Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | Call Me Ishmael
My recent column about Led Zeppelin concerts sent me on a side quest about drum solos, specifically Moby Dick.
Now there's a thing you don't hear on albums much anymore...
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 Mike Bern
Up next in today's exclusive Canada Day content: Mike Bern, an award-winning singer-songwriter from Tobique First Nation, NB. A while back, Bern was good enough to share his new...
Thunder Pie | Band Rides West
“As soon as you start talking about mystique, you have none.”
— Neil Young
In a parking lot somewhere in Texas, I popped the ash tray out of its socket. The...
Rewinding August | The Best Loudness
How do they do it? Volume, baby. Here are the loudest metal, punk and rawk offerings of the month, listed in alphabetical order. Just click on the cover picture...
Back Stories | My 1998 Interview With Royal Trux’s Jennifer Herrema
With notorious rockers Royal Trux poised to release White Stuff, their first studio album of new material in nearly two decades, this seems like a good time to resurrect...
Thunder Pie | This is How You Save Me
“Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands.”
— Anne Frank
If you...
Stylus Counsel | Area Resident’s Records
As a musician, I use Spotify for marketing — no reasonable indie artist like me would ever expect to get rich and famous on such a platform. As a...
Thunder Pie | Lou Abruzzio’s Final Christmas (Part 2)
“Human minds are more full of mysteries than any written book and more changeable than the cloud shapes in the air.”
— Louisa May Alcott
When Big Onion touched Lou’s hand...
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...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | What’s That You’re Saying?
Last year, my sweetie cued up a new, promotional Spotify playlist by New York pseudo-punks Bodega. The nine-track playlist is actually just one song — Statuette On The Console,...
Back Stories | My 2015 Interview With Buddy Guy
I was lucky enough to talk to bluesman Buddy Guy on July 28, 2015 — two days before his 79th birthday — while he was promoting his album Born...
DIY Discovery | Steven Graves
Most of the music I hear is sent to me by labels and publicists. But there's nothing like getting it straight from the source. Welcome back to DIY Discovery,...
Stylus Counsel | Area Resident’s Records
When somebody sends me something they're proud of writing, I can be a real ass.
I've been a journalist and an editor for too many years and I struggle to...
Stylus Counsel | Area Resident’s Records
I recently lost track of time down the rabbit hole known as Rocklopedia Fakebandica.
The online database boasts nearly 6,500 entries of fake or fictional bands and musicians. I wound...
