Aerialists Group Manoeuvre Fiddlehead Records This past summer, I saw Aerialists perform for the first time, watching as they took the stage at Guelph’s Hillside Festival. I was immediately struck by their arresting stage presence and apt [...]
Drop Top Alibi Drop Top Alibi Independent Hot off their recent tour opening for former Guns N’ Roses rhythm guitarist, Gilby Clarke, Drop Top Alibi have released their debut, self-titled album. W. Drop Top Alibi, while only four songs in length, [...]
Ori Dagan Nathaniel: A Tribute To Nat King Cole ScatCat Records Toronto jazz singer songwriter Ori Dagan, a staple in the local jazz scene, recently won the Global Music Awards silver medal for “Outstanding Achievement” in the Best Album [...]
Ringo Starr Give More Love Roccabella Give More Love is Ringo Starr’s 19th solo album since The Beatles disbanded. People forget that at the time of The Beatles break-up, Ringo was not the odds on favourite for a successful solo career. His [...]
Foo Fighters Concrete And Gold RCA Records For a turbulent series of weeks in 2016, the rumour mill- based on very little substance- spat out the idea that one of rocks biggest bands was on the brink of breaking up. Yep, following the release of [...]
Church Girls Hidalgo Independent Formed in Philadelphia in 2014, Church Girls is singer/songwriter Mariel Beaumont’s way of filling the creative void in her fashion career. Teaming up with high school friend and guitarist Robert Dwyer, the [...]
Bruce Cockburn Bone On Bone True North Records Bone on Bone is Bruce Cockburn’s 33rd album and his first studio album since 2011’s Small Source of Comfort. Cockburn has not mellowed in those years. He is still producing his brand of [...]
Prophets Of Rage Prophets Of Rage Universal Music It’s 2017 and our neighbors down south are under the reign of what can only accurately be described as a tyrannical fool with an atrocious hair piece who only seems to benefit the upper elite and [...]
Death From Above Outrage! Is Now Last Gang Records Death From Above’s album just dropped and once again they’ve proved that in the hay day of two piece bands, they have serious staying power. Setting them apart, Outrage! Is Now is loud, visceral [...]
TAXI Intimacy Issues Independent Intimacy Issues is the debut EP from Ottawa native, Emma Lamarre, who goes by the name TAXI. The EP, Intimacy Issues features five very distinct songs from this young and talented artist. Working with Blinker the [...]
Jonny Lang Signs Concord Records Signs is Jonny Lang’s eighth album, and his first since 2013’s hugely successful Fight For My Soul. Since 1995 Lang has been building a solid fanbase that keeps getting larger with each release. Signs is going to [...]
Jack Johnson All The Light Above It Too Universal Music After releasing his number one 2013 album, From Here To Now To You and the subsequent tour which led into the following year, things have been relatively quiet from Jack Johnson. 2013 was [...]
Tori Amos Native Invader Decca I love Tori Amos and I look forward to each new release. However, her last few releases did not live up to her potential or, in my opinion, her talent. This has changed with her new album.Native Invader. This is [...]
Alter Bridge Live At The O2 Arena + Rarities Napalm Records Following the release of their critically acclaimed 2016 release, The Last Hero, Alter Bridge have returned with Live At The O2 Arena + Rarities. The band, consisting of lead vocalist, [...]
Aaron Roche HaHa HuHu Figureight Records In 2012 I received a CD by a Brooklyn artist named Aaron Roche. The CD had the intriguing title !BlurMyEyes. It took some getting used to but I came to appreciate and love that album. Since then Roche has [...]
Partner In Search Of Lost Time You’ve Changed Records Josee Caron and Lucy Niles, the founders of Partner, met in Sackville, N.B. at Mount Allison University’s meal hall back in 2010. Caron and Niles are both gay, however not for each [...]
Julie & The Wrong Guys Julie & The Wrong Guys Dine Alone Julie, from Julie & The Wrong guys is Julie Doiron of Eric’s Trip fame (not to mention her numerous solo albums and other side projects). The Wrong Guys are Mike Peters and [...]
Ace Frehley Anomaly eOne Music Back in 2009, Ace Frehley released Anomaly. Not only was the record very well received among critics, but it was Frehley’s first solo record since his 1989 release, Trouble Walkin’, making the album that much more [...]
The National Sleep Well Beast 4AD Formed in 1999 and originally from Cincinnati, but now based in Brooklyn NY, American Indie Rock band The National have released their highly anticipated seventh studio album, Sleep Well Beast. The first single, [...]
Alvvays Antisocialites Polyvinyl Records Antisocialites is Alvvays’ highly anticipated follow-up to their 2014 self-titled debut. Within its 33 minutes are 10 songs of reckless romance, isolation, and loss that are draped in Alvvays’ [...]
Beaches Second Of Spring Chapter Music When Australian psych rock all-girl quintet Beaches released their self-titled 2008 debut, it was shortlisted for the Australian music prize, and they toured the U.S., including playing SXSW twice, sharing [...]
Gregg Allman Southern Blood Rounder On May 27th, 2017, the world was shocked to hear of the sudden passing of music legend, Gregg Allman. Allman, who had quite an extensive and incredibly innovative career as a founding member of The Allman [...]
LaRissa Vienna And The Strange Neptune VII Independent Coming from a background of experimental dark pop, LaRissa Vienna and the Strange prove the power of collaboration with the release of their first full-length album as a band, Neptune VII. [...]
Discolor Blind Long Vivid Dream Republic Of Music Discolor Blind is a duo out of Montreal, and Long Vivid Dream is their debut EP. Ashkan Malayeri is the core of the band, producing, writing and performing most of the music. He was born in [...]
