Stew Hot Independent Hailing from Sweden, Stew very well may be among some of the most interesting rock revivalists around as they take classic rock from the late 1960s to mid ‘70s and blend it with a rich sense of the blues and early soul. The [...]
Greta Van Fleet Anthem Of The Peaceful Army Republic Records While 2017 was the year Greta Van Fleet popped onto everyone’s radar with the strong release of their debut double EP, From The Fires. Since then, Greta Van Fleet has continued to make [...]
MARTIN POPOFF – IRON MAIDEN: ALBUM BY ALBUM VOYAGEUR PRESS – OCTOBER 16, 2018 BOOK REVIEW BY GERROD HARRIS Following the release of his examination of Pink Floyd earlier this year, Martin Popoff has released Iron Maiden: Album By [...]
Tom Morello The Atlas Underground Mom+Pop Music For his first solo album since 2011’s World Wide Rebel Songs – under the alias of The Nightwatchman – Tom Morello has returned with The Atlas Underground, a collection of twelve tracks featuring a [...]
The Cavemen Burn Out For Love b/w Dancing On The Razors Edge Dirty Water Records New Zealand’s grimiest punk outfit The Cavemen has returned with a two-track single, Burn Out For Love b/w Dancing On The Razors Edge. The single follows the [...]
Tom Morello @ The Harbourfront Centre Theatre, Toronto October 5, 2018 In what was perhaps the most surprisingly low key events in Toronto this weekend, Tom Morello of Rage Against The Machine, Audioslave, and Prophets Of Rage, took the stage at [...]
Slash Featuring Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators @ Casino Rama, Orillia October 4, 2018 Opening with “Avalon”, Slash, Kennedy, and The Conspirators wasted no time getting the show started. While their set only ran for a modest hour and a [...]
Wu-Tang Clan @ Rebel, Toronto September 30, 2018 With a timer counting down on their website – currently just over thirty-nine days at the time of my writing – it is a great time to be a Wu-Tang Clan fan in the city of Toronto. To raise brand [...]
Nile Rodgers & Chic It’s About Time Virgin EMI Records For the first time in a quarter of a century, Nile Rodgers & Chic have released a new album. It’s About Time follows their 1992 album, Chic-ism. While the band has remained a [...]
Thelonious Monk Mønk Gearbox Records Often considered to be among the greatest of contemporary jazz musicians, Thelonious Monk is an artist in every sense of the word who, needless to say, has truly earned his status as a legendary icon of the [...]
John Scofield Combo 66 Universal Music Acclaimed jazz guitarist John Scofield has returned with Combo 66, his latest full-length album following 2016’s Country For Old Men – his previous album as a band leader – and last year’s collaborative [...]
Electric Citizen Helltown RidingEasy Records Hailing from Cincinnati, Ohio, Electric Citizen have returned with their third full-length album, Helltown. It was named after their hometown – Northside was commonly referred to as Helltown in the [...]
Mini Mansions Works Every Time Fiction Records For their first release since 2015’s full length album, The Great Pretenders, Mini Mansions have returned with Works Every Time, a four track EP released with the purpose of ushering in a new sound [...]
Prince Piano & A Microphone 1983 Warner Music Since the tragic passing of Prince on April 21, 2016, the Prince estate has slowly begun releasing new material from the artist’s fabled – and quite literal –vault of unreleased music. For [...]
MC50 w/ UIC & Public Animal @ The Danforth Music Hall, Toronto September 20, 2018 The history of the MC5 has been nothing short of tumultuous; however, this has not stopped the band from earning a much deserved sense of respect in the rock [...]
Fuzz Evil High On You Independent Arizona stoner, desert psych-rock band Fuzz Evil has returned with their sophomore album, High On You. As a followup to their 2016 self-titled debut, the power trio aren’t messing around as the album was [...]
Alter Bridge Live At The Royal Albert Hall Napalm Records The last few years have proven to be both incredibly busy and fulfilling for the members of Alter Bridge. In 2016, the band released their most recent studio album, The Last Hero, and [...]
The Heck “For Cryin’ Out Loud”/”Panic Attack” Dirty Water Records Hailing from Drenthe in the Netherlands, comes the latest vintage rock outfit from the Dirty Water Records roster, The Heck. Led by Henri Keefman (De [...]
NO FLUFFERS HERE A CONVERSATION WITH MINI MANSIONS’ TYLER PARKFORD When he’s not playing keyboards on the Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino tour with Artic Monkeys, Tyler Parkford is busy with his main project, Mini Mansions – an alternative [...]
Alice In Chains Rainier Fog BMG It has been five years since Alice In Chains released their stellar sophomoric release with William DuVall on vocals, The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here. The album was a smash hit with both critics and fans who chose to [...]
Martin Popoff – Led Zeppelin: All The Albums, All The Songs – Expanded Edition Voyageur Press August 21, 2018 As we approach the fiftieth anniversary of Led Zeppelin’s debut, music journalist and author extraordinaire Martin Popoff [...]
Gary Clark Jr. w/ Fiona Silver @ The Danforth Music Hall, Toronto August 7, 2018 Hot off his recent stint opening for Lenny Kravitz across Europe, blues legend well beyond the making Gary Clark Jr. has returned to Toronto for a pair of sold out [...]
The Rolling Stones From The Vault: No Security – San Jose ‘99 Universal Music Group Hot off the heels of their recent European No Filter tour, The Rolling Stones, one of the greatest rock ‘n’ roll bands to ever grace a stage, have turned [...]
The Jayhawks Back Roads And Abandoned Motels Sony Music For their follow-up to 2016’s Paging Mr. Proust, The Jayhawks have returned with country flair on Back Roads And Abandoned Motels. With the band’s tumultuous history, their 2016 release was [...]
