This week marked 15 years since the death of Kurt Cobain …
TORONTO — When it comes to fate, whether an unseen hand guides us through the coincidences and occurrences of our lives, Megan Hamilton says she remains uncertain … except when it comes to her own story of becoming a singer-songwriter. […]
The good news: The entire Beatles catalogue is getting a digital and packaging upgrade. It’s about bloody time. The sound on those substandard first-generation CDs was anemic. Sept. 9 is the release date. The disappointing news? The excuse for undertaking […]
In a strange bit of inverted cultural colonialism, Elvis Costello’s new music/chat show, Spectacle, debuted up here in Canada last night, although the program was developed in this North both great and white. I understand it has aired on the […]
In the interest of harnessing the power of these interwebs, I recently asked my Facebook friends to help compile a list of the best musician names. Real or fake, no reflection on the music they made — just cool sounding […]
Is it just me, or has Beck been going downhill since Odelay?
Now THAT is a funny April Fools gag. “Time Fades Away to Finally Be Re-Released” (Thrasherswheat.org)
To herald the upcoming online relaunch of their Latent Recordings label, Cowboy Junkies are playing a club show on Tuesday, April 7 at the Dakota Tavern, Toronto. Also onstage are Latent acts Lee Harvey Osmond, Ivy Mairi, Finlayson/Maize (of Skydiggers), […]
Recorded in Buddy’s Greenwich Village apartment shortly before his death, these intimate recordings were subsequently tarted up with backing music and released officially. But the original naked recordings have been rumored for an official release many times, and have been, […]