Albums Of The Week: Triple Fast Action | Triple Fast Action
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “What separated Triple Fast Action from the pack of alterna-clones was their polished yet unrestrained songwriting. Their trademark searing rock highs and delicate, textured lows...
Eddie Berman Lights His Signal Fire
After an introspective period of remote recording sessions that birthed Broken English in 2020, Eddie Berman, the beloved Portland folk-rock craftsman, has emerged with a fresh and invigorating album...
Next Week in Music | Dec. 21-28 • On TV
With nearly all the talk shows on hiatus for the holidays, reruns are pretty much the only game in tube town. And you know what they say: If you...
Mötley Crüe | The Dirt Soundtrack
Let's be honest: That new Netflix biopic of Mötley Crüe looks like it's going to be hilariously and spectacularly shitty. Which is precisely why I'm going to be watching...
Albums Of The Week: The Replacements | Sorry Ma, Forgot To Take Out The...
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Minneapolis legends The Replacements celebrate 40 years of musical mayhem with the anniversary box set edition of the band's debut album Sorry Ma, Forgot To...
Classic Album Review: XTC | Coat of Many Cupboards
This came out in 2002 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
Major-label bands are usually...
Classic DVD Review: Bryan Adams | Live at Slane Castle
This came out in 2001 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
MAIN COURSE: A high-energy...
Albums Of The Week: Voivod | Morgöth Tales
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Canadian sci-fi metal innovators Voivod are two-time Juno winners for Metal/Hard Music Album of the Year, have been nominated since the inception of the rock...
Albums Of The Week: Tunic | Quitter
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Quitter is a record about quitting. Modelled after Tunic’s live attack, an ugly and unhinged blast of catharsis that can comfortably live beside the tuneful...
Now Hear This: Skinshape | Arrogance is the Death of Men
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: "The witheringly and prophetically titled Arrogance is the Death of Men is the second album in less than a year from the prolific William Dorey...
Phish | Sigma Oasis
THE PRESS RELEASE: "Sigma Oasis came to be during the first week of November 2019, but it wasn’t planned that way at all. We were headed up to The...
Marc Jordan and Amy Sky To Release Duets Album He Sang She Sang
Multi-million selling Canadian singer-songwriters Marc Jordan and Amy Sky are set to release He Sang She Sang, their first album of duets, on May 6.
A collection of fresh takes...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | Also Known As…
For a while when I was in high school, one of the handful of TV channels we got in rural Upper Ottawa Valley started showing late-night reruns of Don...
Next Week in Music | May 24-30 • New Books
Indie-rock survivors, trans-punk icons, be-bop pioneers, hair-metal heroes and plenty more: It's a surprisingly busy week for new books. Here are all the upcoming titles (along with a couple...
Next Week in Music | Sept. 27 – Oct. 3 • The Short List:...
Indie rockers and industrial icons. Psychedelic ’60s jam bands and ’70s arena-rockers. Jazz crooners and contemporary singer-songwriters. Bootlegs and B-Sides collections. These are a few of my favourite things...
