LARKK CINDERS (INSTRUMENTAL) INDEPENDENT/AWAL Danielle McTaggart is best known as the lead singer of Dear Rouge. But there is another side to her, Larkk. This is McTaggart by herself making peaceful and beautiful music that is so very much [...]
SON LUX OUT INTO THIS IS MERU/CITY SLANG Son Lux started out in 2007 as a solo project for Ryan Lott, but by 2015 Rafiq Bhatia (guitars) and Ian Chang (drums) joined the band, which took them in a new direction. The fact that both members [...]
ROGER TAYLOR VIOLENCE INSANE IN A BEAUTIFUL WORLD COLUMBIA RECORDS Ringo Starr, Phil Collins, and Don Henley are just a few examples of drummers who have had successful solo careers. You could add Roger Taylor of Queen to that list. He may not [...]
THE MARY WALLOPERS PADDYWHACKERY BC RECORDS The Mary Wallopers, the pride of Dundalk, Ireland are back with their third album, and first since 2023’s Irish Rock N Roll. A lot has changed since 2023, most notably, a founding member, Seán McKenna [...]
DRAGONFLIES DRAGONFLIES DARK HORSE RECORDS/BMG Dragonflies is the duo of Dhani Harrison and Nigel Godrich, who began working together after Harrison reached out to Godrich for guidance on what would become Harrison’s most recent solo album [...]
YOKO ONO IT’S ALRIGHT (I SEE RAINBOWS) SECRETLY CANADIAN It’s Alright (I See Rainbows) was originally released in 1982 and was Yoko Ono’s sixth solo studio album. It was also the second album following the murder of John Lennon. While her [...]
SOMETHING TOO IRISH A CONVERSATION WITH CHARLES HENDY OF THE MARY WALLOPERS The Mary Wallopers are back with their third album, Paddywhackery, and a North American tour in 2027 which brings them to History in Toronto in March. The band just [...]
D.D.DANAHY D3 INDEPENDENT Darren Douglas Danahy, known as D.D.Danahy, now also known as D3 is a very talented musician and artist. He is a member of Keldari Station, The Amaretto Sours, and Hidden Frequency. He has also released several solo [...]
DAVY JONES | MICKY DOLENZ LET ME ENTERTAIN YOU: ON THE ROAD WITH DAVY | TIMELESS 7a RECORDS | FRIDAY RIGHTS Although he has been gone since 2012, there is still some music by Davy Jones the world has yet to hear. 7a Records have established [...]
THE GENTRYS IT’S BEEN SO LONG SUN RECORDS The Gentrys were a rock band that made it very big in 1965 with their song “Keep On Dancing.” Other hits followed (“Everyday I Have To Cry” and “Spread It On Thick”) mainly in the UK, but the band [...]
УВБ-76 LEAN INTO THE SORROW HITACHI HOME VIDEO/INDEPENDENT УВБ-76 is Michael Mitchell and the name he records under, УВБ-76, is the Cyrillic spelling of UVB-76, the name of a mysterious shortwave signal known as ‘The Buzzer’, which has been [...]
ANGUS & JULIA STONE KARAOKE BAR VIRGIN MUSIC Angus & Julia Stone formed their musical partnership in 2006, and Karaoke Bar is their sixth studio album. The siblings hail from Australia, and in their native country they have had several [...]
BEN FOLDS FIVE BEN FOLDS FIVE (30th ANNIVERSARY EDITION) UNIVERSAL MUSIC It was always surprising, to me anyway, that Ben Folds Five’s self-titled debut album did as well as it did when it was first released in 1996. The combination of [...]
THE STORIES BEHIND THE IMAGES A CONVERSATION WITH PHOTOGRAPHER BOB GRUEN If you are a record collector, I guarantee that you have several albums with the name Bob Gruen on it. Bob Gruen has been taking iconic photos of rock and music stars since [...]
MITCHELL COHEN – WAKE ME, SHAKE ME: NEW YORK CITY, THE ’60s & THE POP-ROCK YOUTHQUAKE TROUSER PRESS BOOKS BOOK REVIEW BY AARON BADGLEY Wake Me, Shake Me: New York City, The 60s & The Pop-Rock Youthquake is a very specific [...]
BANANARAMA TRUE CONFESSIONS (40th ANNIVERSARY EDITION) LONDON RECORDS Has it really been 40 years since Bananarama finally made it in North America with their third album, True Confessions? It is hard to believe. Listening to it in 2026, the [...]
NIGHT RANGER BEST OF FRONTIERS MUSIC SRL Night Ranger is a misunderstood band. Since their debut album in 1982 (Dawn Patrol), they have released 13 studio albums. But perhaps because they best known for their hit single “Sister Christian” (from [...]
IRISH MILLIE CAN YOU SEE ME? INDEPENDENT Even though she is only 19, Can You See Me? is Irish Millie’s third album since she debuted in 2020. Can You See Me? has its roots in folk, but there is a lot more to the album. Yes, the traditional [...]
PEIRSON ROSS & DOPAMINE DREAM HOMAGE TO LOVE: RECORDED LIVE @ KENSINGTON SOUND INDEPENDENT Intimate is a word that is used quite often in describing a musical event. However, it really is the only word to describe this live recording. [...]
IT IS A ROCK SHOW, IT IS NOT LIKE A FILM MUSIC SHOW A CONVERSATION WITH DANNY ELFMAN When Oingo Boingo was making waves in 1980 with their debut album, no one would have suspected that Danny Elfman, the frontman and founder, would leave the band [...]
LEONARD GRAVES PHILLIPS – THE DICKIES AND ME – THE LIFE AND TIMES OF LEONARD GRAVES PHILLIPS CLEOPATRA RECORDS BOOK REVIEW BY AARON BADGLEY Try to imagine, it is 1978, punk is at full force, and for the most part, a serious and angry [...]
THE TRAGICALLY HIP LIVE JULY 22 – AUGUST 20, 2016 UNIVERSAL MUSIC The Tragically Hip burst onto the music scene from Kingston, Ontario and very quickly ascended to rock royalty in Canada. There were many factors. Their music, their stage [...]
THE CRAMPS GRAVEST GRAVY VENGEANCE RECORDS Lux Interior met Poison Ivy in Sacramento, California, in 1972. By 1976, they had moved to New York, added Bryan Gregory (guitar) and his sister Pam “Balam” (drums). As The Cramps, they [...]
KEB’ MO’ THE BREAKDOWN CONCORD RECORDS Keb’ Mo’ (also known as Kevin Roosevelt Moore) has been making music since the 1970s, but his debut album, Rainmaker, was not released until 1980. Since then, he has released 20 studio/live albums. The [...]
