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SPILL FEATURE: DOLLY PARTON – MORE THAN COUNTRY, MORE THAN ROCK ‘N’ ROLL
SPILL FEATURE: CRITICAL IN A GOOD WAY – A CONVERSATION WITH MURRAY FOSTER
SPILL NEWS: NEW EP BY UK INDUSTRIAL GLAM MAVERICK PIG ‘DIRT BOX’ OUT NOW | CURRENTLY ON TO...
SPILL FEATURE: LIVE LOUD – A CONVERSATION WITH CONE McCASLIN OF SUM 41
SPILL LIVE REVIEW: WU-TANG CLAN @ RBC AMPHITHEATRE, TORONTO
SPILL NEWS: BRIAN MAY OF QUEEN ADDS THE ROYAL STAMP OF APPROVAL TO WILLIAM SHATNER’S METAL ALBUM
SPILL NEWS: THE DARKNESS ANNOUNCE “BEST OF” ALBUM ‘CROCK OF HITS’ OUT NOVEMBER...
SPILL NEWS: MADDIE MEDLEY ANNOUNCES CO-HEADLINE TOUR WITH SHE RETURNS FROM WAR AND BIG GUY & THE ...
SPILL NEWS: THE BROS. LANDRETH RELEASE ‘DOG EAR (LIVE)’ ALBUM VIA BIRTHDAY CAKE RECORDS
SPILL VIDEO PREMIERE: SLEEPWALK – “SANDBOX”
SPILL NEWS: VANCOUVER VINTAGE SOUL QUARTET HONEYBEAR, THE BAND ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM ‘THE CURER...
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MEL DENISSE – “HUNTED” INDEPENDENT Nashville riser Mel Denisse shares a shadowy alternative pop / dark rock track “Hunted”. The song follows her 2026 single release “Aiming Alone” and is off of her [...]
RUMBLEFRENZ – “HIT THE ROAD” INDEPENDENT Continuing the cosmic journey first launched with WE ARE ONE and expanded on WE WILL FREE YOU FROM YOUR BODY TONIGHT, RUMBLEFRENZ return with their third release, WE EXIST IN THE REALM [...]
SLEEPWALK – “SANDBOX” A SPILL EXCLUSIVE VIDEO PREMIERE Chicago based band Sleepwalk have announced that they will release their new album, View From The Outside, on November 13th via MNRK. The announcement is accompanied by the [...]
THE SILENT BOYS – “SOUL OF THE SEA” SHELFLIFE RECORDS/TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE The Silent Boys have spent years in willful obscurity, hiding a back catalog of nine albums, awash in ear-tugging jangle pop and an undercurrent of [...]
WU-TANG CLAN @ RBC AMPHITHEATRE, TORONTO SEPTEMBER 8, 2026 Wu-Tang Clan are currently in the midst of their second North American leg of The Final Chamber Tour which comes ahead of their upcoming Netflix documentary, The Disciple: A Wu-Tang [...]
IRON MAIDEN w/ MEGADETH @ SCOTIABANK ARENA, TORONTO AUGUST 30, 2026 Iron Maiden has kicked off the North American leg of their Run For Your Lives World Tour in Toronto along with opener Megadeth, on the first of two nights. Megadeth’s Dave [...]
ONES: THE BEATLES #1 HITS @ PRINCESS OF WALES THEATRE, TORONTO AUGUST 1, 2026 ONES:The Beatles # 1 Hits is not a tribute show to The Beatles. There are not four musicians who try to look like The Beatles on stage. There is no one person playing [...]
COLLECTIVE SOUL w/ JADE ELEPHANT @ GREY EAGLE RESORT AND CASINO, TSUUT’INA NATION, CALGARY (AB) JULY 30, 2026 The Grey Eagle Resort and Casino in Tsuut’ina Nation on July 30 was packed to see iconic ‘90s alternative rock band Collective Soul. [...]
SPILL FEATURE: DOLLY PARTON – MORE THAN COUNTRY, MORE THAN ROCK ‘N’ ROLL
DOLLY PARTON MORE THAN COUNTRY, MORE THAN ROCK ‘N’ ROLL Few artists can genuinely claim to have crossed generations, genres, and cultures while remaining completely themselves. Dolly Parton was one of them. With her towering blonde hair, [...]
SPILL FEATURE: CRITICAL IN A GOOD WAY – A CONVERSATION WITH MURRAY FOSTER
CRITICAL IN A GOOD WAY A CONVERSATION WITH MURRAY FOSTER What becomes of musicians from well-known acts, when their bands fold, and the time comes to hang it up? Where do they turn, after the cycles of writing, recording, and touring are in the [...]
SPILL FEATURE: LIVE LOUD – A CONVERSATION WITH CONE McCASLIN OF SUM 41
LIVE LOUD A CONVERSATION WITH CONE McCASLIN OF SUM 41 Live Loud is returning for its second year on September 10 at Massey Hall in Toronto! Presented by the non-profit organizations the Matthew Perry House and Make Music Matter, the Live Loud [...]
SPILL BOOK REVIEW: CHARLIE HARPER – AN ANARCHY OF DEMONS
CHARLIE HARPER – AN ANARCHY OF DEMONS EARTH ISLAND BOOKS BOOK REVIEW BY JOHN PORTER There’s already a mystique around Charlie Harper, ever-present member and founder of the U.K. Subs – after all, there are few punks from his era around, [...]
