Rex John Shelverton spirals out dreampop beauty on a decimated SG Junior

September 26, 2024

Photo c/o Rex John Shelverton BY GREGORY ADAMS Musical instruments are precious. That doesn’t mean you have to be precious with them. When San Francisco-...

Scratched toms and dumb-fun collage: Sloan's Andrew Scott talks Twice Removed album art at 30

August 27, 2024

Andrew Scott in his studio. Photo c/o the artist. BY GREGORY ADAMS Andrew Scott is putting in the work. When Gut Feeling reaches out to the Toronto-based...

cherry pick harnesses "sludgy, gross" shoegaze with a skateboard pedalboard

July 31, 2024

cherry pick. Photo: Mungo Dulmage BY GREGORY ADAMS There’s controlled chaos coursing through Vancouver shoegazer cherry pick’s fantastically noise-dialed new...

Gut Feeling Podcast #28 - Shira Blustein (The Acorn / Chupacabra)

June 27, 2024

The latest Gut Feeling Podcast is with Shira Blustein, the Calgary-born, Vancouver-based restauranteur behind celebrated vegetarian spot the Acorn and the...

A Mini-guide to Ebullition Records' Eclectic Underground Hardcore

May 19, 2024

Orchid in Vancouver. Photo by Gregory Adams BY GREGORY ADAMS It has been a long-ass time since the last label guide, so this month Gut Feeling is doing a...

Poisoned Seeds' Avrinder Dhillon finds fertile ground home-recording hardcore

April 10, 2024

Poisoned Seeds. Photo: Avrinder Dhillon. BY GREGORY ADAMS Poisoned Seeds guitarist Avrinder Dhillon’s handiwork is all over the Vancouver hardcore group’s...

How Helmet's Page Hamilton Went Space Age with Gigantor

March 15, 2024

Page & Gigantor, circa 1995. C/O YouTube. BY GREGORY ADAMS Helmet are titans of groove. That’s undebatable. From the mighty “Unsung” — post-hardcore’s first...

Dom Romeo Details Total Dom-Ination of His Integrity Days

February 14, 2024

Integrity in concert. Photo c/o the band. BY GREGORY ADAMS Last year I spoke with Domenic Romeo to get into his playing on the debut album from End Reign, a...

Gut Feeling Podcast #27 - Adam Mitchell (Pura Mania/Spectres)

December 28, 2023

Hello! It's nearing the end of 2023, and per tradition I've invited Adam Mitchell onto the podcast to get into some of his favourite records of the year —...

Gut Feeling Podcast #26 - Tom Thacker (Gob/Sum 41)

December 18, 2023

The latest Gut Feeling Podcast is an interview with Tom Thacker, the Fraser Valley, BC-raised founding guitarist of pop-punkers Gob, and longtime member of...

Did Antarctica's Eric Richter Play Glacial Shoegaze on Johnny Cash's Jaguar?

November 28, 2023

Antarctica live in 1999. Photo: Brian Maryansky BY GREGORY ADAMS A few months ago, I spent the back-half of a newsletter praising the then-upcoming re-...

Adam Miller reflects on hurled barstools and Vogue-ing in Vancouver

November 15, 2023

The Vogue at the Brickyard. All photos: Gregory Adams. BY GREGORY ADAMS Sometimes the shows you remember the most are the ones that don't go according to...

Dracula's Deuce: Revving Through Gary Usher's Horror-Themed Hot Rod Record

October 31, 2023

BY GREGORY ADAMS While I love hearing a 60’s-era monster party song any time of year, cemetery rockers and blood-sucking bops make up a substantial part of...

Gut Feeling Podcast #25 - Jordan Blilie (The Blood Brothers)

October 18, 2023

The latest Gut Feeling Podcast is an interview with Jordan Blilie, the onetime co-vocalist for surrealistic hardcore outfit The Blood Brothers. The band...

Rewind: Watchers Revel In Vampire Driver's Nocturnal Rhythm

October 6, 2023

Watchers circa 2007. Photo c/o the band. BY GREGORY ADAMS Hey folks! We're back with another rewind, this time around cult Chicago quintet Watchers. I'd...

DFL's Monty Messex talks pizza, P90s, and My Crazy Life's Beastie-bolstered hardcore

September 22, 2023

Monty, live in the '90s. Photo c/o DFL. BY GREGORY ADAMS For a group quite literally co-founded by one of the most iconic hip-hop figures of all time, DFL is...

Gut Feeling Podcast #24 - Vanessa Heins

September 6, 2023

The latest Gut Feeling Podcast is an interview with Vanessa Heins, a Toronto-based photographer who has worked with artists in the worlds of punk, folk, pop,...

