MARTIN POPOFF – KISS AT 50 MOTOR BOOKS BOOK REVIEW BY JAMIE LAWLIS KISS hailed from New York City in 1973. 50 years later Martin Popoff brings us into the realm of The KISS story, illuminated and spread out into 50 chapters. This goes a [...]
Various Artists Stranger Things (Soundtrack From The Netflix Series, Season 4) Sony Music Canada Stranger Things Season 4 has finally been released on Netflix after a 3-year wait. Also released is the official soundtrack, which includes a [...]
The Tragically Hip Road Apples (30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) Universal Music Canada “I had a job before this… In fact, it was that job that got me into this.” If you know I speak of an aquarium with lots of money from the government, [...]
The Wallflowers Exit Wounds New West Records Distance, patience, loss, and winning, and somewhere in between is Jakob Dylan, making choices. Over the decades, it seems he has been playing it safe enough not to fail. Whatever he does, however, [...]
The Tragically Hip Saskadelphia Universal Music Canada Saskadelphia, the new Tragically Hip release, should not disappoint the many fans who have been anticipating hearing these five unreleased songs, once injected into various setlists spanning [...]
Cream Live At The Forum (Limited Blue Vinyl Edition) UMe/Polydor This is some heavy Cream. “Sitting On Top Of The World” was where the band once stood, and where they stood while recording this particular Los Angeles show, back in [...]
Smith/Kotzen Smith/Kotzen BMG Richie Kotzen is no stranger to trying out different things so this album should come as no surprise. Same goes for Adrian Smith, and together they form a perfect union with the posthumous release of Smith/Kotzen. [...]
Tommy Bolin Shake The Devil: The Lost Sessions Cleopatra Records It’s time again for the Tommy Bolin estate to dig into the archives, especially for those fans who will still spend money on the music they love. Bolin had only released two [...]
JOEL MILLER – MEMOIR OF A ROADIE: AXL SAID I MADE A GREAT CUP OF TEA… SCOTT WEILAND LIKED THE CARPENTERS… & OZZY DRINKS ROSÉ. ALBION ENTERTAINMENT BOOK REVIEW BY JAMIE LAWLIS Joel Miller takes us behind the scenes and [...]
The Burrito Brother The Notorious Burrito Brothers The Store For Music The lineup of The Flying Burrito Brothers has changed and evolved regularly over the years. Their latest release, The Notorious Burrito Brothers, sees no members from the [...]
Don Dokken Solitary (Expanded Reissue) Deadline Music It was 2008 when Don Dokken first released Solitary. A decline in music sales and distribution were in full swing shifting markets. Perhaps that is why it was first decided to have the CD [...]
TAKING A SONG THAT WE LOVE AND DRESSING IT UP IN A DIFFERENT OUTFIT A CONVERSATION WITH NICK ROSE OF DWAYNE GRETZKY It was 2012, when a group of friends who jammed together doing covers of popular songs managed to garner themselves a residency [...]
ANVIL IS STILL ANVIL A CONVERSATION WITH STEVE “LIPS” KUDLOW Canadian Heavy Metal heroes Anvil like to keep busy. It’s been a year since the release of Pounding the Pavement, and they have just released the video for opening track [...]
Ace Frehley Spaceman Entertainment One Music There have been many comebacks of sorts in Ace Frehley’s 45-year-long career. The new album, Spaceman, is not a comeback in terms of KISS fans because he has been putting out plenty of music to [...]
Slash Featuring Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators Living The Dream AD4 Records Slash is back from a two year trek circling the globe in his day job with Guns N’ Roses. This new album, Living The Dream, was supposed to have been released a [...]
The Guess Who The Future Is What It Used To Be Cleopatra Records The Guess Who IS still the Guess Who only because this 2.0 version has drummer Garry Peterson, the only founding member. Perhaps for a moment, before passing judgment, one must [...]
Festival D’Été De Québec Day 9 @ Bell Stage, Plains of Abraham, Québec July 13, 2018 Looking sharp and glamorous, rolling around at the edge of the stage in a shiny satin suit, Cyndi Lauper started things out with the familiarity of [...]
Festival D’Été De Québec Day 5 @ Bell Stage, Plains of Abraham, Québec July 9, 2018 Frank Turner and the Sleeping Souls Frank Turner and the Sleeping Souls had some pretty big shoes to fill. As the first opening act for one of the most [...]
Festival D’Été De Québec @ Loto-Québec Stage, Parc de la Francophonie, Québec July 8, 2018 M. Ward M. Ward has been around for the past two decades, and the singer-songwriter may have learned a thing or two with his collaborations with She [...]
Festival D’Été De Québec Day 3 @ Impérial Bell Theatre, Québec July 7, 2018 The Standstills Oshawa’s The Standstills were an unknown entity to the unsuspecting Québec crowd tonight as they opened for Sebastian Bach. It didn’t [...]
Festival d’Été de Québec Day 2 @ Bell Stage, Plains of Abraham, Québec July 6, 2018 Lukas Nelson and the Promise of the Real Promise of the Real may be Neil Young’s current backup band, having recorded the past two albums with him, [...]
Festival D’été de Québec Day 1 @ Loto Québec Stage, Parc de la Francophonie, Québec July 5, 2018 Yamantaka // Sonic Titan Yamantaka//Sonic Titan have described themselves as “Noh-wave”. Unfortunately the effect they had opening for Jethro [...]
Festival d’Été de Québec @ Québec City, Québec July 6 – July 16, 2017 Bonne Fête Festival d’Été de Québec! Fifty years and counting! Here’s to many more! For the 50th consecutive year, beautiful, historic Québec City [...]
