SIN ON SIX @ THE VENUE, DENVER (CO) DECEMBER 31, 2021 What a better way to throw 2021 behind us and bring in a new year than to spend it listening to live music. The Venue in Denver, Colorado paired up with Wolfpack Productions to bring seven [...]
Revive The Rose Heartless Place Snareguy Records Welland, ON’s very own Revive The Rose has been absolutely killing it. From booking shows in support of The Trews to launching their own beer, Bar Down Lager, it only makes sense that the hard [...]
THE FAKE FRIENDS – “MILE END” INDEPENDENT MTL’s Turbo Haus house band. Faux punk for real ones. Former and current members of Montreal juggernauts Trigger Effect, Mundy’s Bay, Kennedy & Watch for Wolves. Artist [...]
AURA BLAZE OPEN MINDEDNESS INDEPENDENT There is a trend these days for solo artists working under a band guise to create their music based on the ‘everything, including a kitchen sink.’ Of course, more often than not that concept backfires where [...]
LET IT ROCK! LET IT ROCK! LET IT ROLL! A SPILL MAGAZINE BREAKDOWN OF SOME OF THE TOP 2021 CHRISTMAS RELEASES – THE SINGLES + EPS Arkells “The Last Christmas (We Ever Spend Apart)” Universal Music Canada November 4, 2021 Big [...]
LET IT ROCK! LET IT ROCK! LET IT ROLL! A SPILL MAGAZINE BREAKDOWN OF SOME OF THE TOP 2021 CHRISTMAS RELEASES – THE ALBUMS Paul Kelly Paul Kelly’s Christmas Train Cooking Vinyl November 19, 2021 I am a long-time fan of Paul Kelly. He is a [...]
MADELINE BOCARO – IN YOUR MIND: THE INFINITE UNIVERSE OF YOKO ONO CONCEPTUAL PUBLISHING BOOK REVIEW BY AARON BADGLEY Yoko Ono is one of the most misunderstood artists of all time. She is a genius both musically and visually. Sadly, far [...]
BLAZING BRAND NEW BLUTENGEL SINGLE + VIDEO “OUR SOULS WILL NEVER DIE” IS OUT NOW OUT OF LINE MUSIC Indescribably multifaceted, Blutengel present themselves on their current album “Erlösung – The Victory of Light” [...]
CORLYX SHARE NEW SINGLE + VIDEO “TAKE OFF EVERYTHING” TAKEN FROM THE ALBUM BLOOD IN THE DISCO OUT OF LINE MUSIC Today, the darkwave post-punk duo Corlyx released a new single and video for the new song “Take Off [...]
PATRICK WATSON @ MASSEY HALL, TORONTO DECEMBER 15, 2021 We’ve become all too familiar with talk of “the new normal,” and the phrase summed up the experience at this concert — but that isn’t necessarily a bad thing. The [...]
YUKON BLONDE ANNOUNCE CANADIAN TOUR DATES BEGINNING THIS MARCH VINDICATOR OUT NOW VIA DINE ALONE RECORDS This Fall, Yukon Blonde returned to the road for a very successful short run of dates in their home province of B.C. Today, they’re [...]
THE CRYSTAL METHOD ANNOUNCES CANADIAN SPRING TOUR DATES NEW ALBUM THE TRIP OUT DUE FEBRUARY 2022 Don’t miss this iconic electronic act on their Canadian tour this spring with dates in Calgary, Edmonton, Waterloo, Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver and [...]
SOUTH OF FRANCE – “HALLELUJAH SHOW” A SPILL EXCLUSIVE VIDEO PREMIERE With clever lyrics, a catchy mini Moog synth line and plenty of their trademark groove and slap, “Hallelujah Show” will be released Dec. 17th and [...]
RYAN SAWYER, GREG COATES, WILDER ZOBY, ANDRES RENTERIA & JOHN DWYER – GONG SPLAT A SPILL EXCLUSIVE ALBUM PREMIERE Tomorrow, John Dwyer (of OSEES) presents his fourth full-length project of the year, this time, with a group composed of [...]
J:DEAD – “I’LL WAIT” A SPILL EXCLUSIVE VIDEO PREMIERE J:dead is the solo project from Jay Taylor created in 2019. After the first release of their song “Haunt” J:dead were signed to Infacted Recordings and [...]
THIRTY YEARS OF GOING PLACES WITH TAVERNS AND PALACES AN IN-DEPTH CONVERSATION WITH RON HAWKINS OF LOWEST OF THE LOW: PART TWO The Lowest Of The Low, consisting of Ron Hawkins, David Alexander, Lawrence Nichols, Michael McKenzie and Greg Smith, [...]
TANGERINE DREAM ANNOUNCE ALBUM + TOUR | SHARE TITLE VIDEO FROM NEW ALBUM RAUM KSCOPE/EASTGATE MUSIC Tangerine Dream announce their sophomore album after the passing of TG founder Edgar Froese, due out next February via Kscope/Eastgate Music, [...]
PHOTOGRAPHY BOOK DOCUMENTING THE L.A. PUNK SCENE: 1977-1980 BY LEGENDARY SLASH FANZINE PHOTOGRAPHER MELANIE NISSEN DUE OUT FEBRUARY 1 Hard + Fast the first official collection of work by legendary rock photographer Melanie Nissen. Gracing the [...]
1st BASE RUNNER JUST MIGHT COME UP WITH A HOME RUN A CONVERSATION WITH TIM HUSMANN When we mention the term singer-songwriter, the first thing that comes to mind is a single person crouched over their acoustic guitar, say somebody like Joni [...]
BAND OF HORSES ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM RELEASE DATE | THINGS ARE GREAT NOW OUT MARCH 4 BMG Band of Horses announce that they will be shifting the 2022 release date for their forthcoming album, Things Are Great, to March 4 via BMG. Band founder Ben [...]
AVA VOX – “CRASH” A SPILL EXCLUSIVE VIDEO PREMIERE 2021 has been a year of comebacks for numerous bands who signed and released music once upon a time (in the 80s or 90s) and are now reforming or coming together with their [...]
THIRTY YEARS OF GOING PLACES WITH TAVERNS AND PALACES AN IN-DEPTH CONVERSATION WITH RON HAWKINS OF LOWEST OF THE LOW: PART ONE It’s been 30 years since the release of the epic 17-song masterpiece Shakespeare My Butt…, the debut album from [...]
THE BIRTHDAY MASSACRE SETS NEW ALBUM FASCINATION FOR RELEASE ON FEBRUARY 18 VIA METROPOLIS RECORDS SHARES NEW SINGLE “DREAMS OF YOU” Veteran darkwave ensemble The Birthday Massacre will release their ninth album Fascination on [...]
JOE KENKEL – “SWEEPING” A SPILL EXCLUSIVE VIDEO PREMIERE On January 13, 2022, Chicagoan singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Joe Kenkel (of Styrofoam Winos) presents his brand new LP entitled Naturale (via Earth [...]
