HEADING TOWARDS A MUSICAL RENAISSANCE AN INTERVIEW WITH BRAD MERRITT OF 54-40 Canadian Music Week is just getting started, and what could be more spectacular than two live performances by the Canadian music legends 54-40? Well, getting the [...]
LOVE VERSUS A CONVERSATION WITH LEEROY STAGGER From punk rock to roots rock, Leeroy Stagger took his career from the hard edged Staggers to a roots rock solo outfit that is carving a deep path from coast to Canadian coast. Having learned the [...]
THE CASSETTE PLAYED POP TONES AN INTERVIEW WITH DANIEL ASH & KEVIN HASKINS OF POPTONE “Well, this is a first, isn’t it Kevin?” Daniel Ash asks his fellow Poptone member. “The first time we have been interviewed while driving cars in L.A., [...]
GET PHYSICAL AN INTERVIEW WITH JOHN ACQUAVIVA After an old-school banger rave-style set at SXM Festival, John Acquaviva will play his debut CODA nightclub set on Saturday, April 15, 2017. Opening support by local popular underground DJs LeeLee [...]
EXACTLY? …EXACTLY! A CONVERSATION WITH RICHARD FAIRBRASS OF RIGHT SAID FRED The name, Right Said Fred, comes from a 1962 top ten UK hit by Bernard Cribbins. The song, “Right, Said Fred” was produced by George Martin, who would go on, to [...]
Camp Summerdaze :: Toronto’s Summer Retreat Experience @ Toronto Island, July 28-July 30 July 28-July 30 As summer fast approaches, so does festival season. For seasoned underground electronic music lovers, 2017 marks the much-anticipated [...]
IT’S DECIDED AN INTERVIEW WITH ANDY KIM There’s something special that occurs when speaking with legend, Andy Kim. This Canadian Hall of Fame inductee has sold 30 million records worldwide, including everlasting pop #1 hits like [...]
JUNO AWARDS & JUNO WEEK 2017 March 27 – April 2, 2017 Not only where to start, but where to go, and how many things can be fit into one night – those were probably the most common questions by anyone who was taking advantage of JUNO [...]
WONDERS & MONSTERS AN INTERVIEW WITH JEAN-LUC DE MEYER OF UNDERVIEWER Everybody has to start somewhere. Front 242’s Jean-Luc De Meyer and Patrick Codenys started in 1978 in a music project called Underviewer, the debut album of which, [...]
STILL A STUDENT OF MUSIC AN INTERVIEW WITH MURRAY McLAUCHLAN “Every time I make an album, I think ‘that’s it’”, Murray McLauchlan reveals during our telephone conversation about his new album, Love Can’t Tell Time. Thankfully, Murray keeps on [...]
MACRO VS. MICRO AN INTERVIEW WITH YONI WOLF OF WHY? Yoni Wolf and Why? are back, and that is a very good thing. The last Why?album was 2012’s Mumps, Etc., but they have returned with Moh Lhean and continue to release their music on Joyful Noise [...]
THE BLOKE FROM FISCHER-Z A CONVERSATION WITH JOHN WATTS “People know me as the bloke from Fischer-Z”, laughs John Watts as we talk about his new album, Building Bridges, “so I went back to that name a couple of years ago instead of releasing it [...]
SIMPLY POP…OR NOT A CONVERSATION WITH JAIKE STAMBACH OF THE HISTORY OF COLOUR TV Something Like Eternity is the History of Colour TV’s third full length album. For anyone who has listened to their previous albums – Emerald Cures Chic Ills [...]
THE VELVET UNDERGROUND & NICO: 50th ANNIVERSARY In 1964 a young songwriter from Long Island named Lou Reed was working as a staff writer for an exploitation record label named Pickwick. Reed’s job was fairly simple, to write catchy pop tunes [...]
HOTTER THAN THE SUN AN INTERVIEW WITH RYAN GULDEMOND OF MOTHER MOTHER The beginning of 2017 has been a busy time for Mother Mother. After the release of their new album, No Culture, it was right to the road for the Vancouver-based alt-rockers; [...]
DATING ADVICE FROM A 200 YEAR OLD CARTOON CHARACTER AN INTERVIEW WITH MILO (AKA JAMES McCOLLUM) FROM PROZZÄK Ask any Canadian between the ages of 23-30 who Prozzäk is and watch their eyes light up in excitement. Thanks to heavy rotation on Much [...]
REAL REBELS. REAL CELTIC. REAL McKENZIES. AN INTERVIEW WITH PAUL McKENZIE OF THE REAL McKENZIES I spoke recently with Paul McKenzie–founding member of the Canadian Celtic punk band The Real McKenzies. Paul and the rest of the band have [...]
THE ART OF MASTERING A CONVERSATION WITH JOHN GREENHAM “Say you have a bunch of paintings but they are just lying around in different parts of the room so no one can enjoy them.” John Greenham begins as we sit down. “The mastering process would [...]
THESE ARE THE DAYS, THESE ARE THE SONGS AN INTERVIEW WITH MICK THOMAS (WEDDINGS PARTIES ANYTHING) Mick Thomas? What the hell has he been up to lately? Well, quite a lot. A new book, a new compilation album, and recording new music. I had the [...]
CHARTING A NEW COURSE FOR FUNK AN INTERVIEW WITH TAYO BRANSTON OF FIVE ALARM FUNK Five Alarm Funk is not so much a band as it is an experience. Combining elements of Funk, jazz, and even gypsy rock, the group have created a fully unique and [...]
‘SOUND THE ALARM’ – 25 YEARS IN AND STRONGER THAN EVER AN INTERVIEW WITH VINNIE FIORELLO OF LESS THAN JAKE 25 years ago when I was playing with toys and enjoying the ever so sacred nap time, Less Than Jake were embarking on [...]
AS WAS AN INTERVIEW WITH PAUL DELANEY OF BLACK ANVIL Growing up I always found heavy metal music too harsh. Back then I never could have imagined myself becoming a fan of a band like New York City’s Black Anvil. When I was younger, the [...]
THE ORIGINAL RUDE BOY AN INTERVIEW WITH NEVILLE STAPLE (THE SPECIALS/FUN BOY THREE) On February 17, legendary Specials and Fun Boy Three founding member Neville Staple released his new studio album Return of Judge Roughneck via Cleopatra [...]
FALLING IN LOVE AT THE END OF THE WORLD AN INTERVIEW WITH MATTHEW ANGUS OF FAST ROMANTICS Recording an album is a lot like falling in love. It’s a long and sometimes messy affair, and often what you wanted at the start isn’t what you end up [...]
