HamsandwicH Magnify Route 109 Picking up cues in pop music is seemingly easy, you find an artist or artists, remodel, combine, and presto you’ve got your song or set of songs. For some pop that indeed does not have to be hard, if you know how to [...]
HOMECOMING A CONVERSATION WITH JON HARVEY OF MONSTER TRUCK Currently in the midst of touring the UK, Hamilton, ON rock veterans Monster Truck have released their fourth album — the first since 2018 – Warriors. Speaking about the making of [...]
RON SEXSMITH SHARES “WHAT I HAD IN MIND” THE VIVIAN LINE DUE OUT FEBRUARY 17 VIA WARNER MUSIC CANADA Internationally acclaimed singer-songwriter Ron Sexsmith has returned to share “What I Had in Mind,” the first single [...]
MILAN McALEVEY – “WHATEVER IT WAS” A SPILL EXCLUSIVE MUSIC PREMIERE Today, Milan McAlevey (of Maine rock band Coke Weed) shares “Whatever It Was,” the focus track and knock-out centerpiece off his brand new LP, [...]
Kolb Tyrannical Vibes Ramp Local What do you do if you are a classically trained opera singer that has serious love for sophisticated pop that is a cross between Fleetwood Mac and latter-day Doobie Brothers, sprinkled with touches of Steely Dan [...]
Office Culture Big Time Things Northern Spy Trying to swim in the waters of complex, sophisticated pop that spreads into rock, jazz, and elsewhere is something quite a few artists with good musical taste will try, but not that many will succeed [...]
Monster Truck Warriors BMG Hamilton, On-based rock ‘n’ roll outfit, Monster Truck, has released their first full-length album since 2018’s True Rockers. Their latest record, Warriors, follows the release of singles “Golden Woman”, “Get My Things [...]
Nebular Wave A Polarized Planetoid Flashback Records Nebular Wave, the psychedelic prog-synth rock band from Edmonton, AB, has released their third album, A Polarized Planetoid, and at six instrumental tracks total, four of which go over the [...]
Blancmange Private View London Records Over 40 years ago Neil Arthur and Stephen Luscombe came together to form Blancmange and released their debut album Happy Families of London Records. In 1985, after three albums, the duo split and reunited [...]
FUJIYA & MIYAGI – “NEW BODY LANGUAGE” A SPILL EXCLUSIVE VIDEO PREMIERE Tomorrow, British experimental electric outfit Fujiya & Miyagi shares their brand new LP, Slight Variations (via Impossible Objects of Desire). To [...]
BRET KOONTZ & TRUANCY CLUB – “GLOAMING, NIGHTSHADE” A SPILL EXCLUSIVE VIDEO PREMIERE Bret Koontz & Truancy Club (ft. members of Fran, Famous Laughs) recently announced a brand new LP, A Sparkle Road Cult, out November [...]
DIO: DREAMERS NEVER DIE TRAFALGAR RELEASING SEPTEMBER 28, 2022 Born in New Hampshire in 1942 and raised in Cortland, New York, an army kid named Ronald James Padavona learned how to play the trumpet at the age of 5 and listened to opera as a [...]
JOE STRUMMER CELEBRATED WITH EMOTIONAL COMPANION VIDEO FOR THE PREVIOUSLY UNHEARD NEW SONG “FANTASTIC” LANCE BANGS DIRECTS OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO INCLUDING NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN FOOTAGE FROM THE JOE STRUMMER ARCHIVE AND SPECIAL CAMEO FROM EDDIE VEDDER [...]
THE DAMNED RELEASE “GRIMLY FIENDISH” FROM UPCOMING ALBUM A NIGHT OF A THOUSAND VAMPIRES earMUSIC “Grimly Fiendish” live from A Night Of A Thousand Vampires is a rousing romp through one of The Damned’s [...]
POLARIS WINNER PIERRE KWENDERS ANNOUNCES CANADIAN TOUR DATES + SHARES NEW VIDEO JOSÉ LOUIS AND THE PARADOX OF LOVE AVAILABLE NOW Congolese-born, Montreal-based musician, songwriter, and DJ Pierre Kwenders (he/him) has won the Polaris Music Prize [...]
STEELHEART CELEBRATES 30th ANNIVERSARY WITH RELEASE OF “WE ALL DIE YOUNG” STEELHEART RECORDS LLC With 30 years of hit songs and world-traversing tours under his belt, Miljenko Matijević (aka STEELHEART) is releasing the single “We All Die Young” [...]
Fergus Hambleton All The Right Noises Axe Records In the 1960s, Fergus Hambleton was a member of a folk/rock band in Toronto, A Passing Fancy, that had several hits, especially in Toronto on the CHUM charts. But by 1969, the band called it a [...]
BLACK MARKET KARMA – APED FLAIR & HIJACKED IDEAS A SPILL EXCLUSIVE ALBUM PREMIERE Considered one of the most revered psychedelic rock acts in England today, not to mention the UK as a whole, Black Market Karma has churned out two [...]
ASYLUMS – “INSTANT COFFEE” A SPILL EXCLUSIVE VIDEO PREMIERE Asylums have been quietly building an impressive back catalogue of albums since the release of their debut Killer Brain Waves in 2016. With three full studio albums [...]
MONTREAL’S SUUNS TOURING NORTH AMERICA THIS FALL | NEW ALBUM THE WITNESS OUT NOW JOYFUL NOISE RECORDINGS Montreal band SUUNS (Ben Shemie, Joe Yarmush, and Liam O’Neill) will finally be touring behind their critically lauded 2021 [...]
AWOLNATION PREMIERES THE FIRST INSTALLMENT OF A THREE-PART VIDEO SERIES “FREAKING ME OUT” | FALLING FORWARD TOUR DATES BETTER NOISE MUSIC AWOLNATION dropped their new track “Freaking Me Out” via Better Noise Music, along with an [...]
DIRTY HEADS TO PERFORM ON THE TODAY SHOW SEPTEMBER 29 ON THE PLAZA 8th STUDIO ALBUM MIDNIGHT CONTROL OUT NOW Southern California alternative rock band Dirty Heads will bring their positive lifestyle and feel-good energy to the Today Show [...]
THE FOREIGN RESORT RETURNS WITH NEW MUSIC VIDEO FOR “OVERTURN” | NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES ARTOFFACT RECORDS Denmark’s enthralling post-punk icons The Foreign Resort return with brand new music video and single for [...]
