Freelance writer and music fan, whose writing has appeared on The Good Point, The Toronto Review of Books, and CTV.ca, among other places. Favorite albums: Dig Me Out, Live-Evil, Decade.
For years, Art Jackson Atrocity's 1974 record Gout inspired debate: was it a lost gem or a clever hoax? But the real story is wilder, explains M Milner.
I don’t know if I’ve ever enjoyed an ad as much as Watch the Stove. Go give it a spin, break out a box of Crunchy Taco and start frying some ground beef.
Chris Forsyth and The Solar Motel's The Rarity of Experience has a lot of nice guitar work and expansive jamming. For those into psych rock you'll dig it.
Esperanza Spalding's Emily’s D+Evoliution isn’t just Spalding’s most adventurous record yet, it’s one of the most ambitious records I’ve heard this year.
Let Jefferson Starship's Blows to the Empire carry you into space; you’ll have a big stupid grin on your face by the time you slingshot into the ether.
It’s a vaguely familiar name to music nerds: Bill Laswell. He’s known as a skilled bassist who’s played with bunch of New York scenesters and as a producer.