The ability for a band to be successful in this day age requires for each and every member to want it more then anything else. It requires not only a lust for performance but a people personality and an understanding that opportunity breeds opportunity.

If I were to pick one tour this summer that I felt embodied these values more then any other, the award would go to the “When animals attack….Tour”. Both No Othwer Way and The Ceremonial Snips are doing it harder, longer and better then anyone else on the DIY scene. They have toured more over the last year then most bands tour in their entire lifetime and that means a lot.

In all 4 cities that I saw them the concerts were relentless, full of energy, and did not stop until fat lady spat blood in the pit.

No Other Way is the best new progressive Canadian punk band since Every New Day (edmonton). They have recently signed to dick rawk records which homes the Youthinasia crew. They just spent the last month in solidarity perfecting their new album which already has a debut video set to be released on much music very soon. They tour the nation constantly like champions so find their next show near you because after seeing Jarvo’s double bass death spins, Sammy’s high kicks from hell, Lukes assasinating vocal assaults, and Shawn firefight of drumbeats, you will forget about CNN, because this is the only fucken war that matters.

 

As far as I am concerned The Ceremonial Snips are veterans in the Canadian punk scene. They have been annihilating the scenes ska image since 1999 with their own special blend of hard as fuck riffs, intense lyrics and of course, amazing horn harmonies. I’ve seen these guys a handful of times over the years and I have no problem saying that they were at their absolute prime this summer’s tours. They have just released a new disk “check your audio” on Stomp Records which has already consumed more of my time then my girlfriend which unfortunately means they fucken rock hard. As a 7 piece it’s quite a deal to go on tour. I mean, hell the Rankin Family never toured the country in a van like these guys. Just the fact that these guys are all tight enough to go out and kill it every night as a 7 piece band in the Canadian punk scene makes them the most bad-ass group in this country. Do not make any mistake, Ceremonial Snips will make your arms swing like someone painted your arm hair with gasoline and gave you a smoke.

With that said, check out the following videos and the photo sets that we were able to make to help promote these amazing bands:

No Other Way - No Running From… @ Zaphods Ottawa
Ceremonial Snips - Gazebo Of Love @ Zaphods Ottawa

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