Herbie Hancock Directstep (Reissue) Get On Down Originally released in 1979, Herbie Hancock’s Directstep has enjoyed an interesting and unique history. Aside from being released exclusively in Japan, the album was recorded with the new [...]
Jimi Hendrix Songs For Groovy Children: The Fillmore East Concerts Sony Music Despite passing away at an untimely age, just under 50 years ago and considering he only really enjoyed a truly extraordinary career that spanned only four years, it [...]
Brass Against Brass Against II Footnote Records Cover bands are a tricky thing in nowadays. While most remain in the pubs or corporate events playing to nostalgic audiences, some have found a way through social media and the internet to truly [...]
Black Suit Devil A Matter Of Time Independent Of the vast, rich, and diverse Toronto music scene, few artists get me as excited as Black Suit Devil. Following his incredible 2017 debut, The Freedom Sessions, the singer-songwriter has reconvened [...]
TOOL @ SCOTIABANK ARENA, TORONTO NOVEMBER 12, 2019 2019 will forever be remembered as the year of Tool. Few bands, if any, could have pulled off such a successful return as the progressive rock juggernauts managed on Fear Inoculum – their first [...]
Taylor Hawkins & The Coattail Riders Get The Money RCA Records For their third record – and their first is nearly a decade – Taylor Hawkins, yes, of the Foo Fighters, has reunited his solo band, The Coattail Riders. Get The Money sees not [...]
SCANDALOUS & IMMORAL A CONVERSATION WITH THUNDERPUSSY’S MOLLY SIDES Thunderpussy is seemingly unstoppable. Despite being in the midst of a civil suit regarding the right to copyright their name despite claims of it being obscene, Mike [...]
DANIEL TATE & ROB BOWMAN – THE FLYER VAULT: 150 YEARS OF TORONTO CONCERT HISTORY DUNDURN PRESS BOOK REVIEW BY GERROD HARRIS With what first started as a successful Instagram account, Daniel Tate has brought The Flyer Vault to life. [...]
Headstones PEOPLESKILLS Cadence Recordings Returning with their first new album since 2017’s Little Army, Kingston, Ontario’s ‘90s hard rock and punk outfit, Headstones, have released PEOPLESKILLS. True to form, Headstones bring forward a [...]
Paper Parachutes Above The Clouds Independent With Sabre taking over on lead vocals, Toronto’s most promising up and coming funk and soul band, Paper Parachutes, have returned with their third release. Above The Clouds is a five-song EP which [...]
Desert Sessions Vol. 11 & 12 – Arrivederci Despair & Tightwads & Nitwits & Critics & Heels Matador Records Never one to sit still, Josh Homme has revived his long-time, on-and-off project, The Desert Session for the first [...]
Thunderpussy Milk It Stardog Records Following the incredible success of 2018’s self-titled, full length album, Seattle’s – and Mike McCready’s – favourite new band, Thunderpussy, are back at it again with Milk It. The four track EP, produced my [...]
Alter Bridge Walk The Sky Napalm Records Alter Bridge has found themselves in a precarious position with their latest release, Walk The Sky. Over the past three years, the band has cemented themselves as one of the most premier modern rock bands [...]
The Gerry Hatricks The Gerry Hatricks Independent Hailing from the quickly growing – and truly diverse – music scene of Winnipeg, Manitoba are The Gerry Hatricks, an acoustic, folk-rock-meet- punk four-piece outfit that evolved out of [...]
Steel Panther Heavy Metal Rules Steel Panther Inc. If they hadn’t made it clear already, perhaps the one thing Steel Panther love more than their sex, drugs, and rock ‘n’ roll mantra is heavy metal in the glorious, mega-blockbuster style of the [...]
The Roots Things Fall Apart (20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) Urban Legends While the younger generation may only know them as the band backing Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show, The Roots remain among the strongest all-star hiphop bands in the [...]
THE NECESSITY OF THE CANADIAN SUPERGROUP A CONVERSATION WITH BONDS OF MARA VOCALIST BRIAN BYRNE Bonds Of Mara is the latest band on the verge of taking the Canadian rock scene by storm. Consisting of vocalist Brian Byrne (I Mother Earth), [...]
TIMELESSLY IN THE AIR A CONVERSATION WITH ROBBIE ROBERTSON While no easy feat in itself, becoming a musical legend is that much more significant when your body of work continues to be influential to steering the course of popular and [...]
Slash Featuring Myles Kennedy And The Conspirators Living The Dream Tour (Live DVD/Blu-Ray/CD) Eagle Rock Entertainment Following a spectacular world tour in support of their 2018 album, Living The Dream, Slash Featuring Myles Kennedy And The [...]
PRETTY BITCHIN’ A CONVERSATION WITH STEEL PANTHER BASSIST LEXXI FOXX Few bands if any within the last twenty years have better embodied the mantra, theatrics, and lifestyle of sex, drugs, and rock ‘n’ roll better than Steel Panther. The [...]
The Anti-Queens The Anti-Queens Stomp Records Having recently signed with the Montreal-based Stomp Records, The Anti-Queens have almost immediately demonstrated – and rightfully so – that they are more than simply being a staple among Toronto’s [...]
Warish Down In Flames RidingEasy Records Tony Hawk’s Underground – yes, the 2003 video game – turned a whole generation of those too young to fully enjoy the ‘90s onto a wave of alternative rock and underground punk music. It comes as no [...]
Blacktop Mojo Under The Sun Independent Two years ago, Texas’ very own Blacktop Mojo made waves among the growing rock ‘n’ roll revival which seems to be sweeping the world with the release of their sophomore album, Burn The Ships. The album [...]
Iggy Pop Free Loma Vista Recordings “He’s the last of the one-and-only’s” Josh Homme once said, regarding his collaboration with Iggy Pop on 2016’s Post Pop Depression. The brilliant record was supposedly Pop’s recorded swan song, however I [...]
