The Weakerthans sadly broke up last year, but here’s some news that cheers us up a bit. Frontman John K. Samson will release a new solo album called Winter Wheat on October 21 via ANTI-, and it has ...

When The Weakerthans walked on stage at the sold out Bowery Ballroom Friday night (12/9) to play their 2003 album, Reconstruction Site, you could see the appreciation of the crowd’s enthusiasm on John ...

John K. Samson's band, the Weakerthans, are quintessentially Winnipeg. Author Dave Bidini, in the Globe and Mail, called Winnipeg's people and their city "sad and beautiful" and the Weakerthans the ...

Can you imagine Fargo without the snow to catch the blood? Runaway Train without Eric Roberts desperate for "f-f-f-fucking socks"? The Empire Strikes Back without Hoth? It's more than the backdrop; it ...

John K. Samson opens with song. It's worth ten points. He carries a small travel Scrabble set with him everywhere he goes; in a small blue book he records each game, when and where, the words played ...

Better Than: Waiting in line at the DMV. Lead singer of the Last Town Chorus, Meghan Hickey, has a voice that is both sultry and seductive. Hickey’s ability to handle her slide guitar is like watching ...

In the midst of a big ol' tour to support Reunion Tour, their latest full-length record, the Weakerthans played two sold-out shows in Toronto. They were really, really sold out. Notice the ...

Maybe it was the brutal Winnipeg winters. Maybe it was the crushing boredom. Whatever it was, John K. Samson’s old agitprop punk outfit, Propagandhi, came out of the gate spewing more vitriol and bile ...

Why can't I draw right up to what I want to say? / Why can't I ever stop when I want to stay? / I slide right through the days / I'm always throwing hack-weight. "Tournament of Hearts" by The ...

Four albums in, The Weakerthans' members are still making intelligent, punk-tinged pop music. The band's leader, John K. Samson, is a fiction writer disguised as a songwriter, crafting an impressive ...

Literate indie band the Weakerthans and the passionate rockers of Hey Rosetta! were the victors at the inaugural Verge Music Awards. At a gala held last night in Toronto, the Weakerthans, of Winnipeg, ...

Several years ago, at what turned out to be Joe Strummer's last concert in Toronto, an acquaintance gave me a summary of his Theory of the Good Song. A good song, he said, is one that has good lyrics.