SEEKING HOPE & SEEKING PEACE A CONVERSATION WITH PAUL ARCHER BURNING CODES Burning Codes is not so much a band as it is a concept. It is really the work of one man, Paul Archer, who gets help from friends and family to produce some of the [...]
BREAK APART, LOOK TOGETHER A CONVERSATION WITH WILD MOCCASINS Zahira Gutierrez and Cody Swann, both from Houston, Texas, began playing music together in 2007. It was mostly for fun, but this musical partnership bloomed into the wonderfully [...]
The Dark Live. Create. Destroy. Independent The Dark was formed in Los Angeles in 2015. The band is the brainchild of Brandon Ashley who is the leader of the band. They recorded their debut album, Live. Create. Destroy. in lead singer, Ashley’s [...]
Flesh Eating Foundation We Are Fucked Sonic Entrails Records Flesh Eating Foundation have been recording since 2008, and since then they have amassed quite a catalogue. We Are Fucked is their seventh album, and their best yet. The band consists [...]
Chris Squire Fish Out Of Water Esoteric Records/Cherry Red Records Fish Out of Water was released in 1975, when Yes was on a hiatus. Following 1974’s Relayer, the band took a break while members pursued solo projects. Fish Out Of Water was [...]
Jennifer Warnes Another Time, Another Place BMG Jennifer Warnes released her debut in 1968 (I Can’t Remember Everything), and although the album was critically acclaimed, it failed to chart. However, that album and her second one came to the [...]
Cup Jitter Visions Aagoo Records Cup is Tym Wojcki, based in Brooklyn. Jitter Visions is the eighth studio release under the name Cup, and this album is not for the weak of heart. This is a full on audio assault on the senses, and it is quite [...]
Jonas Bonnetta All This Here Idea Of North Recordings Jonas Bonnetta usually records under the name Evening Hymns, and although Bonnetta usually includes an ambient track on the Evening Hymns albums, All This Here, is his first ambient album. [...]
Okkervil River In The Rainbow Rain ATO Records This is Okkervil River’s first album since 2016’s Away, and their ninth album in total. Leader Will Schiff is back with an album full of strong melodies and stirring lyrics. Usually the band changes [...]
Van Morrison And Joey DeFrancesco You’Re Driving Me Crazy Sony Music/Legacy Recordings Van Morrison fans are having a good year. You’re Driving me Crazy is Van Morrison’s third album since September, 2017. Quite a remarkable feat by [...]
TRON MEETS THE RED LIGHT DISTRICT A CONVERSATION WITH VINCE CLARKE OF ERASURE In 1985 Vince Clarke placed an ad in the music magazine Melody Maker looking for a vocalist for his new project. By 1985, Clarke was already a veteran in the music [...]
DESERTS, ECHOES & DAD A CONVERSATION WITH DOM FRICOT “I have been very transient for the last four years, and it is really hard to carry albums around everywhere, but I love vinyl. When my music gets pressed on vinyl, I will know I have [...]
Drinks Hippo Lite Birth Records Hippo Lite is one of the most unique albums released this year. Simply put, it is brilliant. Drinks is made up of Cate Le Bon and Tim Presley (White Fence) and Hippo Lite is their second album as Drinks. It is [...]
Strvngers Amor/Noir Negative Gain Strvngers is a Canadian duo, and Armor/Noir is their third album, and perhaps their most accessible. Hailing from small town Alberta, Maria Joaquin (vocals) and KC (music) have honed their craft very well on [...]
Hyways Hyways Union Zero Hyways hail from Seattle, and Hyways is their self-titled debut album. The band consists of Mike Giacolino (lead vocal, guitar, harmonica), Nils Petersen (bass, keyboards, backing vocals), Jay Kardong (pedal steel, [...]
The Free Label This Some Kind Of Love Independent The Free Label is five piece band, based in Toronto. This Some Kind Of Love is their debut EP and although it contains only three songs, it does demonstrate a band on their way to creating their [...]
Pete Townshend Who Came First – 45th Anniversary Expanded Edition Universal Music Enterprises Pete Townshend’s Who Came First was first issued in 1972 and followed The Who’s biggest success to that point, Who’s Next. Who Came First, which [...]
THERE’S REALLY NOTHING TO COMPLAIN ABOUT A CONVERSATION WITH JOHN FLANAGAN John Flanagan may be described as a singer/songwriter from Australia, but that is only one part of who he is and what he does. John Flanagan is an artist, and along [...]
CHILEAN SHOEGAZE FOR THE MASSES A CONVERSATION WITH MAFF Maff is a quartet, originally from and still based in Chile. Melaniña is their second release, following their debut album Maff (2014). The band consists of Ricardo Gomez (vocals, [...]
TO THE BONE A CONVERSATION WITH STEVEN WILSON Late in the summer of 2017, Steven Wilson released his fifth solo album To The Bone. It was surprising to many that the album entered the U.K. Official Album charts in the top three. Wilson’s highest [...]
The Damned Evil Spirits Search And Destroy/Spinefarm Records The Damned formed in London in 1976 and many would argue they released the first U.K. ‘punk’ single that year, “New Rose” — a very influential record and band. They went on to [...]
Juliana Hatfield Juliana Hatfield Sings Olivia Newton-John American Laundromat Records Juliana Hatfield has been around a while. Her resume is quite extensive and impressive: The Blake Babies, The Lemonheads, The Juliana Hatfield Three and her [...]
John Prine The Tree Of Forgiveness Oh Boy/Sony Music A new album from John Prine is always reason to celebrate, but an album in which he wrote or co-wrote all the songs is an even bigger reason to rejoice. The Tree of Forgiveness is the first [...]
John Cooper Clarke @ Lee’s Palace, Toronto April 12, 2018 It was a night of Manchester poetry in Toronto on April 12, 2018. John Cooper Clarke made a triumphant return on a cold Thursday night, but for the near sold out crowd at Lee’s [...]
