Dundas Ont.'s The Dirty Nil surprised the country when they took home breakthrough group of the year at the 2017 Juno Awards. But to those who had the early jump on the band, it wasn't much of a surprise at all. The high energy trio are leading the new wave of rock 'n' roll in Canada — alongside peers like Dilly Dally and PUP — and they're taking no prisoners.

The Dirty Nil stopped by the q music studio to share some of their electric, kinetic tunes in advance of the release of their sophomore record Master Volume, which comes out everywhere Friday, September 14.

The band will be touring through Europe and across North America this fall, right through to December. That tour kicks off this weekend at the Hamilton Supercrawl on Saturday, September 15.

Listen to the full performances and chat with the Dirty Nil near the top of this page.

— Produced by ​Mitch Pollock

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