ONCE I WAS HERE A CONVERSATION WITH DAVID PALFREYMAN “I was a trombone player from an early age and first performed when I was around 10 years old,” says David Palfreyman. “I eventually moved to guitar/vocals then writing my own songs in the [...]
MR. STRANGE, WE’VE GOT A THING A CONVERSATION WITH JENN VIX Jenn Vix is an artist that has covered quite a number of genres in her music, and possibly she just might be a fan of The Grateful Dead too. Yet, whether that is the case or not, one of [...]
STATE OF THE ARTIST A CONVERSATION WITH STEVEN PAGE Throughout his career, singer-songwriter Steven Page could be counted on to observe our modern existence, in ways that are creative, direct and beautiful. From his days as a creative force and [...]
SAVING THE EARTH FROM NATURAL DISASTERS A CONVERSATION WITH TODD RUNDGREN What can be said about Todd Rundgren that has not been said before. Since debuting with the band The Nazz in 1967, Rundgren has carved out a name for himself as a [...]
FIRST YOU JUMP THEN GET WINGS A CONVERSATION WITH JIM KERR OF SIMPLE MINDS Jim Kerr and Charlie Burchill have known each other since the age of eight, and ten years later, they formed Simple Minds. The band is now turning 45 and Kerr and [...]
DRINKING THE DREGS OF THE WINE UNDER THE HOLLYWOOD SIGN A CONVERSATION WITH JOEY SANTIAGO OF THE PIXIES Not only have The Pixies released their 8th studio album Doggerel, but they’ve hit the ground running playing their new set to various small [...]
ON THE BLUE…A ROCK & ROLL FANTASY COME TRUE! THIS CLASSIC ROCK MUSIC CRUISE LETS YOU SAIL WITH ROCK LEGENDS In 1976, when I started cruising, I’d never have believed that one day I’d be sailing the Caribbean with some of my rock music [...]
HOMECOMING A CONVERSATION WITH JON HARVEY OF MONSTER TRUCK Currently in the midst of touring the UK, Hamilton, ON rock veterans Monster Truck have released their fourth album — the first since 2018 – Warriors. Speaking about the making of [...]
THE BUBBLEGUM EVENT THAT NEVER HAPPENED A CONVERSATION WITH MARIAN GOLD OF ALPHAVILLE In May of 1965, the brilliant film director, Jean-Luc Goddard, released a film, Alphaville, that combined the genres film noir and science fiction, which [...]
PAWNS & KINGS A CONVERSATION WITH ALTER BRIDGE GUITARIST MARK TREMONTI With the release their latest singles, “Silver Tongue”, “Pawns & Kings”, and “Sin After Sin”, Alter Bridge has returned with news of their seventh studio album, Pawns [...]
WE DON’T NEED THIS FASCIST GROOVE THANG A CONVERSATION WITH GLENN GREGORY OF HEAVEN 17 “I am good thank you,” Glenn Gregory states clearly. “And looking forward to coming over. It’s the Danforth Music Hall, isn’t it? I hear it’s a good [...]
I’M IN LOVE WITH BAD THINGS A CONVERSATION WITH I PREVAIL VOCALIST ERIC VANLERBERGHE Not only has I Prevail just released a new record, True Power, but the band is also about to embark on a new tour, the True Power tour which kicks off on [...]
THE HEART IS STRANGE A CONVERSATION WITH CLAUDIA BRÜCKEN & SUSANNE FREYTAG OF XPROPAGANDA “Susanne may be 10 minutes,” reports Claudia Brücken. “Berlin Underground, you know. And we are only human,” she laughs. She has just incorporated the [...]
A PERFECT DISH TO SERVE A CONVERSATION WITH PETER HOOK Spill Magazine had a recent opportunity to speak with Peter Hook of Joy Division and New order fame prior to Peter Hook & The Light embarking on their tour of North America. Hook is one [...]
LIVE FOR YESTERDAY A CONVERSATION WITH CONOR RILEY OF BIRTH One has to be thankful that young bands, such as Birth, are carrying the prog rock flag. Birth has just released their debut album, and it is prog at its finest. The band has managed to [...]
I LIKE THE IDEA OF BEING INCLUDED IN A PART OF SOMETHING, MORE THAN MAKING MYSELF THE FOCAL POINT A CONVERSATION WITH JUSTIN WARFIELD OF SHE WANTS REVENGE Complementing his widely successful and genre-defying musical career, Justin Warfield’s [...]
WE WOULDN’T BE INTERESTED IN MAKING ANOTHER CRISIS A CONVERSATION WITH GEORGE PETTIT OF ALEXISONFIRE Growing up in Ontario in the 2000s, you couldn’t help but get swept up in the excitement that surrounded Alexisonfire. Even if you weren’t [...]
BYE BYE, MISS AMERICAN PIE A CONVERSATION WITH DON McLEAN While there are countless classic albums from the ‘70s, few songs can stand as truly timeless. These are songs that connect with the mainstream conciseness and find a way to remain [...]
THE SUN WILL SHINE ON THROUGH A CONVERSATION WITH JEFF BURROWS OF THE TEA PARTY Hailing from Windsor, The Tea Party have been a pillar in the Canadian rock music scene since the ‘90s. Despite disbanding in 2005, the trio have since reformed and [...]
FORMED BY THE STARS A CONVERSATION WITH HOWARD JONES In 1983 a new electronica single was released called “New Song”, and it could possibly be one of the most positive records released that decade up to that point. Howard Jones burst on to the [...]
GALLACTIC WARRIORS ASSAULT ROCK A CONVERSATION WITH GWAR Peddling their 15th album, The New Dark Ages, GWAR’s current massacre circuiting the U.S. and Europe is The Black Death Rager Tour, a reference to both the Black Plague that decimated a [...]
THE STORY OF AMERICA A CONVERSATION WITH FANTASTIC NEGRITO With the upcoming release of his fourth album and first short film approaching, Fantastic Negrito (Xavier Dphrepaulezz) remains an artist in the truest sense. Dropping on June 3, White [...]
AN IDEA OF WHAT COLOUR SOUNDS LIKE A CONVERSATION WITH FADER Fader made their debut in 2017 with the brilliant album, First Light. The band was and is a duo consisting of Neil Arthur (Blancmange, Near Future) and Ben Edwards, known as Benge [...]
SONGS FROM PEOPLE ARE ALSO SONGS ABOUT PEOPLE A CONVERSATION WITH DARI MAKSYMOVA OF 6TH CROWD Near the end of Ukrainian electronic producer 6TH CROWD’s “Sokolonko,” Dari Maksymova’s vocal multiplies into a chorus entreating in Ukrainian, “Hey, [...]
