RIP, Black Godfather
Andre Williams passed away on March 17th, 2019 at the age of 82. The Detroit native by way of Alabama started recording R&B songs in his teens with family-run label Fortune Records, and
Read MoreAuthor: Gilles LeBlanc
The Black Keys Go “Lo/Hi” on New Song
Sorry, my headline is trying to be a play on Michelle Obama’s “When they go low, we go high”. Hopefully it didn’t come off as bad as that time Melania Trump misappropriated her
Read More
Lullaby Versions of Arcade Fire, Disney Edition
If you haven’t been to the movies lately or have been living under a rock, the live-action remake of Disney’s Dumbo flies into theatres March 29th. Sorry for the spoiler kids. It’s part
Read More
Nirvana Played Their Last Show Ever 25 Years Ago Today (March 1)
March 1st, 2019 isn’t the happiest of anniversaries as 25 years ago, Nirvana played their last-ever show ever at Terminal 1 Flughafen in Munich, Germany. You don’t have to have seen Montage of
Read More
Celebrate Led Zeppelin’s 50th Anniversary with a Custom Playlist
Led Zeppelin, the eponymous debut album from the former “New Yardbirds” that redefined blues rock while acting as a precursor to heavy metal first came out in the US on the twelfth day
Read More
The Rolling Stones By the Numbers: Toronto Edition
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 over The Rolling Stones’ impending Steel Wheels tour. “You don’t understand,” they tried
Read More
I Like This: Adam Baldwin
Adam Baldwin is a no-nonsense rocker from Nova Scotia who you may know from his association with fellow Dartmouthian native Matt Mays. He has a new EP coming out March 29th called No
Read More
Today is #InternationalClashDay in Toronto and everywhere else in the known universe
February 7 marks the eighth annual International Clash Day, celebrating the music and rebellious influence of The Only Band That Matters. KEXP out of Seattle may be the de facto presenter of “This
Read More
ROCKthusiast Does #MWE for AJoMT (Day 28)
Before anyone starts asking “#MWE, WTF?”, the hashtag stands for Music Writing Exercise, and is the brainchild of Gary Suarez, freelancer about the Internet who hatched this idea five years ago. As a
Read More
Still No Imodium for Green Day’s Dookie, 25 Years Later
Sorry for the gross headline, but it’s pretty amazing to think how an album named after diarrhea has become more beloved than the Pile of Poo emoji will ever hope to be. I
Read More
And the 2019 JUNO Nominees are…
Not even Toronto’s heaviest snowfall in 50 years could stop the JUNO Awards from announcing which Canadian artists will be up for crystal statuettes come March 17th in London, Ontario. Yes, that is
Read More