Review

Canadian Releases of 2023 To Phone Your Mom About

O Canada!
Our home and native land!
True patriot love in all of us command.
With glowing hearts we see thee rise,
The True North strong and free!
From far and wide,
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
God keep our land glorious and free!
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.

O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.

Chi Pig (SNFU)-Photo Credit - Christopher D. 

Teenage Head - Performance Live At Heatwave

Teenage Head - Performance Live At Heatwave

Head 'Til I'm Dead

Old - S/T

Old - S/T

OLD(IE) but a goodie..

Night Finger - Code Red EP

Night Finger - Code Red EP

Night Finger snaps among us.

Trans -Canada Highwaymen - Explosive Hits Volume 1

Trans -Canada Highwaymen - Explosive Hits Volume 1

Life is a Highway. I Don't Want to Ride It All Day Long..

Golden Shitters - S/T

Golden Shitters - S/T

This shit is more Golden than Molson's

- Christopher D

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2023: A Year In Review
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Pages in this feature

  1. Opening page
  2. Best Europunk EPs and splits
  3. Canadian Releases of 2023 To Phone Your Mom About
  4. Delaney’s Top 5 Concerts of 2023
  5. Musicians We Lost in 2023
  6. Records I Discovered Too Late To Include in my Year End List
  7. The Best Covers of 2023
  8. The Best of Scene Point Blank in 2023
  9. Top 5 Bands That Got Me Through 2023

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