NXNE 2017 Club Lands: Crown Lands, The Anti-Queens and Sweatshop Kids – NXNE Curator Series – Ian D’Sa (Billy Talent)
Sweatshop Kids started off the showcase. The trio of Walsh, Turvey and Hover were loud, they were sweaty and they weren’t kids. Listing hardcore-dance-punk-nu-metal-knuckle-funk as their genre on their Facebook page, we going to go with that.
The music was great, the singer super interesting and that haircut just kept making me smile. It’s weird but good weird. When he starts moving, you can’t look away. I’m intrigued.
The second act of the night was The Anti-Queens. The band is Emily Bones on vocals and playing lead guitar, Mary Deth on bass, Dallas Conte on drums and Valerie Knox on lead guitar. Valerie is also known for her role as singer and guitar player for Black Cat Attack.
They were loud, they were tight, the songs were honest, they were well rehearsed, in sync and so much fun to watch. This might be the grungiest punk rock/grunge pop I’ve ever heard. 
Following The Anti-Queens, fresh off their 97.7 win and the premiere of Recording “Rise Over Run” – Episode 4, Crown Lands.
We caught up with Kevin Comeau just before their set at the NXNE Curator Series – Ian D’Sa (Billy Talent) and chatted about their win, the upcoming album Rise Over Run and new merch. He joked about all the things that have to be done in a day for the one hour where they get to get up on stage and play for us. It’s everything.
It’s been almost a year since we first saw Crown Lands at Rivoli. They’ve been working hard and that work really shows on stage. Everything is better, and that’s hard to say because they were so good when we saw them last year. 
The guys were perfectly in sync and everything was perfect. One thing that’s clear, Kevin and Cody are having a really good time doing this. And the fans were having a really good time watching them do it.
There was a new addition to the set from last year, and it was amazing. We’re going to let the photo and video do the explaining.
Thanks to DyAnn Rusaw for sharing her video with us. Amazing!
The crowd got a chance to hear some new music along with some of my personal favourites off their debut EP Mantra . and it wouldn’t be complete without some amazing covers like When the Levee Breaks by Led Zeppelin and Rush’s Working Man.
We’re really excited for the new album we can hardly wait for the next episode of Recording “Rise Over Run”. We love this documentary series, it’s giving us a look at the stuff we don’t normally get to see and we love that.
NOTE – If you get a chance to pick up some merch, grab one of the handmade tie-dyed tanks. They’re awesome and were made by Kevin and Cody themselves.
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