Announcing Go Kick-Ass! 2 – a compilation of brand new music featuring 29 all-new tracks on double-disc CD. Available on CD via Cartridge Heart September 13. Get the full scoop here Cover illustration by Miller Marshall.
Cartridge Heart and Pickle Jar Records present Brew Wizards Big Bad Birthday Bash August 24 at Brew Wizards Board Game Cafe featuring Poison Fountains, The Mendozaz and Wasting Time. No cover. 19+ RSVP here
Cartridge Heart presents Interstellar Punk Bazaar alongside Pet Aftercare Toronto and The Space Station. The event – an outdoor market – will take place July 27 at 1407 Dufferin St and feature musical performances by Monstrosa, By Octopi, The Mendozaz, The Holdouts, Blue Freezie and Starship Experience. Free admission. All-ages. RSVP here
Cartridge Heart presents Live In Store at Dead Dog Records featuring School Damage, No Sunshine Collective and Lime Ricky. It’s a free matinee. Music starts at 2pm. All-ages. RSVP here
Cartridge Heart presents Punk Night At The Dock Ellis featuring Slug, Moore Ave, Alert The Audience and Streets To Ourselves. Alert The Audience is celebrating the release of their new EP “Here I Made This” RSVP here
Cartridge Heart presents Punk Night At Brew Wizards featuring Nothing Serious, By Octopi and Sermon June 29 at Brew Wizards Board Game Cafe. No cover. 19+ It will be a homecoming show for Nothing Serious fresh off their tour promoting new album “Bitter Days” RSVP here
The new single from The Mendozaz – “Pour One Out For Hot Sarah” is now available on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, YouTube and most other streaming services.
Cartridge Heart presents Punk Night At The Dock Ellis featuring The Mendozaz, Nothing Serious, Kingfisher and Hot Apollo. This special double album-release show celebrates the upcoming albums Loafers by The Mendozaz and Bitter Days by Nothing Serious RSVP here
No Sunshine Collective’s debut album “Nothing Personal” is now available on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, YouTube and most other streaming services.
The new single from The Mendozaz – “I’d Rather Be Listening To The Mendozaz” is now available on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, YouTube and most other streaming services.
Punk Night At The Dock Ellis participates in The Road To Pouzza as Kali Masi from Chicago makes a stop on their way to Montreal. Wasting Time, Last Drag and Weekend Goodbye support. RSVP here
Cartridge Heart presents the 2024 Hype Party celebrating the launch of the new album “Nothing Personal” from No Sunshine Collective. Lovers, Lyfesk!llz and Skoff support on the bill. Everyone in attendance will receive a copy of issue #3 of Plastic and Wax. RSVP here
Cartridge Heart presents a special in-store showcase with our friends Dead Dog Records. Featuring Shiv and the Carvers, Trash Puppets and The Supervoids RSVP here
We’re celebrating one year of shows at our home away from home: The Dock Ellis. This show features the returning By Octopi alongside Mip Power Trio, Not That I Care and Smoking In Bed. RSVP here
Punk Night comes to Oshawa at Brew Wizards Board Game Cafe. The inaugural lineup features Wasting Time, The Bare Minimum and Wednesday Bender. RSVP here
The Mendozaz have released their cover of “Let Me Go” by the Marvelous 3. Buy it or stream it digitally from the platform of your choice. Let Me Go (Marvelous 3) by The Mendozaz
The Mendozaz are headlining this November’s instalment of Punk Night At The Dock Ellis. Among Legends, Trash Puppets and Smoking In Bed round out the bill. RSVP here.
October’s lineup promises to be fast. Get your fix of audio adrenaline from No Sunshine Collective, Dave Rocket and the Jobbers, Rag Ripper and Super Not Okay. RSVP here.
Toronto punk power trio The Mendozaz have released a video to debut their brand new track “Slasher” – the first single from “Go Kick-Ass!”, a compilation record being released by Toronto-based CD-label Cartridge Heart. The short film portrays a masked killer stalking the premises of a condo building and menacing the residents. Directed by Jason Romilly
Cartridge Heart presents the Go Kick-Ass! compilation release party featuring The Bare Minimum, By Octopi, Sixteen Scandals, Wednesday Bender, Wasting Time, The Mendozaz, Cold Dead Hands CA and The Supervoids September 8 & 9 at The Dock Ellis. Co-presented by Pynk Productions. RSVP here
Announcing Go Kick-Ass! – a compilation of brand new music featuring The Bare Minimum, By Octopi, Cold Dead Hands CA, Fire Hydrant, Hysterics, The Mendozaz, Mip Power Trio, Sixteen Scandals, The Supervoids, Wasting Time and Wednesday Bender. Available on CD via Cartridge Heart September 8. Cover illustration by Miller Marshall.