SPILL FEATURE: THE STORIES BEHIND THE IMAGES – A CONVERSATION WITH PHOTOGRAPHER BOB GRUEN
THE STORIES BEHIND THE IMAGES A CONVERSATION WITH PHOTOGRAPHER BOB GRUEN If you are a record collector, I guarantee that you have several albums with the name Bob Gruen on it. Bob Gruen has been taking iconic photos of rock and music stars since [...]
SPILL FEATURE: IT IS A ROCK SHOW, IT IS NOT LIKE A FILM MUSIC SHOW – A CONVERSATION WITH DANNY ELFMAN
IT IS A ROCK SHOW, IT IS NOT LIKE A FILM MUSIC SHOW A CONVERSATION WITH DANNY ELFMAN When Oingo Boingo was making waves in 1980 with their debut album, no one would have suspected that Danny Elfman, the frontman and founder, would leave the band [...]
SPILL BOOK REVIEW: RICHARD BOWES – GARY NUMAN: A PEOPLE’S HISTORY
RICHARD BOWES – GARY NUMAN: A PEOPLE’S HISTORY SPENWOOD BOOKS BOOK REVIEW BY AARON BADGLEY Tubeway Army, featuring Gary Numan, released their self-titled debut album in 1978. By 1979, Numan began dominating the charts in the U.K. both with [...]
SPILL BOOK REVIEW: SEAN KELLY – BATTLE AXES: A HARD ROCKIN’ HISTORY OF POINTY GUITARS
SEAN KELLY – BATTLE AXES: A HARD ROCKIN’ HISTORY OF POINTY GUITARS ECW PRESS BOOK REVIEW BY JULIE CORRELL Rock ’n’ roll has never been particularly good at following the rules, and eventually its guitars stopped following them too. Pointy [...]
SPILL FEATURE: THROW AWAY THE INSTRUCTIONS – A CONVERSATION WITH STEPHEN MALLINDER OF CABARET VOLTAIRE
THROW AWAY THE INSTRUCTIONS A CONVERSATION WITH STEPHEN MALLINDER OF CABARET VOLTAIRE “I’ve never been very good at following rules and that’s mainly because I didn’t know what the rules were,” says Stephen Mallinder of pioneering electronic [...]
SPILL FEATURE: THE QUIET POWER OF ROARING WAVES – A CONVERSATION WITH STEVE HACKETT & STEVE ROTHERY
THE QUIET POWER OF ROARING WAVES A CONVERSATION WITH STEVE HACKETT & STEVE ROTHERY The Roaring Waves is an incredible album from Steve Hackett (one time guitarist for Genesis but solo since 1977) and Steve Rothery (guitarist for Marillion, [...]
SPILL BOOK REVIEW: CHANTAL KREVIAZUK AND RAINE MAIDA – I’M GOING TO BREAK YOUR HEART: A ROCK N ROLL LOVE STORY
CHANTAL KREVIAZUK AND RAINE MAIDA – I’M GOING TO BREAK YOUR HEART: A ROCK N ROLL LOVE STORY ECW PRESS BOOK REVIEW BY AARON BADGLEY I’m Going To Break Your Heart: A Rock N Roll Love Story is a fascinating and rather unique book. Chantal [...]
SPILL FEATURE: GIVE ME DIRT, GIVE ME SOMETHING REAL – A CONVERSATION WITH CANCER BATS’ LIAM CORMIER
GIVE ME DIRT, GIVE ME SOMETHING REAL A CONVERSATION WITH CANCER BATS’ LIAM CORMIER Earlier this year, Canadian punk titans Cancer Bats celebrated the 20th anniversary of their debut album, Birthing The Giant. Not ones to rest on the achievements [...]
SPILL FEATURE: ONES: THE BEATLES #1 HITS – A CONVERSATION WITH FRANK ZIRONE
ONES: THE BEATLES #1 HITS – A CONVERSATION WITH FRANK ZIRONE A CONVERSATION WITH FRANK ZIRONE The Beatles stopped touring in 1966, for many reasons. One reason was that they could not replicate their new songs on the stage. In fact, during [...]
SPILL BOOK REVIEW: ADAM BERNARD – ONE HIT WONDERING: THE STORIES OF 40 ONE HIT WONDERS + OTHER TALES FROM THE CRATES
ADAM BERNARD – ONE HIT WONDERING: THE STORIES OF 40 ONE HIT WONDERS + OTHER TALES FROM THE CRATES INDEPENDENT BOOK REVIEW BY CHRIS X What if a musician’s greatest, most terrifying nightmare isn’t fading into absolute obscurity, [...]
SPILL FEATURE: WHAT RHYMES WITH DOULA? – A CONVERSATION WITH JOHN KONESKY OF MISSOULA
WHAT RHYMES WITH DOULA? A CONVERSATION WITH JOHN KONESKY OF MISSOULA Missoula is an instrumental superstar project from drummer Brooks Wackerman (Avenged Sevenfold, Bad Religion) and guitarist John Konesky (Tenacious D). They have just released [...]
