EVERYTHING I AM, EVERY MOMENT NEW A CONVERSATION WITH NEAL MORSE (D’VIRGILIO, MORSE & JENNINGS) “I don’t think I’m that busy”, Neal Morse laughed when I caught up with him recently to talk about a new project of his, the album Troika [...]
DANCE TO THE PERFECT MESS A CONVERSATION WITH CARL MARSH OF SHRIEKBACK Shriekback’s music has always been difficult to pigeonhole. Part of the post-punk, new wave scene, their music contained elements of funk, rock and sometimes ambient music. [...]
AND WE PRAY FOR THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD A CONVERSATION WITH KEYBOARDIST KEVIN YOUNG OF MOIST It may be surprising that a pillar of Canadian rock, Moist, has only just released their fifth album. On Oct. 1, 2021, Moist’s End of the Ocean dropped, [...]
PREDICTION VISION, FUTURE ROCK, AND UNCHARTED TERRAIN A CONVERSATION WITH DUNCAN COUTTS OF OUR LADY PEACE Twenty years, and many accurate AI predictions later, Our Lady Peace members deemed it time to revisit the concept of their fourth album, [...]
CUE THE CURTAIN CALL, ROLL THE CREDITS, IT’S OVER A CONVERSATION WITH PAUL KOEHLER OF SILVERSTEIN When it comes to bands like Silverstein, they seem to have been through it all. From Discovering The Waterfront to A Beautiful Place To [...]
NOT A BIBLICAL ALBUM, BUT A CONCEPT ALBUM WITH THE BIBLE AS ITS SOURCE A CONVERSATION WITH IAN ANDERSON OF JETHRO TULL It has been 19 years since there has been a new Jethro Tull album, their last being The Jethro Tull Christmas Album. There [...]
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 [...]
LET IT ROCK! LET IT ROCK! LET IT ROLL! A SPILL MAGAZINE BREAKDOWN OF SOME OF THE TOP 2021 CHRISTMAS RELEASES – THE ALBUMS Paul Kelly Paul Kelly’s Christmas Train Cooking Vinyl November 19, 2021 I am a long-time fan of Paul Kelly. He is a [...]
THIRTY YEARS OF GOING PLACES WITH TAVERNS AND PALACES AN IN-DEPTH CONVERSATION WITH RON HAWKINS OF LOWEST OF THE LOW: PART TWO The Lowest Of The Low, consisting of Ron Hawkins, David Alexander, Lawrence Nichols, Michael McKenzie and Greg Smith, [...]
1st BASE RUNNER JUST MIGHT COME UP WITH A HOME RUN A CONVERSATION WITH TIM HUSMANN When we mention the term singer-songwriter, the first thing that comes to mind is a single person crouched over their acoustic guitar, say somebody like Joni [...]
THIRTY YEARS OF GOING PLACES WITH TAVERNS AND PALACES AN IN-DEPTH CONVERSATION WITH RON HAWKINS OF LOWEST OF THE LOW: PART ONE It’s been 30 years since the release of the epic 17-song masterpiece Shakespeare My Butt…, the debut album from [...]
SPILL + UNZIPPED CONTEST WIN A PAIR OF TICKETS TO THEMUSEUM’S ROLLING STONES UNZIPPED EXHIBITION! CONTEST ENDED THE ROLLING STONES UNZIPPED GIVEAWAY – ENTER TO WIN 2 TICKETS TO THE EXHIBITION *CONTEST CLOSES: JANUARY 14, 2022 [...]
AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN A CONVERSATION WITH IVAN DOROSCHUK OF MEN WITHOUT HATS It has been almost a decade since the last Men Without Hats album Love In The Age Of War. And then in 2021 Men Without Hats released a brilliant CD EP, Again (Part [...]
MOUNT RIFFMORE A CONVERSATION WITH ZAKK WYLDE OF BLACK LABEL SOCIETY Currently on tour ahead of the release of his 10th studio record with Black Label Society, Zakk Wylde is synonymous with hard rock and the electric guitar. The Viking among [...]
MAKE YOUR OWN NEWS A CONVERSATION WITH BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE DRUMMER JASON BOWLD While the world has constantly been brought to its knees in the past two years, bands have given fans some of the most powerful music of all time. British heavy [...]
LET’S PLAY SOME WRONG NOTES AND NOT APOLOGISE FOR IT A CONVERSATION WITH JOSH FREESE Since the early ‘90s, Josh Freese has been an influential drummer to nearly all genres of popular music. With his contributions to the instrument ranging from [...]
KIRA STEPS FORWARD WITH SELF-TITLED ALBUM A CONVERSATION WITH FORMER BLACK FLAG/DOS BASSIST KIRA ROESSLER The acclaimed and storied punk rock bassist makes a brilliant solo debut with ‘Kira.’ Odds are, if you’re reading this at all, [...]
AT THE THRESHOLD OF THE NEW A CONVERSATION WITH HACKEDEPICCIOTTO The new hackedepicciotto LP, ‘The Silver Threshold,’ marks a dark time in our history, as well as a new chapter in development for the duo. When the pandemic took hold [...]
SOMEONE WHO JUST KEEPS GOIN’ A CONVERSATION WITH COLIN JAMES “It’s funny – the making of a record happens quite a long time before you have to talk about it. Usually, you go through all those things where you do the work, and you hunker down and [...]
HOLD ON, WITH BOTH HANDS A CONVERSATION WITH PLUM GREEN + A SPILL EXCLUSIVE VIDEO PREMIERE “A stranger lures you into the forest, following the wraith deeper and deeper until you become lost. You entwine yourself with its shadows and vines [...]
GOOD DAYS DON’T SHED LIKE SKIN DOES A CONVERSATION WITH DWI As the bass player for the indie rock band The Zolas, Dwight Abell is a veteran of the Vancouver music scene, and he is set to kickstart his own solo project, under the moniker [...]
WISH I COULD DO IT ALL AGAIN A CONVERSATION WITH FLORA CASH “We want this record to speak to people who have dreams but are on the brink of giving up,” says Flora Cash during a conversation to discuss Our Generation. The Swedish/American, Indie [...]
GOT A FEW GOOD FRIENDS HERE BY MY SIDE A CONVERSATION WITH WADE MACNEIL (DOOMS CHILDREN) While Alexisonfire continue to take things slow since reforming in 2015, Wade MacNeil refuses to slow down. With the 2020 release of his original score for [...]
