BOOTSY COLLINS ALBUM OF THE YEAR #1 FUNKATEER BOOTZILLA RECORDS Over half a century into his career, Bootsy Collins has done it all. From backing some of the most important figures in funk as a bassist for James Brown and Parliament, to an [...]
BRKN LOVE THE PROGRAM SPINEFARM RECORDS BRKN LOVE has returned with their third full-length album, The Program. The record follows a pair of albums, 2020’s self-titled and 2022’s Black Box, and includes recent singles, “20/20 Vision” and [...]
THE PROGRAM A CONVERSATION WITH BRKN LOVE’S JUSTIN BENLOLO BRKN LOVE remains an excitingly impressive up and coming rock band. Since 2020, the band has released a pair of full-length albums – 2020’s BRKN LOVE and 2022’s Black Box – while [...]
DE LA SOUL THE GRIND DATE (20th ANNIVERSARY EDITION) DAISY AGE INC. Despite seeing a latter career revival following their return to streaming platforms and a series of expanded reissues, De La Soul remains one of the most unique yet criminally [...]
I AM VERY PROUD TO BE A BITCH A CONVERSATION WITH SAVE TORONTO MUSIC VENUES’ ASHLEY CACHIA In an effort to combat an era of gentrification greatly escalated by the pandemic, Ashley Cachia created Save Toronto Music Venues in 2020. Driven [...]
JIMMY PAGE & THE BLACK CROWES LIVE AT THE GREEK (25th ANNIVERSARY EDITION) SILVER ARROW RECORDS In 1999, Jimmy Page and The Black Crowes took over The Greek Theatre in Los Angeles for a string of legendary performances. The performances were [...]
TOM PETTY: HEARTBREAKERS BEACH PARTY PETTY LEGACY LLC/MTV ENTERTAINMENT STUDIOS MARCH 11, 2025 In 1983, Cameron Crowe (Almost Famous, Singles, Pearl Jam Twenty) made his directorial debut with Tom Petty: Heartbreakers Beach Party. The film aired [...]
ADRIAN YOUNGE @ LEE’S PALACE, TORONTO MARCH 9, 2025 Producer, composer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Adrian Younge brought his Something About April Tour to Toronto’s Lee’s Palace for a sold-out performance of cinematic, neo-jazz [...]
IT WAS TRULY MAYHEM & REVELRY A CONVERSATION WITH DIRTY HONEY’S MARC LABELLE & JOHN NOTTO Dirty Honey are, without a doubt, one of the most exciting rock bands to emerge in the last decade. In that time, the band has released numerous [...]
MUSIC IS THE ANSWER A CONVERSATION WITH SHEBAD’S CLAIRE VOY & CICCIO SPAGNOLO For SHEBAD, 2024 kicked off with an opening set for Kamasi Washington at Toronto’s History and culminated with the release of their debut, full-length [...]
DIRTY HONEY MAYHEM & REVELRY LIVE INDEPENDENT Following a massive year of touring off their latest album, 2023’s Can’t Find The Breaks, Dirty Honey have returned with the celebratory Mayhem & Revelry Live. The album is not only the [...]
DON JULIAN SAVAGE! SUPER SOUL SOUNDTRACK (VINYL REISSUE) REAL GONE MUSIC Originally released in 1973, Don Julian took a note from Curtis Mayfield and Isaac Hayes by creating the soundtrack for Savage!. Reissued for the first time, Real Gone [...]
THE HAROLD WHEELER CONSORT BLACK CREAM REAL GONE MUSIC Perhaps best known for his jingles written for McDonald’s, Coca Cola, Kool Aid, Pan Am Airlines, and Boone’s Farm Wines, Harold Wheeler released his only album, Black Cream, in 1975. For the [...]
JERRY CANTRELL w/ FILTER @ OLG STAGE AT FALLSVIEW CASINO, NIAGARA FALLS (ON) JANUARY 31, 2025 Following the October 18 release of his fifth solo album, I Want Blood, Alice In Chains’ Jerry Cantrell is embarking on the I Want Blood North American [...]
EBO TAYLOR EBO TAYLOR JID022 JAZZ IS DEAD As a pioneering force among the Afrobeat genre, Ebo Taylor has enjoyed a career that has spanned over six decades. Releasing his latest album at the age of 88, Ebo Taylor JID022, Taylor has collaborated [...]
IGGY POP LIVE AT MONTREUX JAZZ FESTIVAL 2023 earMUSIC With a truly legendary, yet somehow sublime, career that has spanned seven decades, The Godfather of Punk, none other than one Iggy Pop, has released an array of live records. His latest, [...]
MYLES KENNEDY w/ TIM MONTANA & SONS OF SILVER @ THE CONCERT HALL, TORONTO JANUARY 22, 2025 Four shows deep into the North American leg of The Art Of Letting Go Tour, Myles Kennedy, along with openers Tim Montana and Sons Of Silver, took to [...]
I WANT BLOOD A CONVERSATION WITH JERRY CANTRELL Last October, Alice In Chains guitarist, singer, and songwriter Jerry Cantrell released I Want Blood, his fifth solo album and his second in three years, following 2021’s Brighten. Led by singles [...]
LAMBRINI GIRLS WHO LET THE DOGS OUT CITY SLANG Self-described as “party music for gay angry sluts”, British punk duo Lambrini Girls have dropped their debut full-length album, Who Let The Dogs Out. Following a string of singles and 2023’s You’re [...]
RIVAL SONS A PAIR OF ACES: LIVE FROM SANTA CATALINA ISLAND (PART 2) SACRED TONGUE RECORDINGS Following last month’s release of A Pair Of Aces, Pt. 1, a live record which saw Rival Sons perform their debut album, Before The Fire, entirely live [...]
HOLY VOID ALL WILL BE REVEALED IN TIME INDEPENDENT Hailing from Winnipeg, MB, Holy Void is a six-piece alternative rock band. All Will Be Revealed In Time is their second full-length album, following 2019’s Naught, and a previous pair of EP’s [...]
AS AUTHENTIC AS WE CAN BE A CONVERSATION WITH RIVAL SONS’ SCOTT HOLIDAY Rival Sons continue to prove themselves as one of the most thrilling rock bands of our modern era. In 2021, the band recorded a pair of albums live off the floor from the [...]
RIVAL SONS A PAIR OF ACES: LIVE FROM SANTA CATALINA ISLAND (PART 1) SACRED TONGUE RECORDINGS In 2021, Rival Sons traveled to Catalina Island, California to record a pair of performances entirely live off the floor. The first of these, A Pair Of [...]
THE ORIGINS OF A HIP-HOP SAMPLE A CONVERSATION WITH JaRON MARSHALL Perhaps best known as the keyboardist for Black Pumas – the neo-soul folk rock band whose 2019 eponymous debut album made an impressive wave among popular music – JaRon [...]
