Canadian post-punk favorites Preoccupations haven’t been away for too long, as their latest album, Arrangements, came out in late 2022. Regardless, they’re back: Today (February 11), the band ...

Canadian band Preoccupations have had a seriously bad week, having been robbed twice…yikes! First in Vancouver and then in San Francisco, waking up Tuesday (5/15) “to find our beloved old van, our ...

In 2013, a Canadian post-punk band called Viet Cong embarked on its first tour, stopping to perform in a small, sweaty room in Brooklyn along the way. Their songs featured moments of rhythmic disarray ...

Canadian quartet Preoccupations have returned with their self-released, seven-track fourth album Arrangements, and It certainly makes for an intense experience. While most of us are trying to move on ...

Calgary postpunk four-piece Preoccupations formed in 2012 from the ashes of noisy art-punk outfit Women. As Viet Cong, they dropped a strong debut album in 2015, then changed their regrettable name ...

In 2012, Scott “Monty” Munro and Matt Flegel were playing in their buddy Chad Vangaalen’s band, content to support their project while noodling around on some of their own ideas in their spare time.

When Preoccupations decided to write and record its new album, each of the four members was going through his own growing pains, plus each had all moved to different cities. While the rest of their ...

Since forming in 2012 under their now-disavowed Viet Cong moniker, Preoccupations have made each subsequent record under an increasingly heavy blanket of hopelessness, digging further into humanity's ...

Preoccupations’ drummer Mike Wallace once grimaced at the suggestion that the Calgary, Alberta band was part of a new guard in the post-punk/New Wave sound. Lead vocalist, bassist, and songwriter Matt ...