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 [...]
Chris Cornell No One Sings Like You Anymore Universal Music Few, if any, can take a cover and adapt it in a manner quite like Chris Cornell could. This was previously apparent through his 2007 transformation of Michael Jackson’s “Billie Jean”, [...]
CATCH THE WAVE AND TAKE THE RIDE A CONVERSATION WITH SMALL TOWN TITANS’ PHIL FREEMAN Having released their sophomore full-length album, The Ride, on November 13, 2020, Small Town Titans have more than proved their worth as perhaps the most [...]
The Dave Brubeck Quartet Time Outtakes Brubeck Editions If ever there was a single album that acted as a gateway to the genre for generations of jazz school students while also managing to push the style forward, so much so that it’s lasting [...]
MoPOP PRESENTS: ALICE IN CHAINS @ MUSEUM OF POP CULTURE, SEATTLE (WA) DECEMBER 1, 2020 Against all odds, Alice In Chains have not only survived, but they’ve thrived – especially in the last two years – since forming over three decades ago. It is [...]
Audio Visceral Gnu Two Ewe Tarantula Tapes Hailing from Vankleek Hill, Ont., Audio Visceral, is a three-piece punk outfit of beer drinking deviants. They have just released Gnu Two Ewe, after having partnered with Tarantula Tapes. The album is [...]
I THINK WRITING A SCORE FOR A HORROR FILM IS EVERY MUSICIAN’S DREAM A CONVERSATION WITH WADE MACNEIL Best-known as the lead guitarist for Alexisonfire and as the vocalist for UK punk rock outfit, Gallows, Wade MacNeil has become a Canadian [...]
AC/DC Power Up Sony Music Despite the running joke that all of their albums sound the same, AC/DC remains among the biggest bands in the world, a seemingly unwavering position they’ve held since ‘80 that has survived over 10 records, countless [...]
Keith Richards & The X-Pensive Winos Live At The Hollywood Palladium Mindless Records It’s a special occasion when Keith Richards decides to step out on his own. While these moments are increasingly rare, they almost always stand as [...]
Small Town Titans The Ride AntiFragile Music Perhaps best known for their viral covers – from rock classics like Queen’s “Fat Bottomed Girls” to their most viewed video, “You’re A Mean One, Mr. Grinch” – Pennsylvania’s Small Town Titans have [...]
Alter Bridge Walk The Sky 2.0 Napalm Records Having released Walk The Sky last year, Alter Bridge embarked on a short-lived North American tour in January and February of this year. Salvaging what they could from the canceled tour, the band has [...]
Thelonious Monster Oh That Monster Immediate Family Records 16 years ago, Thelonious Monster released their last album, California Clam Chowder, a collection of interpretations, but not quite covers, from some of the most iconic artists ever. [...]