Our monthly series continues with this hot summer show. Come check out Martian Crisis Unit, Not That I Care, Angry Spells and Worthless Content. Update: Blackout Orchestra will be replacing Angry Spells on the bill. RSVP here.
Our hype party in the spring was so much fun, we’re doing another! Come to Handlebar for a great lineup. We’ve got Joan Smith and the Jane Does, Charlie Weber & the Glorious Failures, Terrible and The Horribles and Papa Reuben on tap for the night. See you then! RSVP here.
Our July event has a great lineup for you. Jerkoff Diary, Gutser, Bad Words and Cold Dead Hands CA. Gutser’s coming down all the way from Montreal and Cold Dead Hands CA are playing their first Toronto show in 11 year. Glad to have you back! RSVP here.
New single Bad Superstition out now from The Supervoids. Buy it or stream it digitally from the platform of your choice. Bad Superstition by The Supervoids
Spring is ending and summer is just around the corner. We’ve got a hot one for you with Sunlust, Poison Fountains, All But Six and Bad Buzz on the bill. It’s Bad Buzz’s final performance. Let’s send them off in style! RSVP here.
The May installment of Punk Night At The Dock Ellis will feature The World Famous Tallboys, Frank Dux, Hellaphant and Keelie. Don’t miss it! RSVP here.
Toronto-based pop-punk trio The Mendozaz are kicking off their spring with a new music video for “Dapper Man”: the latest single from their 2021 full-length “Up And At Them” released via Cartridge Heart. It’s a furious tale of envy, hatred and self-loathing generously sprinkled with profanity (all things one looks for in a comedy.) The video features what could be the cast of a John Waters film engaged in a high-stakes underground poker showdown. Directed by Jason Romilly
Cartridge Heart presents a new monthly series at a new venue. We have The Bare Minimum, Blue Freezie, Wordplay and Fast Eddie performing at The Dock Ellis in Toronto. RSVP here.
Cartridge Heart will be hosting a Hype Party to promote the release of “Go Kick-Ass!”: a compilation of new songs from independent bands in and around Toronto. All proceeds from the show go toward funding the compilation. The lineup includes Sixteen Scandals, Mip Power Trio, Wednesday Bender and a very briefly reformed Fire Hydrant. Catch the show at Handlebar. RSVP here.
The Mendozaz have a new video for GTFO – a song which may or may not consist of vague plot summaries for a couple Danny Boyle movies. Animated by Joseph Zambri.
This Valentine’s Day, show that special someone that you and The Mendozaz love them by printing out one of these cards. If you’re looking for the ideal gift, head over to our Bandcamp page for ideas. (click on the image for a hi-res download) Artwork by Connor Johnstone and Lou Diamond Willis
The second album from The Mendozaz “Up And At Them” is now available on CD or digitally. All purchases through Bandcamp (or on CD) will include an exclusive track. Up And At Them by The Mendozaz
Murder, the new single from The Mendozaz, is now available on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon and most other streaming platforms. Jonny Mendoza writes about the song: “Atmosphere was the number one thing for me driving this song. I wanted to combine the punk aesthetic with elements of horror and film noir and see what came of it.”
Jonathan Sohn’s new album Frozen Glory is now available for download on Bandcamp. A collaboration with his friends and bandmates from previous projects such as Fire Hydrant, World 9 and Divine Hammer, Frozen Glory is an eclectic mix of folk, shogeaze, punk and space-rock.
Take a peek at this song from Jonathan Sohn’s upcoming release “Frozen Glory”. Reuniting with Fire Hydrant bandmates Douglas Adams and Dan Purpura, Jonathan Sohn takes an acoustic approach to the 2006 radio hit. Toronto winter photo by Sue Molyneaux Flood photo by C&O Canal NHP
The “Two Days To Retirement” from The Mendozaz is now available in stores. Grab your copy physically at Dead Dog Records or Voltage Drop Records or digitally at Bandcamp.
