Primitive Race Soul Pretender Metropolis Records Following the shocking passing of former Faith No More, Bad Brains, and VUA vocalist, Chuck Mosley on November 9th, Primitive Race’s sophomore album, Soul Pretender, is as triumphant as it is [...]
Guns N’ Roses @ The Air Canada Centre, Toronto October 29, 2017 Prior to the release of their 1987 debut record, Appetite For Destruction, Guns N’ Roses had embodied the quintessential mantra of sex, drugs, and rock & roll making them [...]
THE FUNK IS BACK A CONVERSATION WITH JAMES ‘DIAMOND’ WILLIAMS OF THE OHIO PLAYERS After missing two of my calls, I was beginning to think that my chat with the drummer from The Ohio Players, James ‘Diamond’ Williams, would have to be [...]
Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue w/ Vintage Trouble @ The Danforth Music Hall, Toronto October 24, 2017 2017 has proved to be quite the year for Trombone Shorty and his backing band, Orleans Avenue. Throughout the first half of the year, the [...]
Robert Plant Carry Fire Nonesuch Records Robert Plant is one of rock & roll’s biggest cultural icons. His work with Led Zeppelin between 1968 and 1980 made him one of the genre’s most legendary figures, making him a true voice of a [...]
ONE HALF ACOUSTIC, ONE HALF ELECTRIC, ONE HALF PSYCHEDELIC A CONVERSATION WITH CHUCK MOSLEY Chuck Mosley is a man who wears his soul on his sleeve. While currently on tour with what he describes as his “semi-distorted, semi-psychedelic acoustic [...]
Marilyn Manson Heaven Upside Down Loma Vista Recordings It seems this past week or so has been a buzz of news surrounding The Anti-Christ Superstar, Marilyn Manson. First there was the report that he thought he may have broken his ankle at a [...]
REMEMBERING TOM PETTY – A SPILL MAGAZINE MEMORIAL OCTOBER 20th, 1950 – OCTOBER 2nd, 2017 Just a week after performing the final show of his 40th anniversary tour, rock icon Tom Petty has passed away. After a day of confusion, hope, and [...]
Zakk Sabbath @ The Opera House, Toronto October 4, 2017 Cover bands are an interesting thing. While most are regional sensations who perform regularly at the local watering hole, few have gained an international audience – Cowgirls From [...]
William Patrick Corgan @ The Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Toronto October 20, 2017 Like some of the greatest artists to emerge from the grunge and alternative rock scene of the 1990’s, William Patrick Corgan – yes, Billy Corgan – has [...]
AXL ROSENBERG AND CHRIS KROVATIN – HELLRAISERS: A COMPLETE VISUAL HISTORY OF HEAVY METAL MAYHEM Race Point Publishing – October 2, 2017 ISBN-10: 1631064304 ISBN-13: 978-1631064302 Book Review By Gerrod Harris Coffee table books have [...]
Shania Twain Now Mercury Records Throughout the 1990’s and early 2000’s, Shania Twain was inescapable. Her reign over both pop and country music was fueled by a string of hits from her four records, including “That Don’t Impress Me Much”, “Up”, [...]
CELEBRATING 25 YEARS OF STONE TEMPLE PILOTS ALBUM ‘CORE’ It was the earliest hours in the morning of December 3rd, 2015, and my world stood still. Dave Navarro broke the news which he heard via police scanner that Scott Weiland was [...]
REMEMBERING CHARLES BRADLEY – A SPILL MAGAZINE MEMORIAL NOVEMBER 5th, 1948 – SEPTEMBER 23rd, 2017 It is with a great sense of sadness that we report that Charles Bradley has passed away at the age of sixty-eight. While no cause of death [...]
THE FRAME DEFECT – “RESIDUE” A Spill Exclusive Video Premiere After making their dynamic debut in 2016 with Selfless, The Frame Defect have made waves in the Toronto and Greater Ontario Area’s progressive metal scene. Their [...]
Drop Top Alibi Drop Top Alibi Independent Hot off their recent tour opening for former Guns N’ Roses rhythm guitarist, Gilby Clarke, Drop Top Alibi have released their debut, self-titled album. W. Drop Top Alibi, while only four songs in length, [...]
Foo Fighters Concrete And Gold RCA Records For a turbulent series of weeks in 2016, the rumour mill- based on very little substance- spat out the idea that one of rocks biggest bands was on the brink of breaking up. Yep, following the release of [...]
Prophets Of Rage Prophets Of Rage Universal Music It’s 2017 and our neighbors down south are under the reign of what can only accurately be described as a tyrannical fool with an atrocious hair piece who only seems to benefit the upper elite and [...]
Queens Of The Stone Age w/ Royal Blood @ Budweiser Stage, Toronto September 9, 2017 On August 25th, 2017, Queens Of The Stone Age released their newest record, Villains. Building on a similar direction that the band carved on their previous [...]
Jack Johnson All The Light Above It Too Universal Music After releasing his number one 2013 album, From Here To Now To You and the subsequent tour which led into the following year, things have been relatively quiet from Jack Johnson. 2013 was [...]
Alter Bridge Live At The O2 Arena + Rarities Napalm Records Following the release of their critically acclaimed 2016 release, The Last Hero, Alter Bridge have returned with Live At The O2 Arena + Rarities. The band, consisting of lead vocalist, [...]
Ace Frehley Anomaly eOne Music Back in 2009, Ace Frehley released Anomaly. Not only was the record very well received among critics, but it was Frehley’s first solo record since his 1989 release, Trouble Walkin’, making the album that much more [...]
Gregg Allman Southern Blood Rounder On May 27th, 2017, the world was shocked to hear of the sudden passing of music legend, Gregg Allman. Allman, who had quite an extensive and incredibly innovative career as a founding member of The Allman [...]
I Mother Earth @ CNE Bandshell, Toronto August 25, 2017 After reuniting last year with their original lead vocalist, Edwin, in celebration of the twentieth anniversary of their landmark album Scenery And Fish, I Mother Earth have been on a roll. [...]
