THE POWER OF DIY AND THE FUTURE OF TORONTO’S PUNK SCENE INTRODUCING BBQ POPE Over the last five years, Toronto has seen an explosion of underground music that has begun to solidify the city as a hotbed for raw, visceral, and sincere [...]
SUPPORTING SOBRIETY IN MUSIC A CONVERSATION WITH CHRIS TAIT OF ELECTRIC SIX When one has a substance abuse issue, keeping clean and sober is difficult in the best of situations (support, home, and stability are just three components) but for a [...]
INTRDCING ANMLPLNET A CONVERSATION WITH MICKEY VERSHBOW & LEAH WELLBAUM OF ANMLPLNET Meet ANMLPLNET (pronounced ‘animal planet’, “we left out the vowels to avoid copyright issues” the band jokes), a new band comprised of two very talented [...]
QUITTING IS NOT AN OPTION A CONVERSATION WITH ANTHRAX DRUMMER CHARLIE BENANTE Pretty much all Anthrax songs start with Charlie Benante. For their most recent album For All Kings, the band went into the studio with more songs than they have ever [...]
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF SOUND AND FURY AN INTERVIEW AND LIVE REVIEW OF IDLES @ HARD LUCK BAR, TORONTO March 20, 2018 There is a palpable duality to IDLES. In conversation, they are as open and considerate as their music is raw, punishing, and [...]
BOTANICAL GARDENS A CONVERSATION WITH DON McLEAN It has been eight years since the last Don McLean album. On March 16, 2018 he released his 19th studio album, Botanical Gardens. Perhaps it is not the album fans or one would expect from Don [...]
MOVEMENT ELECTRONIC MUSIC FESTIVAL @ PHILIP A. HART PLAZA, DETROIT – FESTIVAL PREVIEW MAY 26-28, 2018 Movement, one of the world’s best electronic music festivals, has announced another solid lineup for May 26-28, 2018. Heavyweights Claude [...]
THE FUN OF GOING TO A RECORD STORE IS THE TREASURE HUNT A DISCUSSION WITH SUNRISE RECORDS’ DOUG PUTMAN After struggling for years, it came as little surprise to Canadians to hear about HMV closing their doors for the last time in the first [...]
THEY SAY DON’T MEET YOUR HEROES FACE-TO-FACE WITH FRANK HANNON The very first time I ever heard of Frank Hannon was when my eyes and ears feasted on his soulful guitar playing solo in the video Love Song on Much Music. It was the same night that [...]
BACK TO THE ANTHEMS! BACK TO THE PARTY! A CONVERSATION WITH ANDREW W.K. Andrew W.K. released his first full-length studio album in 9 years on March 2, 2018 titled You’re Not Alone, a collection of writings that date as far back as 2005 and have [...]
HAPPY TO SING THE BLUES A CONVERSATION WITH MYLES GOODWYN Where does one even start when writing about Myles Goodwyn? He has been a huge presence in the music scene since the early 1970’s, writing, producing and performing some of the most [...]
ARISE A CONVERSATION WITH SIMEON ROSS Simeon (pronounced Sim-e-on, “my parents gave me a very unique name,” he laughs) Ross may not be a household name, yet. But this artist has earned his stripes and then some. He has actually written and been [...]
THE NICEST, HARDEST-WORKING NARCISSISTS YOU’LL EVER MEET A CONVERSATION WITH THE DREAMBOATS If this was 1964, there would be an album in your local record store or Woolworths (depending on the size of your city) and it would be named Meet [...]
NINE INCH NAILS ‘BETTER ALONE’ SPOTIFY PLAYLIST TRENT REZNOR CURATES A PLAYLIST OF MUSIC FROM HIS CATALOG INTENDED FOR LISTENING IN SOLITUDE: DARKNESS OPTIONAL BUT RECOMMENDED With very little fanfare, Nine Inch Nails, who are [...]
ODE TO OPTIMISM A CONVERSATION WITH GIANNI PACI Gianni Paci is a young artist, and as a solo artist he has released three EPs. His most recent solo EP was released in 2017 (I Tried To Right My Wrongs, But I Made A Left). Although young in age, [...]
BURGER-A-GO-GO SET FOR ROCK AND ROLL SIZZLE The Californian garage rock gurus at Burger Records have cooked up a stacked lineup of female-fronted bands. Featuring a special two-night traveling show, Burger-A-Go-Go will be slinging four acts per [...]
‘LIFE IS PEACHY’ AND OTHER FELINE LESSONS A CONVERSATION WITH JON FRATELLI You might say it started with a cat or two. ‘The human attitude towards animals is completely ridiculous.’ Jon Fratelli laments through the phone. ‘We completely overlook [...]
THE MEAT OF HIP-HOP A CONVERSATION WITH ELOVET It is still early days for 2018, and a lot of year is left. However, even though the year is young, there have been some fine releases making 2018 a banner year for music already. Elovet is an [...]
MUSIC FROM MARS? A CONVERSATION WITH FOX MEDICINE Oregon noise rock duo Fox Medicine has followed up their raucous debut EP with an out-of-this-world launch of their new LP, Greetings from Mars. Guitarist, vocalist, and one half of the band, [...]
TOP 5 BREAK-UP ALBUMS OF ALL TIME A POST-VALENTINE FEATURE For single people, the month of February can be an unpleasant one. Having to listen to the dreaded countdown to Valentine’s Day is pure torture for the first two weeks of the month. So, [...]
CHARITY AND CHARM A CONVERSATION WITH THE CORRIDORS The Corridors is the brainchild of Adi Mosko. He formed the band in the early 2000s in his native Israel, and since forming the band he has been extremely busy writing, recording and playing. [...]
NO POP, NO POMP A CONVERSATION WITH LONELY VAGABOND A child is in their parents’ living room, somewhere in Canada — or at least I am assuming it is Canada where they are — and they are listening to The Association’s Greatest Hits. Trying to [...]
GOOD LOVELIES PRESENT SHAPESHIFTERS A CONVERSATION WITH CAROLINE BROOKS OF GOOD LOVELIES ‘The title, Shapeshifters, comes from the song “I See Gold.” When we were looking for a title, and it took a little longer than expected, this one seemed to [...]
HARD WORK AND HAUNTING MEMORIES AN INTERVIEW WITH JOE BONSALL OF THE OAK RIDGE BOYS It may be hard to believe, but The Oak Ridge Boys, as a band, has been around since the 1940s. Of course, there were different members then and they even had a [...]
