GREG PRATO – ALTERNATIVE FOR THE MASSES: THE 90s ALT-ROCK REVOLUTION – AN ORAL HISTORY MOTORBOOKS/QUARTO BOOK REVIEW BY GERROD HARRIS Perhaps best known for Grunge Is Dead: The Oral History of Seattle Rock Music, acclaimed author and [...]
TOM MORELLO @ RICHMOND HILL CENTRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS, RICHMOND HILL OCTOBER 24, 2025 Tom Morello is currently in the midst of his A Night Of Stories & Music Tour which sees the legendary Rage Against The Machine and Audioslave [...]
MAMMOTH THE END BMG Since the 2023 release of Mammoth II, the Wolfgang Van Halen-led project has toured the world, sharing the stages with the likes of Metallica, Pantera, and Foo Fighters. The band has now returned with The End, which once [...]
BIG WRECK THE REST OF THE STORY SONIC UNYON Following a series of four EPs released within the first three years of the decade, Big Wreck have returned with their first full-length album since 2019’s …But For The Sun. Recorded during the same [...]
ANTIBALAS HOURGLASS DAPTONE RECORDS For their seventh full-length album, Antibalas returns to its instrumental roots. Hourglass sees the band indulging in jazz, soul, and R&B-infused Latin music across six tracks. “Solace” opens to the [...]
LAUFEY W/SUKI WATERHOUSE @ SCOTIABANK ARENA, TORONTO OCTOBER 19, 2025 As she approaches the end of the A Matter of Time Tour, international jazz-pop sensation Laufey performed at Toronto’s Scotiabank Arena for the first of two sold out dates. [...]
IT’S JUST ONE REALLY BIG EP A CONVERSATION WITH BIG WRECK’S IAN THORNLEY Big Wreck started the decade with a string of EPs released at an impressive clip. The first was the 7 Series, a trio of EPs released between 2021 and 2023, [...]
JaRON MARSHALL THE RETURN OF SLICK THE VAULT Black Pumas’ keyboardist and up-and-coming solo artist JaRon Marshall has returned with his second full-length album. The Return of Slick follows the acid jazz sounds of 2023’s Earth Sounds, along [...]
MELVIN GIBBS AMASIA: ANAMIBIA SESSIONS 2 HAUSU MOUNTAIN Melvin Gibbs has enjoyed a prolific career as a Brooklyn-based composer and jazz artist. Revered for both his songwriting and his performance as a bassist, Gibbs’ solo work is incredibly [...]
JIBOLA FAGBAMIYE & CONOR McCREERY – FELA: MUSIC IS THE WEAPON AMISTAD BOOK REVIEW BY GERROD HARRIS Fela Kuti is a revolutionary figure, both musically and politically. As an artist, he pioneered the creation of Afrobeat, the sound of [...]
QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE w/ PARIS JACKSON @ MASSEY HALL, TORONTO OCTOBER 5, 2025 When Josh Homme tells you to dress your best, you damn well better deliver. As Queens Of The Stone Age took the revered stage at Toronto’s Massey Hall, they were met [...]
MICK ROCK & TIM MOHR – ROCKY HORROR: A BEHIND-THE-SCENES LOOK AT THE CULT CLASSIC HARPER COLLINS BOOK REVIEW BY GERROD HARRIS In 1975, The Rocky Horror Picture Show bombed at the box office, making an estimated $21,000 on its opening [...]
COCHEMEA VOL. III: ANCESTROS FUTUROS DAPTONE RECORDS Over the course of 25 years, Cochemea has built a distinctive career as a modern avant-garde jazz artist of prolific status through a wide range of collaborators that includes Sharon Jones and [...]
BIG OL’ NASTY GETDOWN VOLUME 3 INDEPENDENT Over the last two decades, The Big Ol’ Nasty Getdown, which has included the efforts of well over 225 musicians, has become perhaps the largest and most fluid musical collective, consisting of a [...]
HEADSTONES BURN ALL THE SHIPS DINE ALONE RECORDS Returning with their 11th studio album, following 2022’s Flight Risk, Canadian rock icons Headstones are making waves with their Dine Alone Records debut. Burn All The Ships sees the band firing [...]
PINK FUZZ RESOLUTION INDEPENDENT For their fourth album, Denver, CO’s Pink Fuzz have returned with Resolution. Produced by Kevin McKeown (Black Pistol Fire) and mixed by Alain Johannes (Queens Of The Stone Age, Chris Cornell, Arctic Monkeys), [...]
YOU GOTTA DO IT FOR YOURSELF A CONVERSATION WITH HEADSTONES’ HUGH DILLON Making their Dine Alone Records debut, Canadian rock icons Headstones have returned with Burn All The Ships, due for release on September 19. For their 11th album, the band [...]
DIE SPITZ SOMETHING TO CONSUME THIRD MAN RECORDS Following a pair of EPs – 2022’s The Revenge Of Evangeline and 2023’s Teeth, Die Spitz have returned with their debut, full-length album, Something to Consume. Hailing from Austin, TX, the [...]
NINE INCH NAILS @ SCOTIABANK ARENA, TORONTO AUGUST 23, 2025 The return of Nine Inch Nails has been a highly anticipated affair. Between their upcoming soundtrack, Tron: Ares, set to drop on September 19 via Interscope Records and marking the [...]
THE JOE PERRY PROJECT w/ CHARLIE EDWARD @ HISTORY, TORONTO AUGUST 16, 2025 For his first steps since Aerosmith announced their retirement from the road, guitarist Joe Perry has revived his solo band, The Joe Perry Project, for a string dates. [...]
RISE AGAINST RICOCHET LOMA VISTA Following a series of singles released since January of this year, Rise Against has returned with their 10th studio album, and their first since 2021’s Nowhere Generation. In addition to shaking up their sound, [...]
BUDDY GUY AIN’T DONE WITH THE BLUES RCA Despite announcing his retirement from the road with his 2024 Damn Right Farewell Tour, blues legend Buddy Guy has returned with his first studio record since 2022, following a string of live [...]
ALICE COOPER THE REVENGE OF ALICE COOPER EARMUSIC Fifty years ago, the original lineup of Alice Cooper broke up, and while the four surviving members would reunite for a pair of one-off shows in 2015 and 2017, and for a pair of tracks on [...]
THE DIRTY NIL THE LASH DINE ALONE RECORDS Hailing from Hamilton, Ontario, The Dirty Nil have carried the title of being among Canada’s most promising, up and coming punk rock outfits. This sentiment rings true on their sixth album, The Lash. [...]
