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In what seemed to be a perpetually rescheduled Ottawa tour date (which, at one point, had them opening for '90s indie supergroup TUNS), Kiwi...

Fri., Jan. 7 Kiwi Jr., Nap Eyes, and The Zells at Club Cafe 56-58 S. 12th St., South Side. clubcafelive.com Join indie-rockers Nap Eyes and...

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Kiwi Jr. Drop 'No Trace Evidence' Mini-Documentary Watch the band get COVID haircuts, goof off in studio sessions, cross the path of black cats and more Published May 12, 2021 Two months before COVID lockdowns ruined everyone's touring plans, Kiwi Jr. had high hopes for taking their new material on the road. The songs that would later become  Cooler Returns — their debut with Sub Pop— were primed to hit stages across North America, but of course, that never happened. Instead, we're now getting a closer look into the making of their album with a new short film. The Toronto group have...

Blank Generation, Richard Hell and the Voidoids were at the forefront of the New York punk scene. Hell, who had done time with Television and Johnny Thunders' the Heartbreakers, elevated the punk art form on the first album, but then struggled to follow it up with Destiny Street five years later. This was at a time when punk/New Wave bands (see The Ramones, Blondie, Talking Heads) were cranking albums out at about one (sometimes two) a year. The expanded and remastered double disc reissue Destiny Street Complete (Omnivore) features three versions of the same album — 1982's original Dest...