Master Boot Record Personal Computer Metal Blade Records Once in a generation a musical genre takes a leap and for metal…that leap is Master Boot Record. The brainchild of technologist/songwriter Victor Love, Master Boot Record is gearing up to [...]
AND WE PRAY FOR THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD A CONVERSATION WITH KEYBOARDIST KEVIN YOUNG OF MOIST It may be surprising that a pillar of Canadian rock, Moist, has only just released their fifth album. On Oct. 1, 2021, Moist’s End of the Ocean dropped, [...]
USS The Science And Artfunkel Victory Lap Coalition Music USS might be heading out on their Final Freakquency tour, but that didn’t stop them from dropping the surprise album The Science and Artfunkel Victory Lap. Released on on all major [...]
FAREWELL TO THE EINSTEINS OF CONSCIOUSNESS A CONVERSATION WITH TORONTO’S UBIQUITOUS SYNERGY SEEKER After their 12-year meteoric rise, Toronto’s Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker, lovingly known as USS, are moving on to other projects. Accompanying the [...]
Azure Ray Azure Ray (20th Anniversary Vinyl Edition) Flower Moon Records To celebrate the 20-year anniversary of their self-titled debut album, Azure Ray has some treats instore for fans. Maria Taylor and Orenda Fink, the melodic duo behind [...]
USS Einsteins Of Consciousness Coalition Music/Warner Music Canada On January 8, 2021, Toronto’s Ubiquitous Synergy Seekers, lovingly known as USS, are gearing up to release their sixth and final album Einsteins of Consciousness. One thing is [...]
Bastille Goosebumps Republic Records/ Universal Music Bastille continues to push the possibilities for electro-pop music on its surprise EP Goosebumps. While the title track is a perfect single to entice listeners, “survivin’” is actually better [...]
Lindstrøm & Prins Thomas III Smalltown Supersound After 11 years, Norwegian electronic duo Lindstrøm & Prins Thomas release the latest installment in their grand musical adventure. As a follow-up to their 2009 album II, III features [...]
Apocalyptica Cell-O Silver Lining Music Apocalyptica is back with their ninth studio album Cell-o, which is also their first fully instrumental album in 17 years. The Finnish cello quartet are perhaps best known for their deeply emotional [...]
Wide Mouth Mason I Wanna Go With You We Are Busy Bodies Wide Mouth Mason have reinvented themselves on their latest album I Wanna Go With You. No one expected this legendary two-time Juno-nominated rock band to drop a blues album. Now, they have [...]
ROBERT CARLI & TERRY STUART – THE AWESOME MUSIC PROJECT CANADA: SONGS OF HOPE AND HAPPINESS PAGE TWO BOOKS BOOK REVIEW BY SAMANTHA STEVENS Robert Carli and Terry Stuart are no strangers to the power of music. Having spent their lives [...]
OSHEAGA 2019 @ PARC JEAN-DRAPEAU, MONTREAL AUGUST 2-4, 2019 Day 1 Dear Rouge What a great weekend opener! Their infectious energy really set the vibe of the music festival. Although the crowd at the time was fairly small, lead vocalist Danielle [...]
The Cinematic Orchestra To Believe Ninja Tune Cinematic Orchestra has just dropped their fourth album To Believe. Although it’s been 12 years since they released their last album, the British nu jazz and electronic music group hasn’t lost any of [...]
Tom Holkenborg Alita: Battle Angel – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Milan Records Legendary electronic producer Tom Holkenborg (aka Junkie XL) creates another exhilarating score, this time for the upcoming action flick Alita: Battle [...]
Imagine Dragons Origins (Deluxe) KIDinaKORNER/Interscope Records/Universal Music Canada Imagine Dragons is back with their fourth studio album Origins. Considered a sister album to Evolve, which came out in June 2017, Origins features the [...]
Queen Bohemian Rhapsody Original Film Soundtrack Virgin/Universal Music Canada Bohemian Rhapsody Original Film Soundtrack is Queen at its absolute best. Gearing up for the worldwide release of Bohemian Rhapsody, which will be out in Canadian [...]
3 Headed Snake 3 Headed Snake Independent Old school metal fans will love 3 Headed Snake’s self-titled album. Fans of industrial metal band Ministry will instantly recognize Sin Quirin’s face-melting guitar, but those who enjoy the epic vocals [...]
Matthew Good Something Like A Storm Warner Music If early millennium melodies and modern beats had a baby, that baby would be Matthew Good’s Something Like A Storm. For over 20 years, this Canadian music legend has been wowing audiences with [...]
Beck Colors Capitol Records/Universal Music Canada Some days you just need mind-warping ear candy. So it’s a good thing that Beck is always ready to deliver. Beck is back with his 13th studio album Colors, his first full length with new material [...]
RAVE & DROOL: A CHRONICLE OF ’90s CANROCK AN INTERVIEW WITH FILMMAKER TYLER ELYNUIK There is no denying that the 1990s was a time of technological and musical innovation. And for those who lived during this era in Canada, it was also a [...]
UNDER YOUR SPELL AN INTERVIEW WITH CHIBI OF THE BIRTHDAY MASSACRE Longtime fans of the Toronto indie music scene will at some point have come across the grand theatrics and mesmerizing music of London, Ontario’s own The Birthday Massacre. [...]
Slydigs How Animal Are You? Estupendo Records On May 12th, UK’s Slydigs dropped their latest EP How Animal Are You?, which is full of rock busting beats, fantastic solos, and raw vocals, among other things. Proving that good old rock and roll is [...]
METROPOLIS, MAUSOLEUMS & TRAMPOLINES AN INTERVIEW WITH QUIET DOMINO The brain child of San Franciscan singer/songwriter Mark Nelsen, Quiet Domino is getting ready to drop their debut single “Metropolium” on May 19th. Recently we caught up [...]
Duel Witchbanger Heavy Psych Sounds Records Fans of Monster Truck, Wolfmother, Sabbath, and Thin Lizzy will love the latest album from Texan heavy metal quartet Duel. Formed by two ex-members of Scorpion Child in 2015, Duel is gearing up for a [...]
