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. [...]
The OBGMs The Ends Black Box Music Following a series of singles released throughout this year, Toronto-based alternative punk band The OBGMs have returned with their latest album, The Ends. The 10-track record, clocking in at just over 23 [...]
Tom Morello Comandante Independent With only a few days’ notice, Tom Morello’s latest surprise EP, Comandante, has arrived. It is his first true follow-up to 2018’s The Atlas Underground – save a string of singles and an instrumental version of [...]
Rage Against The Machine The Battle Of Mexico City Sony Music It was as if the stars had aligned. Next to a reunion of Appetite era Guns N’ Roses, the return of Rage Against The Machine is often coveted as one of the most hoped-for reunions, and [...]
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Rendition Was In) Daptone Records After passing away following a battle with cancer in 2016, Sharon Jones and her backing band, The Dap Kings, left behind a legacy of [...]
Bruce Springsteen Letter To You Sony Music Bruce Springsteen has returned with Letter To You, his 20th studio album, and follow-up to his 2019 dive into the Americana music of the 1970s on Western Stars. The album also marks Springsteen’s first [...]
Beastie Boys Beastie Boys Music Universal Music The last two years have seen a revival of interest in the Beastie Boys. Starting with their 2018 memoir and one of the best music books you’ll find, Beastie Boys Book, the group has since reunited [...]
Pearl Jam MTV Unplugged Sony Music MTV’s unplugged concert series spawned iconic performances throughout the ‘90s. While few, if any, will ever surpass the live albums from Nirvana and Alice In Chains’ respective sessions, Pearl Jam’s 1992 [...]
The Struts Strange Days Universal Music Critically acclaimed and fan favourites The Struts have returned with their latest album. Written and recorded with the band couch crashing at producer Jon Levine’s home studio during the pandemic, the [...]
Tom Petty Wildflowers & All The Rest Warner Records Three years ago, shortly before commencing his fortieth, and tragically his final tour, Tom Petty announced that his seminal 1994 album, Wildflowers, had an entire second half, written and [...]
Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown Pressure Spinefarm Records For the last decade, Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown have been among the most promising up and coming rock bands making waves throughout the underground scene. Their latest album, [...]
MARTIN POPOFF – LIMELIGHT: RUSH IN THE ’80s ECW PRESS BOOK REVIEW BY GERROD HARRIS Author Martin Popoff continues his deep dive into the discography of Rush with Limelight: Rush In The ‘80s, the second book in his trilogy on the [...]
GIVE THE DRUMMER SOME A CONVERSATION WITH CINDY BLACKMAN SANTANA File Give The Drummer Some under the ‘albums you didn’t hear about but should most definitely check out’ category. The latest album from Cindy Blackman Santana – former, long time [...]
TO FEEL OUR HUMANITY IN SOLIDARITY A CONVERSATION WITH NINA HAGEN After nearly a decade without releasing any new music, punk rock queen and innovator Nina Hagen has made her triumphant return with “Unity”. The cult legend has teamed up with [...]
EYES FOR YOU A CONVERSATION WITH DROP TOP ALIBI’S BRANDON GREGORY Few rock bands from Ontario get me nearly as excited as Toronto’s very own Drop Top Alibi. This is a band who, since 2017, has been releasing hard-hitting and melodic rock [...]
Public Enemy What You Gonna Do When The Grid Goes Down? Def Jam Recordings Despite kind-of-firing-kind-of-not-firing Flavor Flav in March of this year, east coast hip hop pioneers Public Enemy are back; perhaps better than they have been in the [...]
Deftones Ohms Reprise Four years ago, Deftones released Gore, the most drastic departure from their known alternative brand of metal. Now, the band has reunited with long-time producer, Terry Date, who produced the first four Deftones’ records [...]
Magnolia Bayou Strange Place Independent Hailing from Southern Mississippi, Magnolia Bayou have released their sophomore album, Strange Place. The full-length album follows their 2018 self-titled debut and a series of singles released throughout [...]
NO CLICK TRACK, NO EDITS – 25 YEARS OF LIVE FAST, DIARRHEA A CONVERSATION WITH JOSH FREESE If you’ve listened to the radio even once in the last two decades, you’ve heard Josh Freese. As one of rock and pop’s most respected and go-to session [...]