If you’ve worn out your CD copies, suffered a catastrophic hard drive crash or some combination of the two, we’re giving you another chance to listen to Divine Hammer! Both “The Dead Planet” and “Violence” are now available on Spotify, Apple Music and a handful of other streaming platforms.
The Mendozaz have a limited supply of coasters/compact discs ready for Friday’s show at Cherry Cola’s. They are free with admission and have the first two singles on one disc – “Another Shitty Day” and “Last Call.” If you don’t have a CD player, you can also download the tracks in the digital format of your choosing at The Mendozaz Bandcamp page While supplies last…
The Mendozaz have been selected to play NXNE music festival at Stop, Drop and Roll (300 College St) alongside Mineta, Rehab For Quitters, The Electric Dead and more. It’s going to be a late one!
Earlier this month Super Hammer performed “Mute City” from F-Zero at Junction City Music Hall. It was a bloody good show, even if the band spent half their set hiding behind a curtain. Super Hammer is going to be hitting the studio to record some of their tracks. If you missed the show, here’s the next best thing in all its blurry glory.
New video release from The Mendozaz for their single “Pour One Out For Hot Sarah”
Announcing Go Kick-Ass! 2 – a compilation of brand new music featuring 29 all-new tracks on double-disc CD. Available on CD via Cartridge Heart September 13. Get the full scoop here Cover illustration by Miller Marshall.
Cartridge Heart and Pickle Jar Records present Brew Wizards Big Bad Birthday Bash August 24 at Brew Wizards Board Game Cafe featuring Poison Fountains, The Mendozaz and Wasting Time. No cover. 19+ RSVP here
Cartridge Heart presents Punk Night At The Dock Ellis featuring Sonic Scene Kids, Arcade Allstars, Bilious and The Scary Loud. RSVP here
Cartridge Heart presents Interstellar Punk Bazaar alongside Pet Aftercare Toronto and The Space Station. The event – an outdoor market – will take place July 27 at 1407 Dufferin St and feature musical performances by Monstrosa, By Octopi, The Mendozaz, The Holdouts, Blue Freezie and Starship Experience. Free admission. All-ages. RSVP here
Cartridge Heart presents Live In Store at Dead Dog Records featuring School Damage, No Sunshine Collective and Lime Ricky. It’s a free matinee. Music starts at 2pm. All-ages. RSVP here
Cartridge Heart presents Punk Night At The Dock Ellis featuring Slug, Moore Ave, Alert The Audience and Streets To Ourselves. Alert The Audience is celebrating the release of their new EP “Here I Made This” RSVP here
The new album from The Mendozaz – “Loafers” is now available on Spotify, Amazon Music, YouTube and most other streaming services.
Cartridge Heart presents Punk Night At Brew Wizards featuring Nothing Serious, By Octopi and Sermon June 29 at Brew Wizards Board Game Cafe. No cover. 19+ It will be a homecoming show for Nothing Serious fresh off their tour promoting new album “Bitter Days” RSVP here
The new single from The Mendozaz – “Pour One Out For Hot Sarah” is now available on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, YouTube and most other streaming services.
Cartridge Heart presents Punk Night At The Dock Ellis featuring The Mendozaz, Nothing Serious, Kingfisher and Hot Apollo. This special double album-release show celebrates the upcoming albums Loafers by The Mendozaz and Bitter Days by Nothing Serious RSVP here
No Sunshine Collective’s debut album “Nothing Personal” is now available on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, YouTube and most other streaming services.
The new single from The Mendozaz – “I’d Rather Be Listening To The Mendozaz” is now available on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, YouTube and most other streaming services.
