CONTEST CLOSED FOR A CHANCE TO WIN 2 TICKETS TO THE LONG BRANCH RECORD RELEASE PARTY ON MARCH 11th AT THE DAKOTA! [contestfriend contest=”9084″] *CONTEST CLOSES: WEDNESDAY MARCH 9, 2016 @ MIDNIGHT TORONTO-BAND LONG BRANCH ARE [...]
Tal Wilkenfeld w/ Jerry Leger @ The Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto February 29th, 2016 It’s a fucking cold night, and my eyebrows still hurt from waiting in line outside. I eavesdrop on conversations about boutique sound systems, bass playing [...]
GOTH METAL ACT LOVELORN DOLLS RE-RELEASE FIRST DEMO ‘AN INTENSE FEELING OF AFFECTION’ AS DOWNLOAD EP Release Available Through Alfa Matrix Records Five years ago, Brussels-based band Goth metal act Lovelorn Dolls self-released their [...]
THE OCCASIONAL GHOST An Interview With Royal Wood Theatres are romantic places, full of mystery, stories and the occasional ghost. On sitting down to talk to Royal Wood about his upcoming album Ghost Light, the topic of ghosts inevitably came [...]
The Orange Kyte – “Dope: 86” A Spill Exclusive Music Premiere Independent February 29, 2016 The Orange Kyte is an experimental music project with a manifesto to release monthly singles in various shapes and forms varying in [...]
Young Empires w/ Banners @ The Mod Club Theatre, Toronto February 27th, 2016 “Lots of sexy people here!” proclaimed Matthew Vlahovich, lead singer of Young Empires during the group’s set at the intimate Mod Club on Toronto, Ontario. There were [...]
Wolfmother @ Danforth Music Hall, Toronto February 27th, 2016 Wolfmother are back? Truth is they never went anywhere, but amidst the turmoil of many lineup changes they may have lost some of their steam in the public eye. Not that that seemed to [...]
Watch Holy Esque’s “Tear” Video Beyond The Frequency Glasgow’s Holy Esque’s long-awaited debut album At Hope’s Ravine, was released on February 26 on the band’s Beyond The Frequency label. The Scottish band will [...]
LONG BRANCH – “LUCKY ME” Lucky Me/Just In Case (2016) Independent Saturday, February 27,2016 Well, it’s finally here. Long Branch has released their long awaited debut record “Lucky Me/Just in [...]
Cherubs Fist In The Air Brutal Panda Records This five-track EP from Cherubs – their first offering since 2015’s 2 Ynfynyty, an album which broke two decades of silence with a high-hat destroying “hello, how are you” – is a carbonated bottle of [...]
Wiwek The Free And Rebellious OWSLA It’s pretty rare for someone to create and establish a unique brand of music and Dutch DJ Wiwek is trying to do just that. His self-declared “Jungle Terror” approach to house music is suitably described by [...]
DANISH DUO RELEASE “RUN MASCARA RUN” THE SECOND TRACK IN THEIR 12 MONTHLY RAVE-SOUND-OF-THE-MONTH SERIES The Raveonettes share a brand new track entitled ‘Run Mascara Run’ premiered this week via Q Magazine. The track is the second [...]
THE USED RELEASE MUSIC VIDEO FOR NEW SINGLE “THE BIRD AND THE WORM” UPCOMING ALBUM LIVE AND ACOUSTIC AT THE PALACE TO BE RELEASED APRIL 1st The Used has released a music video for “The Bird And The Worm” today. This is [...]
AL JOURGENSEN’S SURGICAL METH MACHINE DEBUT AVAILABLE APRIL 15TH ON NUCLEAR BLAST PRE-ORDERS AVAILABLE ONLINE MINISTRY mainman Al Jourgensen’s new project, SURGICAL METH MACHINE, has inked a deal with Nuclear Blast Records for their [...]
The Scene Unseen | February 26, 2016 Flying home after a beautiful week of surfing in Costa Rica makes me pensive. Turning my fucking phone off for a week may also have something to do with it. I try not to think about the damage to my credit [...]
Run River North Drinking From a Salt Pond Nettwerk Music Group It hasn’t been a very long time since we last heard from Run River North – a Korean-American indie band, formerly known as Monsters Calling Home. Their 2014 debut self-titled [...]
SANS PARENTS – “CAN’T STOP MOVING” (EP TBA) 2016 Independent May 2016 After a stellar introduction with their standout singles “Coming Back To You” and “Loose People”, Brisbane-based indie-pop [...]
The Dirty Nil Higher Power Dine Alone Records For the better part of a decade, The Dirty Nil has been chipping away a monolith of a rock band. They’ve been patiently releasing 7” singles, an EP, and an ongoing fan club exclusive series of [...]
Yuck Stranger Things Mamé Records Breaking up is hard to do. After the success of Yuck’s eponymous first record in 2011, founding member Daniel Blumberg left the band, leaving the young English quartet stripped of their leader and their [...]
GEDDY D “FOR YOU THIS FALL” FT. DARIUS MINWALLA OF THE POSIES Independent Geddy D, aka Dave Einmo from Head Like A Kite will release “For You This Fall” on February 26. The song is available now on iTunes and BandCamp [...]
FILTER ARRIVE WITH SURPRISE TRACK “MOTHER E” ‘MAKE AMERICA HATE AGAIN’ TOUR IN APRIL Reconstruction requires deconstruction. The institutions must be razed in order to clear space for the future to flourish. You tear down [...]
PLANTS AND ANIMALS RELEASE NEW VIDEO FOR “STAY” TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED Montreal’s Plants and Animals premiere a video for their new song “Stay” The song appears on Plants and Animals’ forthcoming album, Waltzed In From the Rumbling, [...]
TANCRED – “BED CASE” Polyvinyl Records Polyvinyl Records and Tancred are thrilled to debut, “Bed Case”, the latest single off Out of the Garden, the forthcoming April 1st LP from the talented musician and songwriter also known [...]
GOLD PANDA SIGNS TO CITY SLANG ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM GOOD LUCK AND DO YOUR BEST FOR MAY 27 RELEASE City Slang welcome Gold Panda to the fold for the release of his forthcoming GOLD PANDA SIGNS TO CITY SLANGthird album. Good Luck And Do Your Best, [...]
