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 [...]
Tool Fear Inoculum Sony Music 13 years ago, Barack Obama had yet to be elected as the President of The United States, Twitter had only just launched, and the first generation of iPhones was over a year away. It was also the year that 10,000 [...]
THE AGE OF GRUNGE AND INDUSTRIAL MUSIC – AND IT WAS FUCKING DOPE A CONVERSATION WITH RICHARD PATRICK OF FILTER Twenty years ago, Richard Patrick was an “out of his mind” alcoholic in the midst of a secret, “mad, head over heels, first [...]
CJ Ramone @ The Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto August 15, 2019 While best known as the long-time bassist for The Ramones, CJ Ramone has since enjoyed a musically diverse solo career. His latest album, The Holy Spell, released earlier this year, is [...]
Alice In Chains & Korn @ Budweiser Stage, Toronto August 14, 2019 In a rather unexpected turn of events, Alice In Chains and Korn have united for a double-headlining expansive North American tour. It kicked off in mid-July and runs until [...]
Filter Title Of Record (20th Anniversary Reissue) Craft Recordings Twenty years ago, Richard Patrick shook the alternative rock world with the release of Title Of Record. While his band, Filter, had previously turned heads with their bombastic [...]
Creedence Clearwater Revival Live At Woodstock Craft Recordings As the 50th anniversary of the era-defining Woodstock Festival approaches, a handful of artists remain attached to pop culture’s memory of the event – Crosby, Stills, Nash & [...]
Soundgarden Live From The Artists Den Universal Music You’d be hard pressed to find anyone who didn’t agree that seeing their favourite band live, at one of their definite peaks, had stirred up feelings of sheer exhilaration, wonder, and [...]
BOWIE, BLOW, AND WORKING IT OUT ON THE BANDSTAND A CONVERSATION WITH DONNY McCASLIN While perhaps best known for his work on David Bowie’s Blackstar, Donny McCaslin continues to affirm himself as a shaper and brilliant influencer among the [...]
Ex Ømerta Ex Ømerta Independent Hailing from what very well may be one of the least likely places, your next favourite alternative rock band, Ex Ømerta, are ready to burst straight out of Winnipeg with their explosive self-titled debut album. [...]
PERRY FARRELL’S KIND HEAVEN ORCHESTRA @ THE MOD CLUB THEATRE, TORONTO JUNE 25, 2019 “If I could do this every night, I would” Perry Farrell tells the near sold out Toronto audience with a charming, bright smile that can only be [...]
THERE’S NO SLOWING DOWN A CONVERSATION WITH JOHN MAYALL At the age of 85, and well over 60 years since his career began, blues legend John Mayall could take it easy and ride off into the sunset on his past glories and accolades. That, [...]
Hollywood Vampires Rise EarMUSIC Having released their self-titled debut in 2015, an album predominately made up of covers, save two originals, The Hollywood Vampires, a star-studded supergroup centered around Alice Cooper, Johnny Depp, and Joe [...]
Prince Originals Warner Music Sporting a visual aesthetic reminiscent of Dirty Mind, circa 1980, the latest posthumous release from the oasis that is the Prince vault takes the form of Originals, a 15-track collection of recordings Prince had [...]
Bruce Springsteen Western Stars Sony Music Following an unprecedentedly successful residency on Broadway – culminating with Springsteen On Broadway, a live album and Netflix concert film, released last December – Bruce Springsteen is back. [...]
IT’S STILL GOT THAT FEELING OF MAGIC TO IT A CONVERSATION WITH CJ RAMONE As the bassist for The Ramones from 1989 to 1996, CJ Ramone seems to have found his voice as a songwriter and musician. The Holy Spell, his fifth solo album, is a striking [...]
The Cretins “Haven’t Got A Clue” (Single) Dirty Water Records The latest band to emerge from the depths of the grimy Dirty Water Records roster is The Cretins, a four-piece outfit from Brighton and South London. As Dirty Water [...]
