AS TIME GOES ON, THAT COMMUNITY AROUND EMF HAS GROWN UP WITH US A CONVERSATION WITH IAN DENCH OF EMF It is not very often that one of the first songs you ever release goes #1 on the Billboard Hot 100TM chart. Usually, it takes a while for that [...]
A NEW ERA OF CAR SEAT A CONVERSATION WITH SETH DALBY, ETHAN IVES & ANDREW KATZ OF CAR SEAT HEADREST Over the last decade, Car Seat Headrest has set the bar for indie rock with terrific albums like Teens Of Denial and Twin Fantasy (Face to [...]
OK GO AND THE ADJACENT POSSIBLE PARACADUTE OK Go are back and better than ever. Their last album was over 2014’s Hungry Ghosts, over a decade ago. The long wait was worth it as And The Adjacent Possible is a nearly pitch-perfect return, with [...]
SPIN DOCTORS FACE FULL OF CAKE CAPITOL RECORDS Chances are, if you grew up in the ‘90s, you heard the infectiously charming “Two Princes” and “Little Miss Can’t Be Wrong” on the radio. They were inescapable. The massive success of these songs [...]
A LIFE BEYOND RUSH A CONVERSATION WITH ENVY OF NONE’S ALEX LIFESON “It took me off the golf course because golf, as much fun as it sometimes is, is a horribly devastating soul-wrecking game, and I was playing too much, so it got me off the [...]
DON’T TAKE YOURSELF TOO SERIOUSLY A CONVERSATION WITH ERIC SCHENKMAN OF SPIN DOCTORS If you grew up in the ‘90s, you definitely know who Spin Doctors are. They were one of the defining alternative rock acts of the early ‘90s. Their 1991 [...]
THE RECORD THAT LAUNCHED MY CAREER A CONVERSATION WITH MARTHA WAINWRIGHT Back in 2005, Martha Wainwright released her eponymous debut album, showing the world she is just as talented of a singer-songwriter as the rest of her family. In honour of [...]
IN THE MEANTIME A CONVERSATION WITH JONNY CRAGG OF SPACEHOG If you were to compile a list of the most underrated bands from the ‘90s, Spacehog would be on that list. The two records they released in the ‘90s absolutely rock. You probably have [...]
BLACK COUNTRY, NEW ROAD FOREVER HOWLONG NINJA TUNE Since 2020, Black Country, New Road has been one of the most talked about rock bands. Their debut album, For the first time, received widespread critical acclaim. Their second album, Ants From [...]
BABE RAINBOW SLIPPER AND SHAKAERATOR P(DOOM RECORDS) Australia is undoubtedly home to some of the coolest psychedelic rock bands working today. One band that is leading that charge with their cheerfully dazzling music and pleasantly mellow [...]
LUCY DACUS FOREVER IS A FEELING GEFFEN RECORDS Forever Is A Feeling is the first solo album from Lucy Dacus since boygenius, comprised of Dacus, Julien Baker and Phoebe Bridgers, released The Record, one of the best albums of the decade. [...]
SPELLLING PORTRAIT OF MY HEART SACRED BONES For those who are into experimental pop, then you would know that one of the best in that scene right now is SPELLLING, the musical project of Chrystia “Tia” Cabral, who continuously releases exquisite [...]
ENVY OF NONE STYGIAN WAVZ KSCOPE Since the 2000s, there have been many fantastic rock supergroups, such as A Perfect Circle, Audioslave, The Dead Weather, Them Crooked Vultures, and Velvet Revolver. These bands shattered expectations and have [...]
BEDOUIN SOUNDCLASH w/ CLEREL @ COMMONWEALTH BAR & STAGE, CALGARY (AB) MARCH 21, 2025 To celebrate 20 years of their monumental album, Sounding A Mosaic, Bedouin Soundclash is touring across Canada. For the second stop on the tour, they took [...]
IT’S JUST PURE CONNECTION A CONVERSATION WITH JAY MALINOWSKI OF BEDOUIN SOUNDCLASH Few songs from the 2000s left as big of an imprint on Canadian people as Bedouin Soundclash’s “When The Night Feels My Song”. It practically raised an entire [...]
IT’S JUST ME TRYING TO MAKE SENSE OF MY LIFE A CONVERSATION WITH BRIGHID FRY (HOUSEWIFE) Housewife is the musical project of Brighid Fry, who is one Canadian artist that should be on everyone’s radar. The band had previously been known as Moscow [...]
EVERYONE REALLY BROUGHT THEIR GAME A CONVERSATION WITH IAN BLURTON OF CHANGE OF HEART Change Of Heart might not have reached the same level of popularity or success as some of their contemporaries, but their influence on alternative rock in [...]
MAKING HAPPY MUSIC THAT’S JUST WHAT COMES NATURALLY A CONVERSATION WITH JACK “COOL-BREEZE” CROWTHER OF BABE RAINBOW Australian rockers Babe Rainbow always deliver the goods with their infectiously groovy combination of psychedelic rock, surf [...]
ANDY BELL PINBALL WANDERER SONIC CATHEDRAL With his band Ride, Andy Bell helped pioneer and popularize shoegaze, which was massively popular in the ‘90s. For a period of time, he was also the bassist for Oasis and regularly made songwriting [...]
YOU, INFINITE YOU, INFINITE PELAGIC RECORDS This Will Destroy You founding members Jeremy Galindo and Raymond Brown, who left the band to pursue a career in medicine, have reunited to form you, infinite. Joining them on this new and exciting [...]
EVERYBODY LOVES DENNIS HOPPER A CONVERSATION WITH MIKE SCOTT OF THE WATERBOYS The Waterboys have been charming audiences for decades with timeless classics like “Fisherman’s Blues”, “The Whole Of The Moon”, “This Is The Sea”, and “We Will Not Be [...]
HORSEGIRL PHONETICS ON AND ON MATADOR RECORDS Horsegirl’s highly-anticipated second album, Phonetics On and On, is a massive hit. It is an innovative exploration in minimalism. Taking a softer and quieter approach results in mesmerizingly catchy [...]
LOOKING AT THE FUTURE THROUGH A BRIGHTER LENS A CONVERSATION WITH WARREN HAYNES “I think I intentionally don’t want to get caught in doing things the same way all the time, so I’m always looking for an opportunity to approach the song from a [...]
IT’S SO WILD TO THINK IT’S MY FIRST HEADLINE TOUR A CONVERSATION WITH AYSANABEE Aysanabee’s 2023 EP Here and Now, which won two Juno Awards, certainly lived up to the massive expectations of Watin. He continues to connect with audiences across [...]
