John Foxx Avenham Metamatic John Foxx has always been a bit of a mystery. One is never sure what he will release next. Last year, he released The Marvelous Notebook, which is a reading of his 2020 novel. Prior to that, he recorded a pretty [...]
Asia Fantasia – Live In Tokyo 2007 BMG Fantasia – Live In Tokyo 2007 was originally released in 2007 and features the classic and original Asia line-up of John Wetton (bass/lead vocals), Geoff Downes (keyboards/vocals), Steve Howe [...]
The Alan Parsons Project The Turn Of A Friendly Card (Deluxe Edition) Cherry Red Records Alan Parsons continues to re-release the classic (and hugely successful) Alan Parsons Project albums. The Turn Of A Friendly Card was originally released in [...]
Agony Street Italian Whisky FHEBRE Records/Silverton Agony Street was the Swedish duo which consisted of Gudmundur Bragason and the late Klas Qvist, who recorded under the name Citizen K. Sadly, Qvist passed away in 2021, but he left quite a [...]
BETWEEN WAKING AND DREAMING A CONVERSATION WITH STEVE KILBEY OF THE CHURCH “That was a hit in Canada,” Steve Kilbey remembered about their single “The Unguarded Moment”, when we sat down for a conversation via Zoom. “They flew us to Canada, to [...]
Deborah Fialkiewicz Daughters Of The Industrialists Independent Deborah Fialkiewicz describes herself as a “Transgender experimental electronic musician”. However, labels only tell part of her story. She has carved out a remarkable career and [...]
Bob Dylan Fragments – Time Out Of Mind Sessions (1996-1997) The Bootleg Series Vol. 17 Legacy/Colombia/Sony Bob Dylan continues his bootleg series with number 17. For this box set, Fragments – Time Out Of Mind Sessions (1996 – [...]
Marianne Faithfull Kissin’ Time (Reissue) BMG By 2002 Marianne Faithful was eager to return to a more contemporary sound following albums in which she focused on Kurt Weill. These include Weill recording and performing his opera The Seven [...]
WINTERSONG MUSIC FESTIVAL: MEN WITHOUT HATS & STARS @ SPRING LAKES GOLF CLUB, WHITCHURCH-STOUFFVILLE JANUARY 21, 2023 Whitchurch-Stouffville was the place to be on a damp, cold and snowy January day for some very exciting music. Bringing the [...]
BENJAMIN RUSSELL AND ROB STUART SOMETHING IN F MINOR TCBE RECORDS This debut album, Something In F Minor by the duo of Benjamin Russel and Rob Stuart is an impressive affair. Although this is their debut album as a duo, both musicians/artists [...]
UNI & The Urchins Simulator Chimera Music UNI & The Urchins were originally known as Uni, and under that name, they released several singles over the last couple of years. The band is composed of Jack James Busa (vocalist) and former [...]
Deadbeat Superheroes Edmonton Independent In 2011, guitarist Vikas Sharma and vocalist Ayesha Adhami joined forces for what would become the musical collective Deadbeat Superheroes. Fast forward to 2023, and Deadbeat Superheroes continue to make [...]
Alex Southey Common Fantasies Independent Alex Southey is an extremely prolific writer/performer and Common Fantasies is another selection of songs from him to keep his audience on their toes and to keep them guessing. Although he is known to [...]
closetjudas entelechy Independent Mike Powell is closetjudas and entelechy is his most recent EP. It is the followup to 2019’s lunacy + the second naïveté. Since 2016 closejudas has released quite a bit of music and entelechy continues to show [...]
HEY, LET’S PUT ON A SHOW A CONVERSATION WITH DIRECTOR RON CHAPMAN & CONCERT PROMOTER JOHN BROWER There are rock events in history that have a lasting effect on society. It is never known at the time that history is being made, but it [...]
REVIVAL69: THE CONCERT THAT ROCKED THE WORLD PHOTON FILMS/MYRIAD PICTURES DECEMBER 16, 2022 Revival69 is a famous, yet little spoken about, rock festival that happened in Toronto. The concert became well-known and legendary thanks to a top ten [...]
Cheap Trick Live At The Whisky 1977 Real Gone Music Cheap Trick was not an overnight success. The band formed as Cheap Trick, in 1973 after having been together in one configuration or another since 1967. In 1975 Robin Zander joined the band [...]
Terry Draper Bread And Cirkus Terry Tunes Records Terry Draper is back with a new album, his best album to date. Bread And Cirkus is an album of 14 songs which are musically diverse. It is musically and lyrically a brilliant album. Klaatu, of [...]
I’M TALKIN’ ABOUT A LIFETIME PLAN REMINISCING WITH GRAEHAM GOBLE OF LITTLE RIVER BAND “Toronto? We played there once. The El Mocambo Club. The most memorable show, maybe, in my whole career. Incredible! Because, the audience was [...]
THE ROCK AND COAL BREAKDOWN SPILL MAGAZINE DISSECTS SOME OF THE BEST/WORST 2022 CHRISTMAS RELEASES (PART ONE) Christmastime is here again, ain’t been around since you know when….that means new Christmas music. This year, there seems to be a lot [...]
Shriekback Bowlahoola Shriekprods Shriekback was formed in 1981, and now in 2022 the band’s core is Barry Andrews (one of the founders of the band), Carl Marsh (who has been with the band since the beginning) and Martyn Barker (who joined the [...]
David Crosby & The Lighthouse Band Live At The Capitol Theatre Three Blind Mice/BMG It is hard to believe that Live At The Capitol Theatre is David Crosby’s third solo live album. Why it is hard to believe is because Crosby has been more [...]
Little River Band Ultimate Hits/Masterpieces Universal Music A Little River Band revival is long overdue and therefore it is perfect timing for these collections to be released. Ultimate Hits and Masterpieces are two separate albums but should [...]
Elvis Presley Elvis On Tour RCA/Sony From January 1972 through to November 1972, Elvis Presley performed 96 concerts in 15 cities, which included his famous and quite frankly, triumphant shows at Madison Square Garden. Several of the shows were [...]
