READY TO SAY FAREWELL A CONVERSATION WITH SAXOPHONIST PAT CAREY OF THE DOWNCHILD BLUES BAND In 1969, brothers Donnie “Mr. Downchild” Walsh and Richard “Hock” Walsh formed the Downchild Blues Band. In 1972, they released their debut album, [...]
EXPERIMENTING AND HAVING FUN…AGAIN A CONVERSATION WITH GUITARIST TIM BOVACONTI Tim Bovaconti may not be a household name…yet. But one thing is for sure, at some point, you have heard him play, or something he produced or even a song he [...]
A THOUSAND WEEKS THE LAST MIRAGE INDEPENDENT The names Fred Jeske and Joe Maydak may seem familiar. It could be that you may be familiar with their other project/band Conduit Of Humanity. Like that band, A Thousand Weeks is a musical collective [...]
THE MOLLIES THE MOLLIES (EP) GREEN STRIPE RECORDS The Mollies is a band out of Toronto and is the brainchild of Jacob Schmor. The Mollies (EP) is their debut EP and it is quite good. They did release a single (“Downtown”) earlier this year, and [...]
DIANA PANTON SOFT WINDS AND ROSES THE SRG/ILS GROUP Diana Panton made her recording debut in 2005 with the album …Yesterday Perhaps, and she quickly established herself in the world of jazz. Her easy yet very strong vocals and wonderful [...]
STAN HARRISON SOME POOR SOUL HAS A FIRE ADHYÂROPA RECORDS Stan Harrison is a well-respected and well-known musician, who has played with a number of artists throughout his career. His CV is a virtual who’s who of the music world. He has played [...]
GOOD LOVELIES WE WILL NEVER BE THE SAME (DELUXE VERSION) OUTSIDE MUSIC To celebrate the one year birthday of We Will Never Be the Same, Good Lovelies have released a deluxe version of the album. The streaming-only album features the original [...]
BRYAN FERRY RETROSPECTIVE: SELECTED RECORDINGS 1973-2023 BMG While David Bowie was busy making headlines and getting into the newspapers in the 1970s, Bryan Ferry was busy creating some of the most influential and innovative music ever recorded. [...]
BON IVER SABLE, JAGJAGUWAR SABLE, is the first new music under the Bon Iver name since the 2019 album I,I. Sure Justin Vernon and the members of the band have been making appearances on other artists albums, but SABLE, is a true Bon Iver EP. [...]
ANDREW BIRD CUNNINGHAM BIRD LOMA VISTA RECORDINGS Some albums are released and are just so odd that no one saw them coming at all. This can be said for Cunningham Bird, the collaborative album by Andrew Bird and Madison Cunningham. Both artists [...]
BRONSKI BEAT AGE OF CONSENT (40th ANNIVERSARY EDITION) LONDON RECORDS/UNIVERSAL MUSIC Age Of Consent was, and is, a groundbreaking album. Musically, Bronski Beat successfully combines disco and electronic music to create something that has been [...]
SOLIDARITY FOREVER: THE ART AND SOUL OF STEVIE VAN ZANDT A CONVERSATION WITH AUTHOR ROBERT LAWSON Author Robert Lawson is a lifelong superfan of Stevie Van Zandt. His new book, Solidarity Forever: The Art and Soul of Stevie Van Zandt, explores [...]
JOHN DOUGLAS w/ LAUREN CALVE @ THE MONARCH TAVERN, TORONTO OCTOBER 15, 2024 On a chilly autumn Tuesday night, The Monarch Tavern hosted an incredible evening of music and stories featuring the headliner John Douglas. The Monarch Tavern was the [...]
THE CHAMELEONS TOMORROW REMEMBER YESTERDAY METROPOLIS RECORDS When The Chameleons released their EP, Where Are You?, in May 2024, it was their first new studio recording in over 20 years. Their last album, Why Call It Anything, was originally [...]
PROPAGANDA PROPAGANDA BUREAU-B Propaganda burst on the scene in 1985 with their iconic debut album, A Secret Wish, on the famous ZTT label. In 1988, they began falling apart. Propaganda, then, is technically their third album, 33 years since [...]
IVAN THE TERRIBLE A CONVERSATION WITH THE BEATLES AND ME ON TOUR AUTHOR IVOR DAVIS George Harrison once said that The Beatles created this hurricane, and they were in the eye of the storm. Really, no one but The Beatles knew what it was like in [...]
ALISON MOYET KEY COOKING VINYL Since Yazoo called it a day in 1983, following the release of two landmark and influential albums, Alison Moyet embarked on a solo career that would change everyone’s view of her. Although she was in a synth-pop [...]
SEX BEAT LIVE AT THE BATCAVE AND OTHER DARK PLACES CLEOPATRA RECORDS London, UK-based Goth band, Sex Beat, managed to release only one single while they were together in the 1980s, the now classic “Pump”, which was all but ignored when it was [...]
BURTON CUMMINGS A FEW GOOD MOMENTS JOJO PRODUCTIONS Burton Cummings has been making music for a very long time. Cummings first went solo with his debut album, Burton Cummings, which proved to be a huge success, making top ten in Canada, and top [...]
HORACE ANDY AND JAH WOBBLE TIMELESS ROOTS CLEOPATRA RECORDS Jamaican-born Horace Andy is an icon and legend. Although he is known for his songwriting, he is equally known for his remarkable voice and interpretation of songs. One of his biggest [...]
BLITZ VEGA NORTHERN GENTLEMAN FUTURESONIC RECORDS/CEN/THE ORCHARD On May 19, 2023, the world lost Andy Rourke. He was a remarkably talented bass player and DJ. He was also working with KAV (Kav Sandu, the former guitarist for Happy Mondays) in a [...]
THERE IS VERY LITTLE POINT TO CREATIVITY IF YOU ARE NOT GOING TO SHARE IT A CONVERSATION WITH ROBIN GUTHRIE In 1997, following 15 years of making some of the most interesting and brilliant albums of the 1980s and 1990s, The Cocteau Twins called [...]
I DON’T WANT TO OVERSTATE IT, BUT HE WAS JUST LYRICAL AND POETIC A CONVERSATION WITH JOHN ENTWISTLE’S PARTNER-IN-CRIME STEVE LUONGO His name might not be instantly recognizable, but not only is drummer Steve Luongo a fantastic musician [...]
HALCYON PHASE CRITICAL MISUNDERSTANDINGS ON THE PRECIPICE INDEPENDENT Critical Misunderstandings On The Precipice the second full-length studio album from Halcyon Phase. It has been a while since we heard from Frank Smith and Phillip Victor [...]
