DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS AND THE GREAT AMERICAN GUMBO AN INTERVIEW WITH PATTERSON HOOD OF DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS Patterson Hood looks around at what is happening to his country and doesn’t like what he sees. Travel bans, protests, and a new President [...]
Run The Jewels Run The Jewels 3 Mass Appeal Records 2016 has been a difficult year to say the least. In the year we witnessed a Reality TV Star become Leader of the Free World leave it to Run The Jewels, the knock out duo of Killer Mike and [...]
Phish Big Boat Jemp For many, the term “Jam Band” is intimidating. It conjures up images of four-hour concerts, 15-minute guitar solos and songs overstuffed with every conceivable instrument. Thanks to that mentality Phish, perennial leaders of [...]
15 YEARS LATER AND STILL EATING AN INTERVIEW WITH ZACH LIND AND RICK BURCH OF JIMMY EAT WORLD 23 years and 8 albums later Jimmy Eat World haven’t slowed down a bit. Gearing up for the release of their ninth album Integrity Blues the alt rockers [...]
INSIDE RYAN MacDONALD’S HONEST HEART AN INTERVIEW WITH RYAN MacDONALD OF THE HONEST HEART COLLECTIVE For a few years now, Thunder Bay-based independent group The Honest Heart Collective has been on an almost-constant trek along every stop [...]
TURF – Toronto Urban Roots Fest @ Fort York Garrison Common, Toronto September 16-18, 2016 Day One Modern Space Fun, fun, fun. That was the order of the day for Toronto’s newcomer Modern Space. As a selected participant in [...]
The Joy Formidable Wednesday June 15, 2016 The Mod Club Welsh power trio The Joy Formidable hit the Mod Club for NXNE and to support their latest album Hitch. Even the fact that the album has been released everywhere but Canada couldn’t damper [...]
Jeff Healey – A 50th Celebration @ Massey Hall, Toronto May 27, 2016 There is something timeless and eternal about the Blues. A song written as far back as the 1930s can still feel just as fresh and timely today as it did 85 years ago. [...]
The Black Keys Turn Blue Nonesuch Records What would happen if Pink Floyd tried to make a blues record? Thanks to The Black Keys and their latest release, Turn Blue, listeners can now imagine such an album. The hard rocking duo have dialed back [...]
Chromeo White Women Last Gang Records Chromeo have managed to put together a pretty good album, but they’re just too cool to admit it. Four years after Chromeo’s mainstream hit Business Casual, the Montreal-based duo are back with their fourth [...]
