IT’S JUST ONE REALLY BIG EP A CONVERSATION WITH BIG WRECK’S IAN THORNLEY Big Wreck started the decade with a string of EPs released at an impressive clip. The first was the 7 Series, a trio of EPs released between 2021 and 2023, [...]
JOHN CANDY: A LIFE IN COMEDY A CONVERSATION WITH AUTHOR PAUL MYERS (PART TWO) The conversations with those interviewed in the book are often so detailed that we cannot do them justice in this space. Paul Myers does discuss the ‘good and [...]
WE REALLY WERE THE ONLY GAME IN TOWN A CONVERSATION WITH ED KUEPPER OF THE SAINTS ’73 – ’78 Although The Saints are best known as a punk and post-punk band, they actually started in 1973 in Brisbane, Australia. The band was [...]
THIS GENERATION STILL NEEDS TO HEAR THE FACT THAT THEY CAN DANCE IF THEY WANT TO A CONVERSATION WITH IVAN DOROSCHUK OF MEN WITHOUT HATS During the punk explosion of 1976, Ivan Doroschuk formed a band in 1977. The band, Men Without Hats, and once [...]
JOHN CANDY: A LIFE IN COMEDY A CONVERSATION WITH AUTHOR PAUL MYERS (PART ONE) “The cover of my book has this great picture of John Candy. It’s not a fancy picture, but the one thing that I loved about it was the twinkle, you know, [...]
COMPLETING SONGS IS AN ART FORM IN ITSELF A CONVERSATION WITH STEVE PORCARO Steve Porcaro has been producing some of the best and best-loved music since he was one of the founding members of Toto in 1978. Toto took off immediately, with their [...]
I’M SO BROKEN, AND YOU’RE SO BEAUTIFUL A CONVERSATION WITH ANDY BELL (ERASURE) Andy Bell answered an ad in Melody Maker placed there by Vince Clarke. Clarke had experienced considerable success, first with Depeche Mode and then with Yazoo. He [...]
TO ME IT’S A LOVE ALBUM A CONVERSATION WITH WILL ANDERSON OF HOTLINE TNT For those keeping track of what is current in the shoegaze world, Hotline TNT is one name you definitely have come across. Known for their noisy and catchy mixture of power [...]
SEASON OF THE PEACH A CONVERSATION WITH JARED SWILLEY OF BLACK LIPS Garage punk rockers Black Lips have been hammering out loud, fuzzy, aggressively chaotic songs ever since their debut record, Black Lips! They were also part of the garage rock [...]
YOU GOTTA DO IT FOR YOURSELF A CONVERSATION WITH HEADSTONES’ HUGH DILLON Making their Dine Alone Records debut, Canadian rock icons Headstones have returned with Burn All The Ships, due for release on September 19. For their 11th album, the band [...]
LET’S TAKE THIS SOMEWHERE ELSE A CONVERSATION WITH ANDY MACKAY London, 1972. It was two years since The Beatles split, Bob Dylan had turned to country (sort of) and the music world was waiting for something new. When Roxy Music debuted with [...]
WAKE THE DEAD: THE PEAK, PIVOT, AND SUCCESS A CONVERSATION WITH ANDREW NEUFELD OF COMEBACK KID When it comes to albums that were the cornerstones of a band’s legacy, Wake The Dead was crucial to Comeback Kid’s rise, propelling them to greater [...]
NEVER SURRENDER A CONVERSATION WITH GIL MOORE OF TRIUMPH Triumph, the legendary Canadian band known for rock anthems like “Lay It On The Line”, “Somebody’s Out There”, and “Hold On”, is set to be [...]
A GREAT THING TO HAVE LOOMING A CONVERSATION WITH THE POGUES’ SPIDER STACY “It was only going to have one ending, and once somebody becomes so enfeebled, and you know that really, the end does come as a mercy for them. And it should be for the [...]
I ENDED UP LIVING A BIGGER LIFE THAN I’D EVER IMAGINED A CONVERSATION WITH ANDY KIM “I’m a dreamer more than anything else; my whole life has been kind of a dream,” says singer-songwriter Andy Kim. Known for hits like “Baby, I Love [...]
A LIFE IN THE SHADOWS OF STARDOM, ILLUMINATED BY FAMILY, ART, AND ONE AFTERNOON WITH JAMES CAGNEY A CONVERSATION WITH RYAN CASSIDY By the time Ryan Cassidy was old enough to understand the world around him, he was already immersed in the glow of [...]
WONDERING WHY HUGE, HUGE MOMENTS FROM THE PAST AREN’T ALWAYS CARRIED WITH YOU IN PERPETUITY A CONVERSATION WITH KEITH MURRAY OF WE ARE SCIENTISTS Since the 2000s, one band that you can count on for delivering good quality punky indie-rock dance [...]
WE DON’T WANT TO BE A HERITAGE ACT A CONVERSATION WITH CHRIS MURPHY OF SLOAN Sloan was one of the defining Canadian bands of the ’90s and early 2000s. Their irresistible alt-rock power pop anthems, such “Coax Me,” “Money [...]
THIS IS GOING IN THE DIRECTION WE WANT IT TO A CONVERSATION WITH VOX OF THE CHAMELEONS Since The Chameleons debuted with their single “In Shreds” (1982) which was followed by their debut album, Script Of The Bridge (1983), they have attracted a [...]
ALL THESE CHANGES IN EVERYTHING WE TOUCH A CONVERSATION WITH WARREN HAYNES In a recent interview with Spill Magazine, legendary guitarist and singer-songwriter Warren Haynes offered a candid look into his latest musical projects, his reflections [...]
WHEN YOU LOSE YOUR MIND AND YOU THINK YOU’RE FINE A CONVERSATION WITH RHYS FULBER In 1987, Rhys Fulber burst on the scene with the hard electronic sound of Front Line Assembly. He was one member, but the band quickly developed a very loyal [...]
AN HOUR OF ESCAPISM A CONVERSATION WITH ARJEN ANTHONY LUCASSEN Arjen Anthony Lucassen is an extremely talented artist. Singer, songwriter, musician, storyteller, and so much more. With his project, Ayreon (“you can’t really call it a band, it is [...]
MAKING TRIPLE-A A CONVERSATION WITH BIRD AND BYRON Maybe you have had the experience of going to a concert and being totally blown away by the opening act. In such a situation, the headlining band is awesome and everything, but the opening band [...]
WE’VE STRETCHED MUSICALLY AND ARTISTICALLY A CONVERSATION WITH ADAM CZEISLER AND COLE PETERSON OF SWEET WATER The Seattle grunge scene gave us some of the most iconic bands of the ’90s, including Soundgarden, Alice In Chains, Pearl Jam, [...]
