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SPILL NEW MUSIC: WHEN IN ROME – “DON’T STARE AT THE SUN”
SPILL FEATURE: LOTS OF PEOPLE WANT TO BE A FIREMAN OR A SPACEMAN. I WANTED TO BE A POP STAR. – A...
SPILL NEW MUSIC: BAD BRAINS ANNOUNCE ‘ARE YOU READY: THE FIRST STUDIO RECORDING (INNER EAR ̵...
SPILL VIDEO PREMIERE: FERNANDO’S EYES – “ROOM ON FIRE”
SPILL VIDEO PREMIERE: PRAIRIE CAT – “APPLE TREE”
SPILL FILM REVIEW: PULP: WHAT DO YOU DO FOR AN ENCORE?
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SPILL NEWS: FINGERSTYLE GUITAR VIRTUOSO ALEXANDR MISKO BRINGS ‘FINAL BOSS’ AND FRANKENSTEI...
SPILL NEW MUSIC: FRANKIE FLOWERS ASKS “WHERE DID YOU SLEEP LAST NIGHT?” ON “AUGUSTA”
SPILL NEWS: TEEN ROCK TRIO THUNDER QUEENS SHARE NEW TRACKS AHEAD OF SOPHOMORE ALBUM OUT THIS WEEK
SPILL NEWS: CANADIAN PROGRESSIVE ROCK DUO CROWN LANDS PRESENT “THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS (LIVE A...
SPILL NEW MUSIC: STRANGE PLANTS – “YOU SAY FALLING”
SPILL LIVE REVIEW: 2026 POLARIS MUSIC PRIZE GALA @ MASSEY HALL, TORONTO
SPILL BOOK REVIEW: KELLY CATLIN – KURT COBAIN: FOREVER IN BLOOM: THE LEGACY BEYOND THE TRAGEDY
SPILL NEW MUSIC: NEW SINGLE BY ELECTRO-INDUSTRIAL ACT DISMANTLED “ZERO” OUT NOW | LONG-AWA...
WHEN IN ROME – “DON’T STARE AT THE SUN” SONIC ENVY Ahead of their forthcoming album, Illumination, legendary English synth-pop duo When In Rome share “Don’t Stare at the Sun,” a confident and uplifting [...]
BAD BRAINS ANNOUNCE ARE YOU READY: THE FIRST STUDIO RECORDING (INNER EAR – MARCH 1979) OUT NOVEMBER 6 VIA TRUST RECORDS Washington, D.C.’s Bad Brains – one of the most important and influential bands to emerge from the American [...]
FERNANDO’S EYES – “ROOM ON FIRE” A SPILL EXCLUSIVE VIDEO PREMIERE Fernando’s Eyes returns with the new single, “Room On Fire”. Fernando’s Eyes is the solo project of Fernando Honorato, best known [...]
PRAIRIE CAT – “APPLE TREE” A SPILL EXCLUSIVE VIDEO PREMIERE Prairie Cat, the solo project of multi-instrumentalist Cary Pratt, announces his new album Face in Granite, arriving November 20, 2026. Here is the first glimpse of [...]
2026 POLARIS MUSIC PRIZE GALA @ MASSEY HALL, TORONTO SEPTEMBER 22, 2026 Angine de Poitrine, the enigmatic, ingenious math rock duo from Saguenay, Quebec, walked away with both of the top prizes at this year’s Polaris Music Prize Gala, for both [...]
SEX PISTOLS FEATURING FRANK CARTER w/ PANIC SHACK @ HISTORY, TORONTO SEPTEMBER 21, 2026 While an actual Sex Pistols reunion continues to remain impossible, the band, consisting of guitarist Steve Jones, drummer Paul Cook, and bassist Glen [...]
LOATHE w/ FLESHWATER & PROSTITUTE @ HISTORY, TORONTO SEPTEMBER 22, 2026 Liverpool band Loathe is one of the most genre-bending acts in metal, and 2026’s A Stranger To You, the group’s first album in about five years, is no different. It is a [...]
SOCIAL DISTORTION w/ DESCENDENTS & THE CHATS @ HISTORY, TORONTO SEPTEMBER 14, 2026 Hot off the release of their eighth studio album, and first in 15 years, Social Distortion is currently in the midst of the North American leg of their Born [...]
SPILL FEATURE: LOTS OF PEOPLE WANT TO BE A FIREMAN OR A SPACEMAN. I WANTED TO BE A POP STAR. – A CONVERSATION WITH JARVIS COCKER OF PULP
LOTS OF PEOPLE WANT TO BE A FIREMAN OR A SPACEMAN. I WANTED TO BE A POP STAR. A CONVERSATION WITH JARVIS COCKER OF PULP You could forgive Jarvis Cocker for looking a bit content when we meet him one day short of his 63rd birthday. After all, the [...]
SPILL FILM REVIEW: PULP: WHAT DO YOU DO FOR AN ENCORE?
PULP: WHAT DO YOU DO FOR AN ENCORE? MUBI SEPTEMBER 23, 2026 What Do You Do For An Encore? is part concert film, part historical document, as director Garth Jennings attempts to tell the improbable second rise of Sheffield’s finest Britpop [...]
