Paul McCartney Choba B CCCP (Reissue) MPL/Universal Music Paul McCartney continues his re-release projects with four of his live albums. Choba B CCCP, is not so much live album as it is a ‘live in the studio’ recording. It is also one of the [...]
Paul McCartney Paul Is Live (Reissue) MPL/Universal Music Here we have Paul Is Live, one of four of Paul McCartney’s albums being re-released today. It was originally released in November 1993 and documents McCartney’s 1993 New World Tour. It [...]
Paul McCartney Wings Over America (Reissue) MPL/Universal Music Wings Over America is the one album in the set of four of Paul McCartney’s re-releases which is not so much a live album as it is a ‘live in the studio’ recording. Here we have the [...]
LITTLE STEVEN AND THE DISCIPLES OF SOUL @ THE DANFORTH MUSIC HALL, TORONTO JULY 10, 2019 There was a revival in Toronto tonight: Little Steven and The Disciples of Soul returned to town to spread the word of rock and soul at The Danforth Music [...]
CONFESSIONAL, INTIMATE & PERSONAL A CONVERSATION WITH GARY DALY (CHINA CRISIS) For me, it is hard to believe that China Crisis have been around for over 35 years. Their debut single, “African And White” was released on their own independent [...]
Hank Marvin Gold Crimson Records Hank Marvin is a living legend. There is no question or debate to this statement. He is held in high regard by Mark Knopfler, Eric Clapton, Paul McCartney, Brian May and so many more. McCartney even parodied him [...]
Kete Bowers Paper Ships Current Records Paper Ships is a fantastic album from an artist that deserves a great deal of attention. Kete Bowers has written and released an album of folk/Americana/rock songs that will not only resonate but impact [...]
SPEED, STARS AND ENERGY A CONVERSATION WITH ANDY ROURKE & KAV OF BLITZ VEGA Supergroup is a term thrown around a bit too freely, but for Blitz Vega the term is very appropriate. The band features two well-respected superstars in the music [...]
TRAVELLING THE WILDERNESS ROAD A CONVERSATION WITH GINO VANNELLI Canadian rock singer and songwriter Gino Vannelli is an icon. Since his debut album in 1973, Crazy Life, Vannelli has produced, written and recorded some of the most [...]
Various Artists Dark Nouveau Metropolis Records Since 1993, Metropolis Records (based in Philadelphia) has kept the 1980’s dark, electronic music scene alive and quite well. Over the years they have signed bands and released some very [...]
Cisco Adler Hippieland Bananabeat Records Hippieland is Cisco Adler’s fourth solo album, and his first since 2014’s Coastin’. Adler recorded the album in Malibu and it is very much a solo project in that he plays acoustic guitar, bass, drums, [...]
Mattiel Satis Factory ATO Records Atlanta’s Mattiel is a group based around Mattiel Brown, and Satis Factory is its second album. Working closely with Jonah Swilley (who co-produced the album with Randy Michael), Mattiel Brown has come up with [...]
Skyscraper Stan Golden Boy: Vol.I and Vol.II Independent This album was somewhat of a surprise. I truly did not know what to expect, but what I got was a brilliant album full of some dark stories about everyday people and life. Golden Boy is [...]
Various Artists Electronic Voyages: Early Moog Recordings 1964 – 1969 Waveshaper Media Electronic Voyages: Early Moog Recordings 1964 – 1969 is not a soundtrack, but a companion to the upcoming documentary about Robert [...]
Buzzcocks Singles Going Steady (2019 Remastered Version) Domino Records Singles Going Steady was originally released 40 years ago,the first Buzzcocks album released in North America. Basically it was a compilation of all of their singles, [...]
Buzzcocks A Different Kind Of Tension (2019 Remastered Version) Domino Records Few albums have achieved such iconic status as A Different Kind Of Tension. Produced by Martin Rushent, A Different Kind Of Tension was Buzzcocks’ third and final [...]
PicaPica Together & Apart Rough Trade Have you ever wondered what Steeleye Span would have sounded like had Brian Eno produced them? Well, wonder no more. PicaPica’s new album, Together & Apart will answer that question for you. Together [...]
Gary Daly Gone From Here Independent Gone From Here is Gary Daly’s debut solo album. Daly, of course, one of the founding members of China Crisis, a group still very much active and still producing incredible music. Their most recent release [...]
Rebecca Downes More Sinner Than Saint Mad Hat Records More Sinner Than Saint is Rebecca Downes third album and she just keep getting better and better at her craft. This is one hour of solid rocking blues, with some very exciting guitar playing. [...]
ELECTRONIC VOYAGER: RETRACING BOB MOOG’S SONIC JOURNEY A CONVERSATION WITH FILMMAKER AND MUSICIAN JASON AMM Where would rock music be today without the Moog Synthesizer? Maybe it is not as common as it once was, but it was and still is a major [...]
TRYING TO ANSWER QUESTIONS IN MY SONGS A CONVERSATION WITH SIMON BONNEY (CRIME AND THE CITY SOLUTION) Simon Bonney is a genius. There is no argument to that statement. He is a bona fide genius and his music is some of the best of the past three [...]
I WISH I WAS A FISH, HIDING AWAY FROM ALL THIS NONSENSE A CONVERSATION WITH TERRY DRAPER (EX-KLAATU) In 1971, a Toronto band named Whitemail released their debut single, “Lonely Lover”. Two years later, two of the members of Whitemail would [...]
THE UNKNOWN ‘BIG STAR’ A CONVERSATION WITH ALEX CHILTON BASSIST RON MILLER There has been a great deal written about Alex Chilton. He was 16 years old when he had his first chart topper with The Box Tops (“The Letter”), and by the [...]
Betty Moon Hellucination Evolver Music Since 1991, when Betty Moon made her debut with her self-titled album, she has been in control of her career and art. Her latest album, Hellucination, is her ninth studio album, and her first since 2017’s [...]