DAVE HUNTER – FENDER: 75 YEARS MOTORBOOKS BOOK REVIEW BY GERROD HARRIS Over the course of nearly a century, Fender has become one of the most recognisable brands of guitar, largely thanks to their classic and consistent shapes and, more [...]
Ronnie Wood & The Ronnie Wood Band Mr. Luck – A Tribute To Jimmy Reed: Live At The Royal Albert Hall BMG Returning with his most recent live album with a tribute album to a blues legend, Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood has [...]
Crown Lands White Buffalo Universal Music With its upcoming Canadian tour with opener Skye Wallace kicking off in October, Canada’s most in-demand duo, Crown Lands, has returned with its latest EP, White Buffalo. It is a four-track EP, [...]
Cancer Bats You’ll Never Break Us: Separation Sessions Vol. 2 New Damage Records Following the successful release of last year’s You’ll Never Break Us: Separation Sessions, veteran Canadian metal outfit Cancer Bats have returned with [...]
I’M DRAWN TO WHAT’S ENJOYABLE A CONVERSATION WITH MARK LANEGAN (DARK MARK VS. SKELETON JOE) Partnering with Joe Cardamon (The Icarus Line), Mark Lanegan has embarked on his latest creative direction: Dark Mark Vs. Skeleton Joe. While the [...]
THE BAND IS EVERYTHING TO US A CONVERSATION WITH THE BRONX’S MATT CAUGHTHRAN Hailing from Los Angeles, CA, The Bronx has proven again and again over the past two decades – and six studio albums – that it is among the most unique and [...]
CANADA’S POWER TRIO A CONVERSATION WITH DANKO JONES With 25 years of rock and 10 records under his belt, Danko Jones has become a cult Canadian music icon. The band’s most recent album, the appropriately titled Power Trio – released on [...]
The Bronx The Bronx VI Cooking Vinyl LA punk outfit, The Bronx, has returned with their first new record since 2019’s Dead Tracks, Vol. 2. The Bronx VI follows the release of five singles throughout 2021 – “White Shadow”, “Superbloom”, “Watering [...]
One Way Out The Sun, The Moon, The Truth Independent Having released their debut EP, Black & White, in 2018 and the following Cosmic Beat album in 2019, DC rock band One Way Out have released their sophomore full length album, The Sun, The [...]
The Follow Ups/Dave Rocket And The Jobbers The Follow Ups/Dave Rocket And The Jobbers Tarantula Tapes Moncton, NB’s punk band The Follow Ups as well as Sarnia, ON’s Dave Rocket And The Jobbers have teamed up for a split album released on [...]
Anthony Leclair Whisky Moon: Live From The Floor Independent After years of writing about other artists and having spent the pandemic live streaming originals and covers, Deep River, Ont.- based singer-songwriter Anthony Leclair has released his [...]
Cigar Club Day, Now Snareguy Records Toronto’s Cigar Club have been following their 2019 debut self-titled studio EP with a series of singles released throughout the first half of the year. The five singles – “Swimin’ In Gold”, “…Aliens”, “From [...]
Blacktop Mojo Blacktop Mojo Independent Next to Dirty Honey, Blacktop Mojo may very well be America’s biggest independent rock band. Returning with their fourth full length album, Blacktop Mojo follows their 2020 EP, Static. Most noteworthy, [...]
mattlayn Songs I Play In The Dark Independent Over the past decade, Matthew Layne has been an important figure for the Toronto and Ontario musical community, working behind the scenes, having managed Crown Lands and The Jailbirds, and, [...]
Bad Buzz For A Good Time, Call… Independent Sporting a new lineup, Toronto punk rockers Bad Buzz have returned since their 2019 studio EP, Try Harder. Following a trio of singles released in the first half of this year – “Carousel”, “A [...]
Prince Welcome 2 America Sony The posthumous additions to the expansive discography of Prince have included a pair of massive deluxe reissues and numerous vinyl debuts, while the two unreleased collections of music – 2018’s Piano & A [...]
Dee Gees (Foo Fighters) Hail Satin Sony Dave Grohl and the Foo Fighters have truly reached a point where they can do no wrong – so much so, that such a sentiment feels redundant. Their latest Record Store Day release, Hail Satin sees the rock [...]
Sylvia Sweet Stuff Wewantsounds The legacy of Sylvia Robinson is that as a hip-hop pioneer, she was the woman who pushed The Sugar Hill Gang into the studio to record “Rapper’s Delight”, the first ever recorded hip-hop track and mega hit – and [...]
Albino Bats Roots Pop Suicide Records Written, recorded, and performed entirely by himself, Roots is the creative work of Barrie, ON.’s Shane Heath. Furthermore, it is the debut album under the name of Heath’s latest project, Albino Bats. Roots [...]
Fox Run Distress Signals Tarantula Tapes Ontario-based melodic punk band, Fox Run, have released their debut EP, Distress Signals. The album follows a series of three singles, all released throughout 2020, making the six-track release highly [...]
BUILDING A COMMUNITY A CONVERSATION WITH SAVE TORONTO MUSIC VENUES The concert industry has come to a complete and sudden stop since the beginning of the global pandemic. International tours and local concerts have been canceled and artists have [...]
Dynowaves Big Sun Tarantula Tapes Reminiscent of a simpler time – and a warmer coast – Dynowaves released their debut studio EP, Big Sun, in 2020. They have now partnered with Tarantula Tapes for a limited run of cassette. Hailing from the [...]
Ink Bomb/No Breakfast Goodbye Split Dental Records/Concrete Head Entertainment/Horn & Hoof Records Keeping with the punk tradition of splitting a release between two artists, Nijmegen, NL bands Ink Bomb and No Breakfast Goodbye have united [...]
Phantom Atlantic Your View Of A Former Me Indpendent Having made their debut in 2018 with a pair of singles, Toronto’s Phantom Atlantic have released their debut studio EP. Your View Of A Former Me follows the release of three singles since [...]
