CRISPIAN MILLS AND KULA SHAKER’S DESCENT INTO THE UNDERWORLD (AND BACK AGAIN) A CONVERSATION WITH KULA SHAKER At a certain point, the world turned against Crispian Mills and Kula Shaker. Or was it that Crispian Mills turned against the world? In [...]
COULD BRITTANY BINDRIM BECOME THE JOAN BAEZ OF HER GENERATION? A CONVERSATION WITH BRITTANY BINDRIM Brittany Bindrim has been bubbling with excitement as she eagerly awaited the launch of her much-anticipated album, Velella Velella, on March 8, [...]
BACK ON THE STREETS WHERE IT FEELS SO RIGHT A CONVERSATION WITH PEARL HARBOUR Pearl Harbour has just re-released her classic and iconic solo debut album Don’t Follow Me, I’m Lost, which has been unavailable for far too long. “I just feel happy [...]
MARK EGAN/SHAWN PELOT/SHANE THERIOT CROSS CURRENTS WAVETONE RECORDS Mark Egan has made a name for himself as a solo artist, a collaborator, and as a member of Pat Metheny’s band. Egan may be known as a jazz musician, but he is much more than [...]
TELL ME HOW DOES IT FEEL A CONVERSATION WITH JAY GORDON OF ORGY I recently had an opportunity to chat with Jay Gordon, lead singer and founding member of Orgy about the vinyl releases of Candyass & Vapor Transmission, their co-headlining [...]
FROM RIFFS TO REVELATIONS A CONVERSATION WITH THE DANDY WARHOLS GUITARIST PETER HOLMSTRÖM We had the pleasure of sitting down with Peter Holmström, the guitarist from the renowned band, The Dandy Warhols, to delve into their highly anticipated [...]
LIFE IN A FAIRGROUND DREAMLAND A CONVERSATION WITH STEVE HACKETT (GENESIS) Steve Hackett turned 74 on February 12, and he is perhaps at his creative peak. Since leaving Genesis in 1977, Hackett has recorded and released 30 solo studio albums. [...]
OUR MUSIC IS OUR MESSAGE A CONVERSATION WITH SERGIO RIOS OF ORGŌNE Sergio Rios, the mastermind behind Orgōne’s latest album, Chimera, joyfully dishes on his band and their masterpiece. According to him, their sound can only be described as [...]
ON JUNOS (AND OTHER SUCH ACCOLADES) AN EDITORIAL FEATURE BY ELIZABETH SHEPHERD I like to pride myself on knowing what’s going on in our scene by always checking out new music – though now and again I’m reminded that while I may know a thing or [...]
THE ROAD BACK HOME A CONVERSATION WITH LOREENA McKENNITT “I am well, thank you, there’s lots going on, and for the most part we are in good health and doing things we love, so you can’t complain,” said Loreena McKennitt to start our recent [...]
MUSIC THAT FIRED US UP A CONVERSATION WITH THE TAILSPINS’ OSKAR AND JULIA BUIE When we consider the expression ‘everything old is new again’, we are generally talking about addressing the issues of today, by mining the wisdom of the past. [...]
CROSS CURRENTS A CONVERSATION WITH MARK EGAN “I like Toronto, it is a nice city,” said Mark Egan as we began our chat about his new album, a collaboration with drummer Shawn Pelton (Saturday Night Live drummer) and guitarist Shane Theriot [...]
A ROCK AND ROLL SINGER, A REAL HUMDINGER A CONVERSATION WITH SAM ROBERTS Indie-rock icon Sam Roberts and his band have released eight albums, won six Junos (receiving nominations for 15), and are one of the most-played bands on rock radio in [...]
THE 2024 JUNO AWARD NOMINEE CEREMONY @ THE CBC BUILDING, TORONTO FEBRUARY 6, 2024 The atmosphere at the 53rd Juno Awards nomination ceremony was electrifying, brimming with joy and anticipation as Canada’s cherished artists earned nods for [...]
DO IT FOR ENJOYMENT – DO IT AND SEE WHAT COMES OUT OF IT A CONVERSATION WITH GRAHAM PARKER “No snow in London,” reported Graham Parker. “We just got endless streams of storms. The last one came from a confluence of cold and warm air from [...]
DON’T DREAM IT’S OVER: THE REMARKABLE LIFE OF NEIL FINN A CONVERSATION WITH AUTHOR JEFF APTER Neil Finn was born in New Zealand and is the youngest of four siblings. When he turned 18, his older brother, Tim Finn, invited him to join his (Tim’s) [...]
DOTS OF HISTORY AND THE ARTFUL APPROACH A CONVERSATION WITH TOM ALLEN ON JS BACH’S LONG WALK IN THE SNOW The average modern listener probably gives little thought to music that was made 300 years ago. Even so, there is a long list of artists [...]
PLUNGING INTO THE UNKNOWN WITH A SMILE A CONVERSATION WITH NECK DEEP As openers go, it could be a motto for any pop-punk band looking to launch itself into the stratosphere. “If Blink-182 can do it, why can’t we?” smiles Ben Barlow, just seconds [...]
LOVE STORIES GONE WRONG A CONVERSATION WITH LOVELORN DOLLS Lovelorn Dolls are classified as gothic; their music is not simply dark, as those new to the genre may expect, but rather deep, layered with emotion. Daubresse offers, “It’s not [...]
I’M STILL DOING MY THING A CONVERSATION WITH DON McLEAN “I’ve got a lot of albums, a lot of songs, a lot of appearances, because I only did one thing: exactly what it is that I’m doing. I never got diverted away into anything else. I only [...]
HOW FAR BACK IN TIME MUST WE GO A CONVERSATION WITH TERRY DRAPER (EX-KLAATU) “If I hadn’t discovered The Beatles and rock and roll, I would have been an archeologist. I still dream about being Howard Carter and opening Tut’s tomb, and the [...]
GIVE IT TO ME STRAIGHT, SANTA! I CAN TAKE IT! SPILL MAGAZINE EXPOSES SOME OF THE BEST/WORST 2023 CHRISTMAS RELEASES (PART TWO) As The Beatles once sang, “Christmastime is here again, it ain’t been around since you know when.” That means a whole [...]
REWIND A CONVERSATION WITH ALAN FREW OF GLASS TIGER My riveting conversation with the legendary Alan Frew, lead singer for iconic Canadian band Glass Tiger and successful solo artist, took us on a captivating voyage through the archives of his [...]
BUILDING AN AUTHENTIC AND LEGIT MUSIC INDUSTRY A CONVERSATION WITH ANDREW CASH Andrew Cash is a man who has worn many hats over the years. From his early days in the 1980s Toronto post-punk band L’Étranger, to being a solo recording artist, to [...]
