Next Week in Music | Sept. 16-22 • 14 New Books
Do you buy more books than you could possibly read? Are they piled up in every room of your house? Congratulations: You are officially a master of the Japanese...
Next Week in Music | Sept. 16-22 • On TV
As a Canadian, I am legally required to inform you that the four-part Tragically Hip documentary No Dress Rehearsal premieres on Prime Video on Friday. Naturally, I'll be watching...
Canada’s Teen Jam Announces Second Finalists Showcase
Canada’s Teen Jam has just announced a second Finalists Showcase due to an overwhelming number of submissions.
Mark your calendars for Feb. 27, 2025, when the nation’s most talented teen...
Blue Moon Marquee Invite You To Their New Orleans Sessions
The Juno-winning B.C. blues duo of A.W. Cardinal and Jasmine Colette — best known as Blue Moon Marquee — made huge strides with their acclaimed 2022 album Scream, Holler...
Next Week in Music | Sept. 9-15 • The Short List: 26 Titles To...
If it wasn't for bad luck, I wouldn't have no luck at all. So sez Albert King's blues classic (fun fact: Booker T. wrote the music!). I can dig...
Next Week in Music | Sept. 9-15 • The Short List: 26 Titles To...
If it wasn't for bad luck, I wouldn't have no luck at all. So sez Albert King's blues clasic (fun fact: Booker T. wrote the music!). I can dig...
Next Week in Music | Sept. 9-15 • The Long List: 550 Releases On...
This week there close to 500 new titles to be heard. By the end of next week, I expect this list will have swelled to near 600. If this...
Next Week in Music | Sept. 9-15 • 19 New Books
Dave Mason and The Doors. Arthur Lee and Agnostic Front. Punks and pics. Taylor and travelogues. Politics and philosophy. And the usual discographical deep dives. Suffice to say that...
Next Week in Music | Sept. 9-15 • On TV
Do you enjoy watching semi-talented pop stars receive meaningless trophies? And are you free on Wednesday evening? If you answered yes to both these questions, I have good news:...
Area Resident Announces New Transmute Remix EP With Autumn Clearing
In a decidedly Howard Jones-like move, Ottawa’s Area Resident (Doug Hempstead) waited just over a month before following up his most recent album Orgone with a brand-new EP.
Transmute means...
Next Week in Music | Sept. 2-8 • The Short List: 25 Titles To...
Nobody can accuse the music gods of half-assing it next week. The first Friday of fall is the rock equivalent of an all-out assault, with nearly 500 new releases...
Next Week in Music | Sept. 2-8 • The Long List: 450+ Releases On...
Ready or not, here it comes. The first Friday of September — and the first Bandcamp Friday of the fall — promises to be the crazybusiest day for music...
Next Week in Music | Sept. 2-8 • 12 New Books
I am midway through Moon Unit Zappa’s new memoir Earth To Moon. Spoiler alert: Her upbringing was not like yours and mine — unless you were raised in L.A....
Next Week in Music | Sept. 2-8 • On TV
If I covered streaming TV instead of music, I'd be all over the return of the magnificent Slow Horses. But I don't, so I'm not — even though Jackson...
Next Week in Music | Aug. 26 – Sept. 1 • The Short List:...
New music from Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds, Laurie Anderson, Ty Segall, Steve Wynn, Amy Rigby, Fastbacks and the late Tony Allen — all in the same week?...
