Prefab Sprout I Trawl The Megahertz Sony Music Though it originally appeared as a solo album in 2003 for leader and writer of ‘80s UK hit band Prefab Sprout Paddy McAloon, he decided to remaster the album, and rerelease I Trawl The Megahertz in [...]
Subjective (Goldie & James Davidson) Act One: Music For Inanimate Objects Sony Music Few names carry more weight in EDM circles than English musician and DJ Goldie, aka Clifford Joseph Price. Banging out drum-and-bass hits since the 1980s, [...]
HOZIER TO RELEASE SOPHOMORE ALBUM WASTELAND, BABY! MARCH 1st NEW SONG “ALMOST (SWEET MUSIC)” OUT NOW Multi-Platinum singer/songwriter Hozier will release his highly anticipated sophomore album Wasteland, Baby! on March 1. The 14-track album is [...]
Bruce Springsteen Springsteen On Broadway Sony Music Paired with the release of his Netflix special, Bruce Springsteen has brought his highly acclaimed Broadway show to a recorded format. Featuring the songs and stories from Tony Award winner [...]
JINGLE BELL! JINGLE BELL! JINGLE BELL ROCK! A SPILL MAGAZINE BREAKDOWN OF SOME OF THE TOP 2018 CHRISTMAS RELEASES Well, it is that time of year again. Trees are going up, stores are being decorated, streets are all lit up and the release new [...]
Dolly Parton Dumplin’ (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Sony Music Dolly Parton’s new album, Dumplin’ is just in time for Christmas and has good cause for you to get a copy for your mom (and you) this holiday season. Dumplin’ is the [...]
Jean-Michel Jarre Equinoxe Infinity Sony Music Perhaps it is their age, perhaps it is their level of confidence, but there are a number of established artists releasing albums in which they do what they do best. They are not trying to compete [...]
Midnight Oil Armistice Day: Live At The Domain, Sydney Sony Music In February, 2017, Midnight Oil announced a world tour, their first tour in 15 years. The tour would eventually take in 16 countries over five continents, playing to thousands of [...]
Bob Dylan More Blood, More Tracks: The Bootleg Series Vol. 14 Sony Music When Blood On The Tracks was released in 1975, it was quickly acclaimed as one Dylan’s best albums, and it has only grown in stature of over time. Quite simply, it is one [...]
Primal Scream Give Out But Don’t Give Up: The Original Memphis Recordings Sony Music Recasting their 1994 album Give Out But Don’t Give Up as a rock traditionalist’s record, Primal Scream has unearthed The Original Memphis Recordings. These are [...]
Hugh Cornwell Monster Sony Music Hugh Cornwell’s mother, Winifred, is 98 years old, which is quite an achievement. Over the years Cornwell has heard various accounts about his mother, which, for him, formed two views of her, one positive (from [...]
Loretta Lynn Woudn’t It Be Great Sony Music If country is the storyteller of music genres, Loretta Lynn has always been one of its most captivating memoirists. Lynn continues weaving her personal narrative on Wouldn’t It Be Great, her 41st [...]
Hozier w/ Hudson Taylor @ Rebel, Toronto September 19, 2018 Hozier hit the stage tonight at Rebel Night Club in Toronto, supported by Irish folk-pop duo Hudson Taylor. The opening band performed their hits, “Run With Me” and “Old Soul”, which [...]
Hozier Nina Cried Power Sony Music It’s been four years since the release of Hozier’s debut self-titled album, save for a single cinematic track, “Better Love,” penned for the 2016’s “The Legend of Tarzan”. Now, Hozier has finally and mercifully [...]
The Kooks Let’s Go Sunshine Sony Music The Kooks have done it again with their fifth studio album, Let’s Go Sunshine. The band has been together since the early 2000s, so they are no stranger to the music scene. Over the years, they have [...]
Jeff Lynne’s ELO @ Scotiabank Arena, Toronto August 19, 2018 Jeff Lynne has not performed on Canadian soil since 1978’s Out Of The Blue Tour. He came close in 1981 with the Time Tour (Electric Light Orchestra played Buffalo), so it has [...]
The Proclaimers Angry Cyclist Sony Music Angry Cyclist is the first collection of new music from The Proclaimers since 2015, and it is a sonic treat. Leave it to twins Charlie and Craig Reid to give us the old sneak attack – as if we didn’t see [...]
Elvis Presley Where No One Stands Alone RCA/Sony Music Elvis always seemed at home singing gospel, and there are many interviews with Elvis where he references growing up singing hymns and religious music. He released some brilliant gospel [...]
The Jayhawks Back Roads And Abandoned Motels Sony Music For their follow-up to 2016’s Paging Mr. Proust, The Jayhawks have returned with country flair on Back Roads And Abandoned Motels. With the band’s tumultuous history, their 2016 release was [...]
Van Morrison And Joey DeFrancesco You’Re Driving Me Crazy Sony Music/Legacy Recordings Van Morrison fans are having a good year. You’re Driving me Crazy is Van Morrison’s third album since September, 2017. Quite a remarkable feat by [...]
Manic Street Preachers Resistance Is Futile Sony Music Deviating ever so slightly from their signature sound, Manic Street Preacher’s release of their 13th studio album, Resistance is Futile, is a decent collection of courageous lyricism and [...]
John Prine The Tree Of Forgiveness Oh Boy/Sony Music A new album from John Prine is always reason to celebrate, but an album in which he wrote or co-wrote all the songs is an even bigger reason to rejoice. The Tree of Forgiveness is the first [...]
The Vaccines Combat Sports Sony Music With punchy melodies on top of their signature sound, The Vaccines fourth full length album Combat Sports gives new meaning to the phrase if it isn’t broken, don’t bother fixing it. The 5-man indie rock [...]
THE SPILL MAGAZINE ARTIST PORTRAIT: VAN MORRISON Equal parts blue-eyed soul shouter and wild-eyed poet-sorcerer, Van Morrison is among popular music’s true innovators, a restless seeker whose incantatory vocals and alchemical fusion of [...]
