BAD WAITRESS IN THE HOLLOW STOMP RECORDS Toronto-based punk mainstays Bad Waitress have made their long-awaited return with their second full-length album, In The Hollow. The record is their first major release in five years, following their [...]
SKINSHAPE CHAPMAN’S POOL LEWIS RECORDINGS London based singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer Will Dorey has returned with the 11th album from Skinshape. Chapman’s Pool, while written and recorded throughout 2024 and 2025, [...]
PISS YOU MADE ME / SKIN ON LINEN PAPER BAG RECORDS Emerging from Vancouver, BC, PISS has quickly amassed a fervent following and an air of excitement off the release of only a handful of singles over the last month. Signed to Toronto’s Paper Bag [...]
QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE PERFECTH MATADOR RECORDS As it turns out, racking up near death experiences is certain to alter your perspective. Josh Homme is no stranger to this. His most recent brush with death came in the wake of Queens Of The Stone [...]
TONY IOMMI FROM THE DARK BMG The godfather of heavy metal itself, Tony Iommi, has returned with his fourth solo album, and fist under his full name, From The Dark. With Norwegian singer, Jørn Lande (Masterplan, Ark, Beyond Twilight, Vagabond, [...]
MX LONELY PERFECT HOUSE JULIA’S WAR RECORDINGS Peep beyond the meme inspired and crayon coloured artwork to find Perfect House, the most recent EP from Brooklyn, New York based shoegaze band, MX Lonely. The four-track record marks their second [...]
THUNDER QUEENS DEEP BELOW VICTORY POOL In 2024, London, Ontario’s Thunder Queens released their debut album, Strike One. Since then, the teenage power trio has gone on to share the stage with the likes of Billy Talent, The Beaches, and The Dirty [...]
SEX PISTOLS FEATURING FRANK CARTER w/ PANIC SHACK @ HISTORY, TORONTO SEPTEMBER 21, 2026 While an actual Sex Pistols reunion continues to remain impossible, the band, consisting of guitarist Steve Jones, drummer Paul Cook, and bassist Glen [...]
BECK RIDE LONESOME CAPITOL RECORDS Twelve years ago, Beck released his pivotal and critically acclaimed 12th album, Morning Phase. While not his most recent album, which was 2019’s Hyperspace, Beck has since reconvened with Smokey Hormel, Joey [...]
SOCIAL DISTORTION w/ DESCENDENTS & THE CHATS @ HISTORY, TORONTO SEPTEMBER 14, 2026 Hot off the release of their eighth studio album, and first in 15 years, Social Distortion is currently in the midst of the North American leg of their Born [...]
TURNSTILE @ WOODBINE PARK, TORONTO SEPTEMBER 12, 2026 Last year, Turnstile released Never Enough, the incredible follow-up to their 2021 breakthrough release, Glow On. Since then, the band has gone on to release Never Enough: Versions, a [...]
FUNKADELIC MAGGOT BRAIN (REMASTERED) ORG MUSIC Originally released in 1971, Funkadelic’s seminal album, Maggot Brain, is an essential classic that plays like Geroge Clinton’s response to The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, and Led Zeppelin. In a [...]
WU-TANG CLAN @ RBC AMPHITHEATRE, TORONTO SEPTEMBER 8, 2026 Wu-Tang Clan are currently in the midst of their second North American leg of The Final Chamber Tour which comes ahead of their upcoming Netflix documentary, The Disciple: A Wu-Tang [...]
BLACK PAINT BLACK PAINT INDEPENDENT For years, Black Paint has established themselves among the most exhilarating up and coming bands to emerge from the Greater Toronto Area. Blending aggressive blues rock with monstrous riffs, the power trio is [...]
MIKE D THANK YOU CAPITOL RECORDS/UNIVERSAL MUSIC CANADA Since the untimely 2012 passing of Adam Yauch, perhaps better known as MCA, things have been relatively quiet among the Beastie Boys camp. While surviving members, Mike D and Ad-Rock have [...]
WINE LIPS TV DINNER STOMP RECORDS Toronto punk outfit, Wine Lips, have returned with their fifth full-length studio album, TV Dinner. The record follows a trip of singles released this year – “Semi-Detached Furnished Home,” “Projector” and “If [...]
THE WOMACK SISTERS THE WOMACK SISTERS DAPTONE RECORDS Zeimani, BG, and Kucha are The Womack Sisters. The granddaughters of Sam Cooke, the daughters of Cecil and Linda Womack of Womack & Womack, and the nieces of Bobby Womack, their lineage [...]
CANCER BATS GIVE ME DIRT BAT SKULL RECORDS/NEW DAMAGE RECORDS Riding high off the 20-year anniversary of their debut album, Birthing The Giant, which was celebrated with a triumphant cross-Canada tour, Cancer Bats have returned with Give Me [...]
GIVE ME DIRT, GIVE ME SOMETHING REAL A CONVERSATION WITH CANCER BATS’ LIAM CORMIER Earlier this year, Canadian punk titans Cancer Bats celebrated the 20th anniversary of their debut album, Birthing The Giant. Not ones to rest on the achievements [...]
CHARLIE EDWARD PUSHING MY LUCK ADA/WARNER MUSIC CANADA When not sharing the stage with Big Wreck, Joe Perry, Mötley Crüe, or Greta Van Fleet, Toronto’s Charlie Edward has spent much of the last year writing and recording the follow-up to his [...]
CINDY BLACKMAN SANTANA COHERENCE MACK AVENUE RECORDS Following 2020’s Give The Drummer Some, Cindy Blackman Santana has returned with her seventh solo studio album, Coherence. The album takes a distinct turn towards contemporary jazz fusion, [...]
MICHAEL HAMPTON KING KONG VIRGIN RECORDS In December of 2025, longtime Parliament-Funkadelic guitarist Michael Hampton released his latest album, Into The Public Domain, an instrumental album that marked the beginning of a new trilogy of records [...]
EMILY MAC ROCK N ROLL ANIMAL INDEPENDENT For the last four years, Emily Mac has released a string of singles that kicked off with “Whiskey Like Me.” Now the Toronto-based singer and songwriter has collected these songs, with the inclusion of [...]
FEATURETTE MULTISTATE DIVISION 11 Featurette continues to move at an impressive pace that grows in momentum with every release. This year alone, the band dropped three singles in lead up to their newest EP, Multistate, their first record since [...]
