VARIOUS ARTISTS BROWN ACID: THE TWENTY-FIRST TRIP RIDINGEASY RECORDS With the 21st issue of the Brown Acid series that covers all proto-heavy/hard rock releases of its first era, a number of questions come up to mind. First question could be the [...]
THE WHO THE WHO – WHO ARE YOU (SUPER DELUXE EDITION) POLYDOR Hey all you Wholigans, your rock legends are back, with the release of the Super Deluxe Edition of The Who — Who Are You on October 31, 2025. Featuring a lineup that includes the [...]
ARKELLS RELEASE “WHAT GOOD?” INTRO SINGLE TO FORTHCOMING 2026 ALBUM ON UNIVERSAL MUSIC/VIRGIN MUSIC 9X JUNO Award winners Arkells release their infectious new track, “What Good?” out today via Universal Music Canada and [...]
VARIOUS ARTISTS KILLED BY DEAF: A PUNK TRIBUTE TO MOTÖRHEAD BMG RECORDINGS Heavy metal and punk rock become one with Killed By Deaf: A Punk Tribute To Motörhead, creating a fabulous fusion. Disregard the intense tension between the two genres, [...]
CHARLATANS UK WE ARE LOVE BMG The latest in a series of 90s indie bands making new material, Charlatans UK open We Are Love by sounding like they’ve gone in a similar direction to The Farm, with “Kingdom of Ours” a suitably-trippy and [...]
ROGER ENO WITHOUT WIND/WITHOUT AIR DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON Roger Eno (brother of Brian Eno) returns with his first solo album since 2023’s highly acclaimed The Skies, they shift like chords. While Roger Eno does write and create ambient music, his [...]
DUFF MCKAGAN LIGHTHOUSE: LIVE FROM LONDON EARMUSIC In 2023, Guns ‘N’ Roses’ bassist Duff McKagan released Lighthouse, his second solo album among his recent singer-songwriter inspired era, which kicked off with 2019’s Tenderness. Building off of [...]
ODC TWISTED LOVE BLKIIBLK RECORDS ODC embodies embracing musical and international roots. For this alternative/nu-metal band, French identity is as vital as artistic integrity. Blending nu-metal, metalcore, pop, and rap, ODC bridges heavy and [...]
TRIVIUM STRUCK DEAD ROADRUNNER RECORDS There’s a lot to love about the latest Trivium record. The prominent modern metal four-piece burst back onto the contemporary music scene with a release that reminds audiences why they are a household name [...]
THE SPELLS THE NIGHT HAS EYES GARGANTA PRESS Sometimes, an album just demands multiple voices. That’s the case with The Spells ‘The Night Has Eyes’, which has our team buzzing! We’re thrilled to bring you not one, but two [...]
ASHES AND DIAMONDS ASHES AND DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER CLEOPATRA RECORDS Ashes And Diamonds is a new supergroup. The three members of the band all come from classic alternative rock bands, and all three have certainly left their mark on music [...]
VARIOUS ARTISTS HELP – 30th ANNIVERSARY (7-INCH BOX SET) WAR CHILD War Child International is an independent non-government organization founded in 1993 by filmmakers Bill Leeson and David Wilson, as well as peace activist Willemijn [...]
OVERNIGHT – “STRONG & GOOD” LABEL OBSCURA Halifax sibling duo Overnight (Carla & Lynette Gillis) return with “Strong & Good,” the tender and reflective new single from their upcoming sophomore album, Put [...]
THE WOOD – COLD FIRE A SPILL EXCLUSIVE EP PREMIERE Today we have the pleasure of presenting the latest release from an artist that we have supported since their debut Days album, released last year. At that time, we called their music [...]
LEMONDAZE ANNOUNCE NEW EP SUBTEXT OUT DECEMBER 5 | SINGLE “POLARI” OUT NOW | TOUR DATES VENN RECORDS Lemondaze today announce new EP subtext – out 5th December via Venn Records (Meryl Streek, CLT DRP), and today release the [...]
DAS ICH RETURN AFTER YEARS OF SILENCE WITH THEIR LONG-AWAITED ALBUM ‘FANAL’ DANSE MACABRE RECORDS/ALIVE Das Ich, the pioneers of New German Death Art, return after years of silence with their long-awaited album, Fanal. The album, [...]
THE BEATROOT ROAD HUMANIMAL INDEPENDENT In most cases when artists/bands attempt to cover as many genres as possible or subgenres on a single album, the first thing that might come to mind to many listeners is that old saying, or a variation of [...]
JULIAN TAYLOR AND MY MORNING JACKET’S JIM JAMES UNITE ON TENDER, URGENT NEW SINGLE “DON’T LET ‘EM (GET INSIDE OF YOUR HEAD)” INDEPENDENT Fresh off a string of acclaimed releases, 5x JUNO-Award and Polaris Music [...]
OF MONSTERS AND MEN w/ ÁRNÝ MARGRÉT @ HISTORY, TORONTO OCTOBER 28, 2025 Last night marked Of Monsters and Men’s first time in Toronto in six years. The endlessly adored folk-rock band hasn’t been in town since their 2019 show at Budweiser Stage [...]
KILLING KIND – BEING HUMAN A SPILL EXCLUSIVE ALBUM PREMIERE Cold, dark Scandinavia has always been fertile ground for equally dark and mysterious music. Swedish band Killing Kind returns with their second album, Being Human — a heavier and [...]
IAMX @ THE MOD CLUB, TORONTO OCTOBER 28, 2025 Inside Toronto’s Mod Club, a single pulse of synth signaled the start of something surreal. The lights dropped, shadows spilled across the stage, and IAMX, the brainchild of Chris Corner, emerged [...]
THE TWILIGHT SAD RETURN WITH NEW SINGLE FT. THE CURE’S ROBERT SMITH “WAITING FOR THE PHONE CALL” | ANNOUNCE UK & EU HEADLINE TOUR + SHOWS WITH THE CURE ROCK ACTION RECORDS The Twilight Sad is currently readying a long-awaited new [...]
WARFIELD’S NEW SINGLE IS “ONLY SHADOWS” – OR IS IT? BLACK HEATHERS/CLEOPATRA RECORDS Justin Warfield, whose eponymous side project WARFIELD has already been responsible for some of the most enthralling dark wave releases of the [...]
CAMERON CROWE – THE UNCOOL: A MEMOIR AVID READER PRESS/SIMON & SCHUSTER BOOK REVIEW BY TRISH MELANSON Adolescence is a time of struggle. The struggle to find oneself, to find a place in this world as an adult. But the adolescents of [...]
