SING IN A WORLD THAT’S FALLING APART A CONVERSATION WITH JARED SWILLEY OF BLACK LIPS “We always talked about it” says Black Lips’ bassist Jared Swilley, on the subject of a cowboy record; “it’s the type of music from where we’re from.” On their [...]
RETURNING THE EL MOCAMBO TO ITS FORMER GLORY THE MONUMENTAL RETURN OF AN ICONIC TORONTO VENUE Since 1948, The El Mocambo has been a central fixture of the Toronto live music scene. The club has hosted the likes of legends, ranging from The [...]
MISSIVE TO AN ANGEL…IT’S COMPLICATED A CONVERSATION WITH DAVID J David J is a legend. Born David John Haskins, he became known as David J, when he debuted as the bassist for Bauhaus. He developed his own unique playing style, which [...]
CRO-MAGS, HARD-CORE & BETWEEN WARS A CONVERSATION WITH HARLEY FLANAGAN Some of the best writing comes from a place of pain and suffering. Emotion is what shapes and inspires deep literature and songwriting, and Harley Flanagan has overcome a [...]
DON’T ANYONE BREATHE A CONVERSATION WITH TONY MALONE (BEEFHEART PROJECT TORONTO) Tony Malone and Captain Beefheart are two artists who have always marched to the beat of their own drums. Both have careers that are unconventional and both [...]
A CHEERFUL LITTLE EARFUL A CONVERSATION WITH DIANA PANTON Canadian Jazz vocalist Diana Panton is one of those rare artists who can cross over between adult and children’s music, connecting to either world. She’s had considerable success in this [...]
OUR EYES WILL BLEED FROM THE LED A CONVERSATION WITH MICHELLE BENSIMON AND ISABELLE BANOS OF CAVEBOY Michelle Bensimon and Isabelle Banos of Canadian all-female indie pop trio Caveboy grew up to the sounds of Fleetwood Mac and the melody of The [...]
CEREMONIES IN THE SHADOWS A CONVERSATION WITH LUIS NAVARRO & JOEL NIÑO, JR. OF TWIN TRIBES Even though the new album has only had a brief time to grace our ears, it has appeared on numerous reviewers “Best of the Year” lists. One listen will [...]
RIGHT OUT OF THE BOX A CONVERSATION WITH JEAN-MARC PISAPIA OF THE BOX The Box were unlike any other band in the 1980s. They simply refused to be pigeonholed. Although they were lumped into the ‘New Wave’ category, Jean-Marc Pisapia and company [...]
FOOLISH LOVING SPACES A CONVERSATION WITH TOM OGDEN OF BLOSSOMS After a period of semi-sleep, there is a new British invasion on the way that will shake up the North American music scene. Bands like The Marmozets and Black Honey will have to be [...]
SPILL MAGAZINE’S BEST ALBUMS OF 2019 2019 was a year of incredible turmoil, change, and upheaval as the world came to grips with the global growth of political and social conservatism, mass social and environmental protests, ongoing and [...]
WE ALL HAVE OUR OWN INDIVIDUAL SOUNDTRACKS TO OUR LIVES A CONVERSATION WITH MIDGE URE What can one say or write about Midge Ure that has not been written before. The man is a legend. His solo career is impressive alone, but throw in his [...]
I CAN’T TELL IF THIS IS HELL OR IF I’M JUST BORED A CONVERSATION WITH NICK ANDERSON OF THE WRECKS The Wrecks are a Los Angeles-based indie rock band originally from Thousand Oaks, California, a sunny, comfortable area on the West [...]
GET YOUR MOTHERFUCKIN’ HEAD ON STRAIGHT A CONVERSATION WITH SASCHA K OF KMFDM Back in the 1980’s there was an emergence of some really great music that still impacts much of the music we see today. The European underground was doing a bit [...]
WHAT YOU GET IS ROUGH AND READY A CONVERSATION WITH CHRIS THOMSON OF FRIENDS AGAIN It seems as though Scotland has always been a hotbed for music and bands. By the 1980s, Scotland was known for bands as diverse as Altered Images, The Skids, [...]
HE SEES YOU WHEN YOU’RE SLEEPING, HE KNOWS WHEN YOU ROCK! A SPILL MAGAZINE BREAKDOWN OF SOME OF THE TOP 2019 CHRISTMAS RELEASES Christmas music is very subjective as there is usually a great deal of emotion tied to the songs. I remember my [...]
I WANT TO BREAK FREE, MY HEAD KEEPS ON SPINNING A CONVERSATION WITH JEFF SCHROEDER & MINDY SONG OF NIGHT DREAMER Night Dreamer suffer from no lack of passion. Speaking after an intimate, otherworldly studio performance at Vancouver’s Blue [...]
LEARNING TO LIVE WITH MUSIC AGAIN A CONVERSATION WITH JONAS SMITH & SØREN BUHL OF BLAUE BLUME Since releasing their debut EP Beau & Lorette in 2014, Blaue Blume has garnered positive reviews and a loyal fanbase with their blend of [...]
COLD WAR NIGHT LIFE A CONVERSATION WITH TRACY HOWE OF RATIONAL YOUTH Those of us of a certain age will remember scouring the record stores of Toronto in 1982, desperately looking for Rational Youth’s debut album, Cold War Night Life. In the [...]
THE DEADBEAT BANG OF HEARTBREAK CITY A CONVERSATION WITH JAMES ALEX OF BEACH SLANG One fateful night when Beach Slang was still in its early days, Tommy Stinson formerly of The Replacements, Guns ‘N Roses, and Soul Asylum, took the members of [...]
DIFFERENT SONG, SAME MELODY A CONVERSATION WITH GARY LIGHTBODY OF SNOW PATROL 25 years into a career that has taken in one billion global track streams, five UK platinum albums, an Ivor Novello award, and Grammy and Mercury Music Prize [...]
EVEN WHEN YOU FEEL ALONE, YOU’RE NOT A CONVERSATION WITH VIBEBYMELO Durham Region hip hop artist Vibebymelo has had a busy year, releasing the album Project: M and following that up with a string of singles. At times it’s hard to pinpoint his [...]
EITHER YOU CARE OR YOU DON’T A CONVERSATION WITH MARY FAHL “Well, it’s a Christmas record,” laughs Mary Fahl. “It is not out of character – it sounds like if Mary Fahl made a Christmas record.” She is speaking on her new album, Winter Songs and [...]
THERE’S ALWAYS ANOTHER RECORD TO MAKE A CONVERSATION WITH JERRY LEGER “Some of the best songs are the ones that get left off the record. They just don’t fit with the story of the album. I’ll think, ‘Well, I’ll have them in my back pocket, or use [...]
