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Steve Schmolaris’s Album Review: Commitment | Demo 2025

Winnipeg straight-edge punks, Commitment, have, in three short songs on Demo 2025, created a kind of constitution of sorts, a series of principles by which they'll live the good...

Graeme Jonez Is Ready To Ride Or Die

Graeme Jonez opts to roar through life at full throttle in his rugged and rootsy new single and lyric video Ride Or Die — showcasing today on Tinnitist. The bikers’...

Toronto’s Winterfolk XXIII Celebrates Another Year Of Folk, Blues & Roots Music

Winterfolk, Toronto’s beloved annual celebration of folk, blues, and roots music, returns for its 23rd year from Feb. 14-16 at the iconic Tranzac Club. This year’s festival promises an extraordinary...

Markham Jazzlicious WinterFest Announces 2025 Lineup

Destination Markham proudly announces the return of the wildly popular Markham Jazzlicious WinterFest for its third year. Building on the success of the sold-out 2023 and 2024 editions, this...

Classic DVD Review: Iron Maiden | The History of Iron Maiden, Part 1: The...

This came out in 2005 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   Give the Iron Maiden...

Classic Album Review: Black Mountain | Black Mountain

This came out in 2005 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   If I’ve heard the...

Classic Album Review: Cul de Sac & Damo Suzuki | Abhayamudra

This came out in 2005 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   In 2002, the story...

Classic Album Review: Jimmy Chamberlin Complex | Life Begins Again

This came out in 2005 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   For Jimmy Chamberlin, life...

Classic Album Review: Marianne Faithfull | Before the Poison

This came out in 2005 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   Marianne Faithfull has had...

Classic Album Review: Various Artists | The Hurricane Soundtrack

This came out in 2000 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   Typically, the six worst...

Classic Album Review: Crooked Fingers | Crooked Fingers

This came out in 2000 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   Archery is, for all...

Classic Album Review: Modest Mouse | Building Nothing Out of Something

This came out in 2000 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   After two spectacular, critically...

Classic Album Review: Sinner | The Second Decade

This came out in 2000 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   Second decade? Heck, I...

Classic Album Review: Bal-Sagoth | The Power Cosmic

This came out in 2000 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   If there’s one thing...

Classic Album Review: Russell Mills / Undark | Pearl + Umbra

This came out in 2000 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   When I say that...

Classic Album Review: Jimmy Somerville | Manage the Damage

This came out in 2000 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   “Ain’t going down /...

Classic Album Review: Takako Minekawa | Fun9

This came out in 2000 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   First things first: No...

Classic Album Review: Enigma | The Screen Behind the Mirror

This came out in 2000 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   You know, there’s a...

Classic Album Review: The Other Quartet | 13 Pieces

This came out in 2000 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   Given the title of...

Classic Album Review: Mick Rossi | They Have a Word For Everything

This came out in 2000 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   Like plenty of serious...

Classic Album Review: Briggan Krauss | Descending to End

This came out in 2000 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   Normally, when I hear...

Classic Album Review: Camper Van Chadbourne | The Revenge of Camper Van Chadbourne

This came out in 2000 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   There are supergroups and...

Classic Album Review: Shelby Lynne | I Am Shelby Lynne

This came out in 2000 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   There's no reason why...

Classic Album Review: Guy | III

This came out in 2000 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   If you believe record...

Classic Album Review: Jayo Felony | Underground

This came out in 2000 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   Introducing some old-school rap...

Classic Album Review: Kokane | They Call Me Mr. Kane

This came out in 2000 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   This former member of...

Classic Album Reviews: Jackie (The Joke Man) Martling | Come Again? / Mike Bullard...

These came out in 2000 – or at least that's when I got ’em. Here’s what I said about them back then (with some minor editing):   “Wrecked him? Damn near...

Classic Album Review: D. Moebius | Blotch

This came out in 2000 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   If you dig Moby,...

Classic Album Review: Bruce Haack | Listen Compute Rock Home

This came out in 2000 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   Sometimes, the best kids’...

Classic Album Review: Jay-Z | Vol. 3 … Life and Times of S. Carter

This came out in 2000 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   Talk about art imitating...

Steve Schmolaris’s Album Review: Boys Road | Chaos Diablo Vertigo Blizzard And Talon

I understand that all art is child's play, that it is useless to seek a meaning in it. In the empty silence of the evening, every sound is sharp and...

Groover Playlist 296 | Even Numbers – & A Few Odd Ones (Part...

Violet Jane knows you wanna, Forty Foot Echo can hear for miles, French Captains send you an angel and more in today's submissions from Groover, a platform that connects...

Groover Playlist 296 | Even Numbers – & A Few Odd Ones (Part...

Victory Day plays for time, Logan Garrett gets a move on, Henry Aberson turns the wheel and more in today's submissions from Groover, a platform that connects artists with...

Groover Playlist 296 | Even Numbers – & A Few Odd Ones (Part 3)

Olive Dares The Darkness join the club, Ando’s Record Shop go nuts, Aniket Singh plays it safe and more in today's submissions from Groover, a platform that connects artists...

Next Week in Music | Jan. 20-26 • The Short List: 23 Titles You...

Well, that escalated quickly. After a couple of slow weeks, the music gods are clearly back up to speed. Not that I'm complaining. Next week's releases are the makings...

Next Week in Music | Jan. 20-26 • The Short List: 23 Titles You...

Well, that escalated quickly. After a couple of slow weeks, the music gods are clearly back up to speed. Not that I'm complaining. Next week's releases are the makings...

Next Week in Music | Jan. 20-26 • The Long List: 315+ Releases On...

Some say music feeds the soul. Others call it the food of love. All I can tell you is that food and music seem intertwined on Jan. 20. On...

Next Week in Music | Jan. 20-26 • 12 New Books

Well, this is novel. Literally. For the first time in forever, this roundup includes a work of fiction — Belle & Sebastian frontman Stuart Murdoch’s Nobody's Empire. Then again,...

Next Week in Music | Jan. 20-26 • On TV

Sometimes it's about quantity. Sometimes it's about quality. Next week seems light on the former, but heavy on the latter — assuming you have some love for (or at...

Steve Schmolaris’s Single Review: Sleeper Casket | Don’t Crop Me Out It’s Good

From a distance, it looks like a boar. Its giant tusks knock over trees as it cuts through the forest - and it does it as easily as if...

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