The Dirty Nil Map Out Extensive 2025 Canadian Tours

Hamilton, Ontario’s The Dirty Nil have unveiled their fifth album, The Lash, via Dine Alone Records. Ultimately, The Lash sounds exactly like what the title implies – a cold, hard crack of the whip by the Canadian rock band, one that snaps them with a much-needed reset after nearly 20 years of exploring the light.

To further the celebrations, The Dirty Nil have announced a run of Western Canadian shows alongside Chastity this November in addition to their already announced Ontario dates. Tickets are available HERE.

Everything about The Lash evokes a certain sort of brutality. During a trip to the Vatican, lead singer Luke Bentham found inspiration in some of its forgotten art:

“I was in a very dusty part of the basement, and they had these crazy bronze reliefs that were some of the most brutal things I’ve ever seen. There was a particular one called The Horrors of War. It was two guys fighting over a knife. That image ended up guiding a lot of this record.”

From there, the band brought in UK designer Jack Sabbat for his acerbic, bootleg punk-flyer style, assuring The Lash would look right at home in a beat-up bin of old Crass records or in a Medieval torture dungeon.

Thematically, the album’s ten tracks trade Bentham’s usual happy-go-lucky romanticism for a cathartic vent session about everything from music industry bullsh*t to the dissolution of a relationship. Drummer and co-conspirator Kyle Fisher jokes:

“I’ve been telling people that this is Luke’s therapy record.”

The Dirty Nil ‘The Lash’ album artwork

Western Canada Tour Dates:

November 19 – Saskatoon, SK @ Capitol Music Club
November 20 – Red Deer, AB @ Bo’s Bar & Stage
November 21 – Calgary, AB @ Modern Love
November 22 – Fernie, BC @ The Northern Bar & Stage
November 25 – Vancouver, BC @ Biltmore Cabaret
November 26 – Victoria, BC @ Capitol Ballroom
November 28 – Edmonton, AB @ The Buckingham
November 29 – Regina, SK @ The Exchange
November 30 – Winnipeg, MB @ The Park Theatre

Ontario Tour Dates:

September 11 – Barrie, ON – Rec Room
September 12 – London, ON – London Music Hall
September 13 – St. Catharines, ON – Warehouse
September 14 – St. Catharines, ON – Warehouse
September 16 – Oshawa, ON – Biltmore Theatre
September 18 – Peterborough, ON – The Venue
September 19 – Kingston, ON – Broom Factory
September 20 – Ottawa, ON – Bronson Centre
September 21 – Montreal, QC – Café Campus
September 23 – Vandorf, ON – Harmony Hall (*)
September 25 – Burnstown, ON – Neat Café (*)
September 26 – Galt, ON – Farm League Brewing (*)
September 27 – Windsor, ON – Meteor (*)
September 28 – Windsor, ON – Meteor (*)
(*) NO Heart Attack Man on these dates.

The Dirty Nil 2025 Ontario tour poster

The Dirty Nil 2025 Western Canada tour poster