I’M SO BROKEN, AND YOU’RE SO BEAUTIFUL A CONVERSATION WITH ANDY BELL (ERASURE) Andy Bell answered an ad in Melody Maker placed there by Vince Clarke. Clarke had experienced considerable success, first with Depeche Mode and then with Yazoo. He [...]
PHIL MANZANERA & ANDY MACKAY AM.PM SOHO LIVE EXPRESSION/BFD/THE ORCHARD When Phil Manzanera and Andy MacKay came together in 2023 and put together the brilliant AM.PM album, no one thought that they would perform live in this configuration, [...]
TO ME IT’S A LOVE ALBUM A CONVERSATION WITH WILL ANDERSON OF HOTLINE TNT For those keeping track of what is current in the shoegaze world, Hotline TNT is one name you definitely have come across. Known for their noisy and catchy mixture of power [...]
SEASON OF THE PEACH A CONVERSATION WITH JARED SWILLEY OF BLACK LIPS Garage punk rockers Black Lips have been hammering out loud, fuzzy, aggressively chaotic songs ever since their debut record, Black Lips! They were also part of the garage rock [...]
YOU GOTTA DO IT FOR YOURSELF A CONVERSATION WITH HEADSTONES’ HUGH DILLON Making their Dine Alone Records debut, Canadian rock icons Headstones have returned with Burn All The Ships, due for release on September 19. For their 11th album, the band [...]
LET’S TAKE THIS SOMEWHERE ELSE A CONVERSATION WITH ANDY MACKAY London, 1972. It was two years since The Beatles split, Bob Dylan had turned to country (sort of) and the music world was waiting for something new. When Roxy Music debuted with [...]
WARREN HAYNES THE WHISPER SESSIONS FANTASY RECORDS The magical world of Warren Haynes, our visionary GRAMMY® Award-winning maestro, is buzzing yet again. This distinguished artist, celebrated as one of the finest guitarists and soulful vocalists [...]
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WAKE THE DEAD: THE PEAK, PIVOT, AND SUCCESS A CONVERSATION WITH ANDREW NEUFELD OF COMEBACK KID When it comes to albums that were the cornerstones of a band’s legacy, Wake The Dead was crucial to Comeback Kid’s rise, propelling them to greater [...]
NEVER SURRENDER A CONVERSATION WITH GIL MOORE OF TRIUMPH Triumph, the legendary Canadian band known for rock anthems like “Lay It On The Line”, “Somebody’s Out There”, and “Hold On”, is set to be [...]
A GREAT THING TO HAVE LOOMING A CONVERSATION WITH THE POGUES’ SPIDER STACY “It was only going to have one ending, and once somebody becomes so enfeebled, and you know that really, the end does come as a mercy for them. And it should be for the [...]
I ENDED UP LIVING A BIGGER LIFE THAN I’D EVER IMAGINED A CONVERSATION WITH ANDY KIM “I’m a dreamer more than anything else; my whole life has been kind of a dream,” says singer-songwriter Andy Kim. Known for hits like “Baby, I Love [...]
A LIFE IN THE SHADOWS OF STARDOM, ILLUMINATED BY FAMILY, ART, AND ONE AFTERNOON WITH JAMES CAGNEY A CONVERSATION WITH RYAN CASSIDY By the time Ryan Cassidy was old enough to understand the world around him, he was already immersed in the glow of [...]
WONDERING WHY HUGE, HUGE MOMENTS FROM THE PAST AREN’T ALWAYS CARRIED WITH YOU IN PERPETUITY A CONVERSATION WITH KEITH MURRAY OF WE ARE SCIENTISTS Since the 2000s, one band that you can count on for delivering good quality punky indie-rock dance [...]
RHYS FULBER MEMORY IMPULSE AUTONOMY ARTOFFACT RECORDS Memory Impulse Autonomy is Rhys Fulber’s eighth solo album since his solo self-titled debut album in 2018. He is, among other things, a member of Front Line Assembly and Delerium (both [...]
WE DON’T WANT TO BE A HERITAGE ACT A CONVERSATION WITH CHRIS MURPHY OF SLOAN Sloan was one of the defining Canadian bands of the ’90s and early 2000s. Their irresistible alt-rock power pop anthems, such “Coax Me,” “Money [...]
THIS IS GOING IN THE DIRECTION WE WANT IT TO A CONVERSATION WITH VOX OF THE CHAMELEONS Since The Chameleons debuted with their single “In Shreds” (1982) which was followed by their debut album, Script Of The Bridge (1983), they have attracted a [...]
ALL THESE CHANGES IN EVERYTHING WE TOUCH A CONVERSATION WITH WARREN HAYNES In a recent interview with Spill Magazine, legendary guitarist and singer-songwriter Warren Haynes offered a candid look into his latest musical projects, his reflections [...]
WHEN YOU LOSE YOUR MIND AND YOU THINK YOU’RE FINE A CONVERSATION WITH RHYS FULBER In 1987, Rhys Fulber burst on the scene with the hard electronic sound of Front Line Assembly. He was one member, but the band quickly developed a very loyal [...]
AN HOUR OF ESCAPISM A CONVERSATION WITH ARJEN ANTHONY LUCASSEN Arjen Anthony Lucassen is an extremely talented artist. Singer, songwriter, musician, storyteller, and so much more. With his project, Ayreon (“you can’t really call it a band, it is [...]
MAKING TRIPLE-A A CONVERSATION WITH BIRD AND BYRON Maybe you have had the experience of going to a concert and being totally blown away by the opening act. In such a situation, the headlining band is awesome and everything, but the opening band [...]
WE’VE STRETCHED MUSICALLY AND ARTISTICALLY A CONVERSATION WITH ADAM CZEISLER AND COLE PETERSON OF SWEET WATER The Seattle grunge scene gave us some of the most iconic bands of the ’90s, including Soundgarden, Alice In Chains, Pearl Jam, [...]
A STORIED CAREER REMAINS BRILLIANT WITH ‘BILLIONAIRE’, A NEW ALBUM ABOUT LOVING, LEAVING, AND NOSTALGIA A CONVERSATION WITH KATHLEEN EDWARDS In terms of storied Canadian music careers, Kathleen Edwards has a GREAT one! From her [...]
IT’S GOT ALL THE DIMENSIONS OF THREE DAYS GRACE A CONVERSATION WITH BRAD WALST OF THREE DAYS GRACE Canadian rock legends Three Days Grace have set the standard for hard rock tunes, with their explosively anthemic choruses, thrilling [...]
