Live Tonight: SNFU, Dog Day

Friday, June 19

SNFU, Last Plauge, The Puppies
The Exchange

SNFU's status as a great band seems tenuous right now. The punk rock group's last album, In the Meantime and In Between Time, was well-received, a feat since they'd been rocking together since 1981. But that came out back in 2004; since then, the band broke-up and regrouped for a second time. Now, the only founding member left is lead singer Ken Chinn. Regardless, their appeal as a live band is as strong as ever. With SNFU's high energy, hit-you-in-the-face humour, and large catalogue of classic Canadian punk, this could prove to be a great show. Also on the bill are Vancouver hardcore group Last Plague and local band the Puppies.

SNFU - Drunk on a Bike


Dog Day, York Redoubt
O'Hanlon's

From the looks of it, these are two otherwise unrelated Halifax bands that O'Hanlon's managed to book on the same night. The post-punk lovers in Dog Day are making their way back home now. Night Group, their 2006 album, was released by Tomlab, the German label that's behind Final Fantasy, Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, and the Books and that's cool as Henry Winkler in his prime. Nowadays, they're on plain old Outside, who released Concentration this past May. The noisy guys of York Redoubt are on their way to Sled Island Fest in Calgary and, with the four tracks they have up on their MySpace, are kinda blowing me away. Mix innocent vocal melodies, heavy math rock instrumentation, and occasionally dark-as-coffee lyrics, and you've got the appeal of York Redoubt.

York Redoubt


Dog Day - Happiness