THE MORNING SUN STILL SHINES A CONVERSATION WITH DON DANNEMANN OF THE CYRKLE “I’m Don Dannemann, original founding member of The Cyrkle, and I just want to thank you, the fact that you guys come out to see us. I, at 82 years old, get to [...]
DAYNA MANNING FIELD NOTES INDEPENDENT Field Notes is the latest album from Canadian singer-songwriter Dayna Manning. Best known these days as a solo artist, Manning was also one-third of the folk trio Trent Severn from 2011 to 2019. While folk [...]
RENAISSANCE WOMAN A CONVERSATION WITH DAYNA MANNING “When I started writing songs, kind of in my early 30s, I shifted to writing not about me, and more about the world around me. And then what happened was, is these songs took me on adventures.” [...]
APAULL GUNFACTOR FURNACE ROOM RECORDS The Dutch-Canadian electronic music artist, DJ, and producer apaull has released his third studio album, Gunfactor. The album’s title loosely translates to “it factor” in Dutch, a term which takes on a [...]
JENN L. BECKWITH – ALL GOOD CRETINS GO TO HEAVEN: THE ENDURING SPIRIT OF THE RAMONES EARTH ISLAND BOOKS/DIWULF PUBLISHING BOOK REVIEW BY BRYAN WILLISTON All Good Cretins Go To Heaven: The Enduring Spirit of the Ramones, by Jenn L. [...]
HEAVENLY w/ COOTIE CATCHER & SWANSEA SOUND @ THE GREAT HALL, TORONTO APRIL 21, 2026 After a 30-year absence, the UK indie/twee pop band Heavenly are back on the road, supporting their new album Highway to Heavenly, which dropped in February. [...]
WHEN I’M DONE, I’LL KEEP GOING A CONVERSATION WITH CANADIAN FOLK LEGEND KEN WHITELEY “The folk tradition, the oral tradition, precedes recordings and all that kind of stuff. We do live in a modern age, but I think that, looking at the [...]
JENNIFER FOSTER POWERLINE INDEPENDENT Powerline is the latest album from Toronto singer-songwriter Jennifer Foster. Her releases have been a bit sporadic of late, so it is a treat that she has gifted us with a new collection of songs. And what a [...]
SUZIE UNGERLEIDER AMONG THE EVERGREENS (DELUXE EDITION) MVKA A good album is like a friend who you may not have seen in a while. When you meet up, the reunion is sweet, and the conversation picks up as if no time has passed at all. Among The [...]
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 [...]
