ELVIS COSTELLO & THE IMPOSTERS THE BOY NAMED IF UNIVERSAL MUSIC CANADA “I’ve got my reputation to think about – I’ve got three, four, five songs to write before midnight…” This quote is fiction, but the words were actually uttered by [...]
LET IT ROCK! LET IT ROCK! LET IT ROLL! A SPILL MAGAZINE BREAKDOWN OF SOME OF THE TOP 2021 CHRISTMAS RELEASES – THE ALBUMS Paul Kelly Paul Kelly’s Christmas Train Cooking Vinyl November 19, 2021 I am a long-time fan of Paul Kelly. He is a [...]
CROWN LANDS ODYSSEY VOL. 1 UNIVERSAL MUSIC With The Big Wave Tour coming to a close, having taken the band throughout Ontario and Quebec, Crown Lands has released Odyssey Vol. 1. The live album was recorded as a live-streamed concert experience, [...]
CROWN LANDS w/ SKYE WALLACE @ THE BILTMORE THEATRE, OSHAWA NOVEMBER 27, 2021 With concerts returning throughout Ontario and the rest of the country, Crown Lands, in celebration of their most recent EP, White Buffalo, released September 16 of [...]
DEAR ROUGE SHARE BRAND NEW SONG AND SENTIMENTAL VIDEO FOR “LIFE GOES BY AND I CAN’T KEEP UP” UNIVERSAL MUSIC In an epic return to form, alt-rockers Dear Rouge dropped their infectious single “Fake Fame” back in September, the first track from [...]
Jon Batiste We Are (The Deluxe Edition) Universal Music Having struck gold earlier this year with the release of We Are, a modern masterpiece of pop, soul, gospel, and jazz by any metric, Jon Batiste has released an expanded edition of the [...]
The Beatles Let It Be (Super Deluxe) Apple Corps Ltd./Universal Music The history of Let It Be is a long and somewhat complicated story. Paul McCartney proposed that The Beatles return to their roots and become a strong four-piece unit once [...]
DEAR ROUGE SHARE THE VIDEO FOR THEIR SINGLE “FAKE FAME” UNIVERSAL MUSIC Last month, Dear Rouge returned with their incredibly catchy new single “Fake Fame”, which has already hit #11 on the Canadian alt-radio charts and has been featured on top [...]
Ringo Starr Change The World Ume/Universal Music Ringo Starr is back! Six months since his first official EP, here he is with another one, Change The World. Once again, Starr is working with his famous friends, and he knocks it out of the park. [...]
Crown Lands White Buffalo Universal Music With its upcoming Canadian tour with opener Skye Wallace kicking off in October, Canada’s most in-demand duo, Crown Lands, has returned with its latest EP, White Buffalo. It is a four-track EP, [...]
Various Artists Almost Famous Soundtrack (Expanded Uber Box Set) Universal Music Involving personal experience and emotions in art can be quite a tricky proposition. You either fail miserably or you come up with something that has a timeless [...]
BLOSSOMS REVEAL BRAND-NEW SINGLE “CARE FOR” UNIVERSAL MUSIC Blossoms have revealed their brand-new single “Care For” and its accompanying video. The video is directed by Edwin Burdis, Arctic Monkeys’ former Creative [...]
The Beaches Future Lovers Universal Music The Beaches maintain their sparkling pop-rock stride on the Future Lovers EP. Hot on the heels of 2019’s The Professional EP, Future Lovers arrives with high-calibre whimsy, glamour, and an unapologetic [...]
Amy Winehouse At The BBC Universal Music Amy Winehouse had a voice truly unlike any other. As we approach the ten-year anniversary of her passing, a compilation of live recordings from various performances, At The BBC has been released, marking [...]
John Lennon John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band – The Ultimate Collection (Super Deluxe Box Set) Apple/Universal Music Reviewing a reissue or rerelease is never really easy. For me, there are a few considerations. Does the album deserve to find a [...]
Jon Batiste We Are Universal Music Hot off his work as the jazz coordinator for Pixar’s Soul, The Late Show With Stephen Colbert bandleader, Jon Batiste, has returned with his eighth solo album, We Are. Following his sublime 2020 release, [...]
Ringo Starr Zoom In Universal Music Ringo Starr’s latest release, Zoom In, comes as a bit of a surprise. The first single, “Here’s To The Nights”, was released just before Christmas with little or no pre-press. It is a bit odd because a new song [...]
NEW SINGLES FROM CROWN LANDS “CONTEXT: FEARLESS PT. I” & “RIGHT WAY BACK” UNIVERSAL MUSIC Coming off a breakthrough year including recently receiving their first Juno Award nominations for “Rock Album of the Year” and [...]
Little Steven And The Disciples Of Soul Macca To Mecca! Wicked Cool/Universal Music In 2017, Little Steven and The Disciples of Soul hit the road to promote its then new album, Soulfire. Highlights of that tour were released as a live album, [...]
Sting The Soul Cages (Expanded Edition) Universal Music Thirty years ago, Sting released his third solo album, The Soul Cages. Written largely in response to the passing of his father, it was a critical favourite that would net Sting his first [...]
Chris Cornell No One Sings Like You Anymore Universal Music Few, if any, can take a cover and adapt it in a manner quite like Chris Cornell could. This was previously apparent through his 2007 transformation of Michael Jackson’s “Billie Jean”, [...]
Bastille Goosebumps Republic Records/ Universal Music Bastille continues to push the possibilities for electro-pop music on its surprise EP Goosebumps. While the title track is a perfect single to entice listeners, “survivin’” is actually better [...]
Brian Eno Film Music: 1976-2020 Universal Music This compilation has been long awaited by Eno fans. Film Music: 1976 – 2020 is a fairly comprehensive package of Brian Eno’s soundtrack work for the past four decades. For fans, such as I, [...]
BILLIE EILISH RELEASES NEW SINGLE “THEREFORE I AM” ALONG WITH SELF-DIRECTED MUSIC VIDEO DARKROOM/INTERSCOPE Five-time GRAMMY Award-winning Darkroom/Interscope Records artist Billie Eilish has released her new single titled [...]
