Review with Photos: Sound of Music Festival Kick-Off Concert
June 12th, 2019 | by Gilles LeBlanc
Burlington Ontario’s Sound of Music Festival is celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2019. In that time it has grown to
About Gilles LeBlanc
Gilles LeBlanc Gilles LeBlanc literally fell into “alternative rock” wayyy back at Lollapalooza 1992, where he got caught in his first mosh pit watching some band named Pearl Jam. Since then, he’s spent the better part of his life looking for music to match the liberating rush he felt that day, with a particular chest-beating emphasis on stuff coming out of his native Canada. It took him awhile, but Gilles now writes feverishly about all things that rock (and or roll) through his ROCKthusiast alter ego.
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#CMW2019 Is Almost Here
April 19th, 2019 | by Gilles LeBlanc
We are now less than three weeks out from Canadian Music Week, the 37th edition of our country’s largest festival
Poll: Which Artists Got Better with Age?
April 18th, 2019 | by Gilles LeBlanc
The above photo, if you can’t tell, is of The Strokes. Or the best band that never was, as I
Hey! Ho! Go to Four Chords and a Gun!
April 15th, 2019 | by Gilles LeBlanc
When Joey, Johnny, Dee Dee, and Marky Ramone started working with eccentric record producer Phil Spector in May of 1979
25 Years Ago, Courtney Love and Hole Lived Through This
April 12th, 2019 | by Gilles LeBlanc
I probably don’t have to tell readers of this site that 1994 was a landmark year for music releases. We’ve
*UPDATE* Raconteurs to Hit the Road
April 10th, 2019 | by Gilles LeBlanc
After topping the bill at Third Man Records’ 10th anniversary celebration on the grounds of their Nashville headquarters, The Raconteurs
Raconteurs to Provide R’n’R Aid with Help Us Stranger
April 2nd, 2019 | by Gilles LeBlanc
The Raconteurs have announced their eagerly-anticipated third album Help Us Stranger will be out on June 21st, 2019. The Nashville,
Who Will Win The Black Keys’ Lo/Hi Madness?
March 28th, 2019 | by Gilles LeBlanc
March 28, 2019 may be the official start of baseball season, but Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney of The Black
RIP, Black Godfather
March 19th, 2019 | by Gilles LeBlanc
Andre Williams passed away on March 17th, 2019 at the age of 82. The Detroit native by way of Alabama
The Black Keys Go “Lo/Hi” on New Song
March 7th, 2019 | by Gilles LeBlanc
Sorry, my headline is trying to be a play on Michelle Obama’s “When they go low, we go high”. Hopefully
Lullaby Versions of Arcade Fire, Disney Edition
March 4th, 2019 | by Gilles LeBlanc
If you haven’t been to the movies lately or have been living under a rock, the live-action remake of Disney’s
Nirvana Played Their Last Show Ever 25 Years Ago Today (March 1)
March 1st, 2019 | by Gilles LeBlanc
March 1st, 2019 isn’t the happiest of anniversaries as 25 years ago, Nirvana played their last-ever show ever at Terminal
Ed the Sock Declares War on Ontario Idiocracy
February 27th, 2019 | by Gilles LeBlanc
Guess who’s back? If you can remember a time when Eminem videos like “Without Me” played continuously on something called
Celebrate Led Zeppelin’s 50th Anniversary with a Custom Playlist
February 24th, 2019 | by Gilles LeBlanc
Led Zeppelin, the eponymous debut album from the former “New Yardbirds” that redefined blues rock while acting as a precursor
The Rolling Stones By the Numbers: Toronto Edition
February 18th, 2019 | by Gilles LeBlanc
When I was a 16-year old Run-DMC and GN’F’nR-listening nascent ROCKthusiast, I remembered friends of my dad being so excited
I Like This: Adam Baldwin
February 13th, 2019 | by Gilles LeBlanc
Adam Baldwin is a no-nonsense rocker from Nova Scotia who you may know from his association with fellow Dartmouthian native
Today is #InternationalClashDay in Toronto and everywhere else in the known universe
February 7th, 2019 | by Gilles LeBlanc
February 7 marks the eighth annual International Clash Day, celebrating the music and rebellious influence of The Only Band That
ROCKthusiast Does #MWE for AJoMT (Day 28)
February 4th, 2019 | by Gilles LeBlanc
Before anyone starts asking “#MWE, WTF?”, the hashtag stands for Music Writing Exercise, and is the brainchild of Gary Suarez,
Still No Imodium for Green Day’s Dookie, 25 Years Later
February 1st, 2019 | by Gilles LeBlanc
Sorry for the gross headline, but it’s pretty amazing to think how an album named after diarrhea has become more
And the 2019 JUNO Nominees are…
January 29th, 2019 | by Gilles LeBlanc
Not even Toronto’s heaviest snowfall in 50 years could stop the JUNO Awards from announcing which Canadian artists will be
This week’s surprise new music bonanza from Vampire Weekend, Florence + the Machine, a non-blink-182 project and something from Gerard Way.
January 25th, 2019 | by Gilles LeBlanc
(I should have probably asked Alan Cross for a picture of HIS music collection before he has declutterer Marie Kondo
A Teal-Tinged Surprise from Weezer
January 24th, 2019 | by Gilles LeBlanc
I am seriously starting to think 2019 is going to be the Year of Weez. By that I am of
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