THE COCKTAILS TRIANGLE INDEPENDENT Hailing from Niagara Falls, Ontario, The Cocktails have returned with their third full-length album since 2021. Triangle sees the band deliver their most nuanced and inspired work to date, making for a truly [...]
MONOWHALES WHO’S THERE TO HEAR ME OUT? INDEPENDENT After a massive 2023 which saw the band releasing singles while touring across North America – including festival appearances at Ottawa Blues Fest, Sound Of Music Fest, and SOMMO Fest – [...]
RICHIE UNTERBERGER – BOB MARLEY AND THE WAILERS: THE ULTIMATE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY MOTORBOOKS BOOK REVIEW BY GERROD HARRIS It is challenging to pinpoint Bob Marley’s influence over pop culture. Interest in the reggae pioneer seems to be [...]
BIG WRECK w/ TEXAS KING @ HISTORY, TORONTO DECEMBER 22, 2023 After a massive year in which they released not one, but two EP’s – March’s 7.3 and November’s Pages – Big Wreck have spent their fall touring across North America. To close out nearly [...]
MURALIM MURALIM INDEPENDENT Hailing from Zurich, Switzerland, Muralim has released their debut, eponymous EP. As students at the Zurich University of the Arts, the band was recently featured in the Best Of Swiss Jazz series. The band is led by [...]
OSCAR PETERSON CON ALMA: THE OSCAR PETERSON TRIO – LIVE IN LUGANO, 1964 TWO LIONS RECORDS In 1964, Oscar Peterson, Ray Brown, and Ed Thigpen performed in Lugano. This incarnation of The Oscar Peterson Trio is widely acclaimed as his [...]
BIG WRECK PAGES SONIC UNYON RECORDS Big Wreck continues to evolve their sound on their latest record, Pages. Their second release of the year, the six-song EP follows 7.3 – the conclusion of a trio of EPs released between 2021 and 2023 – and [...]
PAGES A CONVERSATION WITH BIG WRECK’S IAN THORNLEY Ian Thornley has seemingly led Big Wreck into a renaissance period. Hot off the release of a trilogy of EP’s released between 2021 and 2023 – 7.1, 7.2, and 7.3 – the Canadian rock icons [...]
ANDRÉ 3000 NEW BLUE SUN EPIC RECORDS For the first time in nearly two decades, André 3000 – the revolutionary rapper, songwriter, and half of Outkast – has emerged with new music. Announced only days before its release, New Blue Sun, curiously, [...]
CHARLIE PARKER, DIZZY GILLESPIE, BUD POWELL, CHARLES MINGUS, & MAX ROACH HOT HOUSE: THE COMPLETE JAZZ AT MASSEY HALL RECORDINGS CRAFT RECORDINGS Billed as the greatest jazz performance ever, the ensemble of Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, [...]
SOCIAL DISTORTION MOMMY’S LITTLE MONSTER (40th ANNIVERSARY EDITION) CRAFT RECORDINGS In celebration of the 40th anniversary of Social Distortion’s seminal debut album, Mommy’s Little Monster, Craft Recordings has reissued the album on vinyl. [...]
MAMMOTH HAS BEEN MY CREATIVE ENDEAVOUR A CONVERSATION WITH WOLFGANG VAN HALEN Standing among the most impressive up and coming rock artists is Wolfgang Van Halen, the mastermind behind Mammoth WVH. The band has spent the year supporting Alter [...]
DIRTY HONEY w/ AUSTIN MEADE @ THE DANFORTH MUSIC HALL, TORONTO NOVEMBER 8, 2023 Having released their second album Can’t Find The Brakes last Friday, Dirty Honey’s Toronto performance was something truly special. Despite the Can’t Find The [...]
DIRTY HONEY CAN’T FIND THE BRAKES INDEPENDENT Dirty Honey continues to raise the bar for new rock and independent artists alike. Their latest album builds upon the sound delivered on 2021’s full length, self-titled album – not to be [...]
NOBRO SET YOUR PUSSY FREE DINE ALONE RECORDS Acclaimed Montreal punk outfit NOBRO have returned with their second full length album, Set Your Pussy Free. Follow the release of their debut, 2022’s Live Your Truth Shred Some Gnar, and, more [...]
BERNIE WORRELL, CINDY BLACKMAN SANTANA & JOHN KING SPHERICAL INFREQUENT SEAMS The collaboration between guitarist John King, keyboardist Bernie Worrell (Parliament-Funkadelic, The Talking Heads), and drummer Cindy Blackman Santana (Pharoah [...]
RIVAL SONS LIGHTBRINGER ATLANTIC RECORDS For their second album of the year, Rival Sons have released Lightbringer, the companion to Darkfighter, released in June. Following an intensive year of touring – as both headliners and in support of The [...]
THE ROLLING STONES HACKNEY DIAMONDS UNIVERSAL MUSIC The peak that The Rolling Stones summitted in the early ‘70s remains unparalleled; something that should be coveted as among the greatest eras of not only rock ‘n’ roll, but popular music as a [...]
I COME ALIVE A CONVERSATION WITH ONE BAD SON’S SHANE CONNERY VOLK Formed in 2004, Saskatoon’s One Bad Son has grown to become cult icons among the Canadian rock scene. Having released six records between 2006 and 2017, things have been [...]
††† (CROSSES) GOODNIGHT, GOD BLESS, I LOVE U, DELETE. WARNER RECORDS By all means, Crosses should be considered more than a simple offshoot for Deftones’ vocalist, Chino Moreno’s creativity. Having formed in 2014 with their debut, eponymous [...]
ROYAL BLOOD w/ BAD NERVES @ QUEEN ELIZABETH THEATRE, TORONTO SEPTEMBER 25, 2023 The Queen Elizabeth Theatre continues to be Toronto’s best kept secret. The underused, mid-sized room looks as good as it sounds and on Monday, September 25, it [...]
JOHN MAYALL & THE BLUESBREAKERS LIVE IN 1967 – VOLUME THREE FORTY BELOW RECORDS While John Mayall may not get the recognition that he deserves towards popularising American blues in 1960s and ‘70s London, everyone he worked with has [...]
THE SMASHING PUMPKINS w/ INTERPOL & RIVAL SONS @ BUDWEISER STAGE, TORONTO SEPTEMBER 2, 2023 Approaching the end of their summer dates, The Smashing Pumpkins brought The World Is A Vampire Tour to Toronto’s Budweiser Stage on September 2, [...]
BBQ Pope Sad Reprise EP Independent Toronto garage punk band, BBQ Pope, has returned with their first release since their 2019 double single, “Visions/Kinda Funny”. Clocking in at just over ten minutes, Sad Reprise EP consists of four songs, [...]
