RESISTANCE A CONVERSATION WITH DERRICK MAY It is fitting that Derrick May, one of the godfathers of techno, returns to headline Apollo Inc.’s Resistance Party with Volvox on Friday, December 22, 2017. “I think that theme resistance (with the [...]
KRISTIAN NOEL PEDERSEN – “WE’RE DECORATING THE TREE!” A KRISTIAN KINDA CHRISTMAS IX (2017) Independent Toronto December 21, 2017 With a name like Kristian Noel Pedersen, it almost seems predestined that one would find [...]
GALAXY ROOTS – “GUESS YOU DON’T MIND” GALAXY ROOTS (2017) Independent December 17, 2017 Christmas Rush getting you down? Take a minute to put up your feet and chill to one Toronto’s best kept secrets – Galaxy [...]
Alexisonfire @ The Danforth Music Hall, Toronto December 15, 2017 While an illness in the band forced them to be reschedule the shows from their original dates in late June, Alexisonfire always brings insurmountable energy forth when they do hit [...]
THE MICRONITE FILTERS – “KEEP YOUR LAMP TRIMMED AND BURNIN” SINGLE (2017) Independent December 15, 2017 The Micronite FIlters have a history of making rich rock and roll music, playing righteous, hip-shaking shows, and moving [...]
YOUNG GUV – “TRAUMATIC” SINGLE (2017) Independent December 11, 2017 Bio Ben Cook is, among many other things, the very industrious Young Guv. From acting to writing/producing to playing guitar and screaming in hardcore bands, [...]
HOT LIPS – “LIMELIGHT” AMERICAN HARDCORE EP (2017) Independent December 8, 2017 Hot Lips — now that’s an understatement. The Toronto trio have just released the video for their American Hardcore track, [...]
THE CROOKED – “TAROT CARDS” Single (2017) Independent December 7, 2017 Toronto based The Crooked have released their second single, “Tarot Cards”, and as predicted, it’s a hot one. “Tarot Cards” [...]
THE 13th ANNUAL ANDY KIM CHRISTMAS AN INTERVIEW WITH ANDY KIM Andy Kim is rock/pop royalty, plain and simple. Born in Montreal, this artist wrote in the famed Brill Building. He wrote “Sugar Sugar”, and many more hits. He had numerous hits on [...]
DEMSKY – “COMMUNITY” A Spill Exclusive Music Premiere Toronto-born Alan Demsky now resides in Tokyo where he supports the likes of Momo Funk, Roth Bart Baron and Summer Olympics. Demsky takes a lot of his inspiration from [...]
WAVES THAT STRAY – “BRICK BY BRICK” SINGLE (2017) Independent December 3, 2017 Bio Waves That Stray is an ambient/industrial pop band that functions as the personal diary of Toronto songwriter and musician Sean MacLean. MacLean [...]
MYSEUM PRESENTS MUSIC FROM PEOPLE CITY The Canadian music scene is continuously growing and diversifying. However, not too many people pay attention to this. New artists are emerging from both Toronto and the GTA. Myseum is a non-profit company [...]
CROWN LANDS – “LEATHERMAN’S BLUES” RISE OVER RUN (2017) Independent December 1, 2017 Blistering guitars, pummeling drums and dramatic vocals… Kevin Comeau and Cody Bowles aim to bring classic psych-rock into the [...]
The Tea Party – 20 Years Of Transmission @ The Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto November 30, 2017 With a career spanning decades, The Tea Party, playing on a late Thursday night at the Horseshoe Tavern’s 70th Birthday concert series, was more [...]
DYLAN HENNESSY – “BATTLE OF ALEPPO” SINGLE (2017) Independent November 30, 2017 Dylan Hennessy. Live looping artist. I know, yawn. Wait a minute.. you haven’t heard him yet? Prepare to have your mind…..blown. One of [...]
WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS FOR THRICE AN INTERVIEW WITH RILEY BRECKENRIDGE After a four-year hiatus, Thrice has started making waves again with their latest album, To Be Everywhere Is To Be Nowhere. For a band that has always sworn to be loyal to [...]
THE HOLY GASP – “BEAT WAVE” SINGLE (2017) Independent November 27, 2017 In the great tradition of The Holy Gasp, no one can quite agree on what to call the music they’ve created. It’s somewhere between beatnik poetry and [...]
JERRY LEGER BRINGS NEW ALBUM TO THE DAKOTA TAVERN FOR FINAL SHOW OF THE YEAR ON DECEMBER 22 DOUBLE-ALBUM NONSENSE AND HEARTACHE OUT NOW VIA LATENT RECORDINGS Jerry Leger is wrapping up a very busy year supporting his new double album Heartache [...]
Diamanda Galás @ The Danforth Music Hall, Toronto November 26, 2017 It took me a decade to see Diamanda Galás a second time, and for many of those who were with me at the Danforth Music Hall on Sunday, November 26th, 2017, the wait was even [...]
BOX OF KITTENS (BOK) 10th ANNIVERSARY PARTY PREVIEW @ SECRET QUEEN WEST WAREHOUSE, TORONTO November 25, 2017 | 10PM-4AM Ten years ago, four techno-loving DJs in Toronto came together “to fill a hole” in the Toronto music scene. The idea was for [...]
Teenage Head Fun Comes Fast Warner Music For a punk growing up in Canada in the 1970’s and 80’s, Teenage Head was as essential to the genre as were The Ramones, The Sex Pistols, and The Stooges. The band captured Canadian punk rock and [...]
Ekali w/ Josh Pan & Y2K @ Velvet Underground, Toronto November 23, 2017 You may think that you’ve never heard of Ekali, aka Nathan Shaw, but there’s a good chance that you’ve listened to some of his music. The twenty-five-year-old [...]
Kamasi Washington @ The Danforth Music Hall, Toronto November 16, 2017 If you feel like you need a boost of life, Kamasi Washington’s emotional jazz and bebop infused melodies are certainly the remedy. Proving his talents with the release of his [...]
OLE LABEL GROUP CELEBRATES CANADIAN MUSICAL ICON STOMPIN’ TOM CONNORS’ INDUCTION INTO CANADA’S WALK OF FAME On November 15, one of Canada’s most prolific and iconic artists, Stompin’ Tom Connors, was inducted [...]
