Classic Album Review: Sugababes | Angels With Dirty Faces
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):
OK, here’s the thing:...
Classic Album Review: Simply Saucer | Cyborgs Revisited
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):
THE ORIGINAL RELEASE DATE:...
Albums Of The Week: Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs | Land Of...
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “I’ve always liked the quote: “Sleep, those little slices of death — how I loathe them.” So reckons Matt Baty of Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs...
Albums Of The Week: Militarie Gun | Life Under The Gun
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Militarie Gun are a truly uncategorizable band. Led by vocalist Ian Shelton, the band’s debut full-length Life Under The Gun is almost impossible to describe without...
Now Hear This: Bitch Falcon | Staring at Clocks
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: "Bitch Falcon; a name you won't forget and a band who won't let you forget them. This trio from the vibrant, much-hyped music scene of...
Thunder Pie | The High Lonesome Penns Valley Blues
“I shall not leave these prisoning hills
Though they topple their barren heads to level earth
And the forests slide uprooted out of the sky.
Though the waters of Troublesome, of Trace...
Now Hear This: Starcrazy | Played For Suckers
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Starcrazy’s sound is a heady fusion of catchy pop melody, spirited vocals and high-energy rifferamics propelled by a solid foundation of glam-inspired ’70s-style rock ’n’...
Now Hear This: Urlaub in Polen | All
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: "Urlaub in Polen have always been a band that defies categorization. All is probably their most formally coherent album so far, but it is nevertheless...
Chris Birkett Receives Community Recognition Award
Toronto musician and producer Chris Birkett has received Ontario MPP Chris Glover’s Community Recognition Award. Birkett is a multiple award-winning singer, songwriter, and producer who has worked with such...
Next Week in Music | June 26 – July 2 • The Short List:...
Lucinda shares some stories, Frank gets funky, Andy joins a new club, the Dead drop another live box, The Baseball Project get back in the game, the Fontaines’ frontman goes...
Classic Album Review: Asie Payton | Just Do Me Right
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):
Here’s a sophomore CD...
Albums Of The Week: Steve Vai | Vai / Gash
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “This record was written and recorded in somewhat of a stream of consciousness in 1991 within perhaps a two-week period as an answer to my...
Albums Of The Week: Daddy Long Legs | Street Sermons
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Street Sermons is the fourth album from Daddy Long Legs, New York City’s most diabolical blues-punk street gang — and the unleashing of a wellspring...
Toronto’s Yorkville Sound & Traynor Amps Celebrate 60 Years
Canadian pro audio manufacturer Yorkville Sound and iconic amplifier brand Traynor Amps are celebrating 60 years in 2023. This milestone marks significant achievements in manufacturing, sound technology, and tells...
Albums Of The Week: The Ruby Tuesdays | Food For Thought
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Blackburn alt-rock quartet The Ruby Tuesdays’ debut EP Food For Thought serves up a blistering batch of gritty instrumentation and powerful vocal arrangements, fusing past...
