THE HIGHS AND THE LOWS WITH LOWEST OF THE LOW AN IN-DEPTH CONVERSATION WITH RON HAWKINS: PART ONE An anomaly, that’s what Toronto-based band Lowest Of The Low is. They conducted their business in a fiercely independent manner for the first 27 [...]
Get stoked for Pouzza Fest: May 17-19, 2019. Montreal’s annual punk rock festival is a celebration music, inclusion, and respect within punk culture. In its ninth year, it features 175+ bands, and is heavily influenced by pizza, poutine, and [...]
IT HAPPENED HERE: CELEBRATING 25 YEARS OF THE BUDWEISER STAGE Following a successful joint press conference between Live Nation Canada and Budweiser Canada, the 25th anniversary celebrations for Toronto’s Budweiser Stage continues ahead of their [...]
Get stoked for Pouzza Fest: May 17-19, 2019 Montreal’s annual punk rock festival is a celebration music, inclusion, and respect within punk culture. In its ninth year, it features 175+ bands, and is heavily influenced by pizza, poutine, and [...]
WE’RE IN THIS BY OURSELVES A CONVERSATION WITH BROTHER ELSEY Family is a big thing for Brother Elsey and it goes far beyond their name. The narrative and sound of their music stitches together three brothers sewn into a rich tapestry of [...]
THE MOST UNATTRACTIVE COLOUR IN THE WORLD A CONVERSATION WITH JACK DANGERS OF MEAT BEAT MANIFESTO Jack Dangers is the brilliant mind behind Meat Beat Manifesto. In fact, he is Meat Beat Manifesto (MBM). Dangers has single-handedly changed [...]
FIELDWORKS: EXKURSION A CONVERSATION WITH JOAKIM MONTELIUS OF COVENANT Since their first album in 1994, Dreams Of A Cryotank, Covenant have created their own sound in electronic music. They have also created remarkably deep, intelligent albums [...]
INTO THE BLACK A CONVERSATION WITH DANIEL GRAVES OF AESTHETIC PERFECTION Into the Black, Aesthetic Perfection’s 5th full-length studio album (the first one in 5 years!), saw the light of day last month via Close to Human Music, the independent [...]
IT’S NATURE’S WAY OF RECEIVING YOU A CONVERSATION WITH JEFF NEILL OF STREETHEART Anyone who had a radio in the late 1970s through to the mid 1980s will have memories of staying glued to it for the ‘world premiere’ of certain bands’ [...]
A REVOLUTION OF CURIOSITIES A CONVERSATION WITH OLIVIER LIBAUX OF NOUVELLE VAGUE “Inspiration, Unexpectedness, Intuition” – this is Nouvelle Vague in a nutshell, according to Olivier Libaux. Just like a dazzling French lady, Nouvelle Vague is [...]
INTERNAL WARMTH, FEELING GOOD AND FINDING PEACE A CONVERSATION WITH JUSTIN WRIGHT Justin Wright may not be a name with which you are immediately familiar. His debut album, Music For Staying Warm, has just been released. Although it is his debut [...]
TRUE LIGHT A CONVERSATION WITH ADAM TURLA OF MURDER BY DEATH Murder By Death will defy your expectations. What’s in a name, anyway? The fiercely original quintet out of Bloomington, Indiana is unequal parts Americana, dark folk rock, and [...]
YEAH N9NA, YOU TELL ‘EM, YOU SELL ‘EM A CONVERSATION WITH TECH N9NE “It’s Nine”. I guess that’s how you answer the phone when you’ve sold millions of albums worldwide and have included countless features of other artists who [...]
ANESTHETIC A CONVERSATION WITH MARK MORTON OF LAMB OF GOD Lamb of God has, over the years, established itself as an essential name amongst modern metal bands. Each member brings a unique element to the finished record, various styles and [...]
A TRUE MYSTERY MAN: CELEBRATING NASH THE SLASH A CONVERSATION WITH AND YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE NORMAL CO-DIRECTOR TIM KOWALSKI “Nash had a folklore to him. He was fine with it and he played it up, too. He was kind of like, ‘What you want to believe [...]
WHEN YOU DRAW A CIRCLE YOU CAN BEGIN ANYWHERE A CONVERSATION WITH STEVEN LAMBKE Steven Lambke is a very talented individual. He is a writer, poet, musician, producer, performer and label owner. While attending University of Guelph in 1997, [...]
FOR MY FRIEND, JEFF A CONVERSATION WITH THE JEFF HEALEY BAND DRUMMER TOM STEPHEN The name Tom Stephen often brings up mixed feelings across the Canadian public and industry. As both the drummer and manager of The Jeff Healey Band he was an [...]
WE WERE HIPPIES, WE WERE WHO WE WERE A CONVERSATION WITH DENISE KAUFMAN OF ACE OF CUPS San Francisco in the mid 1960’s was the place to be, especially if you were a hippie. It was also a musical hub. The time and place was right for bands to [...]
WEIRD AMERICAN GOTHIC: THESE WICKED THINGS A CONVERSATION WITH BRIAN CARPENTER OF BEAT CIRCUS After ten years, songwriter Brian Carpenter and his band Beat Circus come roaring back with the final installment of the ‘Weird American Gothic’ [...]
PARLEZ-ING ABOUT ‘NO PARLEZ’ A CONVERSATION ABOUT PAUL YOUNG’S BRILLIANT CAREER For music fans in the early 1980s, Paul Young was just about everywhere. He was topping music charts, headlining concert tours, and he was all over the [...]
TORSTEN IN QUEERETERIA A CONVERSATION WITH ANDY BELL In 1985 Andy Bell answered an advertisement placed by Vince Clarke, looking for a vocalist for his new project. That project turned into Erasure. Since their debut album, Wonderland (released [...]
IT’S HARD NOT TO FEEL LIKE AN ANACHRONISM THESE DAYS A CONVERSATION WITH MEAT PUPPETS DRUMMER DERRICK BOSTROM To say the Meat Puppets have had an interesting career trajectory would be barely scratching the surface. Starting off of with a [...]
IT’S ALL ABOUT THE PMA, BABY! A CONVERSATION WITH JESSE MACKOWYCZ OF QUARTER TANK To call Quarter Tank punk would be an oversimplification. Metal would be too unspecific. Crossover comes close but it doesn’t exactly account for the almost [...]
STILL PLENTY OF MILES TO GO FOR THIS CANADIAN BLUESMAN A CONVERSATION WITH COLIN JAMES For Colin James, the hardest part about going on the road is figuring out which guitars to bring. 19 albums and over four decades of playing the blues, Colin [...]
