Wu-Tang Clan @ Rebel, Toronto September 30, 2018 With a timer counting down on their website – currently just over thirty-nine days at the time of my writing – it is a great time to be a Wu-Tang Clan fan in the city of Toronto. To raise brand [...]
BOOM – A FILM BY JORDAN ALBERTSEN SCRATCHED VINYL FILMS September 30, 2018 “Do you know this band…The Sonics?” The answer to this question varies, depending on who you ask. Many folks will give you a shake and a shrug. But if you ask a fan [...]
Loreena McKennitt @ Knox Church, Stratford September 28, 2018 Loreena McKennitt has embarked on a tour to promote her latest album, Lost Souls. Thus far, her only Canadian dates are three shows in Stratford, her hometown since 1981. Her choice [...]
Ex-poets Too Much Future Text Me Records Adeptly fusing rock, soul, jazz, and R&B on Too Much Future, the debut album from Ex-poets sounds like nothing else. The studied eclecticism of the duo, who met as music students at The New School in [...]
Lizard Pool Spark Out Of Line Finding a dark harmony between the frenetic melodies of indie rock and the depressive tones of post-punk is the artistic drive behind Lizard Pool’s second LP Spark. Through the employment of heavily synthesized [...]
Joe Symes And The Loving Kind Phase II Truly Independent Records Joe Symes and the Loving Kind is a three-piece alternative rock outfit from Liverpool, UK. They first emerged on the British music scene with the release of their debut album, the [...]
GARRETT KATO – “I’LL BE AROUND” A Spill Exclusive Music Premiere Garrett Kato is a Canadian-born artist who moved to Byron Bay in 2010 on a whim, after quitting his day job to pursue his passion for music. He made a [...]
Anti-Flag American Reckoning Spinefarm Anti-Flag have spent the last several years reflecting on the state of American politics and the moral values that underlie the country’s society itself. While 2015’s American Spring saw the band focus on [...]
Nile Rodgers & Chic It’s About Time Virgin EMI Records For the first time in a quarter of a century, Nile Rodgers & Chic have released a new album. It’s About Time follows their 1992 album, Chic-ism. While the band has remained a [...]
Church Of Trees The Dark And The Light Independent Church Of Trees is more of a concept and project than it is a traditional band. The brainchild of the remarkably talent writer, musician and producer Bernard Frazer. The Dark and The Light is [...]
Colin Stetson The First: Original Soundtrack Vol. 1 New Deal/Record Collection Colin Stetson’s trademark whale-sound bass saxophone swells have screamed ‘movie soundtrack’ ever since he first started releasing music under his own name over a [...]
Loretta Lynn Woudn’t It Be Great Sony Music If country is the storyteller of music genres, Loretta Lynn has always been one of its most captivating memoirists. Lynn continues weaving her personal narrative on Wouldn’t It Be Great, her 41st [...]
Paul Collins Out Of My Head Alive Naturalsound Records From the opening power chord, to the last perfect harmony, this album was an extreme listening pleasure. It is brilliant and a welcome return of Paul Collins. It has been four years since we [...]
Thus Owls The Mountain That We Live Upon For The Living And The Dead Swedish-Canadian duo Erika and Simon Angell have been steadily traveling into the depths of sound possibilities for nearly a decade, reaching out to incorporate unconventional [...]
Thelonious Monk Mønk Gearbox Records Often considered to be among the greatest of contemporary jazz musicians, Thelonious Monk is an artist in every sense of the word who, needless to say, has truly earned his status as a legendary icon of the [...]
The Crystal Method The Trip Home Tiny E Records For over 20 years The Crystal Method has been at the forefront of the dance music scene of the electronica movement of the nineties. Starting out as a duo, alongside retired founding member Ken [...]
BUMPS AND SCUFFS A CONVERSATION WITH TRAGEDY ANN Guelph-based folk duo Tragedy Ann offer their listeners and interviewers alike a unique blend of authenticity and youthful enthusiasm that is equal parts endearing and refreshing. Though Liv [...]
Beauty In Chaos Finding Beauty In Chaos 33.3 Records Beauty In Chaos is more a concept than a band. For those old enough to remember, they are kind of like This Mortal Coil, but with Beauty in Chaos, it is all organized and orchestrated by [...]
John Scofield Combo 66 Universal Music Acclaimed jazz guitarist John Scofield has returned with Combo 66, his latest full-length album following 2016’s Country For Old Men – his previous album as a band leader – and last year’s collaborative [...]
Edward And Jane Too Early To Tell Independent Edward and Jane are Edward and Jane Carpenter, a married couple from Chattanooga, Tennessee and Edward and Jane is also the name of their six piece band. Too Early To Tell is their sophomore [...]
All Them Witches ATW New West Records There is no question that Nashville-based quartet All Them Witches are capable of producing music for the genre that they are frequently pigeon-holed into – psychedelic/stoner rock – but it does them no [...]
Electric Citizen Helltown RidingEasy Records Hailing from Cincinnati, Ohio, Electric Citizen have returned with their third full-length album, Helltown. It was named after their hometown – Northside was commonly referred to as Helltown in the [...]
NEVILLE & SUGARY STAPLE – RUDE REBELS A Spill Exclusive Album Premiere Today brings the release of the first joint album between ska legend Neville Staple and his wife Sugary Staple (real name Christine). Named ‘Rude Rebels’, Cleopatra [...]
Mini Mansions Works Every Time Fiction Records For their first release since 2015’s full length album, The Great Pretenders, Mini Mansions have returned with Works Every Time, a four track EP released with the purpose of ushering in a new sound [...]
