We’re sad to hear that Punkorama on The Edge is now officially off the air. Originally started by George Stroumboulopoulos and taken over by Barry Taylor and JD, they played our music as a virtually unknown band. We had been speaking back and forth with Barry via email about our new EP, which we had yet to release and we had not even played live as a “band” yet.
The hardest thing for me to grasp about this band is that they’ve been around for less than two years, because a listen to the Shakedown EP by Toronto’s The New Enemy is a walk down memory lane to the early days of classic hardcore, when the music was about being fast and aggressive.
Coming in barely over 15 minutes, the six songs on Shakedown are like breath of fresh air, you know if that breath of fresh air was actually breathed in the hot confines of a sweaty circle pit, and was followed up with an elbow to the jaw.
Merry Fucking Christmas! This is a moral and commercial victory over a decaying music industry and wankers like Simon Cowell that treat their viewers like lemmings. RATM donates all the money to charity and promises to make good on their free concert in 2010. Class. Act. Move.
A good blog post on the NME about this.
Rage Against The Machine’s Chart Triumph Is A Victory For Good Music Over Bad
By Luke Lewis
Posted on 20/12/09 at 05:23:50 pm
The New Enemy
Shakedown EP
By: Brad Schmale, Exclaim! Magazine
In the short period of time the New Enemy have existed, the band have strived for only the best, whether sharing the stage with punk heavyweight SNFU and Agnostic Front or working with big name engineers like Nick Zampiello (Against Me, Converge). With a progressive style of hardcore, the Toronto, ON natives have a sound reminiscent of Strung Out meet Poison Idea, using their technical chops alongside storming drums and ferocious vocals. The New Enemy have a keen awareness of political and social issues, incorporating them effectively into their lyrics, most notably in cleverly titled opener “Tim Horton Hears a Who,” the folk punk-tinged “The Pony Collector” and the chugging onslaught of “Thin Skull Rule.” Shakedown successfully experiments with hardcore while still keeping it as fierce and relevant as possible. (Independent)
Outsourced EP
The New Enemy
The New Enemy is relatively new to Toronto’s punk scene but they’ve made themselves known by playing lots of shows around town and getting some Canada/U.S. tours under their belts. Throw a pair of EPs and a crap-load of talent into the mix and you’ve got the making for a band on the move. But be forewarned, this is some seriously raw punk rock that won’t be found in the malls.
Swine Flu
This is another reason to read the facts about the common cold Swine Flu.
“This flu has a lower mortality rate than the common flu.”
Teresa Forcades is a nun at the monastery of Sant-Benet, in Monserra-Barcelona. She is a physician specializing in internal medicine, PHD in public health at Barcelona’s university, specializing in the USA at the State University of New York. She gives verifiable scientific data and the disturbing irregularities related to this subject. This is relevant to all countries, all people.
Come party with us at Sneaky Dee’s!!!The Copyrights – http://www.myspace.com/thecopyrights
One of the USA’s best pop-punk bands! Real pop-punk, none of this Avril shit. A must for fans of The Ramones and Screeching Weasel.
The New Enemy – http://www.myspace.com/thenewenemy
If Kid Dynamite and Avail did bong hits together and then jammed…this is what you’d get.
The Roman Line – http://www.myspace.com/theromanline
A little bit country, a little bit rock’n'roll, a whole lot of awesome. PBRs #1 customer.
$8.00 at the door.
19+
Our music was used for the London International Awards trailer for the Top TV commercial of the year. Here’s the trailer for it.
We are proud to announce our new EP “Shakedown” as a free download for one and all. Click the album art at the bottom of the page to download the EP for free.
The zipped file (shakedown.zip) contains 6 songs (192kpbs) and all the album art.
We hope you enjoy listening to it, as much as we did making it.
Vocals: Clint McLean
Guitars/Vocals: Luke Muldoon
Bass: Declan Kerin
Drums: Chris Branston
Produced by: Simon Head
Mastered by: Nick Zampiello
