NASH THE SLASH RISES AGAIN! SIDE THREE MEDIA NOVEMBER 21, 2025 The new documentary from Side Three Media, Nash the Slash Rises Again!, begins with an appropriately dramatic sequence of the artist dressing and preparing for a show, while his [...]
SHED A DIFFERENT LIGHT ON RINGO A CONVERSATION WITH AUTHOR AARON BADGLEY “I don’t know if you’ve noticed or not, but I’m a big Beatle fan!” Spoken ironically and in jest, the quote above is truly an understatement. Aaron Badgley has been a [...]
JERRY LEGER WAVES OF DESIRE DEVILDUCK RECORDS Toronto-based roots singer-songwriter Jerry Leger has scored another winner with Waves Of Desire, his latest studio album. Leger consistently rates highly in our reviews, and we at Spill have been [...]
APAULL HOMOGENY (REMIXES) FURNACE ROOM RECORDS The Dutch Canadian electronica artist apaull has dropped another load of tunes. This time, he brings us remixes of music from his February 2025 release, Homogeny. Designed for the dance floor, the [...]
JORY NASH THE LIGHT STILL SHINES ON THE MAIN INDEPENDENT Aside from it being an excellent album, the fact that Jory Nash’s The Light Still Shines On The Main even exists is something remarkable. After a career that spanned 30 years, during [...]
THE LIGHT STILL SHINES ON THE MAIN A CONVERSATION WITH JORY NASH Regarding the way that people, places, and situations change over time, the phrase, “You can’t go home again” is a poignant one. But singer-songwriter Jory Nash is challenging that [...]
PICK YOURSELF UP, DUST YOURSELF OFF, JUST KEEP GOING A CONVERSATION WITH NATALIE MacMASTER Celtic fiddler Natalie MacMaster is a Canadian music icon. Playing the fiddle from age nine, and releasing her first professional recording at 16, she has [...]
AUGUST KNIGHT PRESENTS TORONTO ROCKS @ THE EL MOCAMBO, TORONTO OCTOBER 14, 2025 Call it an installation. Call it a concert. Call it convergence. Whatever you call it, it was beautiful. In a stunning show of support for (and from) the music [...]
JOHN CANDY: A LIFE IN COMEDY A CONVERSATION WITH AUTHOR PAUL MYERS (PART TWO) The conversations with those interviewed in the book are often so detailed that we cannot do them justice in this space. Paul Myers does discuss the ‘good and [...]
JOHN CANDY: A LIFE IN COMEDY A CONVERSATION WITH AUTHOR PAUL MYERS (PART ONE) “The cover of my book has this great picture of John Candy. It’s not a fancy picture, but the one thing that I loved about it was the twinkle, you know, [...]
LOS STRAITJACKETS SOMOS LOS STRAITJACKETS YEP ROC RECORDS Those lucha libre mask-wearing surf rockers, Los Straitjackets, are back with another album of groovy instrumental fun. Lately known as the backing band for Yep Rock labelmate Nick Lowe, [...]
THE POGUES w/ CARDINALS @ HISTORY, TORONTO SEPTEMBER 10, 2025 There is a certain joy to be gained from seeing a band play live, especially if one’s prior experience has been simply hearing their music on record. I can attest to this [...]
A GREAT THING TO HAVE LOOMING A CONVERSATION WITH THE POGUES’ SPIDER STACY “It was only going to have one ending, and once somebody becomes so enfeebled, and you know that really, the end does come as a mercy for them. And it should be for the [...]
THE WHO w/ TOM COCHRANE @ BUDWEISER STAGE, TORONTO SEPTEMBER 4, 2025 The phrase “The Who’s Final Tour” is often met with a roll of the eyes and a knowing smile, as the band that has been known to attach that term to various tours, as far back as [...]
MAKING TRIPLE-A A CONVERSATION WITH BIRD AND BYRON Maybe you have had the experience of going to a concert and being totally blown away by the opening act. In such a situation, the headlining band is awesome and everything, but the opening band [...]
OCEAN ALLEY w/ BIRD AND BYRON @ HISTORY, TORONTO JULY 29, 2025 Australia’s Ocean Alley made a triumphant return to Toronto, playing at the concert venue ‘History’. Having last appeared here in October 2023, the crowd was definitely ready to see [...]
TRAVELING INTO ANOTHER SPACE A CONVERSATION WITH SUZIE UNGERLEIDER “I’m sort of realizing that I need to just trust that my brain has this kind of narrative pattern to it, and that my songs are quite narrative. So, of course I’ve got this story [...]
UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA CURSE JAGJAGUWAR CURSE is the latest offering from the ex-pat New Zealand psychedelic rock band Unknown Mortal Orchestra, based in Portland, Oregon. Containing just six songs and with a running time of about twelve [...]
SUZIE UNGERLEIDER AMONG THE EVERGREENS MVKA Among the Evergreens is the eleventh studio album from Vancouver-based Folk/Americana artist Suzie Ungerleider, and her second release since retiring her previous stage name, Oh Susanna. On this [...]
STEVE MARRINER HEAR MY HEART CORDOVA BAY RECORDS Veteran blues musician and producer Steve Marriner proves that Canadian blues is alive and well, with the release of his new album, Hear My Heart. Well-known as a founding member of the JUNO [...]
DAN MANGAN NATURAL LIGHT ARTS & CRAFTS Dan Mangan’s new album Natural Light is really something. Touted as being a return to his folkie, singer-songwriter roots, it is a work of simple beauty. Recorded with bandmates Jason Haberman, Mike [...]
THE DREAM EATERS THE DREAM EATERS QUARTERLY REPORT: Q125 INDEPENDENT The Brooklyn and Toronto-based pop duo The Dream Eaters has released a new EP. Listeners may have become aware of this act, fronted by Elizabeth LeBaron and Jake Zavracky, [...]
SKYDIGGERS DREAMS & SECOND CHANCES SKYDIGGERS PRODUCTIONS LTD. Who knew, when we were grooving to now-classic Skydiggers tunes in the 1990s, that this roots rock band from Toronto would still be releasing relevant, vital and energized new [...]
KURT SWINGHAMMER & MAURY LAFOY (THE COCKTAIL TWINS) @ SOGROVE CONCERT SERIES, TORONTO APRIL 30, 2025 Multi-disciplinary artist Kurt Swinghammer, and collaborator Maury LaFoy, recently presented Swinghammer’s 2011 album Turpentine Wind in its [...]
