Marianne Faithfull Negative Capability BMG Marianne Faithfull will turn 72 in December, and, like many artists her age and of her generation, she continues to do what she does best while still pushing boundaries. Since her debut performance in [...]
Bob Dylan More Blood, More Tracks: The Bootleg Series Vol. 14 Sony Music When Blood On The Tracks was released in 1975, it was quickly acclaimed as one Dylan’s best albums, and it has only grown in stature of over time. Quite simply, it is one [...]
oh800 Character Building Infinite Jest Records “I’ve had it up to here with character building,” sings Eoin Rooney with backing from oh800 in their song “Character Building”, the opening song from their debut album of the same name. oh800 are [...]
Various Artists Canada Covers Tom Petty Independent Tom Petty departed this world on October 2, 2017. Just a little over a year later, Jadea Kelly has put together something special to honour Petty while promoting independent Canadian talent. [...]
Deconstructing The Beatles Abramorama Nov 1, 2018 Deconstructing The Beatles is a four DVD set comprised of four previously released DVDs. Each one had been released separately, but now here they all are, all four are compiled into one [...]
Roger Waters The Soldier’s Tale Sony In 1917, while the First World War continued, Igor Stravinsky composed the music for L’Histoire du soldat (The Soldier’s Tale) with the text being written by Charles Ferdinand Ramuz. It was [...]
Blondie Heart Of Glass EP Numero Group/Universal Music 2019 promises to be a big year for Blondie fans. According to the band, Blondie are set to re-release their catalogue with many never before heard songs and versions of their hits. To whet [...]
STEREO in SOLO Somewhere Out There – The Xtended Versions EP M&S/Believe Earlier this year, the brilliant Thierry Noritop returned with his new project STEREO in SOLO and the album Somewhere Out There. Now he continues with new music [...]
The Kinks The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society – 50th Anniversary Edition Sanctuary Records In November, 1968 The Kinks released The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society, an album that is now considered a [...]
Jim Dan Dee Jim Dan Dee Independent Hailing from Toronto, but sounding like they come out of the deep south, Jim Dan Dee have created a distinct style of the blues that crosses over into several other genres. Jim Dan Dee is their first [...]
Yoko Ono Warzone Chimera Records Yoko Ono’s debut solo album Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band was released in November 1970, and since then she has astounded and sometimes confused rock audiences with her own style of music. Let me stress, it has [...]
Blancmange Wanderlust Blanc Check Records Wanderlust is the sixth album released by Blancmange since original member, and one half of the band, Stephen Luscombe left the band due to health issues. Neil Arthur has carried on with the name, and [...]
Strawbs @ Hugh’s Room, Toronto October 16, 2018 The Strawbs played two consecutive nights at Hugh’s Room in Toronto. The second also happened to be their 35th appearance at that venue. A remarkable feat for any band, but Strawbs are not [...]
Strvngers Exhumed Vol. II Negative Gain Productions Welcome to the dark world of Strvngers. Strvngers is Maria Joaquin (vocals) and KC (keyboards/vocals) and they have been making music together since 2015. In the last three years, they have [...]
BEASTED BY REALITY A CONVERSATION WITH CITY OF THIEVES VOCALIST JAMIE LAILEY It is comforting to know that rock ‘n‘ roll, especially hard rock is alive and well. The older artists and pioneers are still recording and touring (such as Uriah [...]
Dave Davies Decade Red River Entertainment As a solo artist, Dave Davies is one of the most prolific artists of all time. Much like George Harrison, who happened to be in a band with a famous songwriting duo, Davies was in a band with his [...]
Nazareth Tattooed On My Brain Frontiers Music Nazareth has returned with their 24th studio album. Their last album was in 2014 (Rock ‘n’ Roll Telephone) and with the release of Tattooed On My Brain they have hit their 50th anniversary milestone. [...]
City Of Thieves Beast Reality Frontiers Music Beast Reality is the debut album from London’s hard rocking City Of Thieves. They have released two EPs (Incinerator and Acoustic) but Beast Reality is their first full length album. Some of the [...]
JERRY HAMMACK – THE BEATLES RECORDING REFERENCE MANUAL: VOLUME 3: SGT. PEPPER’S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND THROUGH MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR (LATE 1966 – 1967) Createspace Independent Publishing Platform – October 11, 2018 ISBN – [...]
Jessica Lee Morgan Re:Boot Space Records Re:Boot is Jessica Lee Morgan’s third solo studio release. It is her first album since 2017’s brilliant Around The Block. Re:Boot is a stunning and brave release. It is a reworking and reimagined version [...]
Phosphorescent C’est La Vie Dead Oceans Phosphorescent is really one person, Matthew Houck. Originally from Alabama, now based out of Nashville by way of Brooklyn. He has been performing and recording under the name Phosphorescent since [...]
John Lennon Imagine: The Ultimate Collection Universal Music Imagine was originally released in 1971 and was credited to John Lennon and Plastic Ono Band, but in actual fact it was John Lennon’s second solo album, his first being Plastic Ono [...]
Nitzer Ebb 1982-2010 Box Set Pylon Records The title for this expansive box set says it all. Ten albums (vinyl) featuring all five of the albums they originally released on Geffen (North America) and Mute (U.K./Europe). Those albums are: That [...]
Psychic Temple Houses Of The Holy Vol. 1 Joyful Noise Chris Schlarb formed Psychic Temple in 2010 and since then they have released five studio albums, each one different from the last. For this EP, Houses Of The Holy, Vol. 1, the band decided [...]
