A Fast Ride Out of Here: Confessions of Rock’s Most Dangerous Man
By Pete Way with Paul Rees Published by Constable (Little Brown Book Group) Ozzy Osbourne says that he’s way out of his league when…
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Anciients, Dead Quiet and Muffler Crunch @ Hard Luck Bar, Toronto, 18 August 2017
If you aren’t familiar with Anciients, you should be. The British Columbia-based band recently took a swing through southern Ontario as part of their…
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – Into The Great Wide Open (vinyl reissue)
Abraham Lincoln once said (to a delegation from the National Union League who were urging him to be their presidential candidate) that, “It is…
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – Let Me Up (I’ve Had Enough) LP
Twelve years after they started, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers found themselves in a fairly unique position in pop music: they’ve been working long…
Biblical – The City That Always Sleeps
Last time I saw Biblical live, at the Silver Dollar farewell shindig, I mentioned that they were long overdue for a new album. Little did…
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – Southern Accents LP
Throughout music history, many albums have been made which are said to be conflicted due to the tensions apparent within the band coming out…
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – Long After Dark LP
In the first half-decade of their association together, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers had already hit some pretty spectacular highs and lows on a…
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers – Hard Promises
When it comes to making a follow-up for a career-defining release, the catch is that whatever comes can often feel like a diminished return…
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – Damn The Torpedoes LP (reissue)
It might sound like a grandiose claim to say something like, “Truly and genuinely rare is an album like Damn The Torpedoes – it…
Howling Giant – Black Hole Space Wizard Part 2
I was all over the first installment of this Nashville trio’s EP trilogy last year, so I’ve got no reason not to listen to…