Next Week in Music | May 6-12, 2019 • Music on TV
I know you like to watch. So here's a list of the musicians who will be singing for their supper next week on the boob tube. Of course, everything...
Next Week in Music | May 6-12 • Birthdays & Anniversaries
I try not to live in the past. But I still like to visit every now and then. Here are the musical birthdays we'll be celebrating and the anniversaries...
Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes | End of Suffering
"If life is a losing game," wonders Frank Carter midway through his latest album End of Suffering, "why do we play it again and again and again?" So much...
D.O.A. | 1978
Joe Keithley is no shithead. The D.O.A. frontman, punk pioneer and Canadian music icon knows the title of his band's new rarities compilation 1978 is incomplete at best and...
L7 | Scatter the Rats
There's no point in starting something you can't finish. Especially when you start it as aggressively as L7 kicked off their long-awaited comeback. Over the past couple of years,...
Asomvel | World Shaker
I love Motörhead as much as the next guy — assuming, of course, that the next guy isn't a member of Asomvel. Then I'm definitely a distant second. These British...
Combo Chimbita | Ahomale
This is not your mother's Latin dance band — unless your ma likes to brew up a batch of Ayahuasca, wash it down with a handful of peyote buttons...
Filthy Friends | Emerald Valley
Supergroups come and go. And for the most part, that's just fine. But every now and then you want one to come back. Like Filthy Friends, the all-star collaboration...
The Dream Syndicate | These Times
Name your favourite band from 1982. Where are they now? Long gone? Reliving the glory days in a casino? Raking in mega-bucks on a stadium tour? Either way, chances...
The Wildhearts | Renaissance Men
If you've never heard of The Wildhearts, I pity you as I would the village idiot. And I am willing to bet you're from North America. For some reason...
Bad Religion | Age of Unreason
Well, we all knew this was coming. Of course, we didn't know it would take this long. Or that it would be this good. Age of Unreason, the 17th...
Corey Hart | Dreaming Time Again
When you only release a handful of songs every handful of years, they should be incredible. Magical. Unforgettable. Essential. Unfortunately, none of these words apply to the songs on...
Little Steven & The Disciples of Soul | Summer of Sorcery
Screw politics; let's dance! If there's a motto to Summer of Sorcery, that's it. And really, isn't that everything you really need or want from rock ’n’ roll gypsy...
Vampire Weekend | Father of the Bride
In their 20s, everybody desperately wants to be cool. And being cool always involves a lot of rules: Do this, say that, never wear this, don't admit you enjoy...
Playing Catch-Up | Six Recent Albums You Should Hear
There have been so many albums released lately — and more importantly, so many good albums — that I can't keep up with them all. After all, I am just...
