HOWARD JONES PIANO COMPOSED IVORY & PIANO COMPOSED SPIRIO CHERRY RED RECORDS Howard Jones never really does what you would expect him to do. He has returned to classical music with the Piano Composed albums, one called Ivory and the other [...]
POST DEATH SOUNDTRACK IN ALL MY NIGHTMARES I AM ALONE INDEPENDENT In All My Nightmares I Am Alone is Vancouver’s Post Death Soundtrack’s fifth studio album, and their first since 2024’s Veil Lifter. The band is now more or less a solo project [...]
WHEN EVERY NOTE GOES UNDER THE MICROSCOPE A CONVERSATION WITH HOWARD JONES Howard Jones was not an overnight success, but it seemed that way when he released his debut single “New Song”, which was a worldwide hit single. His debut album, Human’s [...]
PETER MURPHY SILVER SHADE METROPOLIS RECORDS Peter Murphy finally returns with a new studio album, his first since 2014’s Lion. He released a number of live albums since then, but when he delivers a studio album, there is much to be celebrate. [...]
KALEO MIXED EMOTIONS ATLANTIC RECORDS KALEO is a rock/blues/country band from Iceland (Mosfellsbær, to be exact) who have been making their own brand of music since 2013, when they released their debut album, Kaleo. Mixed Emotions is their [...]
LITTLE FEAT STRIKE UP THE BAND HOT TOMATO Little Feat is a true legendary band. While there have been numerous member changes since they formed in 1969, Little Feat has endured and maintained a trademark sound. That doesn’t mean everything [...]
DOPE LEMON GOLDEN WOLF BMG MUSIC Dope Lemon is Angus Stone, from Australia. He is one half of the sibling duo, Angus and Julia Stone, who have made some great folk-rock albums. Beginning in 2016, Stone has been recording as Dope Lemon and Golden [...]
CHRISTOPHER CROSS CHRISTOPHER CROSS (EXPANDED EDITION) OMNIVORE/SEEKER MUSIC Christopher Cross seemed like an overnight sensation when he exploded onto the music world in 1980. The truth was, however, that he had been singing and writing for [...]
ANDY BELL TEN CROWNS CROWN RECORDINGS LTD. Vince Clarke and Andy Bell joined forces as Erasure in 1985, when they released their debut single, “Who Needs Love Like That”. Erasure is still going strong (they have released 19 studio albums), but [...]
MESSER CHUPS DON’T WORRY, BE CREEPY GUITARACULA RECORDS/HI-TIDE & NU-TONE RECORDINGS Messer Chups debuted in 2004 with the album, Vamp Babies. Nearly 21 years later, the punk band from St. Petersburg, Russia has released a number of [...]
THE FLOWER KINGS LOVE INSIDE OUT MUSIC Roine Stolt formed The Flower Kings in 1994 in order to tour and promote his solo album The Flower King. That touring group morphed into The Flower Kings, and Love is their 17th studio album (they have also [...]
MISSVNARIES OV CHARITY PETROLEVM JELLY UTÅT NERÅT RECORDS/INÅT BAKÅT MISSVNARIES ov CHARITY is a three-piece band, based in Copenhagen. Their name translates to Missionaries of Charity. Petrolevm Jelly is their second release (they released [...]
MARK GANE GARDEN MUSIC MUFFIN MUSIC Mark Gane, of Martha And The Muffins fame, has been working on Garden Music, his first solo album, for many years. He wanted to get it just right, and he did. Garden Music is very different from what you may [...]
THIS IS HOW THE FUTURE SOUNDS A CONVERSATION WITH INGE LAMBOO Inge Lamboo is a young, talented, and brilliant artist who utilises social media to get her music out there and noticed. And she has accomplished a great deal in her career already. [...]
HAREM SCAREM CHASING EUPHORIA FRONTIERS MUSIC SRL Canada’s Harem Scarem has been making records since 1991 and has built up a substantial audience over the years. Chasing Euphoria is their 16th album and the first since 2020’s Chase The World. [...]
IT’S TIME TO DO RIGHT, WORDS CANNOT BE WISER A CONVERSATION WITH ROINE STOLT OF THE FLOWER KINGS Roine Stolt is a rock legend in Sweden (where he is from) and all over the world. Whether he is performing as a solo artist, or as a member of [...]
VARIOUS ARTISTS GOING OUT OF MY HEAD: ADVENTURES ON THE INDIE DANCEFLOOR 1995-1999 CHERRY RED RECORDS Each decade has several dominating genres that flood a dance floor, and it was no different in the 1990s. The difference in the late 1990s was [...]
DOMI HAWKEN WATER AND THE WINE INDEPENDENT The term ‘mash-up’ is used far too often and not always correctly. In the case of Domi Hawken, there really is no other term to describe her own brand of music. There are elements of punk, hard rock, [...]
SIMPLE MINDS LIVE IN THE CITY OF DIAMONDS BMG Simple Minds is a band that enjoys what it does. They have established themselves as a classic band and still they continue to release new (and brilliant music) and they tour relentlessly. Simple [...]
PEARL HARBOR & THE EXPLOSIONS PEARL HARBOR & THE EXPLOSIONS LIBERATION HALL/MVD Pearl Harbor & The Explosions may have been part of the punk movement in San Francisco, but they were never really punk. By 1980, Pearl Harbor and The [...]
DISLOCATED THROUGH OUR SUFFERATION A CONVERSATION WITH JULIAN SHAH-TAYLER Julian Shah-Tayler has been making music for a long time. He has established himself with bands and, perhaps most importantly, a solo artist. In fact, he used the name The [...]
VERY LITTLE ON THE INTERNET IS FOREVER A CONVERSATION WITH CAM GORDON, CREATOR OF TRACK CHANGES: THE ORIGIN STORY OF CANADIAN MUSIC ON THE INTERNET (1990 – 2010) There has always been an assumption that everything on the internet is there [...]
WHERE DID YOU GO A CONVERSATION WITH BARBARA LYNCH Barbara Lynch is a Canadian musical treasure. With three full-length albums, she has established herself as one of Canada’s foremost storytelling folk artists. Perhaps calling her folk is doing [...]
THE TASK OF MAKING A FILM THAT JOHN AND YOKO WOULD APPROVE OF A CONVERSATION WITH DIRECTOR SAM RICE-EDWARDS 2025 seems to be a banner year for John Lennon and Yoko Ono documentaries. Three have been released, each covering a very specific time [...]
