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, [...]
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 [...]
DYLAN HENNESSY – “BLINK OF AN EYE” MIND OVER MATTER (MARCH 25, 2018) Independent Toronto March 25, 2018 “Writing Blink of an Eye was a long process, but ultimately rewarding. Sometimes songs will come out all at once, but [...]
Nils Frahm – All Melody World Tour @ The Danforth Music Hall, Toronto March 23, 2018 It’s amazing to think that eight years ago only one audience member showed up – late and out of breath – to Nils Frahm’s concert at The Drake. “When he [...]
CBC MUSIC FESTIVAL – CANADA’S LARGEST ALL-CANADIAN FESTIVAL – ANNOUNCES 2018 LINEUP AT RBC ECHO BEACH SPECIAL CBC MUSIC TICKET PRE-SALE STARTS TODAY UNTIL THURSDAY, MARCH 22 CBC Music Festival returns for its sixth year to take [...]
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 [...]
G-Eazy @ Rebel, Toronto March 14, 2018 Since emerging onto the scene in 2008, Gerald Earl Gillum, better known as G-Eazy, has made waves in the hip-hop scene coming out of Oakland, California. Yung Gerald was able to break through into [...]
MORGAN CAMERON ROSS – “PLEASE DON’T LET ME DOWN” SINGLE (2018) Independent Toronto March 16, 2018 Toronto singer/songwriter Morgan Cameron Ross is back with a new tune. Soulful and haunting, “Please Don’t Let [...]
