NXNE 2018 NXNE CLUB LAND CURATORS SERIES, TORONTO JUNE 10-16, 2018 Time for the latest Spill attack on NXNE — our writers and photographers are ready to bring you the best-of-the-best from this year’s NXNE Festival! This year the [...]
JACK WHITE @ BUDWEISER STAGE, TORONTO JUNE 9, 2018 Jack White and his band of four came out strong last night to the largest audience on the tour thus far. Without making any eye contact with the crowd, White picked up his guitar and immediately [...]
JIMMY PRIME AND JAYY BROWN – “GO GETTER” PRIME Toronto’s Jimmy Prime and Jayy Brown come together to show their fans what is in store for Toronto’s Summer. The song, “Go Getter” was hinted about around [...]
WOODEN SHJIPS w/ HOLY WAVE & ZONES @ THE HORSESHOE TAVERN, TORONTO JUNE 5, 2018 Banging out blissful music against an ever-shifting psychedelic light show backdrop, Wooden Shjips plays a spellbinding show at the Horseshoe Tavern. Neither the [...]
ILLUMINATION CONCERT SERIES – DEATH FROM ABOVE w/ TEENANGER & CASPER SKULLS @ THE PHOENIX CONCERT THEATRE, TORONTO MAY 31, 2018 The Torontonian stop of the Canada wide Aurora Illumination Series was simply memorable. The Phoenix [...]
THE POLARIS MUSIC PRIZE ANNOUNCES DETAILS FOR 2018 LONG LIST REVEAL IN TORONTO The Polaris Music Prize, presented by CBC Music, is returning to Toronto for the reveal of the 2018 Long List. Presented by Canada Council for the Arts, the [...]
TORONTO’S SONGWRITING SANCTUARY A CONVERSATION WITH MEMBERS OF THE TORONTO SONGWRITERS ASSOCIATION Songwriters need at least two things in order to develop their craft: some form of an audience and feedback. In Toronto, songwriters are [...]
Damien Jurado w/ Naomi Wachira @ The Great Hall, Toronto May 16, 2018 Damien Jurado returned to Toronto on May 16, 2018, and it was a welcomed return. Accompanied by Joshua Gordon on guitar, Jurado performed most of his new, brilliant album, [...]
Margaret Glaspy @ The Great Hall (Longboat Hall), Toronto May 15, 2018 Longboat Hall could not have possibly been a better venue for this event; oozing history, the circular basement room allowed for an intimate closeness with the performer that [...]
TREE MUSEUM – “TWO HOMES” A Spill Exclusive Video Premiere “Two Homes”, the lead single off the self-titled EP by Toronto’s Tree Museum, is more than a lush indie anthem with a dark groove – it’s a milestone. [...]
Canadian Music Week 2018 Toronto, Ontario May 7-14, 2018 Hey again, Toronto!! Welcome to the Spill Magazine extended coverage of the 2018 Canadian Music Week mayhem!! Vallens @ The Opera House (Article by Susana Meza) Vallens opened the night [...]
Protest The Hero w/ Destrange & Good Tiger @ The Danforth Music Hall, Toronto May 4, 2018 Coming to a close on their 10-year anniversary tour for their album Fortress, Protest the Hero played The Danforth Music Hall May 4th, 2018. To hype [...]
TD TORONTO JAZZ FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES 2018 LINEUP From legendary artists to rising stars, the lineup for the TD Toronto Jazz Festival, running from June 22 – July 1, 2018, includes names that will resonate with jazz lovers and music fans of all [...]
ALICE IN CHAINS RELEASE “THE ONE YOU KNOW” SONG/VIDEO IS THE BAND’S FIRST NEW RELEASE IN 5 YEARS | NEW LP COMING LATER THIS YEAR VIA BMG RECORDINGS ALICE IN CHAINS (vocalist/guitarist Jerry Cantrell, drummer Sean Kinney, bassist Mike Inez and [...]
Alice In Chains w/ The Walking Papers @ Massey Hall, Toronto May 1, 2018 After half a decade, Alice In Chains made an explosive return to Toronto at Massey Hall last night. This tour, being their first major North American tour since 2013 to [...]
ICONIC CANADIAN REGGAE ARTIST SNOW RELEASES THE OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO FOR “INFORMER 2018” Radikal Records Darrin Kenneth O’Brien, the Canadian reggae artist known as SNOW, has debuted the official music video for his latest release, [...]
John Cooper Clarke @ Lee’s Palace, Toronto April 12, 2018 It was a night of Manchester poetry in Toronto on April 12, 2018. John Cooper Clarke made a triumphant return on a cold Thursday night, but for the near sold out crowd at Lee’s [...]
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 [...]
Paul Nelson Band @ Cadillac Lounge, Toronto April 6, 2018 Paul Nelson has been performing for a lot of years, playing with Johnny Winter, Eric Clapton and Slash to name three. He even earned himself Grammy nominations and an award for producing [...]
LINEUP FOR THE 30th ANNUAL BEACHES INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL RELEASED Toronto’s beloved music festival and summer mainstay, the Beaches International Jazz Festival, returns from July 6 – 29, 2018 to celebrate its 30th year of unparalleled [...]
Drive By Truckers w/ Erika Wennerstrom @ The Mod Club Theatre, Toronto April 3, 2018 There is a leather box. It looks vintage, and it is empty and wide open on the side of a planter. Then there is a single playing card, a King, all alone. No one [...]
Dylan Hennessy – “The Mountain” A Spill Exclusive Video Premiere “The Mountain has a special place with me, and is one of the songs that helped push me to write heavier rock music during a transitional music period [...]
SECOND PASS – “SMILING DEADLY” SMILING DEADLY EP (2018) Independent Toronto March 30, 2018 Second Pass is a Canadian heavy rock band from Toronto, Ontario. Band members are: Veronica McNamee (vocals), Steve Pass (guitar), [...]
THE SPILL MAGAZINE ARTIST PORTRAIT: GROUNDERS Grounders’ home base is an overflowing garage in Toronto’s West End, but the roots of their new album Coffee & Jam stretch much farther west. Since releasing their debut self-titled LP in 2015, [...]
