Various Artists Artoffact Records 2022 Sampler Artoffact Records Toronto’s Artoffact Records is a Canadian independent record label, founded in 2001, that specializes in industrial, postpunk, heavy metal, and electronic music. Their [...]
APRIL WINE FOUNDER AND SINGER MYLES GOODWYN ANNOUNCES DEPARTURE FROM TOURING MARC PARENT TO REPLACE Singer, guitarist, writer, producer and leader of Canadian rock legends April Wine, Myles Goodwyn, has announced his departure from touring with [...]
IDLES SHARE “MAKING OF CRAWLER” DOCUMENTARY CRAWLER RECEIVES TWO GRAMMY® NOMINATIONS UK power-house band IDLES has shared today the “Making of Crawler” documentary about their 2023 GRAMMY®-nominated album, CRAWLER, [...]
Alex Southey Common Fantasies Independent Alex Southey is an extremely prolific writer/performer and Common Fantasies is another selection of songs from him to keep his audience on their toes and to keep them guessing. Although he is known to [...]
closetjudas entelechy Independent Mike Powell is closetjudas and entelechy is his most recent EP. It is the followup to 2019’s lunacy + the second naïveté. Since 2016 closejudas has released quite a bit of music and entelechy continues to show [...]
AUTOGRAMM PAYS TRIBUTE TO BRIAN MCLEOD, LANCE MOUNTAIN & SCTV IN NEW VIDEO “TOO LOUD” INDEPENDENT Autogramm, the synth-driven, power-pop trio from Chicago and Vancouver have released a new video for their latest single. “Too [...]
CITY AND COLOUR DEBUTS CINEMATIC VIDEO FOR “MEANT TO BE” STILL RECORDS City and Colour – acclaimed singer, songwriter and performer Dallas Green – has released a video for the emotionally powerful track “Meant To Be”, the [...]
HEY, LET’S PUT ON A SHOW A CONVERSATION WITH DIRECTOR RON CHAPMAN & CONCERT PROMOTER JOHN BROWER There are rock events in history that have a lasting effect on society. It is never known at the time that history is being made, but it [...]
SNARKY PUPPY DEBUTS LIVE-IN-STUDIO VIDEO FOR LATEST SINGLE “PINEAPPLE” NEW ALBUM EMPIRE CENTRAL OUT NOW ON GROUNDUP MUSIC Four-time Grammy-winning, genre-defying musical collective Snarky Puppy’s new album Empire Central is out now via the [...]
40 WATT SUN ANNOUNCE REISSUE OF THE INSIDE ROOM AND WIDER THAN THE SKY SVART RECORDS April 2023 will finally see the first long-awaited reissue of 40 Watt Sun’s debut album, The Inside Room, via Svart Records. The Finnish label will also [...]
THE ROCK AND COAL BREAKDOWN SPILL MAGAZINE DISSECTS SOME OF THE BEST/WORST 2022 CHRISTMAS RELEASES (PART TWO) Christmastime is here again, ain’t been around since you know when….that means new Christmas music. This year, there seems to be a lot [...]
Kurt Uenala feat. Dave Gahan Manuscript hfn Music There was so much music created during the pandemic that reflects the isolation and desolation it created. Yet, some of this music really hit the mark in reflecting such feelings in us all. Kurt [...]
Nell & The Flaming Lips Where The Viaduct Looms Bella Union This collaboration of Nick Cave covers between 16-y-orld singer Nell Smith and seasoned veterans The Flaming Lips has quite an interesting story. Smith met Wayne Coyne when she [...]
DISASTERTHEORY DROPS EERIE COVER OF “CRY LITTLE SISTER” FEATURING VOCALIST’S 7-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER RAILYN THEORY7 7-year-old Railyn the daughter of DisasterTheory’s frontman Mark Thomas makes her vocal debut in the band’s rendition of [...]
SOFI TUKKER SHARES COVER OF SNOW PATROL’S “CHASING CARS” ULTRA MUSIC SOFI TUKKER are ending their meteoric year with the release of their cover of Snow Patrol’s classic “Chasing Cars”. The duo recasts the song as a vulnerable [...]
REVIVAL69: THE CONCERT THAT ROCKED THE WORLD PHOTON FILMS/MYRIAD PICTURES DECEMBER 16, 2022 Revival69 is a famous, yet little spoken about, rock festival that happened in Toronto. The concert became well-known and legendary thanks to a top ten [...]
Cheap Trick Live At The Whisky 1977 Real Gone Music Cheap Trick was not an overnight success. The band formed as Cheap Trick, in 1973 after having been together in one configuration or another since 1967. In 1975 Robin Zander joined the band [...]
BLUTENGEL RELEASE FIRST SINGLE & VIDEO “DARK HISTORY” FROM UPCOMING 2023 ALBUM UN:STERBLICH – OUR SOULS WILL NEVER DIE OUT OF LINE MUSIC Today sees the release of Blutengel’s first brand new single titled “Dark [...]
NXNE RETURNS TO TORONTO JUNE 13-17, 2023 WITH FIVE DAYS AND NIGHTS OF THE BEST IN NEW MUSIC TICKETS ON SALE NOW INCLUDING LIMITED TIME 2-FOR-1 DEAL ON FESTIVAL PASSES The legendary annual music event NXNE announced today that tickets for this [...]
Terry Draper Bread And Cirkus Terry Tunes Records Terry Draper is back with a new album, his best album to date. Bread And Cirkus is an album of 14 songs which are musically diverse. It is musically and lyrically a brilliant album. Klaatu, of [...]
I’M TALKIN’ ABOUT A LIFETIME PLAN REMINISCING WITH GRAEHAM GOBLE OF LITTLE RIVER BAND “Toronto? We played there once. The El Mocambo Club. The most memorable show, maybe, in my whole career. Incredible! Because, the audience was [...]
MATTHEW GOOD BRINGS HIS SOLO ACOUSTIC TOUR TO OSHAWA & WINDSOR TICKETS ON SALE NOW Multi-platinum Canadian recording artist Matthew Good is coming to Oshawa & Windsor with special guest Carly Thomas. Tickets on-sale now. Presented by [...]
SICKY – “BEANS” A SPILL EXCLUSIVE VIDEO PREMIERE Today we have the pleasure of revealing a healthy dose of fun from musical maverick SICKY with his new single “Beans”, one of 12 tracks found on his loaded sophomore [...]
THE MAYOR – “GET YOUR FUCKIN’ SHINEBOX” A SPILL EXCLUSIVE MUSIC PREMIERE Well if it isn’t The Mayor who came crawling back for more from beneath the floorboards of a damn pandemic. What a lovely surprise and this [...]
