Jerry Cantrell Brighten Independent While it isn’t his solo debut – that title belongs to 1998’s grungy Boggy Depot – Alice In Chains guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter Jerry Cantrell has returned with his first solo album in nearly 20 years. [...]
John Coltrane A Love Supreme: Live In Seattle Impulse! Records A Love Supreme is truly a life-changing album. Originally released in 1965, the classic jazz album remains as John Coltrane’s opus; a timeless classic of a musical genius at his [...]
GOT A FEW GOOD FRIENDS HERE BY MY SIDE A CONVERSATION WITH WADE MACNEIL (DOOMS CHILDREN) While Alexisonfire continue to take things slow since reforming in 2015, Wade MacNeil refuses to slow down. With the 2020 release of his original score for [...]
Dooms Children Dooms Children Dine Alone Records Wade MacNeil’s post-Alexisonfire creative output continues to demonstrate a wide range of performance and songwriting. Following the release of his original score for the 2020 slasher film Random [...]
Jon Batiste We Are (The Deluxe Edition) Universal Music Having struck gold earlier this year with the release of We Are, a modern masterpiece of pop, soul, gospel, and jazz by any metric, Jon Batiste has released an expanded edition of the [...]
The Consecutives Vol. 2 Independent Instrumental funk band The Consecutives have returned with their sophomore EP, Vol. 2. The release follows their 2019 debut, Vol. 1. In tone with starts of the instrumental funk scene from the last two decades [...]
Stone Cold Crows Original Sin Pt. I Independent Perhaps the coolest musical project to emerge out of Ontario over the last year is Stone Cold Crows, from vocalist and guitarist Mitch Cuming and drummer Bryson Emmons. The two have released a [...]
Various Artists The Daptone Super Soul Revue Live At The Apollo Daptone Records The discussion of neo-soul and funk is incomplete without Daptone Records. The label has proven to be invaluable to furthering the genre for nearly 20 years. With a [...]
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 [...]
