by Emily Plunkett | Sep 24, 2026 | Festivals & Events
Five nights, countless genres and one unforgettable CityFolk debut at Ottawa’s RA Centre grounds. A diverse weekend of folk, country and the most legendary punk rock welcomed Ottawa’s concert goers to 2026 CityFolk at its debut at the RA Centre grounds. Night one saw...
by Jenna Melanson | Sep 24, 2026 | Promos
Dead II Society Turn Grief and Anger Into Outlaw Punk on “Dead and Buried” Dead II Society was born during the pandemic, when vocalist and guitarist Buzz found himself isolated at home in Chelmsford, Ontario. After years of fronting metal band Garden of Bedlam and...
by Jenna Melanson | Sep 24, 2026 | Promos
Allegories Turn an Existential Tug-of-War Into Kaleidoscopic Indie Pop on “Pure Comedy” Experimental duo Allegories share “Pure Comedy,” an ethereal and emotionally volatile new single that moves restlessly between optimism and pessimism, intimacy and...
by Jenna Melanson | Sep 24, 2026 | Promos
Fingerstyle Guitar Virtuoso Alexandr Misko Brings ‘Final Boss’ and Frankenstein Guitar to Sprawling North American Tour Alexandr Misko builds machines out of wood and steel string, and then he plays them like nothing else exists. The German-based...
by Jenna Melanson | Sep 23, 2026 | Promos
Edmonton’s EVERETT LAROI releases new live-in-studio EP The Dept. 9 Sessions featuring Richard Thompson cover Since co-founding Idyl Tea in the mid-1980s, Everett LaRoi has been a longtime presence in Edmonton, Alberta’s alternative music scene, going on to...
by Jenna Melanson | Sep 23, 2026 | Promos
Danish Singer-Songwriter Tina Dico Joins Forces With Emilíana Torrini on New Single “This Fire!” Tina Dico shares “This Fire!,” the second single from her forthcoming album, Balancing Small Things On Sharp Edges, out October 23, 2026. The song...
by Jenna Melanson | Sep 23, 2026 | Interviews
INTERCONTINEN7AL, The World’s First Rock Band To Record Across All Seven Continents, Releases “Lighthouses (Acoustic Remix)” INTERCONTINEN7AL, the project that bills itself as the first rock band in history to record music across all seven...
by Jenna Melanson | Sep 23, 2026 | Promos
Hammond Organ Master Vel Lewis Teams With Acclaimed Saxophonist Marion Meadows for “Smoovee,” Already Climbing Smooth Jazz Radio Charts Worldwide Hammond organ master Vel Lewis returns with “Smoovee,” a lush, groove driven single featuring...
by Jenna Melanson | Sep 23, 2026 | Promos
“More Than the Way He Died”: New Kurt Cobain Biography Reveals the Man Behind 30 Years of Mythology Through intimate interviews and firsthand recollections, author Kelly Catlin challenges the mythology surrounding Kurt Cobain to reveal the empathetic...
by Daniel D'Souza | Sep 23, 2026 | Passport
Staind celebrates 25 years of Break The Cycle with Seether, Hoobastank, and Hinder at a sold-out RBC Amphitheatre in Toronto. The “Break The Cycle 25th Anniversary Tour” brought a heavy dose of late-90s and early-2000s rock nostalgia to a sold-out RBC...
