Heavy metal outfit Acrassicauda are extraordinary. While bands throughout North America and Europe form or dissolve with little more than fleeting interest, this Iraqi thrash-influenced metal band has faced more controversy, upheaval, torment and attention than virtually any other act of their genre, superstars notwithstanding.... Read More

Matt Lamarche is a sound mixer and tour manager who works with artists like David Usher, Amanda Marshall and the Tragically Hip. He's currently Supervisor of Production Services with Ottawa's Centrepointe Theatre, but on weekends still enjoys life on the highway with Tom Cochrane.... Read More

After spending the entire day playing music with some of his closest pals, Carlin Nicholson has a well-worn grin on his face when he opens the main door to Ill Eagle studio as widely as he can. It's unseasonably misty for a Canadian winter night and Toronto's east side is damp and cool, making Nicholson's offer to enter the recording facility he co-owns all the more welcoming.... Read More

Check out the hottest new releases in the country, including: The Besnard Lakes Are the Roaring Night, Broken Bells S/T, Jason Collette Rat a Tat Tat, Jimi Hendrix Valleys of Neptune, The Knife Tomorrow, In a Year, Liars Sisterworld... Read More