BIG WRECK w/ MONSTER TRUCK & BRKN LOVE @ THE EMPIRE THEATRE, BELLEVILLE DECEMBER 2, 2021 Sometimes your broken love feels like a monster truck after a big wreck, but all kidding aside, last night, at the beautiful Empire Theatre, live music [...]
Generation Axe @ The Rapids Theater, Niagara Falls (NY) November 24, 2018 The Heavy Metal gods of thunder descended on Niagara Falls, New York tonight, and blessed their worshipers with rich, delicious, shredded masterpieces of yester-yore. The [...]
THEY SAY DON’T MEET YOUR HEROES FACE-TO-FACE WITH FRANK HANNON The very first time I ever heard of Frank Hannon was when my eyes and ears feasted on his soulful guitar playing solo in the video Love Song on Much Music. It was the same night that [...]
Metallica w/ Avenged Sevenfold & Volbeat @ The Rogers Centre, Toronto July 16, 2017 This weekend, Metallica, along with show openers Avenged Sevenfold and Volbeat, brought their WorldWired Tour to Toronto’s Roger Centre, their first show in [...]
Gord Downie The Secret Path Arts & Crafts The Secret Path dares to become a wide and open road, an artistic plea of a dying man for change and reconciliation of a nation. This is the fifth studio effort by the Tragically Hip singer Gord [...]
Zakk Wylde w/ Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown + Jared James Nichols @ The Phoenix Concert Theatre, Toronto August 8, 2016 Zakk Wylde and the Black Label Society made their scheduled Toronto appearance on August 8, 2016, at the Phoenix Concert [...]
Something Wylde And A Pinch Of Cilantro An Interview With Zakk Wylde If you wish to glimpse inside a human soul and get to know a man, don’t bother analyzing his ways of being silent, of talking, of weeping, of seeing how much he is moved [...]
Monster Truck w/ The Temperance Movement @ The Phoenix, Toronto March 11, 2016 We all stood there by the end of a very long evening, ankle deep in sweat and spilled beer, wishing we didn’t have to go home. All hyperbole aside, however, [...]
Truckin’ Through Canada And Way Beyond An Interview With Jeremy Widerman Of Monster Truck With the release of their sophomore album Sittin’ Heavy on February 19, Monster Truck decided to celebrate the occasion by bringing their music [...]
Young Empires w/ Banners @ The Mod Club Theatre, Toronto February 27th, 2016 “Lots of sexy people here!” proclaimed Matthew Vlahovich, lead singer of Young Empires during the group’s set at the intimate Mod Club on Toronto, Ontario. There were [...]
Ian Fletcher Thornley w/ Chris Caddell: Share Your Secrets Tour @The Mod Club Theatre, Toronto December 16, 2015 The Share Your Secrets Tour made its last 2015 stop at the Mod Club on Wednesday night. But fans can rejoice, as the tour will [...]
Secrets Revealed: An Interview With Ian Fletcher Thornley His first solo album Secrets has provided a wonderful opportunity for Spill Magazine to enter into conversation with Canada’s own Ian Fletcher Thornley. This humble and talented [...]
Neil Young Blue Note Cafe Warner Music Canada/Reprise Records If you are not familiar with Neil Young’s official Archive Performance Series, this is a great time to immerse yourself in this latest offering. The live Blue Note Cafe is the [...]
Ian Fletcher Thornley Secrets Anthem Records/Warner Music Canada Part of being human means that we constantly grasp and sometimes desperately cling to all our secrets. We hide within them. We are defined by them. They hold us captive. If the [...]
Blue Rodeo Live At Massey Hall Warner Music Canada It is very good. When Canadian giant Blue Rodeo releases a new album, there is never any worry when it comes to the quality of the music. It is always great. The unfortunate part about being [...]
Metric Pagans In Vegas Crystal Math Music Metric’s sixth studio album sounds very modern and fresh, staying true to the band’s goal of capturing “the romance of another time without falling into nostalgia.” They certainly achieved that goal with [...]
Lindi Ortega Faded Gloryville Last Gang Records It looks like August promises to be a scorcher, and certainly the best month of the whole summer. It promises to be glorious because our very own Canadian Tin Star, Miss Lindi Ortega, is treating [...]
Neil Young & Promise Of The Real The Monsanto Years Reprise Records/WEA International Inc. The golden age of protest songs came to an end in the late’60s, but the echoes of that age and the voice of a whole generation are still heard today. [...]
Mumford & Sons Wilder Mind Island Records Lovers of banjos and chewing tobacco beware; the latest release from Mumford & Sons may make you uncomfortable, but not regretful. Perhaps it is important to start the review by mentioning that [...]
A FLASH OF LIGHTNING: AN INTERVIEW WITH ADAM PAQUETTE & CHRIS HUOT OF THE GLORIOUS SONS On a cold Wednesday evening in late January, I had the opportunity on behalf of Spill Magazine, to observe the filming of The Glorious Sons’ newest [...]
The Decemberists What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World Nonesuch Records The new year is off to a great start with the release of The Decemberists’ new album, What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World. It has been a long five years [...]
Chemistry Between Elephants: An Interview With Rishi Dihr Of Elephant Stone Introduction The last time we caught up with Rishi Dhir of Elephant Stone, he was on tour with The Black Angels, supporting his band’s first, full-length, [...]
Elephant Stone The Three Poisons Hidden Pony Records Elephant Stone’s new album The Three Poisons, continues to be a musical fusion of East meets West, but above all else, it is a beautiful blending of artistic maturity and discovery. [...]
Twin Forks Twin Forks Dine Alone Records The Twin Forks is a good band, but their album post-production work hinders their listeners in appreciating their real talent. Perhaps it is unfair to mention Mumford & Sons or The Lumineers, but it [...]
