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KEN mode

Hardcore band from Winnipeg, MB · formed 1999

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KEN mode photo
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Shows on record
60
Rooms played
58
Cities
49
Releases
34
Last show
Oct 18, 2024Club Garibaldi's

About

KEN mode is a band from Winnipeg, MB, formed in 1999, tagged hardcore, mathcore, metal by its sources. Shows on record run from 2011 to 2024, across 58 rooms in 49 cities.

The summary is assembled from the record fields and shows on this page; each fact listed names its source. See Sources & corrections for what each source supplied.

Shows

60 on record · Songkick
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Shows per year

  1. 20112 shows
  2. 20124 shows
  3. 20134 shows
  4. 201413 shows
  5. 20154 shows
  6. 201818 shows
  7. 20193 shows
  8. 20222 shows
  9. 202410 shows
Show history
DateVenue
Oct 18, 2024Club Garibaldi's · MilwaukeeHeadlinerwith Hide
Oct 14, 2024Dominion Tavern · OttawaHeadlinerwith Hide, POSTE, Moratorium
Oct 13, 2024Turbo Haüs III · MontrealHeadlinerwith Hide, Renonce
Oct 12, 2024Middle East - Upstairs · CambridgeHeadlinerwith Hide
Oct 11, 2024MilkBoy · PhiladelphiaSupportwith Hide, ZOMBIESHARK!
Oct 10, 2024TV Eye · RidgewoodHeadlinerwith Hide
Oct 8, 2024Atlas Brew Works · WashingtonHeadlinerwith Hide, Euclid C Finder
Oct 6, 2024The Sanctuary Detroit · HamtramckHeadlinerwith Hide
Oct 5, 2024Reggie's · ChicagoHeadlinerwith Hide, Urine Hell, Barren Heir
Oct 4, 2024Falling Knife Brewing Company · MinneapolisHeadlinerwith Hide
Oct 29, 2022Black Magic Social Club · HoustonHeadlinerwith Frail Body, Glassing
Oct 28, 2022The Lost Well - Old Location · AustinHeadlinerwith Frail Body, Glassing
Jun 3, 2019Hi-Dive · DenverHeadlinerwith The Abrams, BleakHeart, Ten Foot Beast
Jun 2, 2019Kilby Court · Salt Lake CityHeadlinerwith Inter Arma, Wayfarer, Thantifaxath
Jun 1, 2019Neurolux · BoiseHeadlinerwith Inter Arma, Wayfarer, Thantifaxath
Dec 2, 2018Magasin 4 - Old Location · BrusselsHeadlinerwith Birds in Row, Coilguns
Dec 1, 2018The Macbeth · LondonHeadlinerwith Birds in Row, Coilguns, PONY
Nov 30, 2018Bistrot de St-So · LilleHeadlinerwith Birds in Row, Coilguns
Nov 29, 2018Petit Bain · ParisHeadlinerwith Birds in Row, Coilguns
Nov 28, 2018Fort De Tourneville · Le HavreHeadlinerwith Birds in Row, Coilguns
Nov 27, 2018Le Ferrailleur · NantesHeadlinerwith Birds in Row, Coilguns
Nov 26, 2018Altherax Music · NiceHeadlinerwith Birds in Row, Coilguns
Nov 25, 2018Circolo Magnolia (Indoor) · SegrateHeadlinerwith Birds in Row, Coilguns
Nov 24, 2018Cbgc's · GigorsHeadlinerwith Birds in Row, Coilguns
Nov 23, 2018Die Stadtmitte · KarlsruheSupportwith Birds in Row, Coilguns
Nov 22, 2018L'Antonnoir · BesançonHeadlinerwith Birds in Row, Coilguns
