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 [...]
Black Label Society Grimmest Hits eOne Music Black Label Society is kicking 2018 off with a bang with the release of Grimmest Hits, their first album since 2014’s critically acclaimed Catacombs of the Black Vatican. Since then, lead guitarist [...]
TRUMP, BORROWED TIME, AND AMERIKKKANT A CONVERSATION WITH MINISTRY’S AL JOURGENSEN November 8, 2016. The world stood still in a state of shock as the news stormed the floodgates like a dam that simply could not hold any more: Donald Trump had [...]
I’M NOT WORRIED IF PEOPLE DON’T LIKE MY BAND A CONVERSATION WITH DED VOCALIST JOE COTELA Following the July 2017 release of their debut album Mis•an•thrope, Ded has been steadily growing into an essential band for the modern metal scene. Gearing [...]
READY TO FUCK SHIT UP A CONVERSATION WITH JOHN SALMON AND WAYNE MICHEL OF HOGAN’S GOAT Every now and then, a band stumbles across something raw and incredibly unique; something that has the potential to steer the course of rock ’n’ roll in a new [...]
SLEEP TIGHT A CONVERSATION WITH SKYE “SEVER” SWEETNAM OF SUMO CYCO In what has been an unprecedented year for an unsigned band, Sumo Cyco is rewriting the possibilities for independent artists worldwide. Having released their second [...]
N.E.R.D No_One Ever Really Dies Sony Music It’s been seven years but N.E.R.D is back at last with their first album release since 2010’s Nothing. Since the band’s hiatus, the alternative pop band consisting of Pharrell Williams, Chad Hugo, and [...]
FOR CHUCK A DISCUSSION WITH CHRIS KNIKER OF PRIMITIVE RACE Chris Kniker will be the first to tell you that he is no rock-star. Rather, he is a man with a lifelong passion for music that has led to numerous opportunities ranging from journalism [...]
Wild Evel & The Trashbones Digging My Grave Dirty Water Records To the mainstream public, punk rock was a style of music birthed in 1976 by The Sex Pistols after a seemingly outrageous live television interview. To those who were actually [...]
A CHANGE IS GONNA COME A CONVERSATION WITH SAM KISZKA OF GRETA VAN FLEET As the face of the resurgence of classic blues-based rock, Greta Van Fleet has come to be that rare up-and-coming band that challenges expectations even as they’re being [...]
The Rolling Stones On Air Polydor Few artists have had such a profound and rich impact on pop culture, the music industry, and the world as The Rolling Stones. Even as the band enters into the latter half of its fifty years together, they stand [...]
AARON TANNER – FACE TO FACE: 25 YEARS OF SOCAL PUNK, THE VISUAL HISTORY Melodic Virtue – December 1, 2017 ISBN-13: 978-0692786819 Book Review By Gerrod Harris Face To Face and their SoCal Punk Legacy. Having released their [...]
Teenage Head Fun Comes Fast Warner Music For a punk growing up in Canada in the 1970’s and 80’s, Teenage Head was as essential to the genre as were The Ramones, The Sex Pistols, and The Stooges. The band captured Canadian punk rock and [...]
Here Lies Man Animal Noises RidingEasy Records What if Black Sabbath played Afrobeat?— a question and curiosity that we never thought we’d have but that one was still nonetheless perfectly satisfied in Here Lies Man’s work and latest EP, Animal [...]
STONE TEMPLE PILOTS RETURN WITH “MEADOW” & NEW VOCALIST JEFF GUTT To say the least, the past few years have been nothing short of both tumultuous and tragic for Stone Temple Pilots. After reforming in 2010 with original vocalist Scott [...]
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings Soul Of A Woman Daptone Records After her passing on November 18th, 2016 following a fierce battle with pancreatic cancer, the album that Sharon Jones’ had been working on was shelved. Now, one day shy of the [...]
