50th ANNUAL JUNO AWARDS VIRTUAL EVENT JUNE 6, 2021 “Music is magic, music is unbelievably special, and important to human life. It always has been, and it always will be”, exclaimed Jann Arden on accepting her nomination tonight at the JUNO [...]
2019 POLARIS MUSIC PRIZE GALA @ THE CARLU, TORONTO SEPTEMBER 16, 2019 For the 14th year in a row, the Canadian Music Industry gathered to celebrate the best in Canadian music at the 2019 Polaris Music Prize Gala, which was held tonight at the [...]
The Crooked @ The Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto October 4, 2018 To mark the release of their brand new EP, First Place Silver, The Crooked put on a celebratory show tonight, almost a year and a half since playing their first gig together at [...]
THE CROOKED First Place Silver EP Independent The Crooked is the brain child of guitarist and lead vocalist J.C. Sandoval (Die Mannequin/Secret Broadcast/Savanah) and Anthony Dell’Orso (The Joy Arson). Forming a little over a year ago with the [...]
One In The Chamber w/ The Reed Effect @ The Hideout, Toronto September 22, 2018 The hottest ticket in town tonight had to be at Toronto’s The Hideout, where One In The Chamber officially held their album release party for their debut EP, [...]
2018 Polaris Music Prize Gala @ The Carlu, Toronto September 17, 2018 Jeremy Dutcher is the winner of the 2018 Polaris Music Prize, for his album Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa , beating out such Canadian contemporaries as Alvvays, Hubert Lenoir, [...]
PARTNER – “EVERYBODY KNOWS” IN SEARCH OF LOST TIME (2017) Windsor, Ontario Independent July 12, 2018 Here is a great little ditty we thought you might like. Little wonder this duo was longlisted to the Polaris Music Prize, [...]
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 [...]
PIERRE KWENDERS – “SEXUS PLEXUS NEXUS” MAKANDA AT THE END OF SPACE, THE BEGINNING OF TIME (2017) Montréal, Québec Independent July 7, 2018 Aaaaahhh… what an easy breezy tune… Pierre Kwenders’ “Sexus [...]
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 [...]
KACY & CLAYTON – “THE LIGHT OF DAY “ THE SIREN’S SONG (2017) Glentworth, Saskatchewan Independent July 4, 2018 Today’s TOTD will take you on a trip back in time circa 1969. Close your eyes, and this folksy pair [...]
HUBERT LENOIR – “SI ON S’Y METTAIT” DARLÈNE (2018) Québec, Québec Independent July 2, 2018 Polaris Music Prize Long List nominated album Darlène comes complete with a set of over a dozen genre-describing tags. From glam [...]
FAITH HEALER – “TRY ;-)” TRY;-) (2018) Edmonton Independent June 30, 2018 When multi-instrumentalist Renny Wilson joined Jessica Jalbert as a full time member of Faith Healer, their goal was to write music that was simpler and [...]
SNOTTY NOSE REZ KIDS – “FOREVER SICK” THE AVERAGE SAVAGE (2017) Vancouver Independent June 29, 2018 – Road to Polaris Spill Magazine’s first featured artist on our “Road To Polaris” Track Of The Day [...]
WAVES THAT STRAY – “MR WILD THE KILLER CHILD” WAVES THAT STRAY (2018) Toronto Independent June 19, 2018 Waves That Stray are back today with the release of their brand new video, “Mr Wild The Killer Child”. Filmed [...]
THE STANDSTILLS – “WILD” SINGLE (2018) Independent Oshawa April 4, 2018 One thing you need to know about The Standstills: They don’t. The name is an idea, “The height of an emotion when everything seems to stand still”. [...]
SECOND PASS – “SMILING DEADLY” SMILING DEADLY EP (2018) Independent Toronto March 30, 2018 Second Pass is a Canadian heavy rock band from Toronto, Ontario. Band members are: Veronica McNamee (vocals), Steve Pass (guitar), [...]
DYLAN HENNESSY – “BLINK OF AN EYE” MIND OVER MATTER (MARCH 25, 2018) Independent Toronto March 25, 2018 “Writing Blink of an Eye was a long process, but ultimately rewarding. Sometimes songs will come out all at once, but [...]
ACID TEST – “SLIPPING AWAY” Jus Rite (2018) Independent Halifax, Montreal, Toronto, and Vancouver Island March 20, 2018 Twenty five years after the release of their major label debut “Drop”, ’90s alternative rock band [...]
MORGAN CAMERON ROSS – “PLEASE DON’T LET ME DOWN” SINGLE (2018) Independent Toronto March 16, 2018 Toronto singer/songwriter Morgan Cameron Ross is back with a new tune. Soulful and haunting, “Please Don’t Let [...]
KANDLE – “WHEN MY BODY BREAKS” SINGLE (2018) Independent Montreal March 10, 2018 Kandle is the solo project of Victoria BC native Kandle Osborne, a songstress whose elegiac and moody brand of singing and songwriting reflect a [...]