Nov 21, 2018Le Romandie · LausanneSupportwith Birds in Row, Coilguns
Nov 20, 2018Chez Raymond · Clermont-FerrandHeadlinerwith Birds in Row, Coilguns
Nov 19, 2018Black Sheep · MontpellierHeadlinerwith Birds in Row, Coilguns
Nov 18, 2018Le Rex Toulouse · ToulouseHeadlinerwith Birds in Row, Coilguns
Nov 17, 2018Void · BordeauxHeadlinerwith Birds in Row, Coilguns
Nov 16, 2018L'Astrolabe · OrléansSupportwith Birds in Row, Coilguns
Nov 15, 2018Le Temps Machine · Joué-Les-ToursSupportwith Birds in Row, Coilguns
Oct 3, 2015529 · AtlantaHeadlinerwith Child Bite, Lazer/Wulf, The Powder Room, +1
Jun 25, 2015Turf Club · St. PaulHeadlinerwith Zebulon Pike, Buildings
Jun 18, 2015Saint Vitus Bar - Old Location · BrooklynHeadlinerwith Fight Amp, Pyrrhon, Couch Slut
May 31, 2015Temples Festival · BristolSupportwith Between The Buried And Me, Krokodil, Venom Prison
Sep 30, 2014Magasin 4 - Old Location · BrusselsSupportwith Drums Are for Parades, Hark, 30.000 Monkies
Sep 2, 2014Saint Vitus Bar - Old Location · BrooklynHeadlinerwith Primitive Weapons, Psalm Zero, Couch Slut
Aug 30, 2014Soybomb Hq · TorontoHeadlinerwith Child Bite, Animal Faces, Life In Vacuum
Mar 16, 2014Metro · ChicagoSupportwith Russian Circles, Helms Alee
Mar 15, 2014recordBar · Kansas CitySupportwith Russian Circles, Helms Alee
Mar 14, 201489th Street · Oklahoma CitySupportwith Russian Circles, Helms Alee
Mar 13, 2014Launchpad · AlbuquerqueSupportwith Russian Circles, Helms Alee
Mar 12, 2014Crescent Ballroom · PhoenixSupportwith Russian Circles, This Will Destroy You, Helms Alee
Mar 10, 2014El Rey Theatre · Los Angeles (LA)Supportwith Russian Circles, Helms Alee
Mar 9, 2014Casbah · San DiegoSupportwith Russian Circles, Helms Alee
Mar 7, 2014Great American Music Hall · San FranciscoSupportwith Russian Circles, Helms Alee
Mar 5, 2014Wonder Ballroom · PortlandSupportwith Russian Circles, Helms Alee
Mar 4, 2014Neumos · SeattleSupportwith Russian Circles, Helms Alee
Aug 8, 2013Strange Matter · RichmondSupportwith Weedeater, Rosetta, Bloody Hammers, +3
Jul 20, 2013Reggie's Rock Club · ChicagoHeadlinerwith Trash Talk, Wolf Eyes, Pharkakon, +6
May 23, 2013Thee Parkside · San FranciscoSupportwith Black Cobra, Judgement Day
Mar 14, 2013Emo's Alternative Lounge (CLOSED) · AustinSupportwith Beach Fossils, Widowspeak, Parenthetical Girls, +11
Nov 17, 2012The Garrison · TorontoHeadlinerwith Creeper (US), Animal Faces
Oct 28, 2012Astoria Pub · VancouverHeadlinerwith Anciients, anion
Oct 18, 2012Public Assembly · BrooklynSupportwith Pig Destroyer, The Early Graves, Encrust
Mar 16, 2012Scoot Inn · AustinSupportwith Black Breath, Ringworm, All Pigs Must Die, +3
Apr 22, 2011Mutiny · ChicagoSupportwith Fuck the Facts, Bongripper, Chicago Thrash Ensemble
Mar 18, 2011Lovejoy's · AustinSupportwith Ringworm, Wormrot, Gaza, +5

