Bri Salmena is the tough voice and thoughtful lyricist you hear over tangled swells of guitars on Frigs's "Chest." The Toronto four-piece — formerly known as Dirty Frigs — is taking a stance with this ...

FRIGS with New Fries and Piper Maru at Velvet Underground (508 Queen West), Saturday (December 14), 9 pm. $15. showclix.com. Frigs are having déjà vu. Sitting at Kensington Market haunt Ronnie’s, the ...

Toronto post-punks FRIGS will release their new album, Basic Behaviour, on February 23 via Arts & Crafts. Their dark, soulful brand of rock is powered by Bria Salmela, a firebrand frontperson ...

If there’s an encapsulating sentiment, or mood, about the prevailing time, it’s this: “This is shit.” Frigs singer Bria Salmena spits that lyric on II from the band’s debut album. Succinct yet ...

Brooklyn’s Northside Festival is just one week away, and we’re excited to now announce more artists for the official BrooklynVegan showcase, which happens Saturday, June 9 at Elsewhere (599 Johnson ...

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Duncan: Bria and I met when we were both studying in Montréal. We had other musical projects at the time and just started playing music together. At that point I knew Lucas from high school, we played ...

Toronto band FRIGS have just released their debut album, the post-punk winner ‘Basic Behaviour’, and to celebrate – they’ve been kind enough to provide us with the best music that’s keeping their city ...

The members of FRIGS may have spent the last few years backing up Orville Peck, but surprise-released new EP RAVE AND RUPTURE IN MUSIC AS DISASTER proves they certainly haven't lost their spiny, ...

Around this time in 2012, internationally sung praises for Toronto-based musicians had become so cumulatively ubiquitous that the city's reputation began to change. The success of artists such as ...

Dirty Frigs are a Toronto-based four-piece who resurrect the spirit of Link Wray and other early axe-wielders to conjure the dark and distorted sounds of 1950s rock'n'roll. They recorded their ...

The work of Bria, Duncan, Lucas, and Edan "God Hates A Coward" is the first taste of FRIGS' new EP and is the perfect indicator of the gutteral 90s spirit residing in Bria's visceral vocals and the ...