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 [...]
DARRYL JENIFER THE WEATHER CHANNEL ORG MUSIC In 2010, Bad Brains’ bassist Darryl Jenifer released his debut solo album, In Search Of Black Jesus. The record felt like a natural offshoot of the sonic identity of Bad Brains, as Jenifer fused [...]
THE ROLLING STONES FOREIGN TONGUES UNIVERSAL MUSIC The Rolling Stones are back. While 2023’s Hackney Diamonds may have given the impression of a fitting conclusion to perhaps one of pop culture’s greatest sagas, and despite questioning if they [...]
JACK GRISHAM AND THE LIFE UNDONE JACK GRISHAM AND THE LIFE UNDONE LOST IN BERLIN RECORDS T.S.O.L.’s Jack Grisham has made a triumphant solo return with his new band, Jack Grisham And The Life Undone, with the release of their debut, eponymous [...]
TAXI GIRLS STATIC STOMP RECORDS/WILD HONEY RECORDS Having released two EPs – Coming Up Roses and Rainy in 2023 and 2024, respectively – Montreal’s Taxi Girls have released their debut, full-length album, Static. Championed by Iggy Pop, and [...]
DEVON PARKIN NEW BELIEFS ON LAYAWAY MYSTERYBOX RECORDS Vancouver-based producer, Devon Parkin, has returned with his second full-length album, New Beliefs On Layaway. The album follows a string of singles and the 2023 release of his debut, Sit [...]
AUDIOSLAVE OUT OF EXILE (REMASTERED) UNIVERSAL In 2024, Audioslave, the collaboration between Chris Cornell and Rage Against The Machine’s Tom Morello, Brad Wilk, and Tim Commerford, returned with their second album, Out Of Exile. The album [...]
KIT MAJOR MISS EGO FUTURELESS With an abundance of singles to her name, Kit Major has returned with her third EP, Miss Ego. Led by singles “Not As Witty As I Used To Be” and “Punk Rock Boyfriend,” the latter of which features some exceptional [...]
ANGINE DE POITRINE VOL. II INDEPENDENT Angine de Poitrine seemingly emerged out of nowhere. Upon achieving viral status earlier this year, the masked Montreal-based duo has become inescapable as they became the subject of an onslaught of memes [...]
KIM THAYIL – A SCREAMING LIFE: INTO THE SUPERUNKNOWN WITH SOUNDGARDEN AND BEYOND WILLIAM MORROW BOOK REVIEW BY GERROD HARRIS Little has been written about the ascent, songwriting, and legacy of perhaps the greatest band to emerge from the [...]
RAISING HELL A CONVERSATION WITH HIP-HOP HISTORIAN AND AUTHOR JAYQUAN On May 15, 1986, Run-DMC released what is often considered their commercial and artistic opus, a record that would establish them as Bonafide legends as they pioneered the [...]
VIOLET GROHL BE SWEET TO ME AURORA RECORDS/REPUBLIC RECORDS Having sung backup vocals for Foo Fighters for nearly a decade, even making appearances on 2021’s Medicine at Midnight and 2023’s But Here We Are, Violet Grohl has emerged with her own [...]
MAD IRIS MAD IRIS BA DA BING RECORDS Since 2024, Toronto’s Mad Iris has been releasing singles that play with a post-grunge meets shoegaze vibe. In the last year, the band has released three singles – “Daisy, Don’t Take My Baby,” “Poor [...]
DON PYLE – ROUGH DESCRIPTION: LOVE LETTERS AND GHOST STORIES FROM A LIFE IN MUSIC ECW PRESS BOOK REVIEW BY GERROD HARRIS Don Pyle remains a consistent figure among Toronto’s vibrant creative communities as a musician, photographer, and [...]
CROWN LANDS APOCALYPSE CENTURY MEDIA Following a pair of experimental interludes released last year – Ritual I & II – Canadian progressive rock duo, Crown Lands, has returned. For their third studio record, and their first full album since [...]
APOCALYPSE A CONVERSATION WITH CROWN LANDS’ KEVIN COMEAU & CODY BOWLES Crown Lands remain prolific. The progressive rock duo, consisting of drummer and lead vocalist Cody Bowles, and guitarist, bassist, and keyboardist Kevin Comeau, are on [...]
FLEA & THE HONORA BAND @ THE OPERA HOUSE, TORONTO MAY 9, 2026 With 14 dates across North America and Europe, Flea made his solo Toronto debut at The Opera House for the second stop on his sold-out tour, in support of his new record, Honora. [...]
