Canadian post-punk favorites Preoccupations haven’t been away for too long, as their latest album, Arrangements, came out in late 2022. Regardless, they’re back: Today (February 11), the band ...

Canadian band Preoccupations have had a seriously bad week, having been robbed twice…yikes! First in Vancouver and then in San Francisco, waking up Tuesday (5/15) “to find our beloved old van, our ...

In 2013, a Canadian post-punk band called Viet Cong embarked on its first tour, stopping to perform in a small, sweaty room in Brooklyn along the way. Their songs featured moments of rhythmic disarray ...

Calgary postpunk four-piece Preoccupations formed in 2012 from the ashes of noisy art-punk outfit Women. As Viet Cong, they dropped a strong debut album in 2015, then changed their regrettable name ...

In 2012, Scott “Monty” Munro and Matt Flegel were playing in their buddy Chad Vangaalen’s band, content to support their project while noodling around on some of their own ideas in their spare time.

When Preoccupations decided to write and record its new album, each of the four members was going through his own growing pains, plus each had all moved to different cities. While the rest of their ...

Clockwise from top left: Mike Wallace, Daniel Christiansen, Matt Flegel and Scott “Monty” Munro of Preoccupations Credit: Courtesy of Pooneh Ghana Here’s a quickie primer on Canadian post-punk band ...

Since its debut as Viet Cong in 2012 and subsequent name change in 2016, Preoccupations has released album after album of gripping post-punk. The group's latest, "New Material," is no different, even ...

Preoccupations’ drummer Mike Wallace once grimaced at the suggestion that the Calgary, Alberta band was part of a new guard in the post-punk/New Wave sound. Lead vocalist, bassist, and songwriter Matt ...

Following a brief period of namelessness, the four-piece post-punk outfit hailing from Calgary, Alberta have returned with a glossier, more accessible sound. Originally known as Viet Cong, the band ...

Defining and analyzing culture is a fool's errand, especially in 2016. Fifteen minutes of fame has become 15 seconds. Social media creates more headlines than newspapers want to admit. And there's an ...