Royal Blood Typhoons Warner Music If neon had a sound, it would be the sleek grit of Royal Blood’s third album, Typhoons. Following the release of 2017’s How Did We Get So Dark?, the duo has seemingly traded in their rough and raw rock tone for [...]
MOTHER MOTHER – “I GOT LOVE” WARNER MUSIC Vancouver-based alt-rockers Mother Mother have released two new songs; “I Got Love” a propulsive, infectious, instantly hummable single and its companion “Stay Behind” a melodic, [...]
LOWEST OF THE LOW @ LEE’S PALACE, TORONTO NOVEMBER 28, 2020 Expanding the list of artists who have been hosting live virtual concerts, Lowest Of The Low are now joining the fray. Lead singer and co-founder Ron Hawkins has been hosting [...]
Prince And The Revolution Prince And The Revolution: Live Warner Music The latest offering from the Prince estate and his long mythologized vault comes in the form of Prince And The Revolution: Live. The surprise release, recorded on March 30, [...]
DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE @ MALKIN BOWL, VANCOUVER SEPTEMBER 5, 2019 Vancouver audiences are a curious species. They often congregate in groups that prefer to keep their cards close to their chest, and as a result some of them have earned a reputation [...]
Prince Originals Warner Music Sporting a visual aesthetic reminiscent of Dirty Mind, circa 1980, the latest posthumous release from the oasis that is the Prince vault takes the form of Originals, a 15-track collection of recordings Prince had [...]
Lowest Of The Low Agitpop Warner Music Lowest Of The Low introduce their sixth album, Agitpop, their first with Warner Music Canada since signing with Warner in 2018. 1991’s immeasurable, independently produced and released, Shakespeare My Butt… [...]
THE HIGHS AND THE LOWS WITH LOWEST OF THE LOW AN IN-DEPTH CONVERSATION WITH RON HAWKINS: PART TWO An anomaly, that’s what the Toronto-based band Lowest Of The Low is. They conducted their business in a fiercely independent manner running for the [...]
THE HIGHS AND THE LOWS WITH LOWEST OF THE LOW AN IN-DEPTH CONVERSATION WITH RON HAWKINS: PART ONE An anomaly, that’s what Toronto-based band Lowest Of The Low is. They conducted their business in a fiercely independent manner for the first 27 [...]
MUSE – SIMULATION THEORY WORLD TOUR @ SCOTIABANK ARENA, TORONTO March 28, 2019 Muse is one of those bands that despite how much you may enjoy or dislike their albums, always blow you away with its live show. Their current Simulation Theory [...]
Foals Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost, Part 1 Warner Music Foals, like their Oxfordshire brethren Radiohead, are not just unafraid of reinvention but actively and consistently embrace it. They are fiercely unapologetic about their desire to [...]
Gary Clark Jr. This Land Warner Music Few artists can evoke the excitement on stage and in the studio as Gary Clark Jr. does as he continues to redefine the forms which both the blues and pop music can take on. His latest album, This Land, is no [...]
Muse Simulation Theory Warner Music With an infamous distaste towards the notion of stylistic continuity across a career that has seen the band go from the depths of classically-inspired progressive metal to pop-fueled electronica and everything [...]
Prince Piano & A Microphone 1983 Warner Music Since the tragic passing of Prince on April 21, 2016, the Prince estate has slowly begun releasing new material from the artist’s fabled – and quite literal –vault of unreleased music. For [...]
Steven Page Discipline: Heal Thyself, Pt. II Fresh Baked Goods/Warner Music Canada Steven Page is one of those musicians who walks the line between “entertainer” and “artist”. A self-described record nerd who cut his teeth on pop music, and [...]
Death Cab for Cutie Thank You For Today Warner Music Into their second decade of making music, Death Cab for Cutie’s Thank You for Today is a testament to a band whose career boasts a vast catalogue of poetic lyrics mixed with sun spotted and [...]
Greg Keelor Last Winter Warner Music Last Winter is the fifth solo effort from Blue Rodeo co-frontman Greg Keelor, and it is surprising in its tone and artistry. Blue Rodeo fans, please set your yearning for that classic country-rock sound [...]
Stone Temple Pilots Stone Temple Pilots Warner Music Since releasing new music in the fall of last year with new singer Jeff Gutt, following a twenty-six year long career full of massive success, innovation, breakups, reunions, and tragically, [...]
The Sheepdogs @ Massey Hall, Toronto March 3, 2018 Jimmy Bowskill plays guitar like it’s attacking him and he’s fending it off. And I mean that in the best possible way. His raw and emotional playing is in stark contrast to lead singer Ewan [...]
The Sheepdogs Changing Colours Warner Music You’d be forgiven if the vision of Canada’s rolling plains, shoulder-high wheat, and farm country didn’t immediately send you to thoughts of southern rock. Canada’s prairies aren’t exactly Alabama or [...]
Jim Cuddy Constellation Warner Music Quiet and unassuming, Jim Cuddy’s fourth studio album released on January 26 is a poetic and easy listen that once again proves how Jim has entangled himself in the fabric of the Canadian sound. Combining [...]
Neil Young & The Promise Of The Real The Visitor Reprise Records Neil Young’s latest album The Visitor, created with Promise of the Real, acts as a preservation of Neil’s overarching political messages. There’s no subtlety here — this is an [...]
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 [...]
Charlotte Gainsbourg Rest Because Music/Warner Music Known mainly as an actress, Charlotte Gainsbourg began her singing career at the age of 12, when she sang with her father, Serge Gainsbourg, on his 1983 single “Lemon Incest”. Since then she [...]
