COWBOY JUNKIES REVEAL NEW COVERS ALBUM & SHARE BOWIE’S “FIVE YEARS” SONGS OF THE RECOLLECTION SEES COWBOY JUNKIES COVERING NEIL YOUNG, GORDON LIGHTFOOT, BOB DYLAN, THE CURE, GRAM PARSON, VIC CHESNUTT, THE ROLLING STONES AND DAVID BOWIE Saying the Cowboy Junkies ‘cover’ songs [...]
Jethro Tull The Zealot Gene Inside Out Music/Sony Music Ian Anderson has released several solo albums in the past 19 years. However, with The Zealot Gene being the first album by Jethro Tull in almost two decades, expectations are high. Ian Anderson has come up with a wonderful album, having written all the songs [...]
DALE BOZZIO WITH KEITH VALCOURT – LIFE IS SO STRANGE: MISSING PERSONS, FRANK ZAPPA, PRINCE AND BEYOND CLEOPATRA RECORDS PRESS BOOK REVIEW BY AARON BADGLEY Dale Bozzio has lived a very colourful life. Born Dale Frances Consalvi in Medford, MA, she was already directed to a life in music given the fact that [...]
THE TEMPTATIONS TEMPTATIONS 60 UNIVERSAL MUSIC In 1958 Otis Williams formed a singing group with his friends, Otis WIlliams And The Distants. They didn’t have a lot of success but four years later when they changed their name to The Temptations, things changed. After signing to Motown , they released their debut [...]
SLOTHRUST ANNOUNCES FULL ROUTING FOR THE PARALLEL TIMELINE TOUR NEW ALBUM PARALLEL TIMELINE OUT NOW VIA DANGERBIRD RECORDS Rising alt-rock band Slothrust is thrilled to be hitting the road this spring and has today announced additional dates for their upcoming headline tour. The Parallel Timeline Tour will [...]
SPACEFACE ANEMOIA MOTHLAND Quite a few bands and artists have their favorite pastime, and usually it is yet another music project, that somehow or partly doesn’t fit with their ‘main’ project. It also can happen that this side project can become more prominent than the ‘main’ one. Spaceface, who have been around [...]
Betty Moon Undercover Evolver Music Undercover may be Betty Moon’s most ambitious yet. She is a talented and brilliant songwriter in her own right, but here she has decided to record a collection of covers. Her interpreting songs should come as no surprise, as she has done so in the past. In fact, a couple […]
LEGACY RECORDINGS TO RELEASE FIRST-EVER DARYL HALL SOLO RETROSPECTIVE BEFOREAFTER APRIL 1 EAST COAST TOUR DATES WITH SPECIAL GUEST TODD RUNDGREN Legacy Recordings, a division of Sony Music Entertainment, will release BeforeAfter, the first-ever solo retrospective from Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Daryl Hall, as a [...]
BASEMENT REVOLVER RELEASE NEW SINGLE “CIRCLES” SONIC UNYON/THE ORCHARD MUSIC Hamilton indie/shoegaze group Basement Revolver are gearing up to release Embody, their forthcoming LP, on February 18th. “Circles,” the fourth single from the new album, is an expansive and highly melodic piece of [...]
SPILL NEWS: WARDRUNA’S KVITRAVN – FIRST FLIGHT OF THE WHITE RAVEN OUT ON APRIL 22 VIA MUSIC FOR NATIONS / SONY MUSIC / COLUMBIAGERMANY / BYNORSE PRE-ORDERS AVAILABLE NOW Wardruna have carved a rich, polyphonic and dramatic musical landscape that honours the ancient past without gimmick, whilst [...]
WATA – INNER CITY BLUES A SPILL EXCLUSIVE ALBUM PREMIERE WaTa started his musical journey at the young age of 6, known as Tamas Varga back in those days. Born and raised in Budapest / Hungary, he got through 12 years of classical music studies until he slowly became more interested in writing music for […]
CAULBEARERS – “TWISTED CORD” A SPILL EXCLUSIVE MUSIC PREMIERE It’s no wonder that the world of filmography has become so intertwined with the musical selections made for particular movies. It’s also pretty cool when, a particular cinematographic sound-set comes to mind upon hearing a particular [...]
