ROB BOWMAN – THE LAST SOUL COMPANY: THE MALACO RECORDS STORY MALACO PRESS BOOK REVIEW BY GERROD HARRIS Following his 2019 joint project with Daniel Tate, The Flyer Vault, Toronto author and musicologist Rob Bowman has partnered with Malaco [...]
Jon Batiste We Are Universal Music Hot off his work as the jazz coordinator for Pixar’s Soul, The Late Show With Stephen Colbert bandleader, Jon Batiste, has returned with his eighth solo album, We Are. Following his sublime 2020 release, [...]
VISIT BEAUTIFUL DAYTONA B(L)EACH A CONVERSATION WITH MONOWHALES’ JORDAN CIRCOSTA Few Toronto artists turn heads quite like the MONOWHALES do. The Toronto based alt-rock power trio have taken the city by storm over the years with singles [...]
The Roots Do You Want More?!!!??! (Deluxe Edition) UMe Remaining a hip-hop staple, The Roots have released their latest album to be reissued in a deluxe package. Turning their attention to their underground and universally acclaimed debut, Do [...]
Witch Island Witch Island Tarantula Tapes Barrie, Ont.-based punk rock outfit, Witch Island, has just dropped its debut, self-titled album. The 11-track record, available digitally via Bandcamp and physically on cassette through on Ontario’s [...]
Chevelle NIRATIAS Epic Records With artwork nostalgic of a 1970’s science fiction novel, thanks to Boris Vallejo, Chevelle have released their latest album, NIRATIAS (Nothing Is Real And This Is A Simulation), a hard rock epic with slightly [...]
MONOWHALES Daytona Bleach Independent Over the years, Toronto’s MONOWHALES have become an essential band among the independent scene known for their impressive alt-pop sound and their larger-than-life presence in the city. Following up their [...]
Hysterics Sleep Tarantula Tapes Returning with their sophomore EP, Sleep, Newmarket, ON- based Hysterics is returning with an unrelenting and uncompromising punk record. Following 2018’s Anatomically Correct, the independent band have teamed up [...]
Willie Nelson That’s Life Sony Music On his latest and 71st solo album, Willie Nelson has chosen to pay tribute to his friend Frank Sinatra. That’s Life is a collection of 11 Sinatra covers crooned by Nelson over a jazz ensemble – and is [...]
Alice Cooper Detroit Stories earMUSIC For his 28th studio album, Alice Cooper has returned with Detroit Stories, his first record since 2017’s Paranormal. The album features15 tracks – 11 originals and four covers – including a number of singles [...]
Menahan Street Band The Exciting Sounds Of Menahan Street Band Daptone Records Perhaps best known as the backing bands for late neo-soul icon Charles Bradley, Menahan Street Band has returned with its first record in nearly a decade. The [...]
Sam Coffey & The Iron Lungs Real One Dine Alone Records For its third album, Toronto’s Sam Coffey & The Iron Lungs has returned with Real One. The full-length record is their first major release since 2017’s acclaimed self-titled album [...]
Cursed Arrows Mage Tarantula Tapes Toronto-based Cursed Arrows has released its 12th full-length release, Mage. The five-track EP includes singles “Rebuild As One” and “Haunted”, both of which were released in October of 2020, and is their first [...]
The Holdouts For Reasons Unknown Tarantula Tapes The latest offering from Tarantula Tapes’ roster is St. Catharine, Ont.-based The Holdout’s sophomore EP, For Reasons Unknown. It is an explosive and hard-hitting follow-up to their 2020 debut, [...]
SMALL TOWN TITANS @ SMT HQ, YORK (PA) FEBRUARY 6, 2021 After a series of unavoidable delays, Pennsylvania’s Small Town Titans has returned with its long-awaited release party for their 2020 album, The Ride. The critically-acclaimed record from [...]
Various Artists Saturday Night: South African Disco Pop Hits 1981-1987 Cultures Of Soul While the likes of Prince, Madonna, and Michael Jackson were capturing the world by storm, disco seemed to all but disappeared back to the clubs and [...]
Foo Fighters Medicine At Midnight Roswell Records For the past 10 years or so, the Foo Fighters have without question been the biggest band in the world. This was solidified with their mega-hit record, Wasting Light in 2011. While their 2014 [...]
The Luka State Fall In Fall Out AntiFragile Music While many bands may list The Clash as one of their inspirations, few often deliver on a sound reminiscent of the quintessential and incredibly unique punk outfit. The Luka State, hailing from [...]
Black Pistol Fire Look Alive Black Hill Records Black Pistol Fire, the Canadian-America hard-blues power duo from Austin, Texas, has returned with their long-awaited sixth album, Look Alive. The eleven-song studio record follows their successful [...]
Perry Farrell The Glitz; The Glamour Last Man Music Perry Farrell stands as the godfather of alternative rock. His contributions to popular music are undeniable, so much so, that were it not for him and Jane’s Addition, the ‘90s rock explosions [...]
Here Lies Man Ritual Divination RidingEasy Records Having burst onto the scene in 2017 with their self-titled debut record, LA’s Here Lies Man has only continued to dive deeper into its essential question, ‘What if Black Sabbath played [...]
THE ROLLING STONES’ UNZIPPED A CONVERSATION WITH THEMUSEUM’S DAVID MARSKELL Since 2016, The Rolling Stones have been touring a museum exhibit around major cities across the globe. The formerly titled Exhibitionism has made landmark [...]
Sting The Soul Cages (Expanded Edition) Universal Music Thirty years ago, Sting released his third solo album, The Soul Cages. Written largely in response to the passing of his father, it was a critical favourite that would net Sting his first [...]
Artificial Dissemination Modern Day Peasants Tarantula Tapes Hailing from Toronto and Hamilton, Artificial Dissemination has released their latest album, Modern Day Peasants. The album is the fifth release from the two-piece band to be released [...]
