I Pity the Country.
Presenting my 2021 Album of the Year.
Read More I Pity the Country.Tag: best albums of 2021
A Tide of Change is Coming
Sanctuary from hell on earth.
Read More A Tide of Change is ComingGloriously Ragged
Rolling another number, 30 years later.
Read More Gloriously RaggedCanadian Metal!
Presenting my favourite Canadian metal albums of the year.
Read More Canadian Metal!Look Good, But Don’t Be Obsessed
Ask me what my favourite band is from 2010 to the present, and I’ll tell you one of them is Chvrches. What started out as an innocuous little electropop outfit has matured before our eyes, the songwriting improving, the musicianship evolving, and the emergence of a powerful female voice in popular music. Every new release […]
Read More Look Good, But Don’t Be ObsessedTomorrow is Another Chance
This one blindsided me.
Read More Tomorrow is Another ChanceNo Step on Snek.
When I think of the crummier things that happened in 2021, one of the biggest was learning just how many metal musicians are anti-vaxxers. Heavy metal has always skewed farther right than, say, a left-wing haven like the indie music scene, but metal fans have always been able to co-exist without dwelling on political differences. […]
Read More No Step on Snek.Communicating From My Tail End
Not “your” dog. “A” dog.
Read More Communicating From My Tail EndEverything Must Go!
Death metal is always around to make life more bearable.
Read More Everything Must Go!Swear Eternal Devotion
Heavy is people.
Read More Swear Eternal DevotionStrength & Sacrilege
Dark music can be uplifting, too.
Read More Strength & SacrilegeI Want Out!
You can always count on Danko Jones to bring the fun back to hard rock music.
Read More I Want Out!Again and again, again and again and again…
This might seem crazy, but between 2007 and 2009 I couldn’t stop writing about Black Sabbath’s eras with Ronnie James Dio. It was a crazy promotional whirlwind, with so many reissues, compilations, box sets, reunion albums, tours, live DVDs, and sadly, Ronnie James Dio’s death. I don’t really have to write about that incarnation of […]
Read More Again and again, again and again and again…Throw My Shoe at the Altar
Of all the developments in popular music in the last five years, what floors me the most is the emergence of a new generation of exceptionally women singer-songwriters. All the same age, all at the same time. It’s staggering. Following in the tradition of the likes of Joni Mitchell, Patty Griffin, and Kathleen Edwards, these […]
Read More Throw My Shoe at the AltarYou Deserve to be Happy
A return to greatness by an old favourite.
Read More You Deserve to be Happy
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