Next Week in Music | April 27-May 3 • New Books
Dark Mark and Fiddy tell all, Bix Beiderbecke and Joe Cocker get the picture, Toto get rounded up, and rumours of Paul McCartney’s death are greatly exaggerated. And those...
Rolling Stones, Everybody Else Top Today’s Album Announcements
This is what happens when you don't update the upcoming albums list for a day: Everybody and their dog — from Weezer and Green Day to Tindersticks and Skydiggers...
Ozzy’s Ordinary Man Tops Today’s Album Announcements
Ozzy Osbourne has risen again. Finally. The Prince of Darkness has announced that he's completed his first solo studio album in a decade — the ironically titled Ordinary Man....
This Week in Music | October 2-8 • On TV
For the past five months of the TV writers' strike, I have dutifully and dependably compiled this list every single goddamn week — even when it was nothing but...
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...
Next Week in Music | Dec. 21-28 • New Books
What do you get for the music lover who wants to know everything about Depeche Mode, The Smiths or Andy Biersack from Black Veil Brides? The answer may surprise...
Next Week in Music | March 28 – April 3 • The Long List:...
The one and only Ian Dury — aka the man who coined the phrase “sex and drugs and rock ’n’ roll” — died 12 years ago today (March 28)....
Toronto’s Kensington Market Jazz Festival Swings Back Into Action
Toronto's Kensington Market Jazz Festival returns for its seventh year of performances in October, boasting an incredible lineup. Since its inception, the can’t-miss festival has brought the biggest names...
FretboardGPS Offers New Directions For Guitarists and Songwriters
Musicianly, the brainchild of guitarist and songwriter Scott Quillin, is excited to share the remarkable journey that led to the creation of their groundbreaking FretboardGPS app. Born out of...
Next Week in Music | Aug. 10-16 • New Books
Soul. Blues. Indie-rock. Heavy metal. Classical. Classic rock. And even country. Whatever musical genre you love the most, there's a new book for you on the way. Read all...
Next Week in Music | June 3-9 • New Books
I couldn't read music if you put a gun to my head. But I have no trouble reading about music. Here are the biographies, memoirs and other music-related books...
Next Week in Music | Oct. 18-24 • The Short List: 15 Titles You...
Elton John and Lana Del Rey have a couple of things in common: 1 | They both have new studio albums coming out next week; 2 | You won't...
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...
The Polyphonic Spree Finally Got Down To The Soul
Over the past few months, groups of individuals have been cropping up unannounced in remote locations throughout West Texas, igniting massive bonfires surrounded by quadraphonic speakers, and gazing at...
Next Week in Music | April 12-18 • The Long List: 320 Releases On...
If I had a nickel for every one of the 320-plus albums, EPs, singles, soundtracks, compilations, anthologies, box sets and vinyl reissues that are coming out this week …...
