JULIANA HATFIELD RELEASES SINGLE “NEXT TO YOU” FROM FORTHCOMING ALBUM JULIANA HATFIELD SINGS THE POLICE AMERICAN LAUNDROMAT RECORDS Juliana Hatfield releases “Next To You,” the second single from her forthcoming album Juliana [...]
ATOMZERO UNVEIL THE VIDEO FOR “TECHNOLOGY” – THE LATEST SINGLE FROM THEIR TECHNOPHILIA ALBUM ANALOGUETRASH RECORDS Toronto-based Atomzero are very much a creation of the modern world. Finding inspiration in an age where [...]
REUBEN AND THE DARK SHARES NEW VIDEO + WINTER TOUR DATES “BLACK WATER” FEATURED IN EL CAMINO: A BREAKING BAD MOVIE TRAILER un | love OUT OCTOBER 25 ON ARTS & CRAFTS | #BREAKINGBAD #ELCAMINO Earlier this month, Reuben and the Dark announced [...]
DRAGONS AND PSYCHEDELIC COUNTRY SOUL A CONVERSATION WITH GREG SOWDERS OF THE LONG RYDERS Psychedelic country soul are three words that can be mashed together only to describe the American country and legends of Paisley Underground, The Long [...]
NICK CAVE @ CONVOCATION HALL, TORONTO SEPTEMBER 28, 2019 Nick Cave brought his “Conversations” tour to Toronto at Convocation Hall tonight. Billed as an evening of talk and music, it was an intimate affair with the singer-songwriter opening [...]
Steel Panther Heavy Metal Rules Steel Panther Inc. If they hadn’t made it clear already, perhaps the one thing Steel Panther love more than their sex, drugs, and rock ‘n’ roll mantra is heavy metal in the glorious, mega-blockbuster style of the [...]
Moon Duo Stars Are The Light Sacred Bones Moon Duo’s new record Stars Are The Light is a new direction for one of the more talked about psychedelic rock outfits. Coming off the well-received Occult Architecture releases, the new direction I [...]
John Lodge B Yond – The Very Best Of BMG I have to say, this is an odd one. John Lodge joined The Moody Blues in 1966 and has remained a member since. During the years, he has released two studio and one live album. He also released a few [...]
The Roots Things Fall Apart (20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) Urban Legends While the younger generation may only know them as the band backing Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show, The Roots remain among the strongest all-star hiphop bands in the [...]
Various Artists Boyz N The Hood (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Qwest/UMe In 1991, John Singleton directed his first feature film Boyz N The Hood. It was a rare and truthful look into the chaotic world of south-central Los Angeles. The [...]
KMFDM Paradise Metropolis Records For the past 35 years, German industrial bandKMFDM have been defying rules of genre constraints and proudly giving the finger to authority. With their 21st studio album, Paradise, they have shown no signs of [...]
GOATBURNER – “VORTEX OF CHAOS” A SPILL EXCLUSIVE VIDEO PREMIERE Finnish Death Metal/Grindcore unit Goatburner have released a new video for the track “Vortex of Chaos”, which is taken off from the band’s debut [...]
The Beatles Abbey Road: 50th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition Apple Corps Ltd./Universal Music For most millennials discovering the Beatles music for the first time, it was through their parent’s CD or, if they were lucky, vinyl collection. [...]
The New Pornographers In The Morse Code Of Brake Lights Concord Records Long-time purveyors of hook-filled, harmony-layered alternative jams, The New Pornographers celebrate their 22nd year in the music business with the release of the [...]
Temples Hot Motion ATO Records The much-coveted musical sweet spot is an elusive one for bands and musicians of all genres and time periods. The almost alchemical confluence of musical inspiration and urgency may end up presenting itself for [...]
Tegan And Sara Hey, I’m Just Like You Sire Records An album consisting of songs originally written by Tegan and Sara as teenagers had the potential to be too much of a throwback. Fans may have been expecting lo-fi recordings of songs that [...]
THE NECESSITY OF THE CANADIAN SUPERGROUP A CONVERSATION WITH BONDS OF MARA VOCALIST BRIAN BYRNE Bonds Of Mara is the latest band on the verge of taking the Canadian rock scene by storm. Consisting of vocalist Brian Byrne (I Mother Earth), [...]
SHONEN KNIFE @ HARD LUCK BAR, TORONTO SEPTEMBER 25, 2019 Shonen Knife had the crowd engaged from the start with their sweet melodies and high energy performance at The Hard Luck Bar tonight. Their sound is a perfect balance of punk and pop, with [...]
JOSEPH w/ DEEP SEA DIVER @ THE MOD CLUB THEATRE, TORONTO SEPTEMBER 24, 2019 Weeknights in the big city can be a bit on the quiet side, but a couple hundred fans found the fun at The Mod Club on a Tuesday night. Less than two weeks after [...]
MAC DeMARCO @ RBC ECHO BEACH, TORONTO SEPTEMBER 24, 2019 The fact that Mac DeMarco had broken one of his most cherished guitars before tonight’s performance at Toronto’s RBC Echo Beach did not slow down the multi-instrumentalist from his usual [...]
BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE RELEASE PSYCHEDELIC AI-GENERATED VIDEO FOR “CAN’T FIND MY HEART” IN COLLABORATION WITH ALEX MORDVINTSEV, AI PIONEER & CREATOR OF GOOGLE’S DEEPDREAM Broken Social Scene have shared the psychedelic [...]
GHOST @ ROGERS PLACE, EDMONTON SEPTEMBER 23, 2019 The almighty Ghost returned to Edmonton on their Ultimate Tour Named Death with an astonishing display of live instrumentation driven by top-level showmanship. I was blown away at the [...]
K.FLAY @ THE PHOENIX CONCERT THEATRE, TORONTO SEPTEMBER 22, 2019 “Welcome to the Solutions Tour.” A pre-recording of K.Flay plays as she takes the stage along with her backing bandin the dark, as the anticipating crowd cheers on with excitement. [...]
AVATAR @ MYTH LIVE, MAPLEWOOD (SAINT PAUL), MINNESOTA (MN) SEPTEMBER 21, 2019 A large thunderstorm rolled past just north of MYTH LIVE in Maplewood (Saint Paul), Minnesota as the line for entry formed across the parking lot and into the next. [...]
