Stand Out With Excellent Band T-Shirts That Are Painfully Cool

August 30, 2021

Band tees. You want ’em. You need ’em. You want to know where to get ’em. Well, have you tried:

Amazon
Ardene
The Bay
eBay
Etsy
Everywhere. They’re everywhere.
The Gap. The frigging Gap.
Giant Tiger
Goodwill
Grailed
The gas station on the corner
H&M
Hot Topic
Kohls
Marks
Marks & Spencer
The lost-and-found at your mom’s office

Mango
Mercari
Merchbar
Old Navy
Pac Sun
Poshmark
Redbubble
Rockabilia
Haunted flea markets
Simons
Target
Cool grocery stores
Urban Outfitters
Urban Planet
Value Village
Walmart
Zazzle

If you need a mass-produced, fast-fashion product to tell everyone that you love AC/DC, the Ramones, the Rolling Stones, Tupac, the Beatles, Green Day, Pink Floyd, Metallica, the Sex Pistols, the Grateful Dead, the Doors, Def Leppard (Really? Def Leppard? O.K.), Rush, Pantera, Dylan, and especially Nirvana, wow, are you in luck!

And what a brave stance to announce to the world that you are a fan of one of these universally adored bands. Very edgy! Huzzah!

You can get classic rock and punk shirts for yourself, your newborn, and your cat anywhere.

They have no investment value.

And also: THERE ARE MORE THAN 15 BANDS WORTH LISTENING TO.

AND.

THERE ARE MORE THAN 15 BAND SHIRTS WORTH WEARING.

HERE ARE SOME SOURCES FOR YOU!

YOU MADE ME YELL. ARE YOU HAPPY?

The 604 Shop

The 604 Shop features products from Canadian artists at 604 Records, Light Organ Records and Comedy Here Often.

Here are some of our faves.

Fionn Love Potion T-Shirt $20

Mathew V Snatched My Wig T-Shirt, $29

Ralph T-Shirt, $10

Arts & Crafts

Arts & Crafts Productions is a Toronto-based independent artist services company, and their merch regularly sells out, so don’t wait. Do they have merch besides t-shirts? Yes. You can see some of our faves here. Also, they have a record club, which you can read about here.

Who is Dan Mangan? T-Shirt, $25

Choir!Choir!Choir! White T-Shirt, $25

Bravo Musique

This Montreal-based indie label was founded in 2000 as Dare to Care. It rebranded in February as Bravo Musique. And it has some rad shirts.

This shirt has everything: A skidoo.
Jérôme 50 – chandail à manches longues “Tokébakicitte”, $40.

The Blaze Velluto Collection T-Shirt ”We Are Sunshine”, $25

Dine Alone Records

Dine Alone was founded in St. Catharines, but now it’s based in Toronto, Nashville and Los Angeles (sorry, St. Cats).

Nobro Panther T-Shirt, $20

Single Mothers Dog T-Shirt, $20

Sparta Trust The River T-Shirt, $20

Flemish Eye Records

This indie label was founded in Calgary in 2003.

Chad VanGaalen Samurai Sword T-Shirt, $25

Flemish Eye Eyeland T-Shirt, $20

Monstercat

This electronic music label is based in Vancouver. Their merch shop is 🍌🍌🍌! It features a pets line, signature denim, and more.

Uncaged Vol. 10 T-Shirt, $31

Trans Trenderz

This black, trans-owned record label has a mission to help transgender artists achieve mainstream success while feeling empowered and respected for who they are. It was established in 2017.