Dave Clifford Talks Up Pleasure Forever's "Ominous" and Funky Return

August 23, 2023

Pleasure Forever circa 2003. Photo c/o the band. BY GREGORY ADAMS “It’s really strange and scary-sounding.” This is Pleasure Forever drummer Dave Clifford on...

Gut Feeling Podcast #23 - Jack Duckworth (Soft Riot, Radio Berlin)

August 1, 2023

The latest Gut Feeling Podcast is with Jack Duckworth, the Vancouver Island-born, Glasgow based musician currently crafting darkwave odysseys as Soft Riot....

Has Hardcore Usurped the Celtic Frost Grunt?

July 19, 2023

BY GREGORY ADAMS One of the strangest, and likewise sickest trends I’ve noticed through the past few years of hardcore is the resurgence of a good old “ooh”....

Gut Feeling Podcast #22 - Kevin Keegan (Dead Quiet, Decoy)

July 6, 2023

The latest Gut Feeling Podcast goes down the '90s straight edge hardcore rabbit hole with Dead Quiet vocalist-guitarist Kevin Keegan, who got his start as...

Gut Feeling Podcast #21 - Justin Gradin (Rinse Dream / Mystic Debris)

June 22, 2023

Hello again! The latest Gut Feeling Podcast is an interview with Justin Gradin, the Vancouver-raised, and soon-to-be-L.A.-based multi-disciplinary artist...

Bully's Alicia Bognanno Talks #1 Bluesman and Hilarious Harmonica Takes

June 7, 2023

Alicia Bognanno at home with her Bluesman. Photo c/o Bully. BY GREGORY ADAMS Bully guitarist-vocalist Alicia Bognanno’s Instagram feed has been a gear-...

Rewind: Sound Virus Records x Punk Planet

May 24, 2023

BY GREGORY ADAMS Hey folks! This time around, we’re rewinding to an old interview I'd done with California hardcore label Sound Virus Records. This was...

Sister Ray's Ella Coyes: "I love janky gear that’s always living its own life"

May 11, 2023

Sister Ray. Photo: Sam Tudor BY GREGORY ADAMS Sister Ray's Ella Coyes is a Toronto-based folk artist that perked plenty of ears last year through the...

Meredith Coloma Gushes Over Gummi Bear Guitar Protoype

April 29, 2023

The fabled Gummi Bear guitar. Photo c/o Coloma Guitars. Meredith Coloma is the Vancouver-based founder/head luthier at Coloma Guitars, who have blown up the...

Gut Feeling Podcast #20 - Mark Palm (Supercrush / Go It Alone)

April 14, 2023

Go It Alone. California, 2003. Photo: Gregory Adams. BY GREGORY ADAMS Hello again! The latest Gut Feeling Podcast is an interview with Mark Palm, the...

Gut Feeling Podcast #19 - Murray A. Lightburn

March 29, 2023

Photo: Richard Lam BY GREGORY ADAMS Hello, hello! The latest Gut Feeling podcast is an interview with Murray A. Lightburn, a longtime member of orchestral...

Vanessa Dee talks country/hardcore crossover, and building community one duet at a time

March 14, 2023

Photo: Corey Poluk BY GREGORY ADAMS While Heartache No. 2 is a new, Vancouver-based record label and show promotion company putting plenty of shine on the...

Debby Friday finds fortune in Good Luck's falsetto experiments

March 3, 2023

Photo by Katrin Braga BY GREGORY ADAMS There’s a fearlessness to Debby Friday’s artistry. From her early breakbeat tapes to the industrial club rap she’s...

Botch's Dave Knudson on reunion shows, lost guitars, and the return of the Honeywell Rectifier

February 16, 2023

Botch live in France, 1999. Photo c/o the band. BY GREGORY ADAMS When Botch re-emerged last summer with a surprise single called “One Twenty Two” — the first...

Gut Feeling Podcast #18 - Ted Leo (Chisel)

February 1, 2023

Chisel photo by Pat Graham BY GREGORY ADAMS Hello again! The latest Gut Feeling podcast is an interview with Ted Leo, the longtime punk-and-pop Pharmacist...

A Mourning Star's Kurt Cuffy on Beyblading through modern metalcore scene

January 23, 2023

Photo: Jayme Javier BY GREGORY ADAMS A Mourning Star are a White Rock, BC-formed metalcore group making moves in 2023. To be fair, the group did heat things...

