Classic Album Review: Loco | Dead World: A Story Of …
This came out in 2003 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
Every musical genre has...
Classic Album Review: The Fabulous Kildonans | God Is A Woman And She’s Pro-Choice
This came out in 2003 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
Does Winnipeg really need...
Classic Album Review: Charlie Redstar | Charlie Redstar
This came out in 2003 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
Pop music can be...
Bruce Cockburn Reaches For The Heavens With O Sun O Moon
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Time takes its toll,” sings the 77-year-old Bruce Cockburn on the opening song, On A Roll, his 35th album O Sun O Moon, out on...
Next Week in Music | March 6-12 • The Short List: 11 Titles You...
I like Miley Cyrus as much as the next person — assuming the next person thinks she often squanders her impressive vocal talents on subpar pop drivel. That's why...
Next Week in Music | March 6-12 • The Long List: 275+ Releases On...
Today's upcoming albums list is brought to you by the words party, cherry, Paul, blue and valley. Sadly, Paul Valley’s Blue Cherry Party is not an album that exists...
Next Week in Music | March 6-12 • New Books
Florida, Nashville, Tucson and Margaritaville: Next week's music books are all over the map. Read all about ’em:
Good Day Sunshine State: How the Beatles Rocked Florida
By Bob Kealing
THE EDITED...
Next Week in Music | March 6-12 • On TV
The 1975 drop a couple of numbers on SNL, St. Vincent rocks with The Roots, Chance The Rapper chats with one of the Jimmys and Winnipeg troubadour William Prince...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | Vanished!
In the salad days of my journalism career, I was a newspaper editor in rural Renfrew County, Ont. — in a community which was home to many American expatriates.
On...
Thunder Pie | And Then We Have Breakfast and Then We Meet Up with...
Many years ago when I was a boy, I began to wonder about God. My mom said she believed and I guess she did. But it was half-assed by...
Thee Headcoats’ Irregularis (The Great Hiatus) Tops Today’s Album Announcements
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “The undisputed kings of garage rock are back! It’s been 22 years since the last Headcoats album, but now Billy Childish, Bruce Brand and Johnny Johnson...
Albums Of The Week: The Kevin Fingier Collective | El Sonido De Fingier Records
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “The Sound of Fingier Records? Well, over the past couple of years we’ve issued a series of stellar 7” singles on our group label Fingier...
Albums Of The Week: ALO | Silver Saturdays
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Silver Saturdays — California rock band ALO's first full-length offering in eight years and ninth overall studio release — isn’t just another album. This is...
Albums Of The Week: Ron Gallo | Foreground Music
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “With the new collection, Ron Gallo screams at the developers turning neighborhoods into unremarkable AirBnB advertisements, corporate overlords deciding how much music costs, and extremists...
Albums Of The Week: Gnoomes | Ax Ox
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “As musicians across the world have watched the last decade systematically eating away at the infrastructure by which they pursue their art, triumphs against adversity...
