• HEARWAX EXCLUSIVE: Stream Two Tracks from Journal’s Unlorja!

    If you missed it, Journal‘s Unlorja received one of the highest ratings Hearwax has ever given out.  If the review piqued your interest, consider yourself lucky – now you can stream two tech-metal masterpieces right here! While you check out “Conducting With Passion from the Grave” and “A Remarkable Abomination” – two songs you can’t …

  • STREAM: Junior Battles’ New 7?!

    Canadian pop punks Junior Battles deserve to be heard, and now you can check out their new 7′ on Hearwax! You can check out the tracks down below (sorry for the lack of continuous play, we are working on it!) Make sure to check out the band on Myspace, and go see them on tour!

  • Japandroids with Wavves, Happy Hollows, and Grooms at NXNE

    The first time I saw Japandroids was during the summer of 2009. A hot sweaty night found me impatiently waiting for the Vancouver duo at the El Mocambo, a Toronto staple for independent music. Hot off the release of their debut full-length Post-Nothing, one of my favourite releases of the year, it is needless to …

  • Machotaildrop

    “What does this have to do with skateboarding?” This is the line which stuck out the most to me after leaving the theater from the beyond bizarre experience which is Machotaildrop (2009). The film follows an aspiring teenage skateboarder named Walter Rhum in an alternate 90s reality in which skateboarding is the primary focus of everything… or is …