MAKING THE BEST OF A BAD SITUATION A CONVERSATION WITH LUKE BENTHAM OF THE DIRTY NIL New release by Hamilton-based The Dirty Nil, Fuck Art, is ringing in the new year. The rock ‘n’ roll trio first made waves with their 2016 album, Higher Power, [...]
WE’LL GIVE HIM GOLD AND FRANKINCENSE. BUT WAIT…THERE’S MYRRH! (PART TWO) A SPILL MAGAZINE BREAKDOWN OF SOME OF THE TOP 2020 CHRISTMAS RELEASES As The Beatles once sang, “Christmas time is here again/Ain’t been ‘round since you [...]
WE’LL GIVE HIM GOLD AND FRANKINCENSE. BUT WAIT…THERE’S MYRRH! (PART ONE) A SPILL MAGAZINE BREAKDOWN OF SOME OF THE TOP 2020 CHRISTMAS RELEASES Perhaps it is a sign that we need more light and more hope in our lives, but Spill [...]
THE CRUISE SHOW MUST GO ON! MONSTERS OF ROCK: OPERATION MONSTER BEACH STARRING ALICE COOPER REPOSITIONS TO TWO ALL-INCLUSIVE LAND-BASED RESORTS Heavy metal fans aren’t going to let a worldwide pandemic stand in the way of their fun. With [...]
CLAN OF XYMOX WEAVES AN ALLURING WEB OF CREATIVITY IN 2020 A CONVERSATION WITH RONNY MOORINGS The year 2020 has brought dark days indeed, and with Clan of Xymox’s new album, Spider on the Wall, Ronny Moorings brings to life another set of dark [...]
CATCH THE WAVE AND TAKE THE RIDE A CONVERSATION WITH SMALL TOWN TITANS’ PHIL FREEMAN Having released their sophomore full-length album, The Ride, on November 13, 2020, Small Town Titans have more than proved their worth as perhaps the most [...]
UP FOR THE CHALLENGE A CONVERSATION WITH KELCEY AYER OF LOCAL NATIVES Before the COVID-19 pandemic, Local Natives was promoting their fourth album Violet Street. This included a major tour, as well as recent performances on major network [...]
JUST A MOMENT. I LIKE IT HERE. A CONVERSATION WITH TREVOR BELD JIMENEZ Trevor Beld Jimenez is not a familiar name…yet. However, he has just released his debut album, I Like It Here. Although I Like It Here is his debut as a solo artist, [...]
IT’S STILL ALL IN THE NAME (PART 2) A CONVERSATION WITH HAWKSLEY WORKMAN Less Rage More Tears reveals many sounds and references to the ‘80s, which were important formative years for Workman’s musical influences. In fact, Workman was [...]
I THINK WRITING A SCORE FOR A HORROR FILM IS EVERY MUSICIAN’S DREAM A CONVERSATION WITH WADE MACNEIL Best-known as the lead guitarist for Alexisonfire and as the vocalist for UK punk rock outfit, Gallows, Wade MacNeil has become a Canadian [...]
2020 RIVIERA MAYA JAZZ FESTIVAL GOES VIRTUAL ONLINE FESTIVAL FILMED @ PLAYA DEL CARMEN, QUINTANA ROO (MX) NOVEMBER 27-29, 2020 The Annual Riviera Maya Jazz Festival is considered the most important jazz festival in Mexico. Now in its 18th year, [...]
ALREADY A LEGEND A CONVERSATION WITH KATIE COLE Katie Cole, an Australian girl far from home, but finding success in the competitive Nashville music scene, is both a wonderful storyteller and an increasingly successful vocalist and musician. Her [...]
IT’S ALL IN THE NAME (PART 1) A CONVERSATION WITH HAWKSLEY WORKMAN Hawksley Workman, the two-time Juno Award-winning Canadian multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter, has been prolific throughout his career. In the short time since his [...]
THE FUNERALS, THE WEDDINGS, THE FRIENDS YOU LOSE TOUCH WITH A CONVERSATION WITH ERIC VANLERBERGHE OF I PREVAIL Grammy-nominated Michigan-based band, I Prevail, formed in 2013, took a chance in 2014 that launched their career into orbit, and kept [...]
HORROR FILMS MEET METAL MUSIC FOR HALLOWEEN A CONVERSATION WITH ICE NINE KILLS FRONTMAN SPENCER CHARNAS Either you really love horror movies, or you don’t. The same goes for metal music. Ice Nine Kills has done a killer job bringing the two [...]
IT’S SO DANGEROUS, ALL THIS BLAMELESSNESS A CONVERSATION WITH COREY LOWERY OF SEETHER Since forming in South Africa back in 1999, Seether have achieved massive global success. The band have recently released their eighth album, Si Vis [...]
SHARP TONGUES A CONVERSATION WITH ANNA SHIELDS AND BLAIR CRICHTON OF DEAD PONY Dead Pony are a post punk Glaswegian band, possibly think Bombpops placed in a blender with early Debbie Harry and you would be in the right zone. We would be [...]
I’LL BE IN THE DEEP END A CONVERSATION WITH JEEN This October saw the release of a new album by independent Canadian rock/punk/pop artist Jeen, who began her music career busking in Toronto as a 16-year-old, and she has continued to write [...]
THE MANY MOODS OF DONALD TRUMP A CONVERSATION WITH HARRY SHEARER ‘It’s been a national whiplash experience that nobody would choose to go through’ remarks Harry Shearer about the outgoing President of the United States. Shearer, the celebrated [...]
IT’S ABOUT THE MUSIC – EVERYTHING ELSE IS SECONDARY A CONVERSATION WITH KENNETH WOMACK – AUTHOR OF JOHN LENNON, 1980: THE LAST DAYS IN THE LIFE October 9, 2020 would have been John Lennon’s 80th birthday. To celebrate this [...]
HELL YEAH. A CONVERSATION WITH ANDEE BLACKSUGAR OF BLACK SUGAR TRANSMISSION Andee Blacksugar, Brooklyn-based founder of Black Sugar Transmission, celebrates this month the release of his third album of 2020, Dream Finisher, which follows [...]
IT’S NEVER TOO LATE TO TURN AROUND SAM ROBERTS DISCUSSES ALL OF US There is an unmistakable feeling that comes with the music of the Sam Roberts Band, an unmissable energy that propels all that they do and all that they create – a [...]
AN ALBUM OF STORIES A CONVERSATION WITH OH SUSANNA (SUZIE UNGERLEIDER) Suzie Ungerleider, who goes by Oh Susanna, has just rereleased her very popular Sleepy Little Sailor album, supplementing the 11 original tracks with another five acoustic [...]
…AND THE COUNTRY STIRRED A CONVERSATION WITH ALEX SOUTHEY “I am always a little wary of making something super catchy. When I came up with this song, I thought, I don’t know if I want to include this. I didn’t think it suited the weirdness [...]
