The Maynards - Echo Weekly, Feb. 2009
"It’s short, sweet, to the point and catchy, giving the listener everything pop should, with a hint of cynicism tacked on top for good measure." - (Full Article)
Date With Destiny - The Coast, Nov. 2008
"The Maynards have made the dance floor sweaty with scraptacular art-house garage punk about boys, girls, kissing and dancing" - (Full Article)
Date and Destroy - Herohill, Nov. 2008
" The songs are quick, hot and sweat inducing (almost every song comes in under two-minutes) and even though you know it's going to end with you holding what's left of your heart, you just don't care." - (Full Article)
Panic Manual Live Review - Toronto Dec 08
"It’s unofficial, The Maynards are Canadas sexiest band. Hailing from Halifax, this three piece dance rock gang spread their lusty, sweaty sweater loving all over Sneaky Dees last night." - (Full Article)
Chart Attack BOTMO Review / Apr 06
"You know those groups who perfectly combine elements of some of your favourite bands to make one of the best records you've ever heard? The Maynards have crafted one of those CDs."
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The Peak BOTMO Feature / Jan 06
"they definitely make a great, poppy, upbeat, and dance-y rock album. Which is why BOTMO is such a wicked LP." - (Full Article)
i (heart) music BOTMO review / Mar 06
"If, prior to The Woods, Sleater-Kinney had decided that instead of channeling Led Zeppelin they were going to get as horny as possible and make an album about it, they probably would've sounded like The Maynards do on Break Out The Make Out." - (Full Article)
Now - BOTMO review / Nov 05
"the Maynards have fashioned a short and punchy ode to the importance of makeouts and good times couched in some pretty catchy tunes." - (Full Article)
Make Out Music - The Coast, Oct. 05
"The Halifax indie-rock band has been together for five years and it shows, not only in the way they interact, but also on their newest album, Break Out the Make Out. It's their best disc to date and the title serves as a band mantra of sorts." - (Full Article)
Atlantic Buzz - Chart Attack, Oct. 05
"It's been a couple of years since dance rockers The Maynards released their acclaimed Stole Your Lunch Money album..." - (Full Article)
The Maynards - The Gazette, Oct. 05
"The Maynard’s retro sound, however, has become increasingly sophisticated. Peppered with Le Tigre-fashioned shout outs, their sound is like a conversation between your little brother — who speaks quickly and then slowly — and Brian Wilson or Chubby Checker when they weren’t crazy" - (Full Article)
