SON LUX RISK OF MAKE BELIEVE CITY SLANG Risk Of Make Believe is the first new music from Son Lux since 2023’s very successful and Academy Award-nominated soundtrack for Everything Everywhere All At Once (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack). The [...]
RINGO STARR PRESS CONFERENCE RYMAN AUDITORIUM, NASHVILLE (TN) Ringo Starr played two nights at the famed Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee on January14 and 15 to sold-out crowds. Not only that, but he was joined by many special guests and [...]
PHILIP RAMBOW I’M AN ARTIST INDEPENDENT It has been far too long since we had an album of new material from Philip Rambow. Here, on I’m An Artist, Rambow has returned with 11 songs of what he does best. These are personal and emotional songs set [...]
RINGO STARR LOOK UP UNIVERSAL MUSIC Ringo Starr has always had a love of country music. With The Beatles he recorded a cover of Buck Owens’ “Act Naturally” and always spoke about his appreciation of that genre. Country music was always very [...]
CONSIDER INFINITY AND BLOW YOUR MIND A CONVERSATION WITH TERRY DRAPER (EX-KLAATU) Since Klaatu called it a day more than 40 years ago Terry Draper has established a very successful solo career. Since his debut solo album, 1997’s Light Years [...]
I KNOW IT’S ONLY MISTLETOE (BUT I LIKE IT) SPILL MAGAZINE DIGS DEEP INTO SOME OF THE BEST/WORST 2024 CHRISTMAS RELEASES (PART ONE) Well, it is that time of year again, to gather friends and family and get together for Christmas, the most [...]
PROPAGANDA PLUS 5 BUREAU B Propaganda’s latest release, Plus 5, is a very interesting and well-constructed release, that is on one hand very techno, and on the other, quite chill and relaxing. Ralf Dörper (keyboards) and Michael Mertens [...]
BLUE ÖYSTER CULT 50th ANNIVERSARY LIVE – THIRD NIGHT FRONTIERS MUSIC From September 21 through to September 22, 2022, Blue Öyster Cult performed three very special shows at Sony Hall in New York City. They performed, in their entirety, [...]
MOVIELAND THEN & NOW 604 RECORDS Vancouver’s Movieland made a name for themselves in the 1990s with their shoegaze style of music. They established themselves due to their music being quite different from the then popular world of grunge. [...]
ALLAN KOZINN AND ADRIAN SINCLAIR – THE MCCARTNEY LEGACY: VOLUME 2: 1974 – 80 DEY STREET BOOKS BOOK REVIEW BY AARON BADGLEY Allan Kozinn and Adrian Sinclair’s first volume of The McCartney Legacy was not just well received, it has become an [...]
VARIOUS ARTISTS BEST OF JETHRO TULL (REDUX) MAGNETIC EYE RECORDS Best Of Jethro Tull (Redux) is the second of two Jethro Tull tribute albums from Magnetic Eye Records. Both albums feature ‘heavy metal’ interpretations of classic Jethro Tull [...]
VARIOUS ARTISTS AQUALUNG (REDUX) MAGNETIC EYE RECORDS Jethro Tull has been classified as an art rock band, prog rock, folk rock, and just play rock. They have never been seen as a heavy metal band. Sure, guitarist Martin Barre could trade licks [...]
JETHRO TULL THE JETHRO TULL CHRISTMAS ALBUM – FRESH SNOW AT CHRISTMAS CENTURY MEDIA RECORDS/INSIDE OUT MUSIC Originally titled The Jethro Tull Christmas Album when it was released in 2003, this was Jethro Tull’s 21st studio album and the last to [...]
TODD RUNDGREN GLOBAL (REISSUE) CLEOPATRA RECORDS Global was originally released in 2015 and was Todd Rundgren’s 25th studio album. This was a particularly prolific time for Rundgren, who released two albums that year. This re-release, on [...]
I STILL RECALL MAGIC SUMMERS A CONVERSATION WITH BURTON CUMMINGS Burton Cummings is an icon. At 16, he left school and made the decision that music was his career. In 1964, he joined The Deverons, who released two singles in Winnipeg and [...]
SIMON SPENCE – FEELING SUPERSONIC: FROM MADCHESTER TO BRITPOP BACKSTAGE BOOKS BOOK REVIEW BY AARON BADGLEY Who would have thought that 2024 was the year of Oasis, and it looks like that will be repeated in 2025. The Gallagher brothers, [...]
JOAN ARMATRADING HOW DID THIS HAPPEN AND WHAT DOES IT NOW MEAN BMG Joan Armatrading’s 21st studio album, How Did This Happen And What Does It Now Mean, is her first album since 2021’s Consequence, and her first new rock songs in three years. As [...]
FATHER JOHN MISTY MAHASHMASHANA SUB POP RECORDS Josh Tillman, also known as Father John Misty, has been making music for over 20 years. Since 2012’s Fear Fun, the majority of releases are under the name Father John Misty. Mahashmashana is Father [...]
TIM BOVACONTI AGAIN INDEPENDENT Tim Bovaconti is a veteran of the Canadian music scene. His CV is very impressive, with the list of artists he has worked with being the who’s who of artists, including Burton Cummings, Ron Sexsmith, Kim [...]
GEORGE HARRISON LIVING IN THE MATERIAL WORLD (50th ANNIVERSARY EDITION) DARK HORSE/BMG There was a lot riding on Living In The Material World when George Harrison released the album in 1973. His All Things Must Pass album proved to be one of the [...]
CLOSETJUDAS SONDER INDEPENDENT Mike Powell is a musician from Mississauga, ON, now residing in Manitoba where he records under the name closetjudas. SONDER is his most recent release, following his 2022 album, ENTELECHY. Although “simulacra + [...]
ROBIN GUTHRIE ASTORIA SOLEIL APRÈS MINUIT After a three-year absence, Robin Guthrie, formerly of The Cocteau Twins, is not wasting any time in releasing new music. Guthrie released the brilliant EP Atlas in July this year, and now, he has [...]
MIDGE URE LIVE AT THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL 04.10.23 CHRYSALIS RECORDS Midge Ure needs no introduction, as he is a legend who has been at the forefront on the music scene for many decades. From his early days with Thin Lizzy, Slik, and Rich Kids, to [...]
SOFT WINDS AND ROSES A CONVERSATION WITH DIANA PANTON Diana Panton burst on the scene in 2005 with her debut album, . . . yesterday, perhaps. Her recent album, soft winds and roses, is her 15th album, and over the years she has received JUNO [...]
