Albums Of The Week: The Paranoid Style | The Interrogator

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “From the New York Dolls-meets-the-devil opening title track to the desperate Sister Lovers-adjacent finale The Findings, The Interrogator is 13 vibrant, crackling, scary and hilarious...

Albums Of The Week: J. Robbins | Basilisk

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “J. Robbins' second full-length solo album Basilisk is out now on Dischord Records. Basilisk contains 11 songs recorded at Robbins’ Baltimore studio The Magpie Cage...

Albums Of The Week: Slope | Freak Dreams

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Five guys fight the 9-to-5 life. They're not attracted to the regular. It’s a 360° funk vision. With their pure and honest hardcore/punk attitude, fused with...

Albums Of The Week: Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry | King Perry

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Record producer, composer, singer, and dub pioneer Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry passed away in August 2021. His influence over popular music since the 1970s is hugely...

Albums Of The Week: Britti | Hello, I’m Britti.

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Singer-songwriter Britti — born Brittany Guerin in Baton Rouge; reborn in and proudly repping New Orleans now — isn’t defined by genre as much as...

Albums Of The Week: The Last Dinner Party | Prelude To Ecstasy

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “At the turn of the year, The Last Dinner Party were little more than a new name being shared amongst those that had caught them...

Albums Of The Week: Kula Shaker | Natural Magick

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Kula Shaker’s new album Natural Magick finds the band harnessing the power to cast their most potent spell yet, incorporating blazing psychedelic sermons, raga rave-ups,...

Albums Of The Week: Paul McCartney & Wings | Band On The Run 50th...

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Of the myriad classic albums Paul McCartney has released throughout his illustrious career, Wings’ Band On The Run holds a place of particularly high esteem....

Albums Of The Week: J Mascis | What Do We Do Now

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “What Do We Do Now is the fifth solo studio LP recorded by J Mascis since 1996. This is obviously not a very aggressive release...

Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | Any Colour You Like

Just like Jimi Hendrix, Bing Crosby, Meat Loaf, Rod Stewart and Neil Young, I'm colour blind. It's way more common with dudes than ladies — 8% of men have...

Bif Naked Celebrates 25th Anniversary of I, Bificus

Bill Clinton had a scandalous affair. Teletubbies invaded American TV. Viagra got the green light. And Bif Naked dropped her second album I, Bificus. Released in Canada in February...

Halie Loren Is Ready To Share Her Dreams Lost And Found

Award-winning Oregon jazz singer-songwriter Halie Loren has just announced her new album Dreams Lost And Found — and shares a vibrant rendition of the Mose Allison classic Stop This...

54•40’s Green Album Is Back In A Big Way

Hot on the heels of their nostalgic album West Coast Band, Canadian rock veterans 54•40 proudly announce the impending release of their remastered Green Album in a deluxe vinyl...

Gordon Lightfoot’s Bandmembers Are Keeping His Music Alive

Gordon Lightfoot’s longtime touring band will celebrate the Canadian icon's immortal music with a concert in Markham, Ont., on March 28, promoters have announced. The original lineup of bassist Rick...

Lasso Montréal Unveils 2024 Lineup

Lasso Montréal has corralled a powerful roster of talent for its third edition this summer. Organizers have just announced that in addition to previously announced headliners Sam Hunt and Eric...

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