Where they play

58 rooms in 49 cities

Rooms played most

Cities played

  • Austin4 shows
  • Chicago4 shows
  • Brooklyn3 shows
  • Brussels2 shows
  • San Francisco2 shows

and 44 other cities

Releases

34 releases, 2003–2023

  • Painless

    2023 · Single

  • VOID

    2023 · Album

  • I Cannot

    2023

  • A Love Letter

    2022 · Single

  • But They Respect My Tactics

    2022 · Single

  • Null

    2022 · Album

  • Throw Your Phone in the River

    2022 · Single

  • Unresponsive

    2022 · Single

  • Loved (Instrumentals)

    2021 · Album

  • Shallow North Dakota // KEN Mode // Kowloon Walled City

    2021 · Ep

  • An Original Album Collection: Entrench And Success

    2021

  • Doesn’t Feel Pain Like He Should

    2018 · Single

  • Feathers & Lips

    2018 · Single

  • Loved

    2018 · Album

  • Not Soulmates

    2018 · Single

  • Fractures In Adults

    2017

  • Nerve EP cover

    Nerve EP

    Nov 10, 2016 · Album · 7 tracks

  • Daytrotter Session

    2016 · Ep

  • Nerve

    2016 · Ep

  • Blessed

    2015 · Single

  • Dead Actors

    2015 · Single

  • Success

    2015 · Album

  • The Atlas Moth / KEN mode

    2015 · Single

  • These Tight Jeans

    2015 · Single

  • The 6th Passenger Is Death / Absolutely Not

    2015

  • Entrench

    2013 · Album

  • Venerable

    2011 · Album

  • Mennonite

    2008 · Album

  • Reprisal

    2006 · Album

  • Mongrel

    2003 · Album

  • Venerable

    Album

  • Mennonite

    Album

  • Reprisal

    Album

  • Mongrel

    Album

Lineup

  • Jesse Matthewson · guitar
  • Shane Matthewson · drums (drum set)
  • Scott Hamilton · bass guitar
  • Kathryn Kerr · synthesizer

Former

  • Darryl Laxdal · bass guitar
  • Chad Tremblay · bass guitar
  • Andrew LaCour · bass guitar

Airplay

  • KEXP airplay: 2 plays, 2014-11-23–2015-08-30 — KEXP
  • Played on KEXP show 'Variety Mix' (Tanner Ellison) — KEXP
  • Played on KEXP show 'Seek & Destroy' (Tanner Ellison) — KEXP

Photos, art and posters

KEN mode — Photo
Photo — Bandcamp
KEN mode — Photo
Photo — Bandcamp
KEN mode — Nerve EP
Release art · Nerve EP — release
KEN mode — Dominion Tavern, 2024-10-14
Poster · Dominion Tavern, 2024-10-14 — Songkick
KEN mode — Die Stadtmitte, 2018-11-23
Poster · Die Stadtmitte, 2018-11-23 — Songkick
KEN mode — Temples Festival, 2015-05-31
Poster · Temples Festival, 2015-05-31 — Songkick
KEN mode — Metro, 2014-03-16
Poster · Metro, 2014-03-16 — Songkick
KEN mode — Public Assembly, 2012-10-18
Poster · Public Assembly, 2012-10-18 — Songkick
KEN mode — Mutiny, 2011-04-22
Poster · Mutiny, 2011-04-22 — Songkick

Sources & corrections

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KEN mode on BandcampArtist facts
BandcampArtist facts, Releases, Photos
WikipediaArtist facts
KEN mode on Last.fmArtist facts
Ken Mode on DiscogsArtist facts
KEN Mode on GeniusArtist facts
KEXPAirplay
SongkickShow history, Show posters
DiscogsCredited on the record; no item on this page cites it
GeniusCredited on the record; no item on this page cites it
Last.fmCredited on the record; no item on this page cites it
WikidataCredited on the record; no item on this page cites it

This is a partial record of publicly documented activity. Missing shows, releases or members do not mean there are none. It does not confirm availability for booking.