NOBRO Live Your Truth Shred Some Gnar Dine Alone Records Montreal punk outfit, NOBRO has returned with its sophomore EP, Live Your Truth Shred Some Gnar. The seven-track record is the band’s follow-up to their 2020 EP, Sick Hustle, while [...]
THE AFGHAN WHIGS RELEASE FIRST NEW SONG IN FIVE YEARS “I’LL MAKE YOU SEE GOD” ANNOUNCE NEW US TOUR DATES THIS MAY The Afghan Whigs release an electrifying new single “I’ll Make You See God,” their first new [...]
MYNAMEISLEONIDAS – “LOST MY BASS” A SPILL EXCLUSIVE MUSIC PREMIERE Enigmatic musician / producer mynameisleonidas returns with yet another otherworldly, bass driven, infectious pop track ‘lost my bass’ out now [...]
DANCE TO THE PERFECT MESS A CONVERSATION WITH CARL MARSH OF SHRIEKBACK Shriekback’s music has always been difficult to pigeonhole. Part of the post-punk, new wave scene, their music contained elements of funk, rock and sometimes ambient music. [...]
TWINS – “TRANSCEND”/”OCEAN FLOWERS” A SPILL EXCLUSIVE VIDEO/MUSIC PREMIERE Tomorrow, Twins (the musical project of Berlin-based artist Miro Denck) shares “Transcend,” the second single off his [...]
SIERRA PILOT – “ALIVE” INDEPENDENT Lurking beneath the melodically tough exterior of Sierra Pilot’s newest single, “Alive,” is a straightforward message about living life to the fullest, and not letting it [...]
SCOTT MURRAY THE OLD AND COLD TARANTULA TAPES Following his 2019 debut EP, Night Binge, Scott Murray has partnered with Tarantula Tapes to deliver his latest release. The Old And The Cold is a stripped down, five-song EP featuring largely just [...]
TAYLOR BAREFOOT – “VEINS” A SPILL EXCLUSIVE MUSIC PREMIERE A transcendent emotional odyssey of a record, Taylor Barefoot’s solo debut, Distressed Signals (out April 8), is at once ethereal and bracing—an effortless fusion [...]
UMA BLOO – “STRANGE ACTRESS” A SPILL EXCLUSIVE MUSIC PREMIERE Tomorrow, Uma Bloo — a project led by Chicago musician Molly Madden — shares “Strange Actress,” the final single off their forthcoming album, Don’t [...]
MUSIC IN TORONTO ‘CUTS’ ITS WAY OUT OF THE LOCKDOWN Headbangers Hair Salon and Save Toronto Music Venues are working to bring live music back to Toronto – one haircut at a time. As live music returns to Toronto, the city [...]
Metronomy Small World Because Music Metronomy — the Joseph Mount-led collective from England — is now on their seventh album and seems to be taking things easy this time around. Understated is probably the word for it. Mount’s vocals shyly coax [...]
ERIC CHENAUX SAY LAURA CONSTELLATION RECORDS Well, here’s a category that might be new to some – spiritual jazz folk. Or, if you want to simplify things, very, very listenable and enjoyable experimental music. Actually, it is [...]
THE BIRTHDAY MASSACRE FASCINATION METROPOLIS RECORDS Toronto natives The Birthday Massacre are back with their 12th studio album Fascination, an offering that is full of the dreamy synth pop and aggressive guitar blend that their fans have loved [...]
SKIPPING STONE MONSTERS OF MEN INDEPENDENT The Louisville, Kentucky hard rock band Skipping Stone have released their seven-track EP, Monsters Of Men. It opens up with a little over a minute of a suspenseful instrumental intro, letting you know [...]
ALISON SHEARER VIEW FROM ABOVE INDEPENDENT What exactly would be a perfect genre fit? Don’t worry, even the people that make up genre definitions would have a hard time telling you. Actually, there probably isn’t such a thing, no [...]
PAN AMERICAN THE PATIENCE FADER KRANKY When someone mentions ambient as a genre, the first thought that would come to many listeners is electronic music and drifting soundscapes. Ok, fine, and that is a description that would fit a number of [...]
VARIOUS ARTISTS OCEAN CHILD: THE SONGS OF YOKO ONO WARNER MUSIC Tribute albums by multiple artists are always a tricky thing. Tricky because you have many different styles interpreting one artist’s work. Sometimes this works really well, such as [...]
STARS ANNOUNCE FIRST NEW ALBUM IN FIVE YEARS FROM CAPELTON HILL OUT MAY 27 LAST GANG/MNRK Montreal’s Stars return with the announcement of their first new album in five years, From Capelton Hill, set for release on May 27th, 2022, via Last [...]
PINK MOUNTAINTOPS ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM PEACOCK POOLS FEATURING MEMBERS OF BLACK MOUNTAIN, MELVINS AND RED KROSS Pink Mountaintops, the exploratory and enigmatic project of Vancouver’s Black Mountain frontman Stephen McBean, make their [...]
XPROPAGANDA NEW ALBUM THE HEART IS STRANGE COMING MAY 20 VIA ZTT RECORDS ORIGINAL PROPOGANDA VOCALISTS CLAUDIA BRÜCKEN AND SUSANNE FREYTAG REUNITE WITH THE GROUPS VISIONARY PRODUCER STEPHEN LIPSON The German city of Düsseldorf is renowned for [...]
Church Of Trees Pish Posh Independent The term “pish posh” is an old expression that basically means something is ‘nonsense’ or ‘something absurd’. Though it is titled as such, that does not describe this new release from Church Of Trees, Pish [...]
CO DE KLOET – FRANK & CO: CONVERSATIONS WITH FRANK ZAPPA 1977-1993 JAWBONE PRESS BOOK REVIEW BY AARON BADGLEY Co De Kloet and Frank Zappa were friends from 1977 through to Zappa’s death in 1993, after De Kloet interviewed him in 1977. [...]
THIRSTY CURSES – “NOTHING REALLY MATTERS” A SPILL EXCLUSIVE VIDEO PREMIERE Raleigh, NC quartet Thirsty Curses are spiritual heirs to the drunken, sardonic and masterful songcraft of The Replacements, Violent Femmes and hometown [...]
THE BEATLES AND INDIA RENOIR PICTURES/SILVA SCREEN FEBRUARY 15, 2022 There are a number of unauthorized documentaries on The Beatles. Since the advent of home video, collections of public domain footage strung together with narration and odd [...]
