Nazz Lost Masters & Demos Purple Pyramid Records/Cleopatra Records Nazz exploded on the scene in 1967 with their debut single “Open My Eyes”, which was a commercial failure at the time but has gone on to legendary status. And rightfully so, [...]
SAVING THE EARTH FROM NATURAL DISASTERS A CONVERSATION WITH TODD RUNDGREN What can be said about Todd Rundgren that has not been said before. Since debuting with the band The Nazz in 1967, Rundgren has carved out a name for himself as a [...]
DENTIST ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM MAKING A SCENE + REVEAL TOUR DATES INCLUDING SEA.HEAR.NOW FESTIVAL ALBUM PINK VINYL PRE-ORDER NOW AVAILABLE Upbeat, melodic and fuzzed out indie rock trio Dentist will be releasing their danceable new album Making A [...]
Big Paul Ferguson Remote Viewing – Reboot Cleopatra Records On a surface level, Remote Viewing – Reboot sounds like what you’d expect to hear if the drummer from English post-punk/industrial metal band Killing Joke made an album. If you [...]
John Mayall Road Show Blues (Reissue) Cleopatra Records This album has been reissued a goodly number of times since it saw the light of day in 1980, something of a fallow period for the Godfather Of British Blues following a decade when his [...]
SHIPS IN THE NIGHT CAN TAKE YOU TO DREAMS OR TO NIGHTMARES A CONVERSATION WITH ALETHEA LEVENTHAL OF SHIPS IN THE NIGHT Playing with your dreams and nightmares, transforming them into music can be a tricky game. On one hand you can come up with [...]
LET IT ROCK! LET IT ROCK! LET IT ROLL! A SPILL MAGAZINE BREAKDOWN OF SOME OF THE TOP 2021 CHRISTMAS RELEASES – THE SINGLES + EPS Arkells “The Last Christmas (We Ever Spend Apart)” Universal Music Canada November 4, 2021 Big [...]
NEVILLE STAPLE FROM THE SPECIALS AND BEYOND CLEOPATRA RECORDS Former member of Two-Tone legends The Specials, singer Neville keeps alive the sound, approach, and energy of the late 70s – early 80s style, maintaining the love and respect [...]
Jah Wobble Metal Box – Rebuilt In Dub Cleopatra Records Jah Wobble formed Public Image Limited (P.I.L.) with John Lydon, aka Johnny Rotten, when Rotten had left The Sex Pistols in 1978.He then left the band he helped create after their [...]
Ships In The Night Latent Powers Cleopatra Records Are the current times perfectly suited for some synth-based darkwave that skids along between ambient lullabies and nightmares that stick somewhere in your mind? If your answer to that question [...]
Various Artists Legends Play The Beatles Cleopatra Records Since The Beatles exploded on the scene in 1964, there have been tribute albums in many different genres. Chet Atkins, Count Basie, The Hollyridge Strings and so many more have taken [...]
Electric Six Streets Of Gold Cleopatra Records What have we here? An entire album of covers by Electric Six? Yes, and what a treat this is. Streets of Gold is Electric Six’s 15th studio album, and their first since 2018’s brilliant Bride Of The [...]
Green Jellÿ Garbage Band Kids Cleopatra Records Punk rock outfit, Green Jellÿ have returned with their fifth album, Garbage Band Kids. The 17-track record – their first since 2009’s Musick To Insult Your Intelligence By – features [...]
Skids Songs From A Haunted Ballroom Cleopatra Records Despite reforming in 2018, Scottish punk band Skids seem to have been unfortunately forgotten. Having released two albums since reuniting, 2018’s Burning Cities and the 2019 follow-up, [...]
Various Artists Still Wish You Were Here: A Tribute To Pink Floyd Cleopatra Records There have been a number of tribute albums recorded paying tribute to Pink Floyd and usually these take the form of artists covering one of their classic albums. [...]
PSYCHOBILLY LEGENDS THE METEORS CELEBRATE THE RELEASE OF THEIR NEWEST ALBUM SKULL N BONES WITH A KILLER VIDEO FOR “A NIGHT IN THE TOMBS” CLEOPATRA RECORDS Meteors fans have been hotly anticipating the release of the band’s newest [...]
Badfinger No Matter What – Revisiting The Hits Cleopatra Records I love Badfinger. I maintain that they are one of the most underrated bands of all time, and their story is one of immense tragedy. They were an incredibly talented band who [...]
Tommy Bolin Shake The Devil: The Lost Sessions Cleopatra Records It’s time again for the Tommy Bolin estate to dig into the archives, especially for those fans who will still spend money on the music they love. Bolin had only released two [...]
TRULY ORCHESTRATING HIS OWN LIFE A CONVERSATION WITH RICK SPRINGFIELD Richard Lewis Springthorpe was born in Sydney, Australia in 1949, but you might know him better as Rick Springfield. He has been playing music professionally since 1968, and [...]
ROCK HEARTTHROB RICK SPRINGFIELD MEETS CLASSIC ROCK HEROES BADFINGER FOR A SPECIAL NEW SINGLE “LOVE IS GONNA COME AT LAST” CLEOPATRA RECORDS If you grew up in the ’70s, chances are you had a poster of actor/musician/singer Rick [...]
Dr. John Gumbo Blues Cleopatra Records Dr. John was a raspy-voiced, early ‘60s, New Orleans born, rock ‘n’ roll and R&B guitarist and arranger, late-’60s night-tripping voodoo rock king, piano-playing ‘70s walking encyclopedia of Crescent [...]
Junior Wells Blues Brothers Cleopatra Records Blues legend Junior Wells was born in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1934 and died early in 1998. A powerful singer and master harmonica player, he played with many Chicago blues greats, sealing his status [...]
Danzig Danzig Sings Elvis Cleopatra Records It’s no secret Glenn Danzig is greatly inspired by the pop music of the ‘50s. His new album, Danzig Sings Elvis, is a love letter to the era. The horror punk icon, commonly referred to as “Evil Elvis”, [...]
The Brains Satana Tarantula Cleopatra Records Montreal’s psychobilly trio The Brains have released their blood-pumping, toe-tapping ninth record, Satana Tarantula. Their signature sounds are all here: walking double bass, driving drums, [...]
