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SPILL NEWS: ALIEN ANT FARM RELEASE NEW SINGLE + VIDEO “GASLIGHTER” VIA JUDGE & JURY R...
SPILL NEW MUSIC: TORONTO-BASED LAVENDER TOWN RELEASES NEW SINGLE “STARMAN JR.”
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SPILL MUSIC PREMIERE: WREN + WILDE – “GITCHI GAMI”
SPILL VIDEO PREMIERE: MILOU MOON – “LIKE AN ADDERALL”
SPILL FEATURE: SURVIVING THE COLLAPSE – A CONVERSATION WITH CODY QUISTAD OF WAGE WAR
SPILL FEATURE: NEW CHAPTERS, WRITTEN IN ICE AND LIGHT – A CONVERSATION WITH LEFT TO SUFFER GUITA...
SPILL NEW MUSIC: TRIP-HOP PIONEER ERIC HILTON (OF THIEVERY CORPORATION) ANNOUNCES BRAND NEW ALBUM R...
SPILL NEWS: BUTCHER BABIES RELEASE ‘NIGHTBLOOM’ AS “BLAME IT ON THE WIND” APPROACHES ACTIV...
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SPILL NEW MUSIC: NEW EP FROM IMPLANT OUT NOW ON ALFA MATRIX
SPILL NEW MUSIC: TONY HANNAH’S ‘LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT’ GETS VINYL RELEASE
TORONTO-BASED LAVENDER TOWN RELEASES NEW SINGLE “STARMAN JR.” VANDELAY RECORDS Toronto-based instrumental ensemble Lavender Town officially releases their brand-new single, “Starman Jr.”, available now on all major streaming [...]
WREN + WILDE – “GITCHI GAMI” A SPILL EXCLUSIVE MUSIC PREMIERE “This song unfolds from a Southern gothic ballad into a sweeping ’70s-inspired jam ballad dedicated to Lake Superior. Soaring harmonies and [...]
MILOU MOON – “LIKE AN ADDERALL“ A SPILL EXCLUSIVE VIDEO PREMIERE Milou Moon is Emily McGill’s femme-fronted, bilingual (French/English) dream psych project based in Melbourne/Naarm (AUS) originally from Chicago. Em came [...]
TRIP-HOP PIONEER ERIC HILTON (OF THIEVERY CORPORATION) ANNOUNCES BRAND NEW ALBUM THE EASY UNDERGROUND OUT NOVEMBER 20 MONTSERRAT HOUSE Montserrat House Music and Eric Hilton are excited to announce the Friday, November 20 release of The Easy [...]
MASTODON w/ DEAFHEAVEN & ALCEST @ REBEL, TORONTO SEPTEMBER 28, 2026 The 2026 album Marrow Deep is Mastodon’s first album without guitarist and founding member Brent Hinds, and although his absence is felt, the record still steps it up a [...]
SECOND SUMMER FESTIVAL – DAY 3 @ VARIOUS TORONTO VENUES (THE MOD CLUB, LEE’S PALACE) SEPTEMBER 26, 2026 The city was going hard for the final day of Second Summer Festival and Multi-faceted Winnipeg musician JayWood had the Mod Club [...]
CANADIAN SONGWRITERS HALL OF FAME 2026 INDUCTION CEREMONY @ MASSEY HALL, TORONTO SEPTEMBER 26, 2026 The Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame has been celebrating excellence in songwriting since 2003. For the 23rd year in a row, Canadian songwriting [...]
SECOND SUMMER FESTIVAL – DAY 2 @ VARIOUS TORONTO VENUES (THE HORSESHOE TAVERN, LEE’S PALACE) SEPTEMBER 25, 2026 Day two of Second Summer Festival picked up right where it left off, with Concrete Vehicles playing their second and [...]
SPILL FEATURE: SURVIVING THE COLLAPSE – A CONVERSATION WITH CODY QUISTAD OF WAGE WAR
SURVIVING THE COLLAPSE A CONVERSATION WITH CODY QUISTAD OF WAGE WAR A weird, uncomfortable silence often follows a devastating impact. There are no cinematics to it, just the universe reacting to the internal chaos and destruction caused mostly [...]
SPILL FEATURE: NEW CHAPTERS, WRITTEN IN ICE AND LIGHT – A CONVERSATION WITH LEFT TO SUFFER GUITARIST PETER HIGGS
NEW CHAPTERS, WRITTEN IN ICE AND LIGHT A CONVERSATION WITH LEFT TO SUFFER GUITARIST PETER HIGGS Stepping into a new chapter with Unwelcome Guest, everything Left To Suffer has been through has led to this moment, when their careers have shifted [...]
SPILL BOOK REVIEW: MIKE DALEY – YORKVILLE: HOW A 1960s COFFEEHOUSE SCENE REWROTE POPULAR MUSIC
MIKE DALEY – YORKVILLE: HOW A 1960s COFFEEHOUSE SCENE REWROTE POPULAR MUSIC SUTHERLAND HOUSE BOOK REVIEW BY AARON BADGLEY I was eager to read this book, as this is an era and place that has not had deep dives written about it. From 1954 [...]
SPILL BOOK REVIEW: RICHARD BOWES – GARY NUMAN: A PEOPLE’S HISTORY
RICHARD BOWES – GARY NUMAN: A PEOPLE’S HISTORY SPENWOOD BOOKS BOOK REVIEW BY AARON BADGLEY Tubeway Army, featuring Gary Numan, released their self-titled debut album in 1978. By 1979, Numan began dominating the charts in the U.K. both with [...]
SPILL FEATURE: A REBIRTH THROUGH VINYL – A CONVERSATION WITH YOUNG MEDICINE
A REBIRTH THROUGH VINYL A CONVERSATION WITH YOUNG MEDICINE There is a particular electricity around Young Medicine right now, an energy that feels like a band that’s finally found its footing. With the release of the Cold Blooded vinyl and [...]
SPILL FEATURE: A CROWN MADE OF TEETH, NOT GOLD – A CONVERSATION WITH JACK UNDERKOFLER OF DEAD POET SOCIETY
A CROWN MADE OF TEETH, NOT GOLD A CONVERSATION WITH JACK UNDERKOFLER OF DEAD POET SOCIETY There is this eerie feeling when listening to Dead Poet Society’s Monarch that feels like the floor is caving in beneath you, not because the soundscapes [...]
SPILL FEATURE: OLD SCARS, NEW STORIES – A CONVERSATION WITH MATT GOOD OF FROM FIRST TO LAST
OLD SCARS, NEW STORIES A CONVERSATION WITH MATT GOOD OF FROM FIRST TO LAST There is a unique sort of ache that only comes from a journey that requires you to return to another version of yourself you thought or swore you would never have to go [...]
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 [...]
