To be completely transparent, I'll let you in on a secret: If our showcase wasn't on the same night, this is the HPX show I'd be most excited about. Growing up and loving pop punk, Chixdiggit and the Ghoulies were two of my favorite bands. The one-two punch of "Where's Your Mom" and "Henry Rollins is No Fun" and the familiar chug of " Tunnel of Love " are ingrained in my brain. In fact, after seeing the Ghoulies crush a set in Pittsburgh, I named my new cat Kepi. Flash forward [...]
Man, this whole posting on every HPX '11 act business was likely an over-ambitious, but well-meaning, project. But we're not giving up, and in fact we've made it to the C's already! Plenty of great stuff has gone up so far , but we're plowing ahead with Canadian pop-punk heroes CHIXDIGGIT! who commemorated their 20 years of tomfoolery earlier this year with the release of Safeways Here We Come , their first new work in some five years. By rights, the Ack should have done this post, as he's [...]
Chixdiggit! has announced a Canadian tour to celebrate their twentieth anniversary as a band. Click below for the dates. The band released Safeways Here We Come earlier this year via Fat Wreck Chords
Grungebaby - Chixdiggit! It must have been really frustrating being young and cool in the early 902s. I mean those who were already set to be cool regardless of underground explosion/co-option. Watching this ostensibly related thing bubble up and and erupt all over the sanctuary you've resigned yourself for. Intruders making it their place; other, larger intruders making space, giving it a new name - Grunge. Wishing you were part of another generation.
Ohio - Chixdiggit! I don't know what or who the Whuppin' is, but Ohio is its home. This is silly and barely related to this song, but it always disappoints me when Canadians refer to things and places in the U.S.A. with as much ease and familiarity as they do those in Canada. I know it's only across a border or lake, but there's something sometimes so great about provincialism and i believe every freely-spouted reference to the U.S. by a Canadian with a [...]
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Gettin' air - Chixdiggit! Yes, getting air. When was the last time anyone even said that? Even in 1998. Snowboarders, maybe. Secluded on top of their mountains, it can leave them a little backward in developments regarding acceptable hip speak. I think that's a problem shared among the imitativeness of every other "extreme" "sport" that isn't skateboarding. But Chixdiggit know that. The only reason they're even on the snow fields and trying to talk the lingo is because the girl Mike likes is there.
Sikome Beach - Chixdiggit! From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Sikome Aquatic Facility, commonly referred to as Sikome Lake, is a man made lake in the city of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south-east quadrant of the city, within the Fish Creek Provincial Park, and is part of the Bow River basin. It lies at an elevation of 1005 m and has a surface of 0.4 km2 (100 acres).[1] First opened in August 1978, it is [...]
Chixdiggit! has announced a handful of US dates in August around a scheduled performance at Insubordination Fest in August. The band had already confirmed a handful of shows next month with Kepi Ghoulie , and Ghoulie will be joining the group on these August dates as well. Click below for the details. Chixdiggit! released Safeways Here We Come earlier this year.
Quick...immediate names that spring to mind when the mention of Canadian musical acts come up in conversation? If you are imagining Celine Dion, Nickelback, Bryan Adams, KD Lang, Barenaked Ladies, Hedley, Wide Mouth Mason, Three Days Grace, Theory of a Deadman, Swollen Members, Sum 41, Simple Plan, Avril Lavigne or Alanis Morissette...shame on you. Although these bands and (questionable) musicians helped to shape the landscape of the Canadian Music Scene, they do little convey how talented our country truly is. I meant to put this post together after Arcade Fire pulled off their Grammy victory for [...]
For their first release in six years, Chixdiggit! stick to their strengths, and the result is a welcome return from this underappreciated pop-punk band. Chixdiggit! got off to a pretty fast start in the mid-'90s, releasing three albums between 1996 and 2000. After that, though, was a long wait until '05's Pink Razors, and then nothing. So the release of Safeways Here We Come is a bit of a surprise, but the band is back again, playing the same simple pop-punk they always have. Singer/guitarist/songwriter KJ Jansen writes silly songs about love, sex and life, and the seven songs...
Another big blast from the past. My wife originally put "Sappy Song" and a whole bunch of other pop punk songs on a mixtape for me but I have no idea what ever happened to it. I was actually looking through boxes in our garage for it just last week and all I found were some Humdingers tapes. I also included "Bakersong" since I like it and since Mickey is such a good dude. Hopefully anyone following the NCAA tournament and doing any March Madness Sports Betting didn't put money on my Illini last weekend [...]
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ARTIST: Chixdiggit - [Album] DATE: 02-23-11 REVIEW BY: Bill Adams While it has been six years since the band released an album of new material (the re-recorded, remunerated reissue of their debut doesn't count), it's clear in listening to Safeways Here We Come that Chixdiggit has no intention of changing or growing up. In just over sixteen minutes (which comes very close to [view more]
Our stream today comes from Calgary, Alberta-based Chixdiggit! . We've got a stream of the band's new EP, Safeways Here We Come . You can check it out on their Punknews.org Profile .
Ever since they rose from the dark streets of New York's Bowery via Queens, the Ramones have been worshiped by punks and pop fans alike. And rightly so. The faux brothers - make that bruddahs - invented a completely new sound, blending outsider angst with bubblegum pop, for a hybrid style that's still popular today. Though it took a decade for bands to begin aping the Ramones directly, the style the quartet invented went on to become a full-fledged punk rock sub-genre: Ramones-core. Here's a look at some of its best proponents: Chixdiggit! [...]
Man, so the other day, I was informed that I need to get to work earlier, as in an hour and a half earlier. Oh, and they also want me to stay later (not happening). I'm already taking a hit in pay since I work for a non-profit... but the reason I took the job was because they didn't seem strict about the hours. Well, now there is no reason to stay here.So to all my other fellow wage slaves and
SomaCow Media is proud to present SomaCow , brought to you in this hour by nobodylikesonions.com - They're neat, they've been doing it for a while, and we like them. Have a listen, why don't you? In this hour, we discussed our respective Independence Day festivities, we remembered our listeners abroad, and the first time we ever got drunk. Every year I challenge our listeners to take some time here, as our country celebrates its birth, and declare independence from something. It [...]
Henry Rollins has been all over the internets lately. First, a 1985 interview with Black Flag surfaced in which a peeved Hank torments the not-punk interviewer for being, well, not punk. Rollins: Do you like any of the bands on SST? Can you name... Henry Rollins has been all over the internets lately. First, a 1985 interview with Black Flag surfaced in which a peeved Hank torments the not-punk interviewer for being, well, not punk. Rollins: Do you like any [...]
Canadian pop punkers Chixdiggit are undoubtedly, one of the most entertaining live acts around. Having caught them in February of 2006, I will be one of many to say that their live show is well and truly a great mix of self-effacing commentary, lightning-speed humor, and an unmatched slab of the best pop punk this [...]
I do realize that a certain portion of this blog's readers are mainly indie rock fans that are basically uninterested by these pop punk posts. Whatever. I don't care. These are my roots. Much of this is the kind of music that makes me wanna stand up and shout at the top of my lungs (see Strung Out's Suburban Teenage Wasteland Blues for example) and just be young again. These songs have staying power. Too much of today's indie rock crap is much too forgettable and unexciting. It is [...]
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