March 2025 Issue
Dream Theater Rank Their 5 Best Songs
PUBLISHED Feb 5, 2025
As Dream Theater celebrate their 40th anniversary, the storied prog metal band have come full-circle: their 16th studio album, this year's...
From Floods to Fires, Spiritbox Brave the Storm
PUBLISHED Feb 4, 2025
The waters never seem to calm for Spiritbox. The Victoria, BC-founded group are one of the fastest-rising acts in modern metal, with their...
Sook-Yin Lee Honours Sex Work in "the City That Farts"
PUBLISHED Jan 31, 2025
"I call Toronto the city that farts. As opposed to Vancouver — that is the city of urine. In Vancouver, all the back alleys smell like...
His Bum Is on the Mule: Tom Green Was "Sort of Unhappy with How Things Had Gone"
PUBLISHED Jan 29, 2025
The more Tom Green changes, the more he stays the same. In 2021, Green pulled up stakes in Los Angeles and moved to the Ottawa Valley. He...
Neko Case Ranks Her 5 Best Songs
PUBLISHED Jan 28, 2025
"I didn't really listen to my old music much," acknowledges Neko Case. "I was so deep in just making it happen it's hard to remember." Case...
Questlove Fearlessly Humanizes a Musical Enigma in 'SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)'
Directed by Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson
PUBLISHED Jan 24, 2025
After the massive success of his directorial debut, 'Summer of Soul (...or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised),' multi-award...
Jo Passed Returns from Burnout to Rediscover "Pure Connection to Songwriting"
PUBLISHED Jan 22, 2025
In 2019, Royal Mountain Records launched a mental health fund for its artists, providing artists with money to use for therapy and wellness...
Canadian Artists Reflect on How US Border Relations Could Impact the Touring Industry
PUBLISHED Jan 20, 2025
At the outset of yet another Trump presidency, and after months of the politician's inflammatory anti-Canuck rhetoric, Densil...
