Amy Winehouse At The BBC Universal Music Amy Winehouse had a voice truly unlike any other. As we approach the ten-year anniversary of her passing, a compilation of live recordings from various performances, At The BBC has been released, marking [...]
JJ Wilde Wilde Black Box Recordings Few artists are turning heads and making a splash in both rock and pop quite like Ontario’s very own JJ Wilde. Coming in hot after 2020’s JUNO nominated album, Ruthless, and two massive singles, “Best Boy” and [...]
The Reed Effect 1973 Independent The Reed Effect is an essential band within the Toronto music community. After the unexpected and devastatingly tragic passing of bassist and founding member, Chris Reed, in 2020, his brother, singer and [...]
Sumo Cyco Initiation Napalm Records Canadian alternative-metal cult favourites Sumo Cyco have returned with not only their third album, but also, their label debut. Initiation follows 2017’s Opus Mar and builds on the distinctive sound of the [...]
SEAN LATHAM – THE WORLD OF BOB DYLAN CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS BOOK REVIEW & INTERVIEW BY GERROD HARRIS Everyone has their favourite Bob Dylan. The enigmatic singer-songwriter has captured the world’s attention for nearly 60 years as [...]
Heavy Petter/Lightmares Heavy Petter/Lightmares Tarantula Tapes Teaming up for a split release is Barrie’s Heavy Petter and Sudbury’s Lightmares. The four-track cassette release – via Tarantula Tapes – is spilt between the two bands like a pair [...]
Royal Blood Typhoons Warner Music If neon had a sound, it would be the sleek grit of Royal Blood’s third album, Typhoons. Following the release of 2017’s How Did We Get So Dark?, the duo has seemingly traded in their rough and raw rock tone for [...]
Beartaker Virtuous Signal Independent Canadian two-piece pandemic collaborators Jeremy Widerman (Monster Truck) and Theo McKibbon have reunited following the release of their debut EP, Total Disgrace, in April 2020. Their latest release, [...]
Motörhead Louder Than Noise… Live In Berlin Silver Lining Music Despite passing away in 2015, the legacies of Lemmy Kilmister and Motörhead have remained among rock and metal’s most revered of titans. Since his passing, Motörhead have released a [...]
Dirty Honey Dirty Honey LP Independent Among the most promising of the current u- and-coming rock bands to emerge from America is Dirty Honey. Returning with their first full-length album, and their follow-up to their debut studio EP that [...]
Gilby Clarke The Gospel Truth Golden Robot Records While best known as the rhythm guitarist for Guns N’ Roses on the Use Your Illusion tour, Gilby Clarke has enjoyed a small solo career through the ‘90s into the early 2000s. The guitarist has [...]
The Offspring Let The Bad Times Roll Concord Records/Universal Music Canada As one of the greatest selling punk band of all time, The Offspring have released their first album in nearly a decade. Let The Bad Times Roll, a record adorned with [...]
SOMEBODY HAS TO BE ON MUSHROOMS, RIGHT? A CONVERSATION WITH DIRTY HONEY’S JOHN NOTTO & JUSTIN SMOLIAN Dirty Honey, formed in 2010, are a band from a completely different era. Primally charged by the crunching guitar riffs of the ‘80s and an [...]
PHILIP H. ANSELMO & THE ILLEGALS A VULGAR DISPLAY OF PANTERA (VIRTUAL EVENT) APRIL 9, 2021 Throughout the last few years, Phil Anselmo and his current metal outfit, The Illegals, have taken to performing entire sets of classic Pantera [...]
OSHAWA MUSIC WEEK: THIS IS A ROCK SHOW – FEATURING REVIVE THE ROSE, THE JAILBIRDS, CIGAR CLUB, KILLER VIRGINS & MORE @ THE OSHAWA MUSIC HALL CONCERT THEATRE, OSHAWA APRIL 9, 2021 The annual Oshawa Music Week has gone virtual for 2021 [...]
Core Bee Sit And Drink Tarantula Tapes Normally on bass with Heavy Petter and on drums with The Speed Humps, Barrie, Ont.-based artist, Core Bee, has released his second full-length solo release, Sit And Drink. With the exception of a few guest [...]
Robert Cotter Missing You WeWantSounds Before Chic set the disco world on fire with the quintessential hit, “Le Freak” in 1978, they were The Big Apple Band, fronted by Robert Cotter. Their only record made together, Missing You, was initially [...]
Various Artists Greg Belson’s Divine Funk Cultures Of Soul Following on the success of Greg Belson’s Divine Disco, Cultures Of Soul and Greg Belson – one of the world’s leading collectors, curators, and DJs of gospel music – have returned [...]
Lamb Of God Lamb Of God (Deluxe Version) Epic Records After parting ways with founding member and drummer Chris Adler, Lamb Of God returned in 2020 with their long awaited self-titled record. Lamb Of God follows their 2015 album, the jaw [...]
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 [...]