DUCKS LTD. SHARES NEW SINGLE “SHEETS OF GREY” VIA ROYAL MOUNTAIN RECORDS ON TOUR THIS SPRING WITH NATION OF LANGUAGE Ducks Ltd burst onto the scene with their razor-sharp lyrics and instantly memorable jangle-pop in late 2019 and have not let up since. Following the release of their critically [...]
TORO Y MOI ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM MAHAL DUE APRIL 29 VIA DEAD OCEANS HEAR “POSTMAN” B/W “MAGAZINE” NOW Toro y Moi, a.k.a Chaz Bear, announces his new album Mahal due April 29th via Dead Oceans. The 13-track project marks the seventh studio album from Bear under the Toro y Moi moniker. To [...]
DONOVAN WOODS ANNOUNCES NEW EP & SHARES NEW SINGLE BIG HURT BOY EP OUT MARCH 18 VIA END TIMES MUSIC Juno Award winning singer-songwriter Donovan Woods has released a new single, “I Won’t Mention It Again” to announce his latest effort, the Big Hurt Boy EP, for a March 18 release via his own [...]
ACCLAIMED DUTCH ALT-ROCK TRIO KLANGSTOF SHARE THE NEW SINGLE “OCEAN VIEW” THE TITLE TRACK FROM THEIR NEW EP WHICH FOLLOWS MARCH 4 Fueled by a rush of creativity, they spent 2021 away from the public eye. It resulted in not one, but two new projects: their eagerly anticipated third album which will [...]
BETTY MOON – “RUNNING UP THAT HILL” A SPILL EXCLUSIVE MUSIC PREMIERE LA area producer and songstress Betty Moon announces the upcoming release of her new album Undercover and includes her sultry new single “Valentine”, which was penned for Valentine’s Day and Kate Bush’s iconic “Running Up [...]
THE TRAMPOLINE DELAY – “DON’T LET GO” A SPILL EXCLUSIVE MUSIC PREMIERE How do we cope with isolation? For the past year and a bit we’ve all found our individual ways. For some, a deep dive into the vacuous corners of Netflix filled the void, others found emotional solace in online shopping [...]
SAVE TORONTO MUSIC VENUES LOCAL NON-PROFIT WORKS TO BRING LIFE BACK TO TORONTO MUSIC INDUSTRY As Toronto’s live music sector continues to be impacted by COVID-19 restrictions, Save Toronto Music Venues has teamed up with local artists and venues to help keep the industry alive. There is no doubt that the pandemic [...]
BAT LIPS BAT LIPS III INDEPENDENT Having released Bat Lips II in 2019, the Austin-based metal outfit Bat Lips have returned. For their third, the trio has released the three-song EP Bat Lips III, a brutal tour de force of alternative metal. Bat Lips III opens with “Cybertooth”, a blistering song fuelled by throaty [...]
SARAH RAE – BRIDGE TO NEVERLAND A SPILL EXCLUSIVE ALBUM PREMIERE Sarah Rae comes from a classically trained background, gone teacher, gone salon owner, and full circle back to her first love – music – where she quit a 10 year hair career to do music full time. Taking the pandemic into her hands, [...]
COMEBACK KID HEAVY STEPS NEW DAMAGE RECORDS/NUCLEAR BLAST Hardcore leviathans Comeback Kid have been in the genre game for 20 years. With years comes experience and knowing how to work the genre field to your favour. Comeback Kid has never played it safe when it comes to their records. Their extensive successful [...]
Various Artists C91 Cherry Red Records Almost four decades ago, back in 1986 when New Musical Express ruled the world of music journalism, the paper issued now the now-famed c86 cassette, which was full of sharp, sometimes shocking new independent talent out of Britain. The success was great, and NME continued the [...]
JOHN MELLENCAMP STRICTLY A ONE-EYED JACK REPUBLIC RECORDS With his 25th album, Mellencamp portrays himself as a wisened, reflective musician. The days of “suckin’ on a chili dog outside the Tastee Freez”, are far behind him and he no longer feels he needs to prove that his is still a young lion. Mellencamp’s [...]
