Photos by: David McDonald – Alt-Rock artist Bob Mould, who released his twelfth album, Patch The Sky, on March 25th, 2016 via Merge, which Mould recorded at Steve Albini’s Chicago studio Electrical Audio, and which followed up his 2014 album, Beauty & Ruin, performed at the Opera House in Toronto last night with singer-songwriter Stephen Stanley, who … Continue reading
By: Luke Ottenhof – There’s probably no better “genre” to describe Hamilton trio The Dirty Nil than with the name of their hometown: “Hammer” Rock. It could also be thought of as bearing the same qualities as the tool of the same name. It’s brash, gruff, and could probably be used to inflict harm. Granted, the extent of harm … Continue reading
By: Curtis Sindrey (@SindreyCurtis) – Since the release of his 2011 “experimental” album in Lights of Endangered Species, Canadian music icon Matthew Good has revisited his roots with his new album, Arrows of Desire, with roaring guitars, pounding drums and the occasional acoustic ballad. “It comes down to songs, really,” Good says while on the … Continue reading