Six Songs to Hear Today | Sept. 12, 2018
Everything (and everybody) old is renewed in today's six-pack of new songs. Hear for yourself:
1 | Guitarist Marc Ribot enlisted the inimitable Tom Waits for his new song Bella...
Rewinding 2021 | Box Sets & Reissues
I read somewhere that oldies make up nearly two-thirds of all online steaming. I'm not quite there yet. But I did spend a fair chunk of time in 2021...
Next Week in Music | Dec. 2-8 • The Short List: Four Releases I...
Upcoming albums generally fall into two categories for me: The Ones I Care About, and The Ones Everyone Else Cares About. This week offers a fine example of that...
Downchild Flip, Flop & Fly Back To The Elmo For One More Set
It’s been over 40 years since The Legendary Downchild Blues Band have played the iconic El Mocambo in Toronto. So Donnie Walsh & co. thought it would be fun...
Indie Roundup | Three Tracks to Top Off Your Tuesday
Full Throttle Baby dumb it down, Rosalyn comes to the rescue and Victory Chimes spin to win in today's Roundup. Come on, big money! No whammies! No whammies!
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Frank Zappa Goes From Mudd Club To Munich
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Presenting two previously unreleased concerts from Frank Zappa’s short-lived 1980 band, the latest exciting live collection to be released from The Vault, Zappa 80: Mudd...
A Veritable Shitstorm Of Box Sets & Reissues Tops Today’s Album Announcements
Tomorrow, like every Friday, there will be another few hundred new albums to hear, buy, critique, denigrate or dismiss entirely. And it will be a glorious thing. But that...
Next Week in Music | Sept. 7-13 • New Books
Megadeth’s Rust, Sara Evans’ flight, Van the Man’s Belfast, Bob Dylan’s America, Beethoven’s life and your next favourite songs — here are your reading options for the coming week.
Rust...
Next Week in Music | July 4-10 • The Long List: 200-Plus Releases On...
July 3 is not a great day for music: Brian Jones drowned in his swimming pool on this date in 1969, Jim Morrison slipped away in his bathtub in...
Elliott Landy Shares More Vintage Band Photos
When you picture The Band, you have Elliott Landy’s photographs in your mind. He took the legendary photos in their 1968 album, Music From Big Pink and The Band,...
Next Week in Music | Jan. 22-28 • The Long List: 365+ Releases On...
Today in musical demises:
Peggy Lee died in 2002, following a heart attack at the age of 81; Elvis Presley’s manager Col. Tom Parker left the building in 1997 after...
Next Week in Music | February 6-12 • The Short List: 4 Titles You...
Andy Shauf goes dark, Paramore explain themselves, Quasi make history and Yo La Tengo think globally. And really, what more do you need? These are your plays of the...
Bruce Cockburn Marks Five Decades With True North: A 50th Anniversary Box Set
Five decades in any gig is a long time. In the trendy, short-attention-span world of music — where entire careers come and go in weeks or even days —...
Next Week in Music | Dec. 20-26 • The Short List: 1 Title You...
Well, it doesn't get much quieter than this: I checked out all 50-some titles on next week's Long List and could only find one release worth checking out — and...
Next Week in Music | July 11-17 • New Books
Sometimes a little is enough. And sometimes it just has to be, whether you like it or not. Case in point: Next week's lean lineup of new books. Will...