SPILL BOOK REVIEW: KELLY CATLIN – KURT COBAIN: FOREVER IN BLOOM: THE LEGACY BEYOND THE TRAGEDY
KELLY CATLIN – KURT COBAIN: FOREVER IN BLOOM: THE LEGACY BEYOND THE TRAGEDY SKYHORSE PUBLISHING BOOK REVIEW BY CHRIS X Kurt Cobain. Grunge. For those of us that saw the events unfold in real time, we didn’t just listen to the music, we [...]
SPILL FEATURE: WORKING FOR THE WEEKEND – A CONVERSATION WITH PAUL DEAN OF LOVERBOY
WORKING FOR THE WEEKEND A CONVERSATION WITH PAUL DEAN OF LOVERBOY Mike Reno and Paul Dean of the legendary Canadian rock band Loverboy, known for the rock anthems “Hot Girls In Love,” “The Kid Is Hot Tonite,” “Turn Me Loose,” and “Working For [...]
SPILL FEATURE: HILLS AND VALLEYS, THAT IS HOW WE ROLL – A CONVERSATION WITH MIC MICHAELI OF EUROPE
HILLS AND VALLEYS, THAT IS HOW WE ROLL A CONVERSATION WITH MIC MICHAELI OF EUROPE Since 1983, Europe has released 11 albums. The band formed in 1979, under the name Force, but by the time they signed their first record deal, in 1982, the name [...]
SPILL FEATURE: THE GUITAR IS AN OPEN BOOK, THE SKY’S THE LIMIT – A CONVERSATION WITH WARREN HAYNES
THE GUITAR IS AN OPEN BOOK, THE SKY’S THE LIMIT A CONVERSATION WITH WARREN HAYNES At 12 years old, Warren Haynes sat in the audience of Asheville’s municipal auditorium watching some of his earliest concerts. Decades later, The [...]
SPILL FEATURE: WE’RE UP IN THE STARS AND WE’RE FLYING TONIGHT – A CONVERSATION WITH MARC ALMOND OF SOFT CELL
WE’RE UP IN THE STARS AND WE’RE FLYING TONIGHT A CONVERSATION WITH MARC ALMOND OF SOFT CELL Soft Cell probably didn’t know it at the time, and may disagree today, but when they released their debut album, Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret, in [...]
SPILL FEATURE: TO SCRIBBLE OUTSIDE THE LINES SOMETIMES IS A GOOD THING – A CONVERSATION WITH IAN BLURTON
TO SCRIBBLE OUTSIDE THE LINES SOMETIMES IS A GOOD THING A CONVERSATION WITH IAN BLURTON Ian Blurton has been part of the music scene since the 1980s. Over time he has been in several bands, including the original drummer for Cowboy Junkies, and [...]
SPILL FEATURE: THE GODFATHERS OF “DRIVE-THRU” METAL – A CONVERSATION WITH MAC SABBATH
THE GODFATHERS OF “DRIVE-THRU” METAL A CONVERSATION WITH MAC SABBATH Within the wide, major umbrella of metal music, there are tons of niche subgenres that may pique the interest of many. Black Sabbath’s doom metal sound eventually birthed the [...]
SPILL FEATURE: SOMETHING TOO IRISH – A CONVERSATION WITH CHARLES HENDY OF THE MARY WALLOPERS
SOMETHING TOO IRISH A CONVERSATION WITH CHARLES HENDY OF THE MARY WALLOPERS The Mary Wallopers are back with their third album, Paddywhackery, and a North American tour in 2027 which brings them to History in Toronto in March. The band just [...]
SPILL BOOK REVIEW: MARTIN POPOFF – METALLICA: ALBUM BY ALBUM
MARTIN POPOFF – METALLICA: ALBUM BY ALBUM MOTORBOOKS/QUARTO BOOK REVIEW BY MIKE MATTHEW Seasoned rock critic and prolific music writer Martin Popoff cranks out another epic tome, this time about Metallica’s discography. In it he [...]
SPILL FEATURE: MELISSA AUF DER MAUR: MY ‘90S ROCK PHOTOGRAPHS @ ART GALLERY OF ONTARIO, TORONTO
MELISSA AUF DER MAUR: MY ‘90S ROCK PHOTOGRAPHS @ ART GALLERY OF ONTARIO, TORONTO SEPTEMBER 2, 2026 – JUNE 6, 2027 In the early 1990s, Melissa Auf der Maur was pursuing a career in photography while working on her Bachelor of Fine Arts at [...]
SPILL FEATURE: DOLLY PARTON – MORE THAN COUNTRY, MORE THAN ROCK ‘N’ ROLL
DOLLY PARTON MORE THAN COUNTRY, MORE THAN ROCK ‘N’ ROLL Few artists can genuinely claim to have crossed generations, genres, and cultures while remaining completely themselves. Dolly Parton was one of them. With her towering blonde hair, [...]
SPILL FEATURE: CRITICAL IN A GOOD WAY – A CONVERSATION WITH MURRAY FOSTER
CRITICAL IN A GOOD WAY A CONVERSATION WITH MURRAY FOSTER What becomes of musicians from well-known acts, when their bands fold, and the time comes to hang it up? Where do they turn, after the cycles of writing, recording, and touring are in the [...]
SPILL FEATURE: LIVE LOUD – A CONVERSATION WITH CONE McCASLIN OF SUM 41
LIVE LOUD A CONVERSATION WITH CONE McCASLIN OF SUM 41 Live Loud is returning for its second year on September 10 at Massey Hall in Toronto! Presented by the non-profit organizations the Matthew Perry House and Make Music Matter, the Live Loud [...]