New video release from The Mendozaz for their single “I’d Rather Be Listening To The Mendozaz”
Cartridge Heart presents Punk Night At Brew Wizards featuring Sixteen Scandals, The Mendozaz and Lyfe Sk!llz RSVP here
Punk Night At The Dock Ellis participates in The Road To Pouzza as Kali Masi from Chicago makes a stop on their way to Montreal. Wasting Time, Last Drag and Weekend Goodbye support. RSVP here
Cartridge Heart presents the 2024 Hype Party celebrating the launch of the new album “Nothing Personal” from No Sunshine Collective. Lovers, Lyfesk!llz and Skoff support on the bill. Everyone in attendance will receive a copy of issue #3 of Plastic and Wax. RSVP here
Cartridge Heart presents a special in-store showcase with our friends Dead Dog Records. Featuring Shiv and the Carvers, Trash Puppets and The Supervoids RSVP here
We’re celebrating one year of shows at our home away from home: The Dock Ellis. This show features the returning By Octopi alongside Mip Power Trio, Not That I Care and Smoking In Bed. RSVP here
Punk Night returns to Brew Wizards featuring Mip Power Trio, Smoking In Bed and Nocturnica RSVP here
Cartridge Heart presents Punk Night At The Dock Ellis featuring The Mendozaz, Shift-D, Sixteen Scandals and Choices Made. RSVP here
Punk Night comes to Oshawa at Brew Wizards Board Game Cafe. The inaugural lineup features Wasting Time, The Bare Minimum and Wednesday Bender. RSVP here
The Mendozaz have released their cover of “Let Me Go” by the Marvelous 3. Buy it or stream it digitally from the platform of your choice. Let Me Go (Marvelous 3) by The Mendozaz
The Mendozaz are headlining this November’s instalment of Punk Night At The Dock Ellis. Among Legends, Trash Puppets and Smoking In Bed round out the bill. RSVP here.
October’s lineup promises to be fast. Get your fix of audio adrenaline from No Sunshine Collective, Dave Rocket and the Jobbers, Rag Ripper and Super Not Okay. RSVP here.
Slasher, the new single from The Mendozaz, is now available on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon and most other streaming platforms.
Toronto punk power trio The Mendozaz have released a video to debut their brand new track “Slasher” – the first single from “Go Kick-Ass!”, a compilation record being released by Toronto-based CD-label Cartridge Heart. The short film portrays a masked killer stalking the premises of a condo building and menacing the residents. Directed by Jason Romilly
Cartridge Heart presents the Go Kick-Ass! compilation release party featuring The Bare Minimum, By Octopi, Sixteen Scandals, Wednesday Bender, Wasting Time, The Mendozaz, Cold Dead Hands CA and The Supervoids September 8 & 9 at The Dock Ellis. Co-presented by Pynk Productions. RSVP here
Announcing Go Kick-Ass! – a compilation of brand new music featuring The Bare Minimum, By Octopi, Cold Dead Hands CA, Fire Hydrant, Hysterics, The Mendozaz, Mip Power Trio, Sixteen Scandals, The Supervoids, Wasting Time and Wednesday Bender. Available on CD via Cartridge Heart September 8. Cover illustration by Miller Marshall.
We’ve got an exciting pop punk lineup for you. Come to The Dock Ellis for Mistake Not!, Nothing Serious, PepTalk and Coming Up Milhouse. RSVP here.
Our monthly series continues with this hot summer show. Come check out Martian Crisis Unit, Not That I Care, Angry Spells and Worthless Content. Update: Blackout Orchestra will be replacing Angry Spells on the bill. RSVP here.
New video release from The Supervoids featuring the making of their new song Bad Superstition. Check it out below.
Our hype party in the spring was so much fun, we’re doing another! Come to Handlebar for a great lineup. We’ve got Joan Smith and the Jane Does, Charlie Weber & the Glorious Failures, Terrible and The Horribles and Papa Reuben on tap for the night. See you then! RSVP here.
Our July event has a great lineup for you. Jerkoff Diary, Gutser, Bad Words and Cold Dead Hands CA. Gutser’s coming down all the way from Montreal and Cold Dead Hands CA are playing their first Toronto show in 11 year. Glad to have you back! RSVP here.
New single Bad Superstition out now from The Supervoids. Buy it or stream it digitally from the platform of your choice. Bad Superstition by The Supervoids
Spring is ending and summer is just around the corner. We’ve got a hot one for you with Sunlust, Poison Fountains, All But Six and Bad Buzz on the bill. It’s Bad Buzz’s final performance. Let’s send them off in style! RSVP here.
The May installment of Punk Night At The Dock Ellis will feature The World Famous Tallboys, Frank Dux, Hellaphant and Keelie. Don’t miss it! RSVP here.
