All posts by Aaron Badgley
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 [...]
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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 [...]
TOMMY BOLIN GREAT GYPSY SOUL CLEOPATRA RECORDS Tommy Bolin was an incredible guitarist. He was diverse and could play many different styles with many different bands. He is best known as a member of Zephyr, The James Gang and Deep Purple (1975 [...]
AFTERIMAGE FACES TO HIDE INDEPENDENT PROJECT RECORDS Throughout rock history, there are a number of bands that existed for a very short time but have an almost mythical reputation. Afterimage is one such band. The original line-up of Los [...]
KIND OF AN ELLIPTICAL WEAVE OR SOMETHING A CONVERSATION WITH JOEL PLASKETT Joel Plaskett first came to music fan’s attention in the early 1990s when he was a member of the band Thrush Hermit. As the band was winding down in 1999, Plaskett was [...]
CHANCE PEÑA EVER-SHIFTING, CONTINUAL BLOSSOMING ONErpm It is hard to believe that Ever-Shifting, Continual Blossoming is the debut album for Chance Peña. The album is overflowing with confidence and strong songs. He may have gotten his start [...]
JOHN JENKINS WEARY INDEPENDENT John Jenkins has been making music for quite a while now, either as a solo artist or with his band. Weary is his brilliant new EP, and the only problem with it is that like a good meal you wish there was just a [...]
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JOEL PLASKETT ONE REAL REVEAL SONGS FOR THE GANG Joel Plaskett is a singer songwriter based in Halifax, NS. Since going solo in 1999 as a member of Thrush Hermit, Plaskett has carved out his own style and, in many ways, developed his own [...]
SCULPTING SOMETHING THAT WILL LAST A CONVERSATION WITH JOHN DOUGLAS (TRASHCAN SINATRAS) Trashcan Sinatras, based in Irvine, Scotland, released their debut album, Cake in 1990. The band built up a solid and loyal following and achieved great [...]
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DAVID GILMOUR LUCK AND STRANGE SONY MUSIC Luck And Strange is David Gilmour’s first studio album in nearly ten years. Gilmour hinted that 2015’s Rattle That Lock was his swan song, thankfully it was not. As good as that album is, Luck And [...]
SUUNS THE BREAKS JOYFUL NOISE RECORDINGS SUNNS are based in Montreal, and consist of Ben Shemie, Joseph Yarmush, and Liam O’Neill. The Breaks is their sixth studio album and their first since 2021’s The Witness. Since 2010, the band has [...]
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