WE ARE ALL CHILDREN OF REFERENCE A CONVERSATION WITH ALEXISONFIRE’S DALLAS GREEN On November 7, Alexisonfire returned with their first studio release since 2022’s Otherness. Copies of Old Masters Vol. 1 collects four songs, originally by The [...]
THE BLACK CROWES AMORICA. (DELUXE EDITION) UNIVERSAL MUSIC Following the mega success of their first two albums, 1990’s Shake Your Money Maker and 1992’s The Southern Harmony And Musical Companion, The Black Crowes released their third album, [...]
ROBERT PLANT’S SAVING GRACE FEAT. SUZI DIAN @ MASSEY HALL, TORONTO NOVEMBER 10, 2025 On September 26th, Robert Plant and his new band, Saving Grace, featuring Suzi Dian, released Saving Grace via Nonesuch Records. The album, comprising [...]
AARON BADGLEY – RINGO STARR SOLO CAREER: GOT TO PAY YOUR DUES NEW HAVEN PUBLISHING BOOK REVIEW BY GERROD HARRIS Following the 2023 release of Dark Horse Records: The Story Of George Harrison’s Post-Beatles Record Label, author Aaron [...]
ALEXISONFIRE COPIES OF OLD MASTERS: VOLUME 1 DINE ALONE RECORDS Following a busy year that has seen the release of five live singles and the digital reissue of the acoustic Death Letter, Alexisonfire have released Copies of Old Masters: Volume [...]
SLASH LIVE AT THE S.E.R.P.E.N.T. FESTIVAL EARMUSIC Last year saw the release of Slash’s highly collaborative studio album, Orgy of The Damned, which was a record of covers featuring Gary Clark Jr. Billy F Gibbons, Demi Lovato, and Iggy Pop, [...]
FINGER ELEVEN LAST NIGHT ON EARTH BETTER NOISE MUSIC For the first time in over a decade, Finger Eleven has released a full-length album with Last Night On Earth. The Canadian rock veterans have remained active for the last 11 years, releasing a [...]
LAST NIGHT ON EARTH A CONVERSATION WITH FINGER ELEVEN’S SCOTT ANDERSON On November 7th, Finger Eleven are set to mark their return with the long-awaited release of Last Night On Earth, their first studio album in a decade. While the Canadian [...]
THUNDERCAT @ MASSEY HALL, TORONTO NOVEMBER 1, 2025 As the city was wrapped up in game seven of the World Series, Toronto’s Massey Hall was full for the lone Canadian date of Thundercat’s fall North American tour. His stop at Massey Hall comes [...]
DUFF MCKAGAN LIGHTHOUSE: LIVE FROM LONDON EARMUSIC In 2023, Guns ‘N’ Roses’ bassist Duff McKagan released Lighthouse, his second solo album among his recent singer-songwriter inspired era, which kicked off with 2019’s Tenderness. Building off of [...]
THE SPELLS THE NIGHT HAS EYES GARGANTA PRESS Sometimes, an album just demands multiple voices. That’s the case with The Spells ‘The Night Has Eyes’, which has our team buzzing! We’re thrilled to bring you not one, but two [...]
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 [...]
