THE DEADBEAT BANG OF HEARTBREAK CITY A CONVERSATION WITH JAMES ALEX OF BEACH SLANG One fateful night when Beach Slang was still in its early days, Tommy Stinson formerly of The Replacements, Guns ‘N Roses, and Soul Asylum, took the members of [...]
DIFFERENT SONG, SAME MELODY A CONVERSATION WITH GARY LIGHTBODY OF SNOW PATROL 25 years into a career that has taken in one billion global track streams, five UK platinum albums, an Ivor Novello award, and Grammy and Mercury Music Prize [...]
EVEN WHEN YOU FEEL ALONE, YOU’RE NOT A CONVERSATION WITH VIBEBYMELO Durham Region hip hop artist Vibebymelo has had a busy year, releasing the album Project: M and following that up with a string of singles. At times it’s hard to pinpoint his [...]
EITHER YOU CARE OR YOU DON’T A CONVERSATION WITH MARY FAHL “Well, it’s a Christmas record,” laughs Mary Fahl. “It is not out of character – it sounds like if Mary Fahl made a Christmas record.” She is speaking on her new album, Winter Songs and [...]
THERE’S ALWAYS ANOTHER RECORD TO MAKE A CONVERSATION WITH JERRY LEGER “Some of the best songs are the ones that get left off the record. They just don’t fit with the story of the album. I’ll think, ‘Well, I’ll have them in my back pocket, or use [...]
SCARRED FOR LIFE A CONVERSATION WITH BRAD LANER AND ANNETTE ZILINSKAS OF MEDICINE In 1990, guitarist and keyboardist Brad Laner introduced the world to his project Medicine. According to Laner, the band came together by “magic, luck, misfortune, [...]
A JOURNEY INTO THE UNKNOWN A CONVERSATION WITH PETER BAUMANN OF NEULAND (TANGERINE DREAM) “The name is ‘Noi Land’, which means ‘New Territory’”, says Peter Baumann during our recent conversation. “But you can say anything you want. We want it to [...]
LONGBOARDS, SYNTHESIZERS & SUPPORTING THE LOCALS A SIT-DOWN WITH TORONTO’S MONOWHALES MONOWHALES is a name that has definitely left a colourful, upbeat, and fun imprint on the Toronto music scene. The powerful group of four are coming around [...]
GET UP, TEA, WALK OUTSIDE, SHOWER, WATER, EAT TOAST, COFFEE, WORK, COFFEE, WALK, EAT BEANS OR SOUP (ORANGE), WORK, WORK, WORK, WALK, EAT, DRINK, STOP, SLEEP, REPEAT A CONVERSATION WITH FADER While the members of Fader may not agree, the band is [...]
THEY NEVER EXPECTED IT TO BE IMPORTANT A CONVERSATION WITH KENNETH WOMACK – AUTHOR OF SOLID STATE: THE STORY OF ABBEY ROAD AND THE END OF THE BEATLES Kenneth Womack has become somewhat of a Beatles scholar. Following the release of a [...]
THE REAL DEVIL IN THE KITCHEN A CONVERSATION WITH ASHLEY MACISAAC He’s not what you might think. There is tradition and warmth at this particular devil’s core, and his Cape Breton roots hold strong throughout any controversy. Needless to say, [...]
SCANDALOUS & IMMORAL A CONVERSATION WITH THUNDERPUSSY’S MOLLY SIDES Thunderpussy is seemingly unstoppable. Despite being in the midst of a civil suit regarding the right to copyright their name despite claims of it being obscene, Mike [...]
MY MUSES KEEP ON SURROUNDING ME AND KISSING ME GENTLY A CONVERSATION WITH LAURA CARBONE Laura Carbone is a songstress who uses her daydreams and compassion for nature to create stunning music. Her dark, imagery-rich, pop rock is presented in a [...]
CREATING EXPERIENCES A CONVERSATION WITH ED SOUSA, DIRECTOR OF CLASSIC BOWL The 1980s and bowling: two things that go together like fish and chips. In fact, rock ‘n’ roll and bowling have been married since rock ‘n’ roll was born. But Ed Sousa, [...]
THE PAST WE CAN’T REWIND A CONVERSATION WITH ANDREA FERRO OF LACUNA COIL Lacuna Coil, the Italian gothic metal band have made waves and broken new ground during their illustrious duration that has spanned over 20 years. Hailing from [...]
TAKING A SONG THAT WE LOVE AND DRESSING IT UP IN A DIFFERENT OUTFIT A CONVERSATION WITH NICK ROSE OF DWAYNE GRETZKY It was 2012, when a group of friends who jammed together doing covers of popular songs managed to garner themselves a residency [...]
THE DARKEST PART OF THE NIGHT, THE SUN ALWAYS RISES A CONVERSATION WITH BRENT RADEMAKER OF GOSPELBEACH GospelbeacH has been around since 2014, when Brent Rademaker rounded up some like-minded friends to produce music that reflected the times, [...]
LET’S GET FRIENDSHIP RIGHT A CONVERSATION WITH ANDY MAIZE OF THE SKYDIGGERS “We are putting this out because we are proud of it and we achieved what we wanted to achieve in the making of the recording,” says Andy Maize about the new Skydiggers [...]
DRAGONS AND PSYCHEDELIC COUNTRY SOUL A CONVERSATION WITH GREG SOWDERS OF THE LONG RYDERS Psychedelic country soul are three words that can be mashed together only to describe the American country and legends of Paisley Underground, The Long [...]
Steel Panther Heavy Metal Rules Steel Panther Inc. If they hadn’t made it clear already, perhaps the one thing Steel Panther love more than their sex, drugs, and rock ‘n’ roll mantra is heavy metal in the glorious, mega-blockbuster style of the [...]
THE NECESSITY OF THE CANADIAN SUPERGROUP A CONVERSATION WITH BONDS OF MARA VOCALIST BRIAN BYRNE Bonds Of Mara is the latest band on the verge of taking the Canadian rock scene by storm. Consisting of vocalist Brian Byrne (I Mother Earth), [...]
JEFF BUCKLEY’S GRACE: 25 YEARS LATER Looking back on Grace, it is easy to see why the album was not a hit upon its release. In a time when grunge was king – Nirvana, Soundgarden, and Pearl Jam dominated the rock airwaves – Jeff Buckley’s moody [...]
TIMELESSLY IN THE AIR A CONVERSATION WITH ROBBIE ROBERTSON While no easy feat in itself, becoming a musical legend is that much more significant when your body of work continues to be influential to steering the course of popular and [...]
PRETTY BITCHIN’ A CONVERSATION WITH STEEL PANTHER BASSIST LEXXI FOXX Few bands if any within the last twenty years have better embodied the mantra, theatrics, and lifestyle of sex, drugs, and rock ‘n’ roll better than Steel Panther. The [...]
