Frank Zappa The Hot Rats Sessions (Reissue) Universal Music With Hot Rats, originally released in the fall of 1969, Frank Zappa showcased his talent by blasting through with incredible jazz-fusion-based gems. Hot Rats is the most essential Zappa [...]
Øzwald Born In A State Allswell Records Albums released mid-December of any year are usually by big name artists, or are some form of a lavish rerelease serving as a ‘perfect gift’. Nothing wrong with those, it is just that practically all the [...]
FILM JOURNALIST LEIGH SINGER’S VIDEO ESSAY TOM WAITS: THE ACTING YEARS OUT NOW In honor of Tom’s recent 70th birthday, film journalist Leigh Singer created a video essay looking at Waits’ many movie roles and how his music, stories and [...]
PORN UNVEILS OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO FOR SINGLE ” HIGH SUMMER SUN” NO MONSTERS IN GOD’S EYES – ACT III TO BE RELEASED MARCH 2020 PORN has unveiled the official music video for their first single ” High Summer Sun, [...]
BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB SHARE THIRD TRACK FROM FORTHCOMING NEW ALBUM EVERYTHING ELSE HAS GONE WRONG TO BE RELEASED JANUARY 17 VIA ARTS & CRAFTS Bombay Bicycle Club are pleased to share “Racing Stripes”, the third track from their forthcoming [...]
SPILL MAGAZINE’S BEST ALBUMS OF 2019 2019 was a year of incredible turmoil, change, and upheaval as the world came to grips with the global growth of political and social conservatism, mass social and environmental protests, ongoing and [...]
WE ALL HAVE OUR OWN INDIVIDUAL SOUNDTRACKS TO OUR LIVES A CONVERSATION WITH MIDGE URE What can one say or write about Midge Ure that has not been written before. The man is a legend. His solo career is impressive alone, but throw in his [...]
I CAN’T TELL IF THIS IS HELL OR IF I’M JUST BORED A CONVERSATION WITH NICK ANDERSON OF THE WRECKS The Wrecks are a Los Angeles-based indie rock band originally from Thousand Oaks, California, a sunny, comfortable area on the West [...]
GET YOUR MOTHERFUCKIN’ HEAD ON STRAIGHT A CONVERSATION WITH SASCHA K OF KMFDM Back in the 1980’s there was an emergence of some really great music that still impacts much of the music we see today. The European underground was doing a bit [...]
ALEX BANKS – “FALLING DOWN” A SPILL EXCLUSIVE VIDEO PREMIERE “Falling Down” is the 3rd single from Alex Banks critically acclaimed second album Beneath The Surface on Mesh. “Falling Down” perfectly [...]
A$AP FERG w/ MURDA BEATZ @ REBEL, TORONTO DECEMBER 17, 2019 A$AP Ferg and Murda Beatz put on a crazy show tonight at Rebel night club. Everything from the setlist to the guest appearances made this stop of the Floor Seat Tour, a memorable night [...]
THE DIRTY NIL – “CHRISTMAS AT MY HOUSE” DINE ALONE RECORDS Just in time for the holidays, Hamilton rockers The Dirty Nil have dropped their very own Christmas song. “Christmas At My House” is available to hear on all streaming [...]
WHAT YOU GET IS ROUGH AND READY A CONVERSATION WITH CHRIS THOMSON OF FRIENDS AGAIN It seems as though Scotland has always been a hotbed for music and bands. By the 1980s, Scotland was known for bands as diverse as Altered Images, The Skids, [...]
HE SEES YOU WHEN YOU’RE SLEEPING, HE KNOWS WHEN YOU ROCK! A SPILL MAGAZINE BREAKDOWN OF SOME OF THE TOP 2019 CHRISTMAS RELEASES Christmas music is very subjective as there is usually a great deal of emotion tied to the songs. I remember my [...]
MUTE CHOIR – “FAMILIAR WAYS” SLEEPLESS RECORDS Toronto-based rock trio Mute Choir have released a new video for “Familiar Ways”, the first single following their signing to Sleepless Records. Watch the official [...]
93X NUTCRACKER FT. 311, HIGHLY SUSPECT, THE GLORIOUS SONS & BRKN LOVE @ ARMORY, MINNEAPOLIS (MN) DECEMBER 14, 2019 BRKN Love performed as if they were the headliners of the somewhat semiannual 93X Nutcracker. They took advantage of every [...]
BORN RUFFIANS w/ FLEECE @ THE DANFORTH MUSIC HALL, TORONTO DECEMBER 14, 2019 Canadian indie rock band Born Ruffians returned home to celebrate their second annual Shondi Festoon at the Danforth Music Hall. The Midland, Ontario quartet recently [...]
Twin Tribes Ceremony Negative Gain/Young & Cold Records/Manic Depression Records I hate to admit it but I’m an old goth; not the goth part but the old part. Listening to Ceremony, the new album from Texas goth/dark wave duo Twin Tribes, [...]
STREAM THE NEW GARZA DEBUT EP NOW 2020 TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED Garza is a collaborative musical experience conjured up by Rob Garza, one-half of the pioneering electronic outfit, Thievery Corporation. His new project is a deep re-imagining of a [...]
I WANT TO BREAK FREE, MY HEAD KEEPS ON SPINNING A CONVERSATION WITH JEFF SCHROEDER & MINDY SONG OF NIGHT DREAMER Night Dreamer suffer from no lack of passion. Speaking after an intimate, otherworldly studio performance at Vancouver’s Blue [...]
Throbbing Gristle A Souvenir Of Camber Sands (Reissue) Mute In 2004, Throbbing Gristle reformed after calling it a day in 1981. The original lineup put aside their differences, and that year released a live album, A Souvenir Of Camber Sands is [...]
Throbbing Gristle Part Two: The Endless Not (Reissue) Mute In 2004, Throbbing Gristle reformed after calling it a day in 1981. The original lineup put aside their differences, and eventually in 2007 they recorded Part Two: The Endless Not which [...]
BETTY MOON – “CRAZY (WHAT YOU MAKE ME)” A SPILL EXCLUSIVE VIDEO PREMIERE The new single and video “Crazy (What You Make Me)” is from Betty Moon’s latest album Hellucination. “Crazy (What You Make Me)” is Betty Moon’s [...]
PIXIES w/ ICE CREAM @ THE PHOENIX CONCERT THEATRE, TORONTO DECEMBER 12, 2019 The swaggering Black Francis spoke for the first time to the audience, as new cut “St. Nazaire” broke down. “In a train-wreck, sometimes you play a different song.” Not [...]
