Album Review: The Mojo Gurus – Who Asked Ya?
Who Asked Ya?, the new album from The Mojo Gurus (their fourth), a quartet from Tampa, Florida, is an infectious mix of rock n roll, blues, psychobilly and a little…
Album Review: The Glorious Sons – The Union
The Union is the first proper album from The Glorious Sons, following last year’s EP Shapeless Art. The quintet from Kingston, Ontario once again chose John-Angus MacDonald from The Trews to…
Album Review – Black Buffalo by One Bad Son
I don’t know what’s gotten in Canada’s drinking water in recent years, but I keep discovering amazing rock bands from our frozen lands. Bands like Monster Truck, Glorious Sons, Last…
Album review: The Trews
Late last year, Canadian rockers The Trews launched a PledgeMusic campaign to fund their next album. Contrary to popular crowd funding site Kickstarter, PledgeMusic is more about artists building connections…
Old is in again: a review of Scorpion Child’s self titled debut album
I discovered Scorpion Child through a free iTunes download of their first single, Polygon of Eyes. Never one to pass up a freebie, I was intrigued by their retro sound.…
Album Review: “Elvis at Stax” is pure gold
I’ve always mentally split Elvis’s career in 3 sections: The rocking 50’s, the movie years and the Vegas years, when he turned into a fat parody of himself. I love…
Album review: The Winery Dogs
It’s a full time job keeping track of Mike Portnoy‘s every single project, especially since his departure from Dream Theater. The hardest working drummer in rock teams up this time…
All roads lead to Sabbath: Revisiting Ozzy Osbourne’s “Speak of the Devil”
Ozzy Osbourne’s Speak of the Devil album (or Talk of the Devil if you’re in the UK) is the black sheep of his discography, having been disowned by the singer…
Album Review: Steven Wilson – The Raven That Refused to Sing
Steven Wilson is a busy man. When he’s not fronting Porcupine Tree, he’s busy remixing (sometimes in 5.1) the back catalog of King Crimson and Jethro Tull, producing/mixing for Swedish…