THROW YOUR LIFE IN THE AIR AND SEE WHERE IT LANDS A CONVERSATION WITH JESSICA LEE MORGAN Jessica Lee Morgan may be a new name to you, but she has been around a while performing and recording, and like the title of her new album, she has been [...]
ARIANA GRANDE AND FRIENDS UNITE FOR “ONE LOVE MANCHESTER” BENEFIT CONCERT FOR VICTIMS OF THE MANCHESTER ATTACK Ariana Grande is returning to Manchester to headline a special One Love Manchester benefit concert on Sunday 4 June to [...]
PIERRE XO – “DISAPPEAR” A Spill Exclusive Canadian Music Premiere Multi-talented artist pierre XO is ready to introduce the visuals for his latest single “Disappear”. Supported by his iconic baritone croon, he [...]
MADISON VIOLET – THE KNIGHT SESSIONS A Spill Exclusive Album Premiere Brenley MacEachern and Lisa MacIsaac of Madison Violet are no strangers to tragedy, but finding a way to move through the dark to find a glimmer of light, has become a [...]
DECLAN O’DONOVAN – BROKEN SKY A Spill Exclusive Album Premiere Yukon-based singer/songwriter Declan O’Donovan is releasing his new album Broken Sky this Friday, June 2nd and it looks like he’ll be spending most of the year on [...]
TOM ROSENTHAL – “OH NO PEDRO” FENN (2017) Tin Pot Records May 29, 2017 “If you don’t know Tom Rosenthal, you’d do yourself a favour by changing this asap… He’s a master of the piano ballad, but you won’t find him singing [...]
FACING MODERN PRESSURES HEAD-ON A CONVERSATION WITH DANIEL ROMANO According to the press release I read to promote Daniel Romano’s latest album, Modern Pressure, he made his stage debut at the age of eight. He played drums for his family’s [...]
LINGERING A CONVERSATION WITH BRIAN BATZ OF SLEEP PARTY PEOPLE Sleep Party People, an unusual name for an unusual band. Actually, Sleep Party People is not so much a band as it is one individual, Brian Batz. Hailing from Denmark, Batz started [...]
Animal Collective w/ Circuit Des Yeux @ The Danforth Music Hall, Toronto May 28, 2017 It’s totally groan-inducing, but for fifteen years now the oxymoronic notion of “experimental pop” has acted as the adobe slab for Animal Collective’s music. [...]
CBC Music Festival | #CBCMusicFest @ RBC Echo Beach, Toronto May 27, 2017 Going into the festival, I didn’t know what to expect, other than mediocre weather. Turns out, I was ready to discover new music and kickstart the festival season. The 5th [...]
Movement Electronic Music Festival 2017 @ Philip A. Hart Plaza, Detroit May 27-29, 2017 Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom. A cacophony of thunderous techno and hip hop ricochets off the concrete structures throughout Hart Plaza. People of all ages, dressed as [...]
Julie Chadwick – The Man Who Carried Cash: Saul Holiff, Johnny Cash, And The Making Of An American Icon Dundurn Books – May 27, 2017 ISBN – 978-1459737235 Book Review By Elizabeth Andrews In his book Chronicles, Vol. One, Bob Dylan [...]
DAPHNI ANNOUNCES FABRICLIVE 93 MIX SHARES LEAD TRACK “FACE TO FACE” Daphni (aka Caribou, aka Dan Snaith) has announced his first full body of work under the moniker since 2012’s critically acclaimed JIAOLONG album and most recently [...]
Lil Yachty Teenage Emotions Universal Music Canada At a time when rap seems sometimes to be drifting aimlessly, lingering in the doldrums, along comes Atlanta, Georgia’s Lil Yachty. Without going overboard about his flow, it is fair to say that [...]
ROSE CORA PERRY & THE TRUTH UNTOLD SET TO REPRESENT CANADA AT SUMMER NAMM AS SOLE CANADIAN PERFORMERS In conjunction with the release of Rose Cora Perry’s critically-acclaimed sophomore solo album, Onto the Floor, her live touring duo, [...]
Oh Susanna A Girl In Teen City Stella Records This album is a pleasant surprise. When I read the description of the record, I was a bit worried it would be full of angst and be self absorbed. I was wrong. It turned out to be a pleasant, [...]
SPOOKY ACTION OUT OF A BROOKLYN VACUUM A CONVERSATION WITH JASON LOEWENSTEIN (SEBADOH) Jason Loewenstein is getting set to release his second solo album, Spooky Action, on Joyful Noise Records on June 16, 2017. His last solo album, At Sixes and [...]
The Beatles Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band – Anniversary Edition Apple Corps Ltd./Universal Music Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band may not be the best album ever made, may not even be the best Beatle album ever made (my nod goes [...]
TUNNELMENTAL – WAITING HERE FOR YOU A Spill Exclusive Album Premiere The measure of success in the Art-Punk music scene is not in dollars & cents, but in longevity. And in that regard tunnelmental experimental assembly has, without a [...]
OFFICERS – “BORN IN MAY” A Spill Exclusive Music Premiere Born in May will be available from the 26th May 2017 with striking artwork which continues their collaboration with contemporary British artist Stuart Semple. OFFICERS [...]
BONNIE TRASH – “EVERYONE’S A KILLER” A Spill Exclusive Music Premiere Twin sisters Sarafina Troy and Emmalia Vash Bortolon-Vettor are Bonnie Trash. Ezzelini’s Dead shares the folklore that was spread to many Italian [...]
NAPOLEON DYNAMITE – “BEAUTIFUL” REMIX (FT. ADRIANO) A Spill Exclusive Music Premiere Leipzig producer, Napoleon Dynamite remixes the recent smash single from Future Bass aficionado, Sepalot. “Beautiful” came out in [...]
Brother Ali All The Beauty In This Whole Life Rhymesayers Entertainment Articulating his journey of pain and healing, Minneapolis MC Brother Ali, conquers his demons with his first official release in five years, All The Beauty In This Whole [...]
VANCOUVER, YOKO ONO & CRICKETS A CONVERSATION WITH ORA COGAN Ora Cogan is a Canadian treasure. Her music defies labelling, it simply must be experienced. She has produced some of the most unique and truly brilliant albums over the past ten [...]