Gut Feeling Podcast #17 – Adam Mitchell (Spectres, Madness Cartel)

December 29, 2022

Madness Cartel photo c/o the band. Hello! We've hit the end of 2022, and per tradition I've invited Spectres / Madness Cartel member Adam Mitchell onto the...

Gut Feeling Podcast #16 - Steve Bays (Hot Hot Heat, Fur Trade)

December 19, 2022

Hot Hot Heat at the Commodore Ballroom. Vancouver, BC. 2002. Photo by Gregory Adams. BY GREGORY ADAMS The latest Gut Feeling Podcast is an interview with Hot...

Wowsers! These punk and metal songs all sound like Inspector Gadget

December 4, 2022

BY GREGORY ADAMS Wowsers, today (December 4) marks a whole 40 years since the premiere episode of Inspector Gadget. Titled “Winter Olympics,” the pilot found...

Punitive Damage dish on the searing sustain and spite-filled solos of This Is the Blackout

November 28, 2022

Punitive Damage. Photo by Clayton Hebenik. BY GREGORY ADAMS If you’ve been following Gut Feeling for a while, you might’ve noticed that I can’t get enough of...

Gut Feeling Podcast #15 - Lyndsay Sung (Kcar, Radio Berlin)

November 9, 2022

Kcar (IG) BY GREGORY ADAMS The latest Gut Feeling Podcast is an interview with Lyndsay Sung, a longtime music-maker currently playing bass in Vancouver punk...

How John Sebastian Beat the Devil as Daniel Mouse

October 28, 2022

BY GREGORY ADAMS There are a good chunk of spooky cartoons spinning through my brain around Halloween, but one that stands out in particular is 1978’s The...

Rewind - The Promise Ring x Evil Beavers Interview (1998)

October 14, 2022

Photo by Chrissy Piper BY GREGORY ADAMS Hey folks! Gut Feeling has just crossed the two-year mark, and to celebrate I'm taking things all the way back to my...

A mini-guide to '80s horror's hard rock zombies

October 1, 2022

BY GREGORY ADAMS Unless you're a year-round horror fan, odds are good you up your slasher and monster movie quota once October kicks in. I know I do! As...

Rewind: Hella's Spencer Seim chirps hard on duo's double solo album experiment

September 16, 2022

Hella at the Ché Café. La Jolla, CA. 2004. Photo by Gregory Adams BY GREGORY ADAMS Sometimes I forget what's in the archive. A while back I was looking at an...

Peter Matthew Bauer on Flowers' newfound lead fluidity, and transmogrifying hardcore into ska

August 30, 2022

Photo by Charlie Anastasis BY GREGORY ADAMS Peter Matthew Bauer has entered his guitar hero phase. For proof, take the onetime Walkmen bassist/organist’s...

Creeping Death's Trey Pemberton joins the TW Smith Guitars family with snarling custom Challenger

August 16, 2022

Photo by Adam Cedillo BY GREGORY ADAMS There’s nothing quite like the feeling of breaking in a new guitar. For Creeping Death guitarist Trey Pemberton, that...

Tunneling Through Kill Rock Stars' Hardcore Rabbit Hole

August 5, 2022

BY GREGORY ADAMS It has been a long while since the last label guide. This time we’re looking at some hardcore deep cuts from the Kill Rock Stars catalogue....

Heaven For Real on finding vintage guitars "all over the place" for tone-expanding Energy Bar

July 21, 2022

Photo by Beatrice Scharf-Pierzchala BY GREGORY ADAMS While the gearhounds obsessively refreshing the front page of Reverb.com would disagree, Heaven for...

PONY's Sam Bielanski on new single and bringing sass to My Little Pony voice work

July 5, 2022

Photo by Pretty Matty BY GREGORY ADAMS While Sam Bielanski's PONY just released another Pop Rocks-dusted bash in the form of "Did It Again," it turns out the...

Big Rig's Jen Twynn Payne brings bittersweet banjo twang to emo tunes

June 21, 2022

Photo by Geoffo Reith BY GREGORY ADAMS It's not too often an album is responsible for the birth of a music genre, but Vancouver outfit Big Rig's self-titled...

Gut Feeling Podcast #14 - Kyle De Ville (Enact)

June 8, 2022

Photos by Thomas Teal The latest Gut Feeling Podcast is an interview with Kyle De Ville, a British Columbia-born, Portland, Oregon-based guitarist with...

Gut Feeling Podcast #13 - Stephen McBean (Ex Dead Teenager/Pink Mountaintops)

May 25, 2022

Photo by Laura Pleasants The latest Gut Feeling Podcast is an interview with Stephen McBean, a prolific, Vancouver Island-born, Los Angeles-based musician...