TWO FRIENDS STANDING STRONG IN FRONT OF THEIR MOSCOW APARTMENT A CONVERSATION WITH BRIGHID FRY & PASCALE PADILLA OF MOSCOW APARTMENT Brighid Fry and Pascale Padilla are two high school friends who have another identity. They are Moscow [...]
A NOSTALGIC TOUR 50 YEARS IN THE MAKING A CONVERSATION WITH IAN ANDERSON OF JETHRO TULL Jethro Tull debuted as a band on, Feb. 2, 1968 at the Marquee Club in London, England. The central figure of the band was, and still is, Ian Anderson. They [...]
WE’RE HERE TO HELP ARTISTS, ANY WAY WE CAN A CONVERSATION WITH AWFULLY GOOD RECORDS’ ERIC WALDEN The image of a music industry executive often conjures the expected slew of classic horror stories of a cigar chomping suit secretly acquiring [...]
BLVCK LOVE A CONVERSATION WITH STRVNGERS Strvngers is a band, two members actually, from a small town in Alberta. The two members of the band, Maria Joaquin (vocals) and KC (music) came together in 2015 and since then have already released two [...]
EDDY GRANT’S RINGBANG TIME A CONVERSATION WITH EDDY GRANT Eddy Grant has had a long and diverse musical career. A founding member of the Equals, one of the United Kingdom’s first racially integrated pop groups, he is also known for a [...]
THE POWER OF DIY AND THE FUTURE OF TORONTO’S PUNK SCENE INTRODUCING BBQ POPE Over the last five years, Toronto has seen an explosion of underground music that has begun to solidify the city as a hotbed for raw, visceral, and sincere [...]
SUPPORTING SOBRIETY IN MUSIC A CONVERSATION WITH CHRIS TAIT OF ELECTRIC SIX When one has a substance abuse issue, keeping clean and sober is difficult in the best of situations (support, home, and stability are just three components) but for a [...]
INTRDCING ANMLPLNET A CONVERSATION WITH MICKEY VERSHBOW & LEAH WELLBAUM OF ANMLPLNET Meet ANMLPLNET (pronounced ‘animal planet’, “we left out the vowels to avoid copyright issues” the band jokes), a new band comprised of two very talented [...]
QUITTING IS NOT AN OPTION A CONVERSATION WITH ANTHRAX DRUMMER CHARLIE BENANTE Pretty much all Anthrax songs start with Charlie Benante. For their most recent album For All Kings, the band went into the studio with more songs than they have ever [...]
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF SOUND AND FURY AN INTERVIEW AND LIVE REVIEW OF IDLES @ HARD LUCK BAR, TORONTO March 20, 2018 There is a palpable duality to IDLES. In conversation, they are as open and considerate as their music is raw, punishing, and [...]
BOTANICAL GARDENS A CONVERSATION WITH DON McLEAN It has been eight years since the last Don McLean album. On March 16, 2018 he released his 19th studio album, Botanical Gardens. Perhaps it is not the album fans or one would expect from Don [...]
MOVEMENT ELECTRONIC MUSIC FESTIVAL @ PHILIP A. HART PLAZA, DETROIT – FESTIVAL PREVIEW MAY 26-28, 2018 Movement, one of the world’s best electronic music festivals, has announced another solid lineup for May 26-28, 2018. Heavyweights Claude [...]
THE FUN OF GOING TO A RECORD STORE IS THE TREASURE HUNT A DISCUSSION WITH SUNRISE RECORDS’ DOUG PUTMAN After struggling for years, it came as little surprise to Canadians to hear about HMV closing their doors for the last time in the first [...]
THEY SAY DON’T MEET YOUR HEROES FACE-TO-FACE WITH FRANK HANNON The very first time I ever heard of Frank Hannon was when my eyes and ears feasted on his soulful guitar playing solo in the video Love Song on Much Music. It was the same night that [...]
BACK TO THE ANTHEMS! BACK TO THE PARTY! A CONVERSATION WITH ANDREW W.K. Andrew W.K. released his first full-length studio album in 9 years on March 2, 2018 titled You’re Not Alone, a collection of writings that date as far back as 2005 and have [...]
HAPPY TO SING THE BLUES A CONVERSATION WITH MYLES GOODWYN Where does one even start when writing about Myles Goodwyn? He has been a huge presence in the music scene since the early 1970’s, writing, producing and performing some of the most [...]
ARISE A CONVERSATION WITH SIMEON ROSS Simeon (pronounced Sim-e-on, “my parents gave me a very unique name,” he laughs) Ross may not be a household name, yet. But this artist has earned his stripes and then some. He has actually written and been [...]
THE NICEST, HARDEST-WORKING NARCISSISTS YOU’LL EVER MEET A CONVERSATION WITH THE DREAMBOATS If this was 1964, there would be an album in your local record store or Woolworths (depending on the size of your city) and it would be named Meet [...]
NINE INCH NAILS ‘BETTER ALONE’ SPOTIFY PLAYLIST TRENT REZNOR CURATES A PLAYLIST OF MUSIC FROM HIS CATALOG INTENDED FOR LISTENING IN SOLITUDE: DARKNESS OPTIONAL BUT RECOMMENDED With very little fanfare, Nine Inch Nails, who are [...]
ODE TO OPTIMISM A CONVERSATION WITH GIANNI PACI Gianni Paci is a young artist, and as a solo artist he has released three EPs. His most recent solo EP was released in 2017 (I Tried To Right My Wrongs, But I Made A Left). Although young in age, [...]
BURGER-A-GO-GO SET FOR ROCK AND ROLL SIZZLE The Californian garage rock gurus at Burger Records have cooked up a stacked lineup of female-fronted bands. Featuring a special two-night traveling show, Burger-A-Go-Go will be slinging four acts per [...]
‘LIFE IS PEACHY’ AND OTHER FELINE LESSONS A CONVERSATION WITH JON FRATELLI You might say it started with a cat or two. ‘The human attitude towards animals is completely ridiculous.’ Jon Fratelli laments through the phone. ‘We completely overlook [...]
THE MEAT OF HIP-HOP A CONVERSATION WITH ELOVET It is still early days for 2018, and a lot of year is left. However, even though the year is young, there have been some fine releases making 2018 a banner year for music already. Elovet is an [...]
MUSIC FROM MARS? A CONVERSATION WITH FOX MEDICINE Oregon noise rock duo Fox Medicine has followed up their raucous debut EP with an out-of-this-world launch of their new LP, Greetings from Mars. Guitarist, vocalist, and one half of the band, [...]
