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. [...]
LET’S FUCKING ROCK A CONVERSATION WITH DIRTY NIL’S LUKE BENTHAM As The Dirty Nil return with their sixth studio album, the Hamilton-based punk duo is running leaner and a hell of a lot meaner on The Lash, dropping on July 25 via Dine [...]
SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE THE FIRST FAMILY: LIVE AT WINCHESTER CATHEDRAL 1967 HIGH MOON RECORDS A little over a month following the passing of Sly Stone, High Moon Records have released The First Family: Live At Winchester Cathedral 1967, the [...]
TOM MORELLO w/ SNOTTY NOSE REZ KIDS @ THE DANFORTH MUSIC HALL, TORONTO JULY 17, 2005 Tom Morello has had a busy few weeks. In addition to releasing his most recent single, “Pretend You Remember Me”, Morello did an exceptional job curating Black [...]
WU-TANG CLAN w/ RUN THE JEWELS @ SCOTIABANK ARENA, TORONTO JULY 14, 2025 Wu-Tang Clan, along with openers Run The Jewels, took Toronto’s Scotiabank Area for a final time on July 14th. With only a handful of dates remaining of Wu-Tang Forever: [...]
INCUBUS W/ MANCHESTER ORCHESTRA & PARIS JACKSON @ BUDWEISER STAGE, TORONTO JUNE 30, 2025 Last year, Incubus celebrated 23 years of their seminal 2001 record, Morning View, with the release of their spectacular reimagining of the classic [...]
ROBERT RANDOLPH PREACHER KIDS SUN RECORDS Having made his mark across six albums as Robert Randolph And The Family Band, along with collaborating with the likes of legends, Santana, Norah Jones, Metallica, and Eric Clapton to name a few, Robert [...]
FISHBONE STOCKHOLM SYNDROME INDEPENDENT Since the release of their 2023 eponymous EP – not to be mistaken with their debut EP of the same name, classic alternative rock outfit Fishbone has ridden the momentum of a resurgence amid recent lineup [...]
STOCKHOLM SYNDROME A CONVERSATION WITH FISHBONE’S ANGELO MOORE & CHRIS DOWD Fishbone remain icons of alternative rock. Having made their debut in 1985 with their eponymous EP, the band pioneered a post-genre sound that blurred all the [...]
