Various Artists Johnny Cash: Forever Words Legacy Recordings Sixty-three years after the release of his debut single, “Cry! Cry! Cry!”, and fifteen years since his passing, Johnny Cash remains as relevant as ever with the release of Johnny Cash: [...]
The Golden Grass Absolutely Listenable Records Brooklyn’s The Golden Grass – a psychedelic blues rock trio consisting of guitarist and vocalist Professor Plum Brandy, drummer and vocalist The Golden Goose, and on bass, The Fireball – have [...]
WE’RE HERE TO HELP ARTISTS, ANY WAY WE CAN A CONVERSATION WITH AWFULLY GOOD RECORDS’ ERIC WALDEN The image of a music industry executive often conjures the expected slew of classic horror stories of a cigar chomping suit secretly acquiring [...]
Stone Temple Pilots Stone Temple Pilots Warner Music Since releasing new music in the fall of last year with new singer Jeff Gutt, following a twenty-six year long career full of massive success, innovation, breakups, reunions, and tragically, [...]
The Loons Blue Ether/Saturday’s Son Dirty Water Records Celebrating being together for twenty years — fifteen of which with the same lineup — The Loons has released their latest single. Much like the vintage rock vibe that the band [...]
THE FUN OF GOING TO A RECORD STORE IS THE TREASURE HUNT A DISCUSSION WITH SUNRISE RECORDS’ DOUG PUTMAN After struggling for years, it came as little surprise to Canadians to hear about HMV closing their doors for the last time in the first [...]
SPILL MOVIES: AMERICAN VALHALLA NORTH AMERICAN DVD RELEASE: MARCH 9, 2018 Almost exactly two years ago, Iggy Pop released one of the best albums of not only 2016, but of his entire illustrious career that has since surpassed the fifty year [...]
Five Alarm Funk Boots & Wheels Independent Vancouver based funk sensations, Five Alarm Funk, have released a two song EP titled Boots & Wheels. The short release is the first since last year’s full album, Sweat, and documents the bands [...]
Acid Dad Acid Dad Greenway Records New York City’s Acid Dad have returned with their first ever full length, self-titled album. Acid Dad follows the alternative rock outfit’s 2016 debut EP, Lets Plan A Robbery, and gives fans a long awaited [...]
Judas Priest Firepower Columbia Records For their much awaited follow-up to their 2014 release, Redeemer Of Souls, metal pioneers Judas Priest have released Firepower, a fourteen track record that delivers some of the best songs Judas Priest has [...]
Myles Kennedy Year Of The Tiger Napalm Records Having fronted and played guitar for Alter Bridge as well as being Slash’s go-to choice for two solo records and a pair of stellar tracks on his 2010 self-titled solo record, Myles Kennedy has [...]
Ministry AmeriKKKant Nuclear Blast To say that America has been in a sense of disarray since the election of their current president, Trump, is an understatement. Every day or so seems to offer a new fiasco, ranging from taunting North Korea [...]
Various Artists Our Voltage Girlsville Records Chicago-based Girlsville Records have put together a compilation record consisting of work from multiple artists. Our Voltage was released to benefit legal aid for anti-racist activists and for the [...]
The Scaners The Scaners Dirty Water Records From Frank Sinatra crooning about being flown to the moon to David Bowie, the man who fell to Earth, popular music has had an on-and-off fascination with space and life beyond our planet. For The [...]
Nick Oliveri N.O. Hits At All Vol. 4 Heavy Psych Sounds N.O. Hits At All Vol.4 stands as the fourth and final installment of Nick Oliveri’s No Hits At All series, a collection of records that chronicle the vocalist and bassist’s released – and [...]
Hollywood Sinners Khöme Kakkä Dirty Water Records With 17 years of being a band under their belt, Spanish garage punk band Hollywood Sinners — one of the best band names I have heard in quite a while — has released their fourth full-length [...]
Drop Top Alibi w/ One In The Chamber, Uforia &The Matte Black Finish @ The Hideout, Toronto February 2, 2018 To celebrate the release of their latest music video for “Home” off their debut self-titled EP, Drop Top Alibi took over Toronto’s [...]
WE’VE ALWAYS BEEN GEARED TOWARDS THE ARTISTS A CONVERSATION WITH INDIE WEEK FOUNDER DARRYL HURS While most do not know Darryl Hurs by name, those who are active members of Toronto’s musical community — musicians and supporters of the scene — are [...]
CONFRONTING RACISM, PANTERA AND THE ILLEGALS A CONVERSATION WITH PHILIP H. ANSELMO Kind, well-spoken, genuine, and misunderstood. These are the words I would use to describe Philip H. Anselmo after speaking to the metal icon for over two hours. [...]
The Cavemen The Cavemen Dirty Water Records Since their formation in 2013, The New Zealand punk outfit The Cavemen has released a string of singles, as well their debut self-titled record in 2015. Now, after relocating to London and signing with [...]
Santana @ House Of Blues, Las Vegas January 27, 2018 Carlos Santana is an artist who needs little, if any, introduction. From his entrance on stage at Woodstock in 1969, his near fifty-year career has been nothing short of illustrious. Even now, [...]
Philip H. Anselmo & The Illegals Choosing Mental Illness As A Virtue Housecore Records Philip H. Anselmo is not one to sit still for very long. While most known for his vocal work with Pantera, the metal legend keeps himself very busy with a [...]
Joe Perry Sweetzerland Manifesto Roman Records A true legend of the 1970s best known for his work as the lead guitarist from arguably the best hard-rock band of the era, Aerosmith, Joe Perry has released his eighth solo record, Sweetzerland [...]
The Components Continuum Mint 400 Records Hailing from New Jersey, The Components have released their explosive debut record, Continuum. The duo, consisting of Ronnie Sena on lead vocals and guitar and Zoe Ekonomidis on drums and backing [...]
