{"id":993,"date":"2010-06-03T08:52:07","date_gmt":"2010-06-03T14:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stylusmagazine.ca\/?p=993"},"modified":"2010-06-03T08:52:07","modified_gmt":"2010-06-03T14:52:07","slug":"review-kids-on-fire-kids-on-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/2010\/06\/03\/review-kids-on-fire-kids-on-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Kids on Fire &#8211; Kids on Fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So let me tell you a story of this trio of Winnipeg puck-rock vets who drunkenly decide to make an album before they\u2019re sure if they\u2019re a band or not. The result is a pretty damn good debut of passionate beer-soaked punk-rock recorded right off the floor. While it\u2019s not really groundbreaking, the band never the less are three great local punk-rock performers let loose. Hearing the fully unleashed versions of Steve Hallick (the Crackdown), the rambling vocal screams and guitar jangles of Ian Lodewyks (Subcity) and Leif Gobeil (Vibrating Beds) fierce punk-rock growls on tracks like \u201cCelebration\u201d are something to behold. Now that \u201990s sytle SoCal-infused dirty punk rock is dwindling locally, KoF has the opportunity, the passion and the raw power to really capitalize on the sound. Lodewyks&#8217;s rambling gravely screams over spastic guitar and punchy basslines sets the stage with the lead off \u201cShotgun.\u201d Bassist Leif Gobeil\u2019s songs are a faster and fiercer brand of punk-rock with tracks like \u201cWhite Collar, Fluorescent Lights.\u201d Overall, the real standout track is \u201cGrand Mystifier,\u201d a lighter-hearted punk-rock \u2019n\u2019 roll number with damn catchy guitar riffs and a great chorus. Hopefully these guys extend their bender and stick it out for another album. (Transistor 66, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.transistor66.com\">www.transistor66.com<\/a>) <strong>Kent Davies<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So let me tell you a story of this trio of Winnipeg puck-rock vets who drunkenly decide to make an album before they\u2019re sure if they\u2019re a band or not. The result is a pretty damn good debut of passionate beer-soaked punk-rock recorded right off the floor. While it\u2019s not really groundbreaking, the band never [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=993"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/993\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}