Summer Mixtape EP - Free download from The Dirty Nil - including GbV cover!

Hamilton-based punk band The Dirty Nil has just released a new 4-song mixtape EP - they're covering some outstanding punk and garage rock from The Misfits, Iggy Pop, Guided By Voices, and Merle Haggard. Merle Haggard? Well, honestly, songs don't get much more punk than "Mama Tried". Haggard blurred the line between country and rock, and in the history of rock lyrics, the line "I turned 21 in prison" is one of the all-time best:



Here's "Game of Pricks". There was exactly zero chance I wouldn't post this thing - their cover is really good. Energetic, with good guitar tones and vocal harmonies:



And here's a video for "Zombie Eyed", a song from their split single we shared earlier this year (WYMA post here):



The Summer Mixtape and the previous single are available for "name your price" or free download at Bandcamp. And The Dirty Nil is definitely on our radar.

If you're in Canada, make note of their "Assholes of Summer Tour":

JULY 18: TORONTO, ON - MAGPIE TAPROOM
AUG 8: GUELPH, ON - VAN GOGH'S EAR
AUG 10: LONDON, ON - THE APK
AUG 14: WINDSOR, ON - FM LOUNGE
AUG 16: HAMILTON, ON - THE CASBAH
AUG 17: ST. CATHERINES, ON - MANSION HOUSE

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