NOFX DROPS BRAND NEW SONG FEATURING RISING PUNK ARTIST CODEFENDANTS LISTEN TO “WHAT ARE WE DOING THIS FOR” NOFX has tapped Codefendants for an angst-driven punk anthem that embodies the best parts of both artist projects. The song mark some of [...]
MICK ROCK & TIM MOHR – ROCKY HORROR: A BEHIND-THE-SCENES LOOK AT THE CULT CLASSIC HARPER COLLINS BOOK REVIEW BY GERROD HARRIS In 1975, The Rocky Horror Picture Show bombed at the box office, making an estimated $21,000 on its opening [...]
COMPLETING SONGS IS AN ART FORM IN ITSELF A CONVERSATION WITH STEVE PORCARO Steve Porcaro has been producing some of the best and best-loved music since he was one of the founding members of Toto in 1978. Toto took off immediately, with their [...]
PANG ATTACK TEARS FOR THE WAVE INDEPENDENT Out of Montreal comes Pang Attack. Tears For The Wave is their second album, and their sophomore album has been a long time coming, eight years to be exact. Tears For The Wave not only live up to the [...]
DAFFO WHERE THE EARTH BENDS CONCORD RECORDS Daffo’s debut record, Where the Earth Bends, is a 12-song project full of quippy, fully charged anthems. Following in the footsteps of their viral hits from 2023’s Pest EP, Los Angeles-based Gabi [...]
SIGUR RÓS TAKK. . . (20th ANNIVERSARY REMASTER) KRUNK RECORDS It was the scorching summer of 1997 in Etobicoke (pronounced eh•tow•bee•ko), ON, when my buddy Grant insisted I had to hear this new, up-and-coming Icelandic band. At the time, I [...]
JR. THOMAS & ERASERHOOD SOUND JR. THOMAS IN THE ERASERHOOD DEEPMATTER RECORDS Jr. Thomas pairs up with the Eraserhood Sound duo, Maxwell Perla and Vincent John, to bring us their combination of soul music that one cannot help but visualize [...]
GEESE GETTING KILLED PARTISAN RECORDS/[PIAS] Geese is based in New York City. Getting Killed is their fourth studio album and their best. Over the years the band has worked on establishing their own distinct sound. On Getting Killed, they [...]
SLOAN BASED ON THE BEST SELLER YEP ROC RECORDS/MURDERECORDS Sloan, the iconic band consisting of Andrew Scott, Chris Murphy, Jay Ferguson, and Patrick Pentland, was a dominant force on Canadian radio and television in the 1990s and early 2000s. [...]
I HATE COMPUTERS – “DIE FOR YOU” INDEPENDENT Toronto-based indie/electronic trio I HATE COMPUTERS release their debut album Die For You, a collection of raw and immersive songs that confront the realities of modern life: [...]
COCHEMEA VOL. III: ANCESTROS FUTUROS DAPTONE RECORDS Over the course of 25 years, Cochemea has built a distinctive career as a modern avant-garde jazz artist of prolific status through a wide range of collaborators that includes Sharon Jones and [...]
DAVID PALFREYMAN OPENING TIME FOR THE BATTERED DITELI RECORDS David Palfreyman has been making music since 1980. He made his debut when he provided trombone for the 1980 album, The Sound of Rhodian Brass. Like Paul McCartney who put down his [...]
PROFESSOR YAFFLE EVERYONE WANTS TO DREAM VIOLETTE RECORDS Lucky accidents happen, those moments when I stumble across a band I’ve never heard of and unexpectedly fall for them. I actively pursue such situations, usually drawn in by a band’s name [...]
IMMERSION WTF?? SWIM~ Immersion consists of Wire’s Colin Newman, and his wife Malka Spigel (Minimal Compact), and WTF?? is their fourth studio and first full-length album since 2016’s Analogue Creatures Living On An Island. Matt Schulz (Holy [...]
PURITY RING PURITY RING THE FELLOWSHIP MUSIC LABEL No, Purity Ring’s self-titled album is not the duo’s first, it is actually their fourth. There could be a variety of reasons why bands and artists come up with a self-titled album [...]
LIBBY EMBER – “I KILL SPIDERS” INDEPENDENT Montreal’s Libby Ember arrives with her introspective debut EP, I Kill Spiders. Thoughtful, anxious, and emotionally candid, the four-track collection captures the young [...]
PAPER BAG RECORDS PRESENTS WATERING HOLE PT. 1 RELEASE SHOW NOVEMBER 29 2025 Paper Bag Records Presents, Watering Hole PT. 1, a new compilation of exclusive tracks from the vibrant, emerging Toronto music scene. Spotlighting mishi, with [...]
ORUÃ – “CASUAL” A SPILL EXCLUSIVE VIDEO PREMIERE Brazilian psychedelic rock pioneers Oruã today have shared “Casual,” the third single from their upcoming LP Slacker, out October 24th via K. The scuzzy, ethereal [...]
GEORGIA HARMER BRINGS EYE OF THE STORM ACROSS ONTARIO NEW ALBUM EYE OF THE STORM OUT NOW ON ARTS & CRAFTS Georgia Harmer’s new album Eye of the Storm, is an empathetic exchange between past and future selves, and a deep breath of life into [...]
Q052 – “LOUD SUNDAY” A SPILL EXCLUSIVE MUSIC PREMIERE Award-winning Mi’gmaq rapper, activist, and rising force in radical hip-hop Q052 is back with a powerful new single. Titled “Loud Sunday”, the track is set [...]
DAFT PUNK EXPERIENCE OPENS SEPTEMBER 27 IN FORTNITE | AN UNPRECEDENTED IMMERSIVE WORLD WITH 31 SONGS FROM THE ICONIC DUO THAT WILL STAY IN THE GAME LONG AFTER OPENING DAY EXPERIENCE FEATURES CUSTOM OUTFITS, EXCLUSIVE LEGO BUILD, MULTIPLE ROOMS [...]
SKINSHAPE x HORUS – “ACT LIKE YOU KNOW” (FT. ANDY PLATTS) HORUS RECORDS/LEWIS RECORDINGS “Act Like You Know”’ is the lead single from Skinshape x Horus’ Dub album. It is a cover of the Fat Larry’s Band song of the [...]
I’M SO BROKEN, AND YOU’RE SO BEAUTIFUL A CONVERSATION WITH ANDY BELL (ERASURE) Andy Bell answered an ad in Melody Maker placed there by Vince Clarke. Clarke had experienced considerable success, first with Depeche Mode and then with Yazoo. He [...]
BEAU ANDERSON – “KNOW BY NOW” A SPILL EXCLUSIVE VIDEO PREMIERE Atlanta alt-rocker Beau Anderson’s slow and seductive “Know by Now” has a guitar so heavy it’ll leave you buried six feet under and asking [...]
