Melt Yourself Down | 100% YES
THE PRESS RELEASE: "Formed in 2012 by Mercury nominated sax innovator Pete Wareham and fronted by vocalist Kush Gaya, London six-piece Melt Yourself Down rose from the ashes of...
Late-Night TV Music (No-Win Situation Edition) | June 4, 2020
You can't win them all. Even in the late-night TV music game. Look no further than Thursday night's less-than-stellar offerings. Start (or don't) with Brian Wilson of The Beach...
Albums Of The Week: Li’l Andy | The Complete Recordings Of Hezekiah Procter (1925-1930)
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Montreal singer-songwriter Li’l Andy’s latest project The Complete Recordings of Hezekiah Procter (1925-1930) is at once music, history, fiction, biography and recorded performance art. A two-disc,...
Next Week in Music | Nov. 22-28 • On TV
Thanks to American Thanksgiving on Thursday, your televised musical pickings are fairly slim this week. But hey, things could be worse: It won't be long before the airwaves are...
Iron & Wine Announces New Album Light Verse, Shares The Single You Never Know
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “When the pandemic began, and the world shut down, so did the process of creating for Iron & Wine’s Sam Beam. In its place was...
Bat! | Bat Music For Bat People
WHO ARE THEY? A high-concept "crime -fighting supergroup" from L.A. whose masked, black-clad, fedora-topped members go by colourful handles like Red Bat, Blue Bat and Green Bat, although they're...
Albums Of The Week: The Band | Cahoots 50th Anniversary Edition
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “When The Band pulled into the unfinished Bearsville Sounds Studios in Bearsville, N.Y., in early 1971 to record Cahoots, their fourth studio album in as...
Gordon Koang | Unity
Gordon Koang has been blind since birth. He spent most of his life in South Sudan. When a tribal civil war broke out in his homeland while the Afro-pop...
John Foxx & The Maths | Howl
Why wait for Ultravox to reunite again? Original frontman John Foxx continues to keep the old flame alive with his fifth solo album Howl. These eight tracks of synth-driven...
Thunder Pie | They/Them/Kid
“I think that people with autism are born outside the regime of civilization. Sure, this is just my own made-up theory, but I think that, as a result of...
Back Stories | My Album Reviews From Sept. 17, 1999
Two decades ago, new albums from Iggy Pop, Matthew Good, John Popper and others were spinning away in my portable CD player. Here’s what I had to say about...
Now Hear This: Death By Unga Bunga | Heavy Male Insecurity
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: "Death By Unga Bunga are on a roll these days. In 2020, the band created coolest streaming show of the year with Once Upon a...
Wednesday Are Men Of The Hour At The Oshawa Music Awards
For Wednesday, Thursday Sept. 29 will be a day to remember — because that's when the award-winning group will receive a Lifetime Achievement Hall-Of-Fame Award at the 2022 Oshawa...
Huey Lewis & The News’ Weather Tops Today’s Album Announcements
It could be hip to be square again soon. Proving that the heart of rock ’n’ roll (or at least his own heart) is still beating, Huey Lewis made...
Alicia Witt Requests That You Come Witness Her Singing
Alicia Witt will bring her new EPÂ Witness to Canada this spring as part of her upcoming tour, the singer-songwriter, pianist and actress has announced.
Witt's run of live performances begins...
