WARREN HAYNES RELEASES LIVE VERSION OF “SHAKEDOWN STREET” OFF FORTHCOMING DREAMS & SONGS SYMPHONIC ALBUM & REVEALS FULL TRACK LISTING EVIL TEEN RECORDS GRAMMY® Award-winning vocalist, songwriter, guitar legend, producer, and Gov’t Mule [...]
GOOSEBERRY – “GO FISH” A SPILL EXCLUSIVE MUSIC PREMIERE Brooklyn-based trio Gooseberry channel alternative rock, indie, and blues into a sharp, swaggering sound that’s earned comparisons to The White Stripes and Arctic Monkeys. [...]
AKEEM OH | NOISE HOTEL | CHARLIE NOIR | LAILA | TROYMAN | PHANTOM HIGH | WILLEM JAMES COWAN | WILD REMEDY | FÉLIXE ARTIST NAME: AKEEM OH 1. What’s your favourite thing about a festival like NXNE? NXNE brings this sort of energy to Toronto [...]
CHICO DETOUR’S “I WANT IT” MUSIC VIDEO STOMPS ON THE GAS AND LET’S ‘ER RIP DEN TAPES “I Want It” is the opening track and centerpiece of Chico Detour’s new EP, Wash It Down, out now on Den Tapes. [...]
BUTCHER BABIES RELEASE NEW SINGLE “BLAME IT ON THE WIND” JUDGE & JURY RECORDS Butcher Babies have released their powerful new single “Blame it on the Wind,” produced by Howard Benson. This marks the fourth release from their forthcoming [...]
JANE’S PARTY SHARE NEW DOUBLE SINGLE “REST OF OUR LIVES” & “RELIC OF THE TIMES” INDEPENDENT On June 2, Toronto indie outfit Jane’s Party shared their new single “Rest of Our Lives,” a driving, open-road [...]
MASTODON RELEASE “YOUR GHOST AGAIN” | ANNOUNCE NORTH AMERICAN TOUR INCLUDING MONTREAL & TORONTO LOMA VISTA RECORDINGS Distilling the intensity of an incredibly difficult year, Mastodon have returned with a sonically massive and [...]
PUBLIC IMAGE LIMITED (PIL) ADD RIOT FEST TO NORTH AMERICAN DATES | TOUR BEGINS SEPTEMBER 3 WITH SPECIAL GUESTS PLAGUE VENDOR PiL John Lydon’s iconoclastic band, Public Image Ltd (PiL), have just added a new date to their extensive fall tour; an [...]
HOLLY HEBE EMBRACES CHAOS, HEARTBREAK AND ESCAPISM ON NEW SINGLE “CRYING YOUR EYES OUT” + ANNOUNCES MOOD RING NATIONAL TOUR INDEPENDENT Holly Hebe continues her rapid ascent as one of Australia’s most exciting breakthrough artists [...]
THE FIN. ARE PLAYING DRAKE UNDERGROUND ON JUNE 16 IN SUPPORT OF THEIR LATEST ALBUM SOMEWHERE BETWEEN After touring the UK and US, Kobe-born, London-based duo The fin. return with Somewhere Between — their fourth album and first full-length in [...]
FIVE MEMBERS WORKING TOGETHER IN HARMONY A CONVERSATION WITH JON DAVISON OF YES Yes formed in London in 1968 with their debut album Yes being released one year later. The original line-up of Yes was the founding members Jon Anderson (vocals, [...]
NOT JUST A GUY FROM TV A CONVERSATION WITH GREG EVIGAN There has always been more to Greg Evigan than meets the eye. As an actor, he has entertained generations of television fans since the 1970s, as the titular “B.J.” in B.J. and the Bear. He [...]
IDENTITY, TRANSFORMATION & THE MEANING OF SURRENDERING A CONVERSATION WITH JAKE LUHRS OF AUGUST BURNS RED As the lighting in the hotel lobby creates this sense of calm and serenity over August Burns Red’s vocalist, Jake Luhrs, one can also [...]
HARLEY OLIVIA | KREESHA TURNER | DROP DEAD POPPIES | MOA | J3M | PLUS! | LINX | JACKIE ART | DRUNK CAT ARTIST NAME: HARLEY OLIVIA 1. What’s your favourite thing about a festival like NXNE? NXNE is amazing because it is an opportunity to [...]
ANI AFTER DEATH – “VR THEME” THE BROKEN RECORDS “VR Theme” is the fifth single from trip-hop/alternative artist Ani After Death. VR Theme” is built on cinematic trip-hop textures, deep bass lines, hypnotic [...]
ESSEX – “EIGHTIES” CLEOPATRA RECORDS Essex is back! The singularly-named singer who made his debut earlier this year alongside Runaways legend Cherie Currie on the viral hit “When You’re Young,” returns with his first ever solo [...]
ANN WILSON – IN MY VOICE (FILM SCREENING AND Q&A WITH ANN WILSON AND DIRECTOR BARBARA HALL) INDEPENDENT MAY 11, 2026 (MAY 30, 2026 TORONTO SCREENING) You might expect a documentary about Heart frontwoman Ann Wilson to be about what it [...]
SPILL CONTEST WIN 2 TICKETS TO THE ADVANCE SCREENING OF THE NOFX DOCUMENTARY 40 YEARS OF FUCKIN’ UP JUNE 4 AT THE ROYAL THEATRE IN TORONTO! ENTER NOW + OFTEN! WINNERS WILL RECEIVE: 2 PASSES TO THE SCREENING OF 40 YEARS OF [...]
ALT-J’S JOE NEWMAN, AKA JJEROME87, RELEASES NEW TRACK “MR ALLIGATOR” | DEBUT ALBUM THE CANYON OUT JUNE 26 VIRGIN MUSIC GROUP Offering a final preview of his solo debut album The Canyon, JJerome87 (alt-J frontman Joe Newman) [...]
STARCLEANER REUNION RELEASE NEW SINGLE “WEATHER INSTRUMENT” AHEAD OF DATES w/ TAGABOW, JAMC & MORE TAKE CARE RECORDS On Thursday, May 28, New York City’s favorite retro-futurist pop act Starcleaner Reunion is sharing [...]
PETER MURPHY – “SWOON (MAGIC WANDS REMIX)” | REMIX OF SONG FROM 2025 ALBUM BY ICONIC POST-PUNK SINGER METROPOLIS RECORDS Original post-punk icon Peter Murphy issued “Swoon” in February 2025 as the first single from [...]
SUGAR MINOTT – “I’M STILL HERE” B/W “I’M STILL HERE (VERSION)” DAPTONE RECORDS The dream team of Sugar Minott and Victor Axelrod returns with a deep rub-a-dub reggae take on The Notation’s lowrider [...]
KING LUDD RETURNS WITH FRENETICALLY CHARGED SINGLE “TIRED” VIA ZBTFD RECORDS FEATURING MEMBERS OF DEAD TIRED, THE TREWS, MONSTER TRUCK AND MORE Hamilton’s King Ludd returns with the release of new frenetically charged single, [...]
BETS – “I’LL MAKE YOU MINE” A SPILL EXCLUSIVE MUSIC PREMIERE Alt-pop-star, BETS (the pseudonym of artist Betsy Hershey) returns with new single, “I’ll Make You Mine” due May 29, 2026. Releasing music for [...]
