Articles by Jason Schneider

Amos Lee

Mountains of Sorrow, Rivers of Song

PUBLISHED Oct 4, 2013

Lee's fifth album opens with "Johnson Blvd.," a collection of slow-moving images of America's recent economic and social decay. The song se...

Tony Dekker

Prayer of the Woods

PUBLISHED Oct 4, 2013

It's curious that Great Lakes Swimmers frontman Tony Dekker has made his debut solo album following the band's first venture into an actual...

Lindi Ortega

Tin Star

PUBLISHED Oct 4, 2013

It's always been easy for young country artists to have failed romances with Nashville. But for Toronto, ON-born Lindi Ortega, her time in...

Anna Calvi

One Breath

PUBLISHED Oct 4, 2013

You can always count on British musicians doing everything with a heightened sense of drama. For example, if Anna Calvi had been born in Am...

Mike McCready Talks the Sound of Pearl Jam's 'Lightning Bolt,' Touring and His New Post-Mad Season Project with Duff McKagan and Barrett Martin

PUBLISHED Oct 2, 2013

After spending much of the past two years celebrating their 20th anniversary, Pearl Jam return on October 15 with Lightning Bolt, their fir...

Dr. Dog

B-Room

PUBLISHED Sep 30, 2013

From the moment Wilco started breaking out of their alt-country straightjacket in the late '90s, it opened the door for bands everywhere wi...

Mark Lanegan

Strings Attached

PUBLISHED Sep 30, 2013

In 1999, Mark Lanegan released I'll Take Care Of You, an album predominantly comprised of soul and country covers, along with a couple of s...

Daniel Lanois and Rocco DeLuca

Belljar Café, Toronto ON, September 26

PUBLISHED Sep 27, 2013

It's been three years since Daniel Lanois opened his current recording space in Toronto's west end, and in many respects the easily recogni...