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Every year, an array of talented Canadian and international music artists are honored at the Canadian JUNO Awards. On Tuesday, the stacked list of nominations for the virtual 2021 JUNO Awards ceremony was announced ahead of its broadcast on May 16. The Weeknd leads this year’s list with a staggering six nominations. However, the 2021 […]

Post-hardcore is especially rich in concept albums. Perhaps that’s because the immense vocal palette—from tender crooning to raw screaming—lends itself to expressing emotions. The music similarly matches. Sure, metalcore can deliver crushing breakdowns, but it rarely gets as intimate as this companion genre. There’s also the fact that the high-pitched singing elicits desperation so often […]

Any former emo kid remembers singing along to their favorite songs with eyeliner running in sheets down their cheeks. Honestly, were we really that sad, or did our iPods just suck us into a black hole of raw emotion? Regardless of what came first, the sad or the band, the lyrics of the 2000s hit […]

The first decade of this century began in the wake of boy bands and nü metal, so no one truly knew which sounds and bands would break out this time around. Well, “the scene” became a widely used (and misused) phrase, and bands decided to become more egalitarian.  Read below for more on both points, […]

Post-hardcore broke out as a movement in a huge way during the first decade of the 2000s while shaping how people view the genre today. Countless others had pioneered the genre throughout the ’80s and ’90s, but bands such as Glassjaw, At The Drive-In and Boysetsfire helped push it to new heights. Take a look […]

Photo credit: James Heaslip Canadian post-hardcore poster boys Boys Night Out will officially release their new EP, Black Dogs, on July 8 via Good Fight Music. The break's over—we're thrilled to premiere all six songs for you below. They're just as catchy and powerful as we remember them when they signed off almost a decade ago. TRAINWRECK & […]

Canadian post-hardcore staples Boys Night Out are streaming a second new song, “Obsequiarch.” The boys are back in town and ready to pump out a new six-song EP, Black Dogs, coming July 8 on Good Fight Music. When we first premiered the song “Of Waves,” BNO frontman Connor Lovat-Fraser had this to say: “'Obsequiarch,' also known as the song […]

Photo by James Heaslip. Canadian post-hardcore band Boys Night Out have released a teaser video for their comeback EP, Black Dogs. This should come as a sigh of relief for those missing BNO after their indefinite hiatus, which came shortly after the release of their self-titled third LP in 2007.  “The title Black Dogs is a metaphor for pain, addiction, depression. […]

Apart from maybe one performance in 2009, Canadian post-hardcore band Boys Night Out have been on somewhat of an indefinite hiatus since 2007, shortly after the release of their self-titled third LP. Earlier this year, the band launched an Instagram page which began with a photo of the band practicing, sparking expectations of what was […]

It looks as though '00s emo post-hardcore mainstays Boys Night Out will be returning with new material in 2015. A few days ago, an official Instagram page was launched for the group, with the first post being a picture of what looks like members of the band practicing. You can check it out for yourself below. Boys […]

In honor of our annual Class Of 2003 feature in our September issue, we’re bringing you a playlist of additional songs from albums you probably can’t believe turn 10 this year. Be sure to pick up AP 302 (out now) to see what Thrice, Yellowcard, Saosin and more had to say about their 2003 albums. CONTRIBUTORS: […]

When a topic becomes too hot for just one person, we turn to the CAGE MATCH. Two AP editors enter—and, well, two AP editors leave, too, because we’re not savages. But this is the virtual arena where our editorial staff can battle out opposing views and see if any sort of compromise can be made. […]