
Canada's not-quite-dead-yet The Sainte Catherines are releasing a limited edition photobook. The book will be 46 pages and contain pictures taken since the recording sessions for Fire Works in 2010, by photographer Jimmi Francoeur. The book will come with a "deluxe edition" of that album, adding 2 new songs and 3 acoustic songs to the album. You can see a preview of the photobook here . The Sainte Catherines announced their impending split in November. The band will be playing their final shows [...]

Canadian punk band The Sainte Catherines are calling it quits after 12 years together, the band announced today on their Facebook page. There are hundreds of reasons for why we are disbanding, some of which even our closes friends would not even understand. Being part of The Sainte Catherines has recently brought more negative energy to our individual lives than positive. We don't want to become pale copies of what we once were, trying to hold on to the "glory of the past", or what little we had. Something we are proud of. The band's [...]
The Sainte Catherines are an interesting band to say the least. While most of the punk bands currently out can easily be given a tag, the style of songs like "If There's Black Smoke Over A Bridge, It's Over" is hard to pin down as being a specific blend of styles. At some point, individuals [...]
Yesterday, on incredibly little sleep, I decided I was going to skip The Queers playing at the Barbary and would just take it easy. Then a buddy of mine informed me of a basement show happening, and I needed to go. I walked around a certain part of Philly looking for said show and walked into the wrong house for a different basement show (I <3 style="font-weight: bold;">Restorations:I never

ARTIST: The SWAG Report 34 with freebie mp3 downloads for songs by Tyvek, Sexrays, Cowlick, The Dreadnoughts, Gang Of Four, Simian Mobile Disco, Matisyahu, Sean Bones, Mogwai, Fiya and more! So much more! DATE: 11-25-10 WRITER: Don Loder Alright junky, si'down a minute an' listen up, So I thought I was doin' good by ya. I thought, y'know, thirty new bits o' liberated music a week? That ain't bad right? 'At's what I thought, an' prolly whatchu [...]
New releases from Matt and Kim, Andrew Bird, Elliott Smith, et al.

ARTIST: The SWAG Report 30 with freebie mp3 downloads for songs by Ratatat, Corin Tucker Band, Method Of Defiance, Quinn Marston, Lykke Li, The Creepshow, The Sainte Catherines, The Details and more! So Much more! DATE: 10-28-10 WRITER: Don Loder Happy 30th folks, Wow - this is gettin' a little ridickulous - I'm still gettin' away with this shit! Maybe the biz has decided this could work - that guys like me givin' stuff away might help 'em sell somethin' or somethin'. [...]
To celebrate today's crop of releases, here are new mp3s from Atlantic/Pacific, Dave Beck, Cashes Rivers, Juliette Commagere, Deluka, the Octopus Project, Paleo, Parallels, Kermit Ruffins, the Sainte Catherines, Small Black, Sorry No Ferrari, Sun Airway, the War On Drugs, Warpaint and Wolf & Cub. Also, vote for your favorite of today's new releases.

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Since 2005's Johnny Cash biopic Walk the Line was released, followed by last year's parody, Walk Hard , the Johnny Cash homage overload has pretty much died down. However, praise of the late legend will resume with the Anchorless Records release of All Aboard: A Tribute To Johnny Cash on October 21st. Taglined by the label as "Punk/Indie Greats Honor The Man In Black," the album will offer renditions from the likes of The Bouncing Souls, The Dresden Dolls (Feat. Franz Nicolay Of The Hold Steady), The Gaslight Anthem, The Sainte [...]