JAKKO M. JAKSZYK SON OF GLEN INSIDE OUT MUSIC/SONY As well as being a guitarist with King Crimson, from 2013 until they called it a day in 2021, Jakszyk’s resume reads like the history of rock ‘n’ roll. He has played with The Kinks, Level 42, [...]
FRANK ZAPPA CHEAPER THAN CHEEP: THE SOUNDTRACK (LIVE) ZAPPA/UMe Since Frank Zappa left this world, there have been numerous releases, thanks to Joe Travers and his son, Ahmet Zappa who work on behalf of the Zappa Estate. They continued their [...]
THE FARM LET THE MUSIC (TAKE CONTROL) MODERN SKY/ROUGH TRADE Just what is happening in British indie at the moment? After recent releases by The Cure and Pulp, the latest band to emerge from a long on-record hibernation is The Farm, who have [...]
PAT TRAVERS GOING DOWN TO JACKSONVILLE – 1983 CLEOPATRA RECORDS Pat Travers has always been a hard-working musician. Besides recording somewhere in the neighbourhood of 20 studio albums since his debut in 1976, he has toured relentlessly. [...]
AVI C. ENGEL FIVE FIGMENTS INDEPENDENT Toronto’s Avi C. Engel is surely one of the more productive singer-songwriters around at the moment, with a slew of releases available on their Bandcamp site, this 5-song thingy they called Five [...]
MEGGIE LENNON DESIRE DAYS MOTHLAND Quite a few artists make lofty claims when they speak out to promote their new musical venture. And very often at that, their claims don’t exactly match what you can hear on that said effort. Luckily for [...]
AYSANABEE EDGE OF THE EARTH ISHKŌDÉ RECORDS Aysanabee is a Toronto-based artist who has been making quite a name for himself. He is an Oji-Cree singer-songwriter of the Sucker Clan, and is originally of the Sandy Lake First Nation, a very remote [...]
HOTLINE TNT RASPBERRY MOON THIRD MAN RECORDS Will Anderson has been a part of several bands over the years; however, he is most well known for fronting Hotline TNT. Over the past few years, Hotline TNT has been making a big splash in the [...]
NAD SYLVAN MONUMENTATA INSIDE OUT MUSIC Nad Sylvan has had a fascinating career since he made his debut in 1983. It took him a while to find himself and his music, but in 1997 when he released his debut album (The Life Of A Housewife) he had [...]
S.G. GOODMAN PLANTING BY THE SIGNS SLOUGH WATER RECORDS/THIRTY TIGERS After her debut album Teeth Marks from 2022, winning ‘a few’ awards, and some serious and long-running set of concerts, Kentucky’s brilliant Americana artist [...]
THE BONES OF J.R. JONES RADIO WAVES TONE TREE MUSIC Those following Spill Magazine a bit more closely will surely be aware that behind The Bones of J.R. Jones moniker is New York-based artist Jonathon Linaberry, a man behind some subtle set of [...]
UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA CURSE JAGJAGUWAR CURSE is the latest offering from the ex-pat New Zealand psychedelic rock band Unknown Mortal Orchestra, based in Portland, Oregon. Containing just six songs and with a running time of about twelve [...]
TOMMY SOLO AND FRIENDS PASSENGERS AND MESSENGERS INDEPENDENT Tommy Solo is back with a brand-new album. This time, he is playing with some friends, which is why Passengers And Messengers is actually credited to Tommy Solo And Friends. Passengers [...]
QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE ALIVE IN THE CATACOMBS MATADOR RECORDS Following an early series of screenings at select, independent cinemas across the world – including Toronto’s Royal Theatre – and the digital release of their concert film, Alive In [...]
XOL MEISSNER EXCESS OF LOSS INDEPENDENT If you stick only to the face value of some information, it just might take you to a wrong track, and there is quite a bit of that here. First of all, Xol Meissner is an alias for a Swiss-born, NYC-based [...]
KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD PHANTOM ISLAND P(DOOM) RECORDS So, where have the Australian mavericks gone so far in their explorations? From all things heavy to the outskirts of microtonal and spiritual jazz, while cramming as many albums [...]
YAWN WISH I COULD’VE KILLBEAT MUSIC If you think that crafting close to perfect pop music is easy, then you’ve got things all wrong. Pop has a set of formulas you have to respect, and being inventive and doing it right within those [...]
NORMAN GREENBAUM SPIRIT IN THE SKY CRAFT RECORDINGS In 1967, a band with the unusual yet era appropriate name of Dr. West’s Medicine Show and Junk Band had a minor hit with the novelty song “The Eggplant That Ate Chicago” (it lives up to [...]
SUZIE UNGERLEIDER AMONG THE EVERGREENS MVKA Among the Evergreens is the eleventh studio album from Vancouver-based Folk/Americana artist Suzie Ungerleider, and her second release since retiring her previous stage name, Oh Susanna. On this [...]
EMPANADAS ILEGALES SANCOCHO TRIFÁSICO WE ARE TIME Vancouver-based seven-piece band, Empanadas Ilegales have returned with their third full-length album – their first studio record since 2022’s Creepy Mambo – Sancocho Trifásico. Recorded in [...]
BEATIE WOLFE & BRIAN ENO LUMINAL VERVE RECORDS Luminal is the second of two new albums by Mr. Brian Eno, both of which are collaborations with Beatie Wolfe. Eno has been very busy of late. Since 2024, Brian Eno (producer, musician, artist [...]
BRIAN ENO & BEATIE WOLFE LATERAL VERVE RECORDS Since 2024, Brian Eno (producer, musician, artist extraordinaire) has released four albums, five if you count all the EPs. He is adding two more to his catalog. On this album, (and on the [...]
CYPRESS HILL & THE LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA BLACK SUNDAY LIVE AT THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL MERCURY STUDIOS MEDIA In 1996, an episode of The Simpsons featured a bit where Cypress Hill may or may not have in fact ordered The London Symphony [...]
LIFEGUARD RIPPED AND TORN MATADOR RECORDS If you are a fan of noisy, full-throttle garage punk, then Lifeguard is for you. The band, comprising Asher Case (vocals and bass), Isaac Lowenstein (drums and percussion), and Kai Slater (vocals and [...]
