TYLER SONNICHSEN – THE DEAD MILKMEN J-CARD PRESS BOOK REVIEW BY JOHN PORTER It’s hard to understand how one even begins to tell the story of The Dead Milkmen, being the incongruous fits even for the punk scene that they are, but credit to [...]
JENNIFER FOSTER – “FEEL WHAT I FEEL” INDEPENDENT Singer-songwriter Jennifer Foster kicks off summer with “Feel What I Feel,” a vibrant pop-rock tune powered by jangly acoustic guitar, driving drums, vintage synths, [...]
TAXI GIRLS STATIC STOMP RECORDS/WILD HONEY RECORDS Having released two EPs – Coming Up Roses and Rainy in 2023 and 2024, respectively – Montreal’s Taxi Girls have released their debut, full-length album, Static. Championed by Iggy Pop, and [...]
JJEROME87 THE CANYON MUSHROOM MUSIC | VIRGIN Alt-J frontman Joe Newman transforms, chameleon-like, into JJerome87 for The Canyon, his solo debut, and his music goes with him. Never one to miss a chance for innovation, Newman sets his stall out [...]
CASTLEBEAT CASTLEBEAT II SPIRIT GOTH Ten years after CASTLEBEAT’s self-titled debut, Josh Hwang returns to where it all began with CASTLEBEAT II. Conceived as an anniversary record that circles back to the project’s original sound, the album [...]
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 [...]
SIAMESE DISSOLUTION LONG BRANCH RECORDS Siamese has come swinging with a new album this month, dissolution. However, with this new record comes a new form of emotional bravery: one that feels like someone sitting in the midnight afterglow of [...]
EDITORS ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM SURFACE, ECHO & SOUND OUT OCTOBER 30 | SHARE NEW SINGLE/VIDEO “THE RUSH” PLAY IT AGAIN SAM Editors have announced their 8th studio album, Surface, Echo & Sound, set for release on October 30, 2026, [...]
THE JAYHAWKS ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM SANCTUARY PARK OUT AUGUST 28 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 Water,” and a fall North [...]
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 [...]
