Category: the scene
Vans Warped Tour @ Budweiser Stage 07/17
It’s the most anticipated event of the year………
Posted: July 11, 2018 | the scene | 0 Comments
FEATURED LOCAL: SPARROWS
Simply put, 2015 was a rough year for the Ottawa based band. Having steadily amassed industry attention and accolades for their unique brand of beautifully punishing post hardcore in prior years, the band signed with Toronto’s New Damage Records and dropped the heralded Dragging Hell EP shortly after. Despite soaring high and poised to capitalize
Posted: December 6, 2017 | the scene | 0 Comments
FEATURED LOCAL : OAKREST
Oakrest is a 4 piece pop punk band. Their band’s name originates from a street name located in a small town called Keswick, about an hour north of Toronto. This is where the bands singer, Jacob Szabo, used to live. The band has gone through many members, but they settled on 4 dudes who are
Posted: December 5, 2017 | the scene | 0 Comments
FEATURED LOCAL : AMONG LEGENDS
Among Legends is a pop punk band from Waterloo, Ontario. Founded in 2015 through a common love for high-energy, catchy, positive music, the band writes songs about overcoming life’s challenges and pressing on despite adversity. Their focus is on tearing down stereotypes within the pop punk music scene and building a more inclusive and positive community.
Posted: November 21, 2017 | the scene | 0 Comments
FEATURED LOCAL: ARCANE GHOSTS
Arcane Ghosts choose to support a tobacco free lifestyle because smoking is the number 1 cause of preventable death in Canada. “It’s disgusting, unhealthy, and just stupid. It sucks to be surrounded by it and have it’s effects harm our loved ones. It’s a good young audience to promote the dangers of smoking to. Uprise
Posted: November 21, 2017 | the scene | 0 Comments
FEATURED LOCAL : LOYALIST
“All of us are tobacco and vape free. Most of us come from athletic backgrounds. Being the vocalist, smoking takes its toll in the long run and has you required to maintain your health a lot more seeing as it weakens your immune system.”
Posted: October 23, 2017 | the scene | 0 Comments
FEATURED LOCAL: OUT OF MY LEAGUE
“For us, tobacco was never something that interested us. We all have family who smokes and have seen what it can do to people, so we want nothing to do with that lifestyle. While we don’t hate on anyone who smokes, we choose not to ourselves.”
Posted: October 3, 2017 | the scene | 0 Comments
FEATURED LOCAL: LUNGLESS
“Supporting a tobacco-free lifestyle now, and choosing to quit smoking after being on-and-off smokers for about 8 years means changing to a ‘cleaner’ life. For us, it’s about the health benefits of not smoking.”
Posted: August 18, 2017 | the scene | 0 Comments
Artists Who Give Back
It’s that time of year again. The APMAs are just around the corner. There are some amazing nominees in all categories this year, but we want to highlight the nominees for the Artist Philanthropic award because it celebrates kick ass artists who take a stand for what they believe in. Here’s a little more info
Posted: June 6, 2016 | the scene | featured | 0 Comments
No Need To Wake Us Up When September Ends…
We are wide awake and ready to Show Our Claws! September is a HUGE month for us here at Uprise, with the launch of our first campaign Show Your Claws, AND 3 in person events we have lots keeping us up during the day, and night. Keep checking our blog for more information on our 3 upcoming
Posted: September 8, 2015 | the scene, tobacco | 0 Comments