HAIR CONTROL – “TV IN THE AFTERLIFE” INDEPENDENT Calgary, AB art duo HAIR CONTROL (Ryan Bourne & Rebecca Reid) share “TV in the Afterlife,” an anthemic synth-pop workout jam that transcends both the celebratory [...]
PAT TRAVERS HIGHWAY 61 REVISITED – LIVE IN HOUSTON, TX – MARCH 20, 2004 CLEOPATRA RECORDS Pat Travers continues to mine his live archive for never-before-released concerts for fans to enjoy. And it’s great that he does it too. This [...]
CATE KENNAN SHADOWS KRANKY Working in that not so defined musical ground between ethereal and dream pop can be a tricky affair, as it is currently populated by quite a few artists, and any relative newcomer is bound to be compared to somebody [...]
KNITTING SOUVENIR MINT RECORDS Montreal’s knitting does love the sound of their guitars (quite evident on their debut Some Kind of Heaven from 2024), but simply labelling them as a slacker band, particularly listening to Souvenir, their [...]
JULES IS DEAD – DIGITAL DEATH A Spill Exclusive Album Premiere DIGITAL DEATH is the debut EP from JULES IS DEAD, embodying the emo scene that came before their time and modernizing it for their Gen-Z peers. These angst-filled pop-punk [...]
PROUN MAYBE LUCK GOOD ENGLISH RECORDS We can keep guessing (or not) at what Austin, TX trio proun had in mind when they named its debut album Maybe Luck, but it is hard to hear that the luck is involved in its music, as it can go from a whisper [...]
MISSOULA DEATH DOULA ORG MUSIC Missoula is an instrumental superstar project from drummer Brooks Wackerman (Avenged Sevenfold, Bad Religion) and guitarist John Konesky (Tenacious D). This is not surf or ambient or meditative instrumental music. [...]
VARIOUS ARTISTS DIGGING YOUR SCENE – NEW POP & ALL THAT JAZZ 1982-1987 CHERRY RED RECORDS Hot on the heels of 2024’s Heaven Sent: The Rise Of New Pop 1979-1983, Cherry Red offers a rather lengthy but never boring four-CD set, Digging Your [...]
VARIOUS ARTISTS REMIX/REMODEL – THE VINCE CLARKE REMIXES CHERRY RED RECORDS Vince Clarke is well known as a solo artist, musician, and one-time member of Depeche Mode, Yazoo, and The Assembly, and as a current member of Doublespeak and Erasure. [...]
MINYO CRUSADERS FROM JAPAN WITH LOVE BLUE NOTE RECORDS Tokyo’s folk-fusion collective Minyo Crusaders have released their fifth record, From Japan With Love, which is rooted in traditional Japanese folk music, fusing Latin, African, and [...]
EDITORS ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM ‘SURFACE, ECHO & SOUND‘ OUT OCTOBER 30, SHARE NEW SINGLE/VIDEO “THE RUSH” VIA PLAY IT AGAIN SAM PLAY IT AGAIN SAM Today, Editors have announced their 8th studio album, Surface, Echo & [...]
THE JAYHAWKS ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM, SANCTUARY PARK, OUT AUGUST 28TH VIA THIRTY TIGERS THIRTY TIGERS The Jayhawks announce their new album, Sanctuary Park, out August 28th via Thirty Tigers, along with the lead single, “Keeping Our Heads Above [...]
YOUNG THE GIANT w/ COLD WAR KIDS & ALMOST MONDAY @ HISTORY, TORONTO JUNE 22, 2026 Toronto’s HISTORY was packed with energy as Almost Monday, Cold War Kids, and Young the Giant brought an unforgettable evening of alternative rock to one [...]
LET’S JUST START AGAIN A CONVERSATION WITH NICK HEYWARD & LES NEMES OF HAIRCUT 100 When Nick Heyward left Haircut 100 officially in 1983, Haircut 100 soldiered on for their second album, Paint and Paint, while Heyward went on to a solo [...]
AFTER THE ASTRONAUT A CONVERSATION WITH KING COFFEY OF BUTTHOLE SURFERS The wait is over! Butthole Surfers are finally unearthing their lost 1998 album After The Astronaut. After the Astronaut was supposed to be the follow-up to their 1996 [...]
SHAMUS – “SORCERESS” A SPILL EXCLUSIVE VIDEO PREMIERE What do Homer’s Odyssey and a musician’s life on the road have in common? For SHAMUS, aka Shamus Currie — multi-instrumentalist and longtime member of Canadian [...]
JULES IS DEAD PLAYING BURDOCK MUSIC HALL JUNE 25 NEW EP DIGITAL DEATH TO BE RELEASED JUNE 26 Raised on the internet and rooted in rebellion, JULES IS DEAD is ushering in a new era of Gen-Z emo with a voice as sharp as their lyrics. Discovered at [...]
HAIRCUT 100 BOXING THE COMPASS OCTOBER IS ORANGE LTD. Haircut 100 burst on the scene in 1981 with their impressive and massive debut single “Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl)”. The following year they released their debut album, the influential [...]
MARY KARLZEN FOR ALL THAT WE DREAMED OF Y&T MUSIC Since 1992, Mary Karlzen has been working on her skills, both as a songwriter and singer, and she has made some fantastic albums. Since her self-titled 1992 debut, she has continued to tell [...]
ORBITAL ENSEMBLE CONTINUA WE ARE BUSY BODIES Toronto was always a sort of musical melting pot, so it is no wonder that the core trio of Toronto-based, Brazilian native multi-instrumentalist Felipe Sena with co-writers Artu Bastos and Dan McLay [...]
JEFF MILLS THE TRIP TO VEGA AXIS RECORDS Few figures have shaped Detroit’s pioneering electronic music scene in the 1980s as profoundly as Jeff Mills. Among other things, Mills developed a distinctive artistic vision that fused minimal techno [...]
VARIOUS ARTISTS JUST LOOK INSIDE THE COVER – SONGS OF PETE HAM Y&T MUSIC Over the past two years, Y&T Music has done an incredible job honouring the memory and legacy of Pete Ham and Badfinger. They released two albums of his demos [...]
VARIOUS ARTISTS STANZE FREDDE VOL. 3 STANZE FREDDE RECORDS Stanze Fredde is an independent label based in Turin, Italy, and this particular album, Stanze Fredde Vol. 3, is a sampler featuring some of the artists who release music on the label. [...]
RESA SAFFA PARK UNVEILS HAUNTING NEW SINGLE “LOVE IS A LONELY FEELING” INDEPENDENT Oslo-based singer/songwriter and composer Resa Saffa Park unveils new single “Love Is a Lonely Feeling.” Born in Dubai, with her musical [...]
