Riot + Reverie’s Elena Stevens remembers New Found Glory guitarist Chad Gilbert, a brief encounter more than two decades ago, and the unmistakable spark that stayed with her long after.

Decades after discovering Fenix TX on a cheap punk sampler, K.M. North finally got to see the band that helped shape his musical life, and found out those songs still have plenty of teeth. That captures the personal story + nostalgia + live-review angle without giving away the emotional payoff at the end.

Fugazi never sold out. So how did the name become a clothing trademark? Inside the Vans controversy, five-dollar shoes, DIY ethics, and the uncomfortable question of who gets to profit from punk.

Their latest move is a split 7" with fellow Toronto outfit Almighty Trigger Happy on Cursed Blessings Records, and it's exactly the kind of pairing that makes the Canadian underground feel alive right now.