THE UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE A CONVERSATION WITH RIVAL SONS’ GUITARIST SCOTT HOLIDAY With the recent release of their seventh album, Darkfighter, and the conclusion of their massive headlining tour, Rival Sons are a leading presence among a growing [...]
Killer Mike Michael Loma Vista Records Half of Run The Jewels and perhaps the most underrated and overlooked solo artist in hip-hop, Killer Mike has released what should, without a doubt, be considered his breakthrough solo album, Michael. [...]
Queens Of The Stone Age In Times New Roman Matador Records After six years, a messy public custody battle, and a recently revealed cancer diagnosis, Josh Homme has returned triumphantly with In Times New Roman, the first album from Queens Of The [...]
Amy Gabba & The Almost Famous Screaming At The Top Of My Lungs Independent Pop and punk – not necessarily pop-punk – collide in a unique fashion on Amy Gabba & The Almost Famous’ sophomore release, a debut full-length album, Screaming At [...]
Rival Sons Darkfighter Atlantic Records The conversation about the great rock bands of our time is incomplete without mentioning Rival Sons. Among the strongest and most original bands to emerge from the influence of ‘70s classic rock, the [...]
Joe Perry Sweetzerland Manifesto MKII Roman Records Initially released in 2018, Aerosmith and Hollywood Vampires guitarist Joe Perry has returned with an alternative version of his fifth solo album. Sweetzerland Manifesto MKII features five [...]
Fishbone Fishbone Bottles To The Ground There is much to celebrate with the release of Fishbone’s self-titled EP. For starters, Fishbone is their first collection of new music in six years. An even greater feat, it is their first release with [...]
THE WAILERS w/ OMEGA MIGHTY, KID RASTA & THE PEACEMAKERS @ THE PHOENIX CONCERT THEATRE, TORONTO MAY 23, 2023 Having passed away in 1981, the music of Bob Marley continues to be revered through different live outlets, one of which was the [...]
Galen & Paul Can We Do Tomorrow Another Day? Sony Music Acclaimed singer-songwriter Galen Ayers has joined Paul Simonon for their debut collaborative record, Can We Do Tomorrow Another Day?. Simonon is most famously known as the bassist for [...]
Def Leppard Drastic Symphonies Universal Music Part greatest hits and part live performance, Def Leppard haS collaborated with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra to deliver Drastic Symphonies. The album sees The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra record [...]
Maximillian Maximillian RidingEasy Records In 1969, Maximillian, a short-lived New York City-based band made up of African American and Latino musicians, released its self-titled album. Consisting of singer Buzzy Bowzer (aka Maximillian), lead [...]
Pearl Jam Give Way (Record Store Day Release) Epic Records In 1998, Pearl Jam toured Australia in support of their new record, Yield. Their Melbourne date would be among the final shows with then drummer, Jack Irons and recordings of the [...]
Bourbon House The Fourth Album Independent Up-and-coming rock outfit, Bourbon House, have returned with their latest release, The Fourth Album. Following their 2021 record, Into The Red, their new album continues to see the band work classic [...]
Electric Bird Noise derek roddy 8-10-22 Silber Records/Broken Sound Tapes Ambient and metal clash on the latest release from Electric Bird Noise. The three-song, collaborative EP sees guitarist and songwriter Brian McKenzie join forces with [...]
Metallica 72 Seasons Blackened Recordings After polarising their audience with what I considered to be the very strong, albeit unnecessarily excessive album, Hardwired… To Self-Destruct, Metallica has returned with its first studio album since [...]
JEFF GOMEZ – THERE WAS NO ALTERNATIVE: GENERATION X, AIDS, AND THE MAKING OF A CLASSIC NINETIES RECORD McFARLAND BOOKS BOOK REVIEW BY GERROD HARRIS Released in 1993 to benefit AIDS relief, No Alternative was a compilation album that [...]
Vicious Beast I Am Drugs Independent Over the last year or so, Monster Truck’s lead vocalist and bassist Jon Harvey has been teasing his latest project through social media. Vicious Beast came to life through a handful of scorching live dates [...]
The Who The Who With Orchestra: Live At Wembley Universal Music Six decades into their career, The Who continues to experiment with its performances, justifying its worth as one of the greatest bands of its era. Their 2019 tour saw the British [...]
Filter The Amalgamut (20th Anniversary Edition) Craft Recordings Just over 20 years ago, Richard Patrick released Filter’s third album, The Amalgamut. The album was a triumph and marked the conclusion of a three-album era – which kicked off with [...]
Crown Lands Fearless Spinefarm Records Few Canadian bands, if any, have had a trajectory that Crown Lands have well deservingly enjoyed over the last decade. Following the release of the debut full-length album in 2020, the band pressed forward [...]
MARTIN POPOFF – AC/DC AT 50 THE QUARTO GROUP BOOK REVIEW BY GERROD HARRIS For his latest book, Canadian author and music critic, Martin Popoff, has turned his focus onto one of his favourite bands of all time: AC/DC. The appropriately [...]
JULY TALK w/ CROWN LANDS @ MASSEY HALL, TORONTO MARCH 10, 2023 Two of Canada’s most promising bands to emerge in the last decade took one of Toronto’s most revered stages for a pair of back-to-back, sold out performances. Having just released [...]
Vilivant Running On Empty Independent Following a series of singles released over the course of 2022 (“Running On Empty” and “Drown”), Toronto’s Vilivant has returned with their debut full-length album, Running On Empty. Led by singer Julia [...]
IT’S A LONG WAY TO THE TOP A CONVERSATION WITH SUZI MOON Having been performing since she was a teenager, Los Angeles-based punk rocker Suzi Moon has experienced a massive three years. With a pair of EP’s and a full-length album under her [...]
