Stylus Counsel | Area Resident’s Records
Last year a very controversial list came out — the 21 most hated bands of all time. The list was compiled an online lifestyle magazine using data culled from...
Thunder Pie | We Don’t Even Try
“The great challenge of adulthood is holding on to your idealism after you lose your innocence.”
— Bruce Springsteen
In the darkness of Ridge Avenue, I would stand there like a...
20 Questions With Hannah Connolly
We all have baggage. Some of us are just better at carrying it — and letting it go. Hannah Connolly seems to be doing OK on both counts. The...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | Excuse Me While I Bootleg This Guy
I love feeding-frenzy records. These are the ones which come out after someone has become a star — usually involving their early studio works or unofficial material — and...
2018 in Review | Tinnitist’s Top Videos
When musicians ask me what they should do to get more people to check out their work, I always say the same thing: Make a video. Because if there's...
Back Stories | My Unedited 2011 Interview With Pink Floyd’s Nick Mason
Sept. 15 is an eventful date in the world of Pink Floyd. On Sept. 15 1975, Wish You Were Here was released in the U.K., three days after its...
Rewinding September | The Top Boxes & Comps
Fall is box set season, as every music fan knows. This year is no exception — there are dozens of anthologies, compilations, expanded reissues and other collectible packages on...
Rewinding August | The Best Indies
From Australian oddballs to charismatic Canadians, there was no shortage of essential indie fare in August. Here's the best of the bunch, listed in alphabetical order. Just click on...
Rewinding September | The Top EPs
Brevity is the soul of wit, they say. Sometimes it works for music too. You don't always need a double album to make your point — an EP can...
20 Questions With Rachael Blanche
If music really is the universal language, Rachael Blanche might be more fluent than most. The globe-trotting pop singer-songwriter was both in Australia, lives in London, and has spent...
Back Stories | My 2016 Interview With Brad Whitford
Aerosmith guitarist Brad Whitford is celebrating his 70th birthday today (Feb. 23, 2022). Back when he was still pushing 65 and on tour with the reunited Whitford/St. Holmes, I...
Next Week in Music | Jan. 21-27, 2019
Here are the major album releases, TV appearances, anniversaries and other events coming up in the next seven days. Mark your calendars and pre-order your favourites — but don’t...
20 Questions With The Burnt Pines’ Aaron Flanders
Things are definitely looking up for The Burnt Pines. The international folk-pop trio’s self-titled 2021 debut album spent 11 weeks on the AMA/CDX Top 50 Americana Album Chart. They...
20 Questions With Black Creek Reign
Last week, I shared The Rain, the latest single from up-and-coming Toronto indie-rockers Black Creek Reign. You can read all about it HERE. This week, the gents (or at...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | Oh Brünnhilde, You Are So Wuvvley!
Bugs Bunny in drag on that obese horse remains my favourite muse. It may be the greatest television moment of all time, Valkyrie Brünnhilde (Bugs) rides down the hill...
