Liam Gallagher As You Were Warner Music I’ve always found the machinations of the Gallagher brothers intriguing, and so when I had the opportunity to review this latest album by lead vocalist Liam, I jumped at the chance to find out what [...]
Max Webster The Party (Box Set) Ole Label Group/Anthem Records Formed in 1973, Max Webster became one of Canada’s biggest selling and most prolific live bands, led by frontman Kim Mitchell. Included in this eight-vinyl disc box set are [...]
Church Girls Hidalgo Independent Formed in Philadelphia in 2014, Church Girls is singer/songwriter Mariel Beaumont’s way of filling the creative void in her fashion career. Teaming up with high school friend and guitarist Robert Dwyer, the [...]
The National Sleep Well Beast 4AD Formed in 1999 and originally from Cincinnati, but now based in Brooklyn NY, American Indie Rock band The National have released their highly anticipated seventh studio album, Sleep Well Beast. The first single, [...]
Beaches Second Of Spring Chapter Music When Australian psych rock all-girl quintet Beaches released their self-titled 2008 debut, it was shortlisted for the Australian music prize, and they toured the U.S., including playing SXSW twice, sharing [...]
Garbage @ Sony Centre, Toronto July 27, 2017 Ever since Garbage arrived on the scene in 1995 with their massive hit “Stupid Girl,” I’ve long wanted to see them live, and as fortune would have it I was able to do so Wednesday night at the [...]
Capital Cities Swimming Pool Summer Universal Music The new EP Swimming Pool Summer by the LA-based duo Capital Cities, comprised of Ryan Merchant and Sebu Simonian, delivers a hook-laden summer single on the title track, and is a worthy [...]
Dusty Springfield A Brand New Me: The Complete Philadelphia Sessions (Expanded Edition) Real Gone Music Originally released as a 10 song collection in early 1970, Dusty Springfield’s, Brand New Me: The Complete Philadelphia Sessions gets [...]
Scott Helman Hotel De Ville Warner Music Since bursting on the scene with the release of his debut EP Augusta in 2014, young Toronto singer/songwriter Scott Helman has toured the U.S. and Europe, both solo, with just his guitar as accompaniment, [...]
Todd Rundgren White Knight Cleaopatra Records Todd Rundgren, the renowned singer/songwriter, recording artist, and producer, has released what may well be one of his best recordings to date with White Knight. Offering up a generous 15-track set [...]
John Oates – Change Of Seasons: A Memoir (With Chris Epting) St. Martin’s Press – April 4, 2017 ISBN – 978-1250082657 Book Review By Gerry Young In John Oates’ riveting new memoir Change of Seasons, one half of the [...]
Goldfrapp Silver Eye Mute Records On Goldfrapp’s seventh album, Silver Eye, the London-based electropop duo of Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory return to their “Disco Goldfrapp” persona that has brought them great success in the past. You [...]
Spiral Stairs Doris & The Daggers Domino Records Former Pavement and Preston School of Industry guitarist Scott Kannberg (aka Spiral Stairs) took a sabbatical with his wife to Brisbane, Australia in 2010 after recording the first Spiral [...]
Duran Duran Last Night in the City: The Remixes Warner Music An interesting EP from Warner Music arrived, containing four remixes of Duran Duran’s “Last Night in the City” featuring Keisza, from their latest album Paper Gods. The remixes [...]
Paul Manchin Salutations Independent You may not have heard of Canadian singer/songwriter Paul Manchin until now, but chances are you will be hearing a lot about him soon, due to the release of his latest CD Salutations. Although having [...]
No Joy Creep Top Shelf Records Montreal shoegaze band, No Joy, composed of the duo of Jasamine White-Gluz and Laura Lloyd, formed in 2009 and have released numerous EP’s and singles, along with three full-length studio albums – Ghost [...]
Tall Ships Impressions Fat Cat Records Originally from Falmouth, England and now based in Brighton, Tall Ships consists of Ric Phetheen on vocals, guitars and keyboards, Matt Parker on bass guitar, backup vocals and keyboards, Jamie Bush on [...]
Crushed Stars Displaced Sleepers Simulacra Records Hailing from Dallas, Texas, Crushed Stars have really delivered with their fourth and latest album Displaced Sleepers. Led by writer/guitarist/producer/front man Todd Gutreau, the band has long [...]
Anthony Robustelli – Steely Dan F.A.Q.: All That’s Left To Know About This Elusive Band Backbeat Books – February 2, 2017 ISBN-10: 1495025128 ISBN-13: 978-1495025129 Book Review By Gerry Young The first time I heard Steely [...]
Cloud Nothings Life Without Sound Carpark Records While attending high school in Cleveland, Cloud Nothing’s 25 year-old frontman, Dylan Baldi, would spend hours driving around the suburbs listening to music. If it sounded okay to him in [...]
Minihorse Big Lack Friendship Fever Records I first got wind of Ypsilanti, Michigan “Introvert Rock” band Minihorse a few months ago. Someone in my musical universe told me they were a band to watch out for and, lo and behold, their debut EP Big [...]
Bob Dylan The Real Royal Albert Hall 1966 Concert! Sony Music Canada Growing up in the sixties, like I’m sure for many others at the time, Bob Dylan was my poet. Hell, I guess I even idolized the guy in a way only a teenager can. Seeing [...]
Chris de Burgh A Better World Justin Time Records Chris de Burgh’s 22nd studio album, A Better World, arrived in stores on October 28th, and it ventures into familiar territory for de Burgh, that includes diverse styles, tempos, and [...]
Soft Lions XOXO Velvet Blue Records Following up on last year’s debut EP, Spellbreaker, the San Diego trio Soft Lions, led by Megan Liscomb, turn out six new tracks that deal with the usual pitfalls of youth, like objectification, breaking [...]
