{"data":{"id":"a2348a27-112c-4cf6-a5ea-4738d35f948a","originKind":"SYNDICATED","title":"Edmonton punks take global stage and screen","summary":"Synth-punk band Home Front took the opportunity to shout out Edmonton during a live studio session for KEXP, one of the biggest listener-funded radio stations in the United States. Frontman and co-founder Graeme Mackinnon hyped up fellow local acts Languid, Rhythm of Cruelty, and No Problem. He also praised mastering engineer and producer Nik Kozub — a member of Edmonton legend Shout Out Out Out Out alongside Home Front co-founder Clint Frazier — for helping to refine the band's sound.\n\nMackinnon, Frazier, and touring members Brandi Strauss, Ian Rowley, and Warren Oostlander played five songs from their 2025 album Watch it Die — Light Sleeper, Between The Waves, Eulogy, The Vanishing, and the album's title track. The band performed with typical fervour, with Mackinnon gripping the microphone like he's trying to crush it while breaking into a sweat from the exertion of his delivery.\n\nThe band is touring Canada, the U.S., and Europe this spring and summer in support of its sophomore album, which Range Magazine ranked among the best music of 2025. \"Their dance-wired post-punk carries loss, political anger, and earned wisdom, but pushes toward collective hope instead of despair,\" wrote Stephan Boissonneault. \"Fighting their way toward a better future, Watch It Die is a modified street punk album crafted intentionally for reckless freedom.\" The band last played in Edmonton to a packed Starlite Room in December, and Frazier told Taproot the band is planning a local show at some point in the fall. One could imagine that coinciding with the Purple City Music Festival, which will announce the first wave of its 2026 lineup on May 22 at Starlite.","url":"https://edmonton.taproot.news/briefs/2026/05/14/edmonton-punks-take-global-stage-and-screen","imageUrl":null,"publishedAt":"2026-05-14T13:00:00.000Z","sourceLabel":"Taproot Edmonton Arts","tags":[],"authorName":null,"contentHtml":"

Synth-punk band Home Front took the opportunity to shout out Edmonton during a live studio session for KEXP, one of the biggest listener-funded radio stations in the United States. Frontman and co-founder Graeme Mackinnon hyped up fellow local acts Languid, Rhythm of Cruelty, and No Problem. He also praised mastering engineer and producer Nik Kozub — a member of Edmonton legend Shout Out Out Out Out alongside Home Front co-founder Clint Frazier — for helping to refine the band's sound.

Mackinnon, Frazier, and touring members Brandi Strauss, Ian Rowley, and Warren Oostlander played five songs from their 2025 album Watch it Die — Light Sleeper, Between The Waves, Eulogy, The Vanishing, and the album's title track. The band performed with typical fervour, with Mackinnon gripping the microphone like he's trying to crush it while breaking into a sweat from the exertion of his delivery.

The band is touring Canada, the U.S., and Europe this spring and summer in support of its sophomore album, which Range Magazine ranked among the best music of 2025. \"Their dance-wired post-punk carries loss, political anger, and earned wisdom, but pushes toward collective hope instead of despair,\" wrote Stephan Boissonneault. \"Fighting their way toward a better future, Watch It Die is a modified street punk album crafted intentionally for reckless freedom.\" The band last played in Edmonton to a packed Starlite Room in December, and Frazier told Taproot the band is planning a local show at some point in the fall. One could imagine that coinciding with the Purple City Music Festival, which will announce the first wave of its 2026 lineup on May 22 at Starlite.

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