Sammy Hagar & The Circle | Space Between
You know times are tough — not to mention downright weird — when Sammy Hagar is singing about income inequality. Believe it or not, the Red Rocker and former...
The Get Up Kids | Problems
The Get Up Kids are all grown up. It's been nearly 25 years since the emo quintet first came together in Kansas City — and almost a decade since...
Free Music Alert | Coilguns
Free music is the best music, right? And if you're an extreme metal fan, you'll want to get in on this freebie from Coilguns. The Swiss hardcore/noise/metal/punk rebels are...
One That Got Away | The Living Things’ Ahead of the Lions
Rock ’n’ roll is a fickle bitch. Always has been. Always will be. For every immortal album that sells a jillion copies and wins a shit-ton of awards, there...
Next Week in Music | May 6-12 • 110 New Releases Headed Your Way
There are more than 110 albums, EPs and singles being released next week. Mark your calendars and pre-order your favourites — but don’t blame me if things change at...
Next Week in Music | May 6-12, 2019 • New Books
I couldn't read music if you put a gun to my head. But I have no trouble reading about music. Here are the biographies, memoirs and other music-related books...
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...