DEE LONG WATER IS MAGIC DEE LONG MUSIC It has been far too long since the last Dee Long album, 2011’s Life AfterLife. While there had been some singles and an EP, Long’s voice and guitar playing had been missing. But he is back with his new [...]
SIMON BROMIDE AND THE BROMIDES FOREST MOUNTAIN FOREST SCRATCHY RECORDS Carrying the torch of great artists and bands is not as easy as some listeners might think. That torch could be damn heavy if you haven’t picked up all the right cues [...]
ABIGAIL LAPELL SHADOW CHILD OUTSIDE MUSIC Some readers might get the impression that Abigail Lapell is kind of a Spill Magazine favorite. Ok, so they might be right, but the reasons for that do not lie solely with the fact that she’s from [...]
ROB & ELLEN IN ON IT INDEPENDENT Making pop rock that is distinctive is a feat, whether it relies on inspiration drawn from other musical sources or whether it brings up something completely new. And an even bigger feat comes when it all [...]
BITTER BLUE LEVITY TRIBAL RAJBER RECORDS Where is modern pop rock coming from these days? Simple answer – everywhere. The more complicated one – how does it fit in within general trends in modern music, how does it cross language barriers, and [...]
BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE REMEMBER THE HUMANS ARTS & CRAFTS Broken Social Scene needs no introduction. The legendary indie rock band has changed Toronto’s indie scene for decades and featured such established artists such as Metric’s Emily Haines [...]
ROB CLARKE OPIOPE ALDORA BRITAIN RECORDS Opiope is Rob Clarke’s seventh solo album (he has also released music with The Wooltones and Brown Bears) and his first since 2024’s Blues Beats And Brel album. Opiope is much more of a band effort than [...]
DAYNA MANNING FIELD NOTES INDEPENDENT Field Notes is the latest album from Canadian singer-songwriter Dayna Manning. Best known these days as a solo artist, Manning was also one-third of the folk trio Trent Severn from 2011 to 2019. While folk [...]
SOCIAL DISTORTION BORN TO KILL EPITAPH Social Distortion has returned with their first album in 15 years. born to kill is led by a pair of singles and follows 2011’s Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes, as the Orange County punk rock legends mark a [...]
ELECTRIC SIX I SHALL EXTERMINATE EVERYTHING AROUND ME THAT RESTRICTS ME FROM BEING THE MASTER (2026 REMASTER) METROPOLIS RECORDS I Shall Exterminate Everything Around Me That Restricts Me from Being the Master was originally released in 2007 and [...]
VILLANELLE MEASLY MEANS FAE GRP PUBLISHING VILLANELLE is a UK-based grunge and alternative rock band formed in 2023. They are fronted by singer and guitarist Gene Gallagher (son of Oasis’s Liam Gallagher) and also feature Ben Taylor [...]
GODSMACK LIVE AT MOHEGAN SUN BMG After announcing that the ending an incredible 30-year era, legendary rock band Godsmack have released a live recording of their last show on their 2023-2024 tour that supported their Lighting Up the Sky album. [...]
HASTE THE DAY DISSENTER SOLID STATE RECORDS There are two different kinds of comeback albums. There are albums that return a band into the world, and there are albums where that return feels more internal than external. Coming into Haste the [...]
SEVENDUST ONE NAPALM RECORDS The music industry is, as many know, a hard one to gain notoriety in. While some bands can make it to insane amounts of fame, there are some bands that have fans in a ‘medium’ level. In the rock and metal genres in [...]
A BOOK FOR WANDERERS MOTION POTION INDEPENDENT Anthony Botting, the singer and guitarist from the St. Catharines-based independent punk outfit, The Cocktails, has released his debut solo record under the name A Book For Wanderers. Aside from a [...]
MODERN WOMAN JOHNNY’S DREAMWORLD ONE LITTLE INDEPENDENT RECORDS Johnny’s Dreamworld, the debut album from English alt-rock band Modern Woman, isn’t for the faint of heart. It’s a screeching, squealing, whirling hurricane of sounds and emotions [...]
VALLEY BOY CHILDREN OF DIVORCE INDEPENDENT With a fresh moniker that is Valley Boy, and a debut album titled Children of Divorce, initially you just might think that you are encountering the music of this Valley Boy (real name James Alan Ghaleb [...]
KACEY MUSGRAVES MIDDLE OF NOWHERE INTERSCOPE/LOST HIGHWAY/UNIVERSAL MUSIC CANADA No, Kacey Musgraves is not your standard country musician anymore (if she ever was), no matter how quite a few listeners will think that her latest album Middle of [...]
ANDERVEL IRONCLAD & PALM TREES INDEPENDENT How does a prospect of a Mexican singer-songwriter sing in English and Icelandic (and only a single one in Spanish) sound? While the English in that equation might not sound so strange, well then [...]
TAJ MAHAL & THE PHANTOM BLUES BAND TIME THIRTY TIGERS What more can you say about an artist that has been on the scene for over six decades, has rarely recorded something that is a dud (everyone has got at least one of those), and has [...]
CHARMIAN DEVI DIAMOND HOUR INDEPENDENT Looking at a collaborators list for this album, the first thought that comes to mind is that there must be something interesting going on here. Otherwise, how do you get a list of collaborators for a debut [...]
MAYA HAWKE MAITREYA CORSO MOM + POP MUSIC Maitreya Corso is the latest release from Maya Hawke, daughter of Uma Thurman and Ethan Hawke. Best known for her acting work on “Stranger Things,” she’s also a singer-songwriter who made her musical [...]
VENOM INTO OBLIVION NOISE RECORDS Metal music is a subject that is passionate for many. With a longstanding history, this genre is more than just simply that. Metal is, for many, a lifestyle, a movement, and a way of being. Metalheads will often [...]
TORI AMOS IN TIMES OF DRAGONS FONTANA In Times of Dragons is Tori Amos’s 18th studio album and her first since 2021’s powerful Ocean to Ocean (although she did release the streaming only soundtrack for her children’s book in 2025, titled The [...]
