YOU ARE AN OCEAN – “BEAMS” TEACH ME TO LOVE (2017) Be My Sibling Toronto December 30, 2017 While Beams eagerly awaits their sophomore album record release tour across North America, the inspiration behind the album was not as [...]
AUTOGRAMM – “JESSICA DON’T LIKE ROCK ‘N’ ROLL” JESSICA 7″ SINGLE (2017) Independent Vancouver December 29, 2017 Is it no coincidence that maybe three Vancouver musicians chose the German word “Autogramm” [...]
SEAN MORALES – “VIDEO LIFE” A Spill Exclusive Music Premiere “Video Life” is a 1979 single by songwriter/producer Chris Spedding, reworked by Sean Morales for his solo debut. Morales also currently plays in James Arthur’s [...]
LAST NIGHT ON EARTH NYE w/ SASHA, HENRY SAIZ AND DUBSPEEKA AT DANFORTH MUSIC HALL DECEMBER 31st This New Years Eve, the teams behind Toronto’s most memorable music showcases invites you to step into a world where song and dance ignite the [...]
WE AERONAUTS – “BOXING DAY” SINGLE (2014) Independent Oxford, United Kingdom December 26, 2017 ‘Boxing Day’ is a sad, sparkling lament perfect for the post-Christmas lull, with a roaring fire and presents all [...]
BROS – “IT’S CHRISTMAS DAY” A VERY BROS CHRISTMAS (2017) Dine Alone Records December 25, 2017 Yes it is! Spill Magazine would like to wish a very Merry Christmas to you and yours. Happy Holidays! Artist Bio BROS is the [...]
July Talk @ Massey Hall, Toronto December 23, 2017 Three sold out nights at Massey Hall; July Talk returned home in a big way. I caught them on the third and final night of their stint at Massey Hall, and although there were some issues, July [...]
GREAT LAKE SWIMMERS – “INK FOR A STAR” THEY DON’T MAKE THEM LIKE THAT ANYMORE (2017) Nettwerk December 23, 2017 Great Lake Swimmers have released a new holiday EP titled They Don’t Make Them Like That Anymore. It consists of [...]
TOVE LO ANNOUNCES “TOVE LO X LEONTINE” JEWELRY COLLECTION “FOR EVERY BALLERINA SAVAGE AND BOY PRINCESS OUT THERE” Tove Lo has partnered with long-time friend and designer Emilie Torling for a very special limited edition jewelry [...]
SHACK 25 – “LIGHT A CANDLE” SMELLS LIKE CHRISTMAS (2017) Independent North Vancouver, B.C. December 22, 2017 This 2017 Christmas EP is sure to please, kicking off with the EDM-flavoured “Holly Halls”, featuring a [...]
A PSYCHEDELIC RETURN A CONVERSATION WITH CLIVE BAYLEY OF MABEL GREER’S TOYSHOP In the history of rock, there are a few stories that are just too odd to be fiction. Mabel Greer’s Toyshop is one of those stories. Their history could only be [...]
RESISTANCE A CONVERSATION WITH DERRICK MAY It is fitting that Derrick May, one of the godfathers of techno, returns to headline Apollo Inc.’s Resistance Party with Volvox on Friday, December 22, 2017. “I think that theme resistance (with the [...]
KRISTIAN NOEL PEDERSEN – “WE’RE DECORATING THE TREE!” A KRISTIAN KINDA CHRISTMAS IX (2017) Independent Toronto December 21, 2017 With a name like Kristian Noel Pedersen, it almost seems predestined that one would find [...]
MOTION DEVICE – “UNBROKEN” WIDE AWAKE (2017) Independent December 20, 2017 Taking to a jam space to play their hearts out for each other is just what Motion Device needed to showcase “Unbroken” — the second single released off [...]
LINDI ORTEGA READIES FOR 2018 HEADLINE TOUR CONCEPT RECORD TO BE RELEASED IN 2018 Lindi Ortega has “the pipes of Patsy Cline with the visual flair of Amy Winehouse,” says The Washington Post, and she’s planning to kick off 2018 with a headline [...]
BOBBY PALTAUF – WHY? A Spill Exclusive Album Premiere Bobby Paltauf is an 18 year old artist based out of Black Rock, CT. Bobby has played and collaborated with artists and bands such as Page McConnell (Phish), The Meters, Twiddle, The [...]
THE SPILL MAGAZINE ARTIST PORTRAIT: SHERYL CROW Sheryl Crow’s fresh, updated spin on classic roots rock made her one of the most popular mainstream rockers of the ’90s. Her albums were loose and eclectic on the surface, yet were [...]
FLEMISH EYE ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM BY SASKATOON’S THE AVULSIONS Expanding Program launches the Saskatoon group’s gothic post-punk into a sci-fi dystopian future that may not be far off. Painstakingly completed in a synth-filled home studio [...]
JON LINDSAY – “ZEBULON” A Spill Exclusive Music Premiere Every once in a while when you hear a new song, something strikes a chord because you hear a great juxtaposition in the vocals and music. As in jolly music and depressing [...]
JENN VIX – “COMPLICATED MAN (INTO THE VELDT MIX)” A Spill Exclusive Video Premiere Today we have the pleasure of presenting you ‘Complicated Man (Into The Veldt Mix)’ from Jenn Vix, a dark and elegant alternative music [...]
FIRESTATIONS – “BUILD A BUILDING” THE YEAR DOT (2018) Lost Map Records December 19, 2017 Marking the arrival of London five-piece Firestations on Lost Map Records, ‘Build A Building’ is the first single to be taken from the [...]
LOW BLOWS – “SUCKER” A Spill Exclusive Video Premiere Low Blows is Carlos Vergara, former member of the Chilean post-punk band Federación de Boxeo and bassist of the darkwave band This Co. Recently he published techno music for [...]
VIDEO DIDN’T KILL THIS RADIO STAR A CONVERSATION WITH GEOFF DOWNES Geoff Downes is a legend. Not simply because he co-founded The Buggles and co-wrote the profound and foreboding “Video Killed The Radio Star” (from 1980’s The Age of [...]
JACK SHIELDS – “FIVE STAR CITY” A Spill Exclusive Music Premiere Jack Shields is a 20-year-old guitarist/singer/songwriter/producer from Ridgefield, Connecticut. It was there he began playing guitar at the age of 10, which also [...]
