Next Week in Music | Dec. 5-11 • New Books
Sonny and Lenny. Mac and metal. Listening parties and London jazz. And the history and mystery behind a bunch of big hits. That all she wrote this week:
Saxophone Colossus:...
Next Week in Music | Dec. 5-11 • On TV
If you aren't already following David Letterman’s Youtube channel, I highly recommend it. Along with old Late Show interviews and bits, they post vintage performances by everyone from Loretta...
Revival69 Festival Documentary Heading For Canadian Screens
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “In 1969, there were three music festivals that changed the world. And “the second most important event in rock ’n’ roll history” was a one-day...
Metallica Announce New 72 Seasons Album With Video & Tour Dates
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Metallica have confirmed the title and release date of their 12th studio album: 72 Seasons will be available April 14, 2023 via the band’s own...
Next Week in Music | Nov. 28 – Dec. 4 • The Short List:...
A delayed Beach Boys box finally sets sail, Brendan Benson keeps it low key, Mick's Jaguar offer you salvation, Nazz empty the vault, NOFX double down, Snotty Nose Rez...
Next Week in Music | Nov. 28 – Dec. 4 • The Long List:...
Today would have been Jimi Hendrix’s 80th birthday. While you spin all his classics — and read my feature on his life, career and death HERE — don't forget...
Next Week in Music | Nov. 28 – Dec. 4 • New Books
Holly and P.P. and Brady and The Beatles and Smith and Styles and Rock Camp and rastas. And plenty more besides. Black Friday may be over, but the music...
Next Week in Music | Nov. 28 – Dec. 4 • On TV
Looks like the Americans — or at least their talk show hosts — are still feeling sluggish after all that turkey last week. But you can still give thanks...
Back Stories | The Life & Death of Jimi Hendrix
Nov. 27, 2022 would have been Jimi Hendrix’s 80th birthday. Here's a slightly edited version of a feature I wrote back in 2010 to mark the 40th anniversary of...
Buffy Sainte-Marie Joins The Ranks Of American Masters
Following a world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival earlier this year and in honour of Native American Heritage Month, the American Masters episode Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It...
Next Week in Music | Nov. 21-27 • The Short List: 8 Titles You...
Thanks to the one-two retail punch of American Black Friday and Record Store Day, there are approximately 70 bajillion box sets, live albums, tribute discs and vinyl reissues arriving...
Next Week in Music | Nov. 21-27 • The Long List: 435+ Releases On...
It doesn't get any better (or bigger) than this: A whopping 435-plus albums, EPs, singles, box sets, compilations, anthologies, retrospectives, soundtracks, tributes, vinyl reissues and cassettes heading to your...
Next Week in Music | Nov. 21-27 • New Books
You load 16 tons of books and whaddaya get? Another day older and more well-read — thanks to memoirs from Merle Travis and Simon Napier-Bell, bios of Albert Ayler...
Next Week in Music | Nov. 21-27 • On TV
Your week comes in like a lion and goes out like … well, a turkey, thanks to American Thanksgiving on Thursday. But it still includes appearances by Franz Ferdinand, Paolo...
Happie Welcomes You To Heartbreak Season
Happie runs the emotional gamut on her seductive new EP Heartbreak Season — showcasing today on Tinnitist.
Mixing warmly organic instrumentation with sleek electro-ambience, storyteller narratives, sultry grooves and seductive sentimentality,...