Toronto-based pop-punk trio The Mendozaz are kicking off their spring with a new music video for “Dapper Man”: the latest single from their 2021 full-length “Up And At Them” released via Cartridge Heart. It’s a furious tale of envy, hatred and self-loathing generously sprinkled with profanity (all things one looks for in a comedy.) The video features what could be the cast of a John Waters film engaged in a high-stakes underground poker showdown. Directed by Jason Romilly
Cartridge Heart presents a new monthly series at a new venue. We have The Bare Minimum, Blue Freezie, Wordplay and Fast Eddie performing at The Dock Ellis in Toronto. RSVP here.
Cartridge Heart will be hosting a Hype Party to promote the release of “Go Kick-Ass!”: a compilation of new songs from independent bands in and around Toronto. All proceeds from the show go toward funding the compilation. The lineup includes Sixteen Scandals, Mip Power Trio, Wednesday Bender and a very briefly reformed Fire Hydrant. Catch the show at Handlebar. RSVP here.
The Mendozaz have a new video for GTFO – a song which may or may not consist of vague plot summaries for a couple Danny Boyle movies. Animated by Joseph Zambri.
This Valentine’s Day, show that special someone that you and The Mendozaz love them by printing out one of these cards. If you’re looking for the ideal gift, head over to our Bandcamp page for ideas. (click on the image for a hi-res download) Artwork by Connor Johnstone and Lou Diamond Willis
The second album from The Mendozaz “Up And At Them” is now available on CD or digitally. All purchases through Bandcamp (or on CD) will include an exclusive track. Up And At Them by The Mendozaz
Murder, the new single from The Mendozaz, is now available on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon and most other streaming platforms. Jonny Mendoza writes about the song: “Atmosphere was the number one thing for me driving this song. I wanted to combine the punk aesthetic with elements of horror and film noir and see what came of it.”
Celebrate Friday the 13th with this slashtastic video by The Mendozaz. Watch and see which (if any) of the band members survive!
Jonathan Sohn’s new album Frozen Glory is now available for download on Bandcamp. A collaboration with his friends and bandmates from previous projects such as Fire Hydrant, World 9 and Divine Hammer, Frozen Glory is an eclectic mix of folk, shogeaze, punk and space-rock.
Take a peek at this song from Jonathan Sohn’s upcoming release “Frozen Glory”. Reuniting with Fire Hydrant bandmates Douglas Adams and Dan Purpura, Jonathan Sohn takes an acoustic approach to the 2006 radio hit. Toronto winter photo by Sue Molyneaux Flood photo by C&O Canal NHP
The “Two Days To Retirement” from The Mendozaz is now available in stores. Grab your copy physically at Dead Dog Records or Voltage Drop Records or digitally at Bandcamp.
As the release date for “Two Days To Retirement” draws near, The Mendozaz have released the third single from their upcoming album.
If you’ve worn out your CD copies, suffered a catastrophic hard drive crash or some combination of the two, we’re giving you another chance to listen to Divine Hammer! Both “The Dead Planet” and “Violence” are now available on Spotify, Apple Music and a handful of other streaming platforms.
Here’s a new video for May We All Die Horrible Deaths from “Violence”. Warning: many marshmallows were harmed in the making of this video.
The Mendozaz have a limited supply of coasters/compact discs ready for Friday’s show at Cherry Cola’s. They are free with admission and have the first two singles on one disc – “Another Shitty Day” and “Last Call.” If you don’t have a CD player, you can also download the tracks in the digital format of your choosing at The Mendozaz Bandcamp page While supplies last…
Here’s the second single from The Mendozaz. Now available digitally at Bandcamp or on limited-edition CD at Cherry Cola’s next week.
The Mendozaz have been selected to play NXNE music festival at Stop, Drop and Roll (300 College St) alongside Mineta, Rehab For Quitters, The Electric Dead and more. It’s going to be a late one!
Super Hammer has recorded a cover of the Corneria stage music from Star Fox on Super Nintendo.
The Mendozaz have released the first single from their upcoming record. “Two Days To Retirement” will be available later this year.
Earlier this month Super Hammer performed “Mute City” from F-Zero at Junction City Music Hall. It was a bloody good show, even if the band spent half their set hiding behind a curtain. Super Hammer is going to be hitting the studio to record some of their tracks. If you missed the show, here’s the next best thing in all its blurry glory.