The MF'n HIGH KICKS. Why? Because Chuck Norris can't rock and Jet Li doesn't know shit about fuzz bass. Biography "I've known Danny for like 5 years now. I serve him drinks at the Broken City a few times a week. He hates paying and he's a bad tipper. I've always wanted to play music with him. He comes up to me after a This City Defects show and he's all like, 'Holy eff! you sweat a LOT when you play. We have GOT to play together.' Something like that. I didn't think he was serious, but he called the next day and we got crackin' at writing ROCK songs like a week later. At our 2nd jam he told me he'd booked a show for us in 3 weeks so we had to get a set together like, now. And that's what we did." -Matt Doherty "Matt's a rad drummer and oh man, he sweats a LOT. He plays like he thinks his body is gonna catch fire if he doesn't drum wild enough. It's really something to watch. He comes up to me after a Dudes show one night and asks if I wanted to start a band. Besides being my favourite drummer, he always gives me free drinks so I was like, 'heck yes!'. I got to his place to jam like a week later and it was amazing. He leads me into his garage and I couldn't believe it. There's his bed and his dresser and his drums and a PA. No windows, just show posters and empties. I was thinking, 'this guy literally lives rock and roll'. I knew we were starting something special." -Danny Vacon Fuzzed out power rockers *HighKicks* are your new favourite band. Listen to their album and tell me I'm wrong. See their rock show and tell me I'm crazy. Featuring members of the Dudes, This City Defects, Dojo Workhorse and Axis of Conversation, HighKicks are old pros at keeping it RAD. They're coming to your town soon, so keep an eye out if you like honest to goodness, sing along fuzz rock, or just stay home and watch reruns of Frasier if that's not your thing. "Having played more or less constantly since their debut a couple of months ago, the High Kicks have been steadily building a following around their lively, stripped down live set. Danny Vacon and Matt Doherty seem perfectly complemented for each other, channeling their chemistry so that the sum seems so much larger than the individual parts. Featuring Vacon on a scuzzy, saturated bass and Doherty behind a drum kit that stands as a testament to materials engineering after he's done pummelling them... Vacon's melodic vocals function as an effective counterpoint to the gutter howl they kick up, at once conjuring up rock and roll's eternal romanticism. With plans to lay down some tracks to tape in the near future, expect good things from this duo." -Sebastian Buzzalino Beatroute Magazine "The biggest little two piece I've ever seen" -Byron Slack the Invasive