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 [...]
Foo Fighters/The Struts/The Beaches @ The Rogers Centre, Toronto July 12, 2018 “I know why you’re here. You’re here cause you want some rock ‘n’ roll” a drenched Dave Grohl shouts during “The Pretender” – the third song into a monumental set [...]
Guns N’ Roses Appetite For Destruction Remastered Universal Music Group (Originally Geffen Records) It goes without saying that Guns N’ Roses’ seminal 1987 album, Appetite For Destruction, is a near flawless debut album that set the bar for rock [...]
MARTIN POPOFF – PINK FLOYD: ALBUM BY ALBUM VOYAGEUR PRESS – JUNE 26, 2018 BOOK REVIEW BY GERROD HARRIS For his latest release in what is truly an expansive collection of music driven literature, Martin Popoff has turned his attention [...]
James Williamson And The Pink Hearts Behind The Shade Leopard Lady Records With an illustrious career as a songwriter and guitarist for nearly fifty years, most known for playing on The Stooges’ landmark 1973 release Raw Power, James Williamson [...]
BLACK PISTOL FIRE w/ THUNDERPUSSY @ THE PHOENIX CONCERT THEATRE, TORONTO JUNE 15, 2018 The Phoenix Concert Theater was the place to be to see two of rock ‘n’ roll’s best up and coming bands. Hot on the release of last year’s [...]
Buddy Guy The Blues Is Alive And Well Silvertone/RCA Records Buddy Guy stands as one of the last true traditional blues legends of his time; an era that predated the rock ‘n’ roll explosion of the mid-1960s. Few remain, and even fewer are still [...]
A CAREER OF CREATIVITY A CONVERSATION WITH OUR LADY PEACE VOCALIST RAINE MAIDA Raine Maida has enjoyed a long and influential career as vocalist and guitarist for Our Lady Peace, Canada’s biggest alternative rock back from the ‘90s. As the only [...]
NO SET WILL EVER BE THE SAME A CONVERSATION WITH RUBY DUNPHY OF THUNDERPUSSY “It was on a beach in Hawaii. The goddess Athena came down and struck us with lightning, and since then, we have been Thunderpussy” is the response I get after asking [...]
Black Coffee Take One Independent On their debut album, Columbus, Ohio’s Black Coffee shine as potential stars to the growing rock revival that is sweeping North America. The independent release, Take One, harkens back to the 1970s – arguably [...]
THE CULT, FILLING THE SHOES OF LEGENDS, AND REVOLUTION 3 A CONVERSATION WITH THE CULT’S BILLY DUFFY Thirty-five years ago, few people would have expected that The Cult would not only become one of rock ‘n’ roll’s elder [...]
Lucy And The Rats Lucy And The Rats Dirty Water Records London-based punk rock outfit Lucy And The Rats have released their self-titled debut record! Produced by Johnny Casino and The White Stripes producer Jim Diamond, Australian punk princess [...]
SPILL MOVIES: STILL ON THE RUN: THE JEFF BECK STORY EAGLE ROCK ENTERTAINMENT – May 18, 2018 While Jeff Beck has often – and undeservingly – been an understated innovator to the guitar when considered among his peer group, he is an [...]
THE PINK HEARTS, BOWIE, AND THE STOOGES A CONVERSATION WITH JAMES WILLIAMSON James Williamson is best known as the guitarist and songwriter who, along with Iggy Pop, brought The Stooges back following their first implosion to create Raw Power, [...]
Them Evils Rollin’ Stoned And Livin’ Free Burning Records While North America seems to be in the midst of a rock & roll revival, Southern California based power trio Them Evils has risen in popularity rapidly since touring with [...]
PETTY, THE BLUES, AND THE VICE RAGS A CONVERSATION WITH PAUL ROSEVEAR OF THE VICE RAGS As the guitarist and lead vocalist of The Vice Rags, an Asbury Park, New Jersey based rock band, Paul Rosevear speaks with the honesty, excitement, and most [...]
Alice In Chains w/ The Walking Papers @ Massey Hall, Toronto May 1, 2018 After half a decade, Alice In Chains made an explosive return to Toronto at Massey Hall last night. This tour, being their first major North American tour since 2013 to [...]
Hot Knives Static Bloom Independent Brooklyn based power trio, Hot Knives, have released Static Bloom, their debut EP ahead of a full length album that is slated for release later this year. While little is known of the psychedelic noise rock [...]
Archie And The Bunkers Songs From The Lodge Dirty Water Records Hailing from Cleveland, Ohio comes the punk rock duo Archie And The Bunkers. Consisting of the O’Connor brothers: Cullen on vocals and organ, along with Emmett on drums and vocals. [...]
Willie Nelson Last Man Standing Legacy Recordings A song writing legend who needs no introduction, Willie Nelson returns with his sixty-seventh solo record, Last Man Standing. In what is without a doubt a truly incredible and expansive [...]
ROLLIN’ STONED AND LIVIN’ FREE A CONVERSATION WITH JORDAN GRIFFIN OF THEM EVILS Them Evils might just be the best band you’ve never heard of — for now, that is. The So-Cal based power trio, consisting of guitarist and vocalist Jordan [...]
