Dine Alone Canada Schallplatten & CDs

Review: Malinowski and Eon Sinclair are back with a full-length album as Bedouin Soundclash. It comes on Dine Alone Records after the release of singles 'Shine On' and 'Something Lost + Something Found' back in summer. The record was further teased with 'Birds of a Feather' (featuring Ashleigh Ball from Hey Ocean and vocalist Jay Malinowski) and 'Beyond Four Walls'. All those tracks are included alongside some superb new songs. They add up to a reggae and ska classic that leans on the old school but also brings plenty of fresh new styles.

Review: Back in 1999, four years before the release of what many perceive to be the self-titled debut full-length from Canadian post-hardcore heroes Billy Talent, the band first released Watoosh! under their original moniker of Pezz (which they subsequently changed after running into legal trouble). Whilst receiving a CD re-release in 2005 via Atlantic Records, the album has never been made available on vinyl until now. Remastered by Harry Hess at HBomb Mastering and distributed by longstanding Canadian punk label Dine Alone (home to the likes of Alexisonfire and City & Colour), the newly revitalised tracks bear all the trademarks of the band's eccentric yet gnarly approach to punk with a notably less reliant focus on instantaneous hooks prevalent in their major label latter days. While the multiple blank tracks of silence have naturally been omitted for the wax pressing, the one instrumental piece "Track 13" remains as the re-titled 'Organ Interlude' before closing with the blistering cover of The Tragically Hip's 'New Orleans Is Sinking'.