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, [...]
ROYAL BLOOD BACK TO THE WATER BELOW WARNER RECORDS Royal Blood have returned with Back To The Water Below, their first record since 2021’s Typhoons. For their fourth album, the British duo consisting of singer and bassist Mike Kerr and drummer [...]
THE HIVES THE DEATH OF RANDY FITZSIMMONS INDEPENDENT The Hives are back! Following a period of semi-hiatus and the departure of original bassist Dr. Matt Destruction, the Swedish punk outfit has returned with their first album since 2012’s Lex [...]
MOBIUS RADIO w/ DROP TOP ALIBI & DR. DRAW @ THE HORSESHOE TAVERN, TORONTO AUGUST 18, 2023 Hot off the release of their debut, eponymous album, a progressive concept record narrated by iconic Canadian DJ and author Jeff Woods, Mobius Radio [...]
FILTER HAS BECOME THE EXHAUST PORT FOR MY CREATIVITY A CONVERSATION WITH FILTER’S RICHARD PATRICK “I don’t want a comeback” Richard Patrick exclaims, adding “This isn’t 1995, or 1999, or 2002. I’m 54-yrs-old, if nothing happens with this music, [...]
Killah Priest Mystery Channel 600 Block Records Wu-Tang Clan affiliate Killah Priest has dropped his fourth major release this year, following an instrumental version of his 2022 collaborative album with Jordan River Banks, Mr. Universe [...]
Mammoth WVH Mammoth II BMG Wolfgang Van Halen returns with his follow-up album to his 2021 debut, Mammoth WVH. Mammoth II not only delivers a second offering of modern rock, but, quite impressively, establishes Wolfgang as a dynamic figure of [...]
The Vandals Hitler Bad, Vandals Good (25th Anniversary Edition) Craft Recordings Hitler Bad, Vandals Good is the latest record from SoCal punk veterans, The Vandals, to receive a special anniversary reissue from Craft Recordings. Originally [...]
John Coltrane Evenings At The Village Gate: John Coltrane With Eric Dolphy Impulse! Records Recently discovered at The New York Public Library For The Performing Arts – how original masters of this caliber get lost we’ll never know – Evenings At [...]
MOBIUS RADIO MOBIUS RADIO INDEPENDENT When not making viral videos about speaking French while ordering at a Québec drive-through or spoofing Eminem, Dylan Hennessy plays guitar, sings, and writes for Mobius Radio. The Toronto- based duo is [...]
GHOSTFACE KILLAH @ THE OPERA HOUSE, TORONTO JUNE 29, 2023 Local Toronto promoter and pillar of the hip-hop community, Lord Fury, had booked Conway The Machine to perform in Toronto. Following a leg injury, Conway had to pull out of the show, [...]
Charlie Watts Anthology BMG Legend has it that The Rolling Stones knew they needed Charlie Watts if they wanted to make it to the next level in their local scene, they just couldn’t afford him. Watts, an in-demand session musician, eventually [...]
THE UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE A CONVERSATION WITH RIVAL SONS’ GUITARIST SCOTT HOLIDAY With the recent release of their seventh album, Darkfighter, and the conclusion of their massive headlining tour, Rival Sons are a leading presence among a growing [...]
Killer Mike Michael Loma Vista Records Half of Run The Jewels and perhaps the most underrated and overlooked solo artist in hip-hop, Killer Mike has released what should, without a doubt, be considered his breakthrough solo album, Michael. [...]
Queens Of The Stone Age In Times New Roman Matador Records After six years, a messy public custody battle, and a recently revealed cancer diagnosis, Josh Homme has returned triumphantly with In Times New Roman, the first album from Queens Of The [...]
Amy Gabba & The Almost Famous Screaming At The Top Of My Lungs Independent Pop and punk – not necessarily pop-punk – collide in a unique fashion on Amy Gabba & The Almost Famous’ sophomore release, a debut full-length album, Screaming At [...]
