ALTER BRIDGE w/ MAMMOTH WVH @ HISTORY, TORONTO FEBRUARY 11, 2023 Hot on the release of their seventh full-length album, Pawns & Kings, and following their trek throughout Europe, Alter Bridge are in the midst of their North American tour. [...]
The Rolling Stones GRRR Live! Mercury Studios Few artists, if any, have celebrated a 50-yr anniversary while remaining almost active for the entire period. 2012 and 2013 saw The Rolling Stones do exactly this, with the launch of Grrr!, a [...]
IT’S NEVER TOO LATE A CONVERSATION WITH STIX ZADINIA OF STEEL PANTHER With the release of Steel Panther’s sixth album fast approaching, it is a truly exciting time to be a fan of the greatest ‘80s rock outfit to blow up in the last decade. [...]
FANTASTIC NEGRITO GRANDFATHER COURAGE STOREFRONT RECORDS Fantastic Negrito made waves with his creative odyssey of a 2022 album, White Jesus Black Problems, an album which tackled the story of his mixed ancestry in the era of American slavery, [...]
July Talk Remember Never Before Six Shooter Records The polarity between lead vocalists Leah Fay Goldstein and Peter Dreimanis remains the core of July Talk’s appeal. Even with an expanded lineup, this remains true on their fourth album, [...]
Iggy Pop Every Loser Gold Tooth Music/Atlantic Records Like a fine wine, Iggy Pop continues to age into a truly one-of-a-kind vintage. Despite decades of hard living, the original street walking cheetah’s bottle of creativity remains seemingly [...]
Drop Top Alibi Anyways… Independent Following their 2017 debut, self-titled EP, and a string of singles released since then, Toronto hard rock outfit Drop Top Alibi has returned with Anyways…. The five-track EP sees the band trade in their [...]
Guns N’ Roses Use Your Illusion (Super Deluxe) UMe Appetite For Destruction remains one of the greatest debut records ever, something that forever established Guns N’ Roses among the greatest rock bands but has left a nearly impossible summit [...]
RASŤO KACHNIČ – ALTERNATOR: A BIASED GUIDE THROUGH THE WORLD OF ALTERNATIVE MUSIC VIDEOS (1990 – 1994) INDEPENDENT BOOK REVIEW BY GERROD HARRIS For his first book, Rasťo Kachnič has brought his music blog, Alternator, into reality. Alternator: A [...]
Allman Brothers Band Syria Mosque: Pittsburgh, PA January 17, 1971 Allman Brothers Band Recording Company With their live shows as revered as their most classic studio albums, it is no surprise that we are still receiving unreleased live [...]
THE BRONX & THE CHATS W/ DRUG CHURCH & SCOWL @ THE PHOENIX CONCERT THEATRE, TORONTO OCTOBER 20, 2022 Currently in the midst of their co-headlining tour, The Bronx and The Chats – along with show openers Drug Church and Scowl – brought [...]
Julian Taylor Beyond The Reservoir Independent Following the release of his critically acclaimed 2020 album, The Ridge, Toronto’s Julian Taylor has returned with his latest record, Beyond The Reservoir. Produced alongside his long-time [...]
Red Hot Chili Peppers Return Of The Dream Canteen Warner Records Return Of The Dream Canteen marks the second double album from the Red Hot Chili Peppers this year. Building off the monumental success of Unlimited Love – which dropped in April – [...]
Alter Bridge Pawns & Kings Napalm Records After taking a year off which saw both Myles Kennedy and Mark Tremonti release solo records – Kennedy’s The Ides Of March and Tremonti’s Marching In Time and Mark Tremonti Sings Frank Sinatra – Alter [...]
Lamb Of God Omens Epic Records America’s premier modern metal outfit, Lamb Of God, has returned with its latest album, Omens. The new record is the band’s first collection of new music since 2020’s self-titled release – their first with Art Cruz [...]
HOMECOMING A CONVERSATION WITH JON HARVEY OF MONSTER TRUCK Currently in the midst of touring the UK, Hamilton, ON rock veterans Monster Truck have released their fourth album — the first since 2018 – Warriors. Speaking about the making of [...]
Monster Truck Warriors BMG Hamilton, On-based rock ‘n’ roll outfit, Monster Truck, has released their first full-length album since 2018’s True Rockers. Their latest record, Warriors, follows the release of singles “Golden Woman”, “Get My Things [...]
2022 POLARIS MUSIC PRIZE GALA @ THE CARLU, TORONTO SEPTEMBER 19, 2022 The annual Polaris Music Prize Gala made its spectacular return to Toronto after two years of virtual ceremonies. Not only were the festivities brought back to Toronto’s Carlu [...]
The Mars Volta The Mars Volta Clouds Hill Despite collaborating regularly together over the course of the last decade via At The Drive-In and Antemasque – among other side and solo projects – guitarist Omar Rodríguez-López and singer Cedric [...]
PAWNS & KINGS A CONVERSATION WITH ALTER BRIDGE GUITARIST MARK TREMONTI With the release their latest singles, “Silver Tongue”, “Pawns & Kings”, and “Sin After Sin”, Alter Bridge has returned with news of their seventh studio album, Pawns [...]
Dead Cosmetics Was Tust Du Tarantula Tapes Dead Cosmetics have released their first ever, full-length album, Was Tust Du. The independent, ON-based supergroup consists of members Daniel Allen (Indian Handcrafts, Grale, Colonizor), Sarah Hull [...]
PEARL JAM @ SCOTIABANK ARENA, TORONTO SEPTEMBER 8, 2022 We’ve come a long way since March 2020 when Pearl Jam hoped to kick off their Gigaton tour in Toronto. Now, fully rescheduled, Pearl Jam made a triumphant return to Toronto on their current [...]
FISHBONE w/ ACTION/ADVENTURE & TOO NICE @ THE PHOENIX CONCERT THEATRE, TORONTO SEPTEMBER 7, 2022 Los Angeles alternative rock icons Fishbone have made their long-awaited return to Toronto. Performing at The Phoenix Concert Theatre, with [...]
WU-TANG CLAN & NAS w/ DJ SCRATCH @ BUDWEISER STAGE, TORONTO SEPTEMBER 4, 2022 Toronto was treated to a night of classic ‘90s hip-hop nostalgia with two of the decade’s finest: Wu-Tang Clan and Nas. Along with supporting act, DJ Scratch, the [...]
