[Photos by Ross MacDonald. Text by Dave Lee. – AC] Acoustic guitar strumming was replaced by heavily distorted guitars and thunderous drums on the ‘Great Lawn at Lansdowne’ on the third night of
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[As The Headstones continue their pre-Christmas concert blitz, Ross MacDonald and Karen Coughtrey were on band in Ottawa. – AC] Saturday, December 17th saw the second of two sold-out Ottawa shows and the
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[A contribution from Western New York correspondent Corey Walter. – AC] The Headstones are back in business! That opening message was made very loud and clear by lead singer Hugh Dillon at the
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Every week, we’re sent dozens if not hundreds of promotional emails from agents, PR firms, and hopeful artists containing the latest releases from around the world. From the biggest superstars to the ambitious
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[One last time from Ottawa with correspondents Ross MacDonald and Karen Coughtrey. – AC] Before the show, A Journal of Musical Things had an opportunity to chat with Jeff Burrows about their new
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There’s music new on December 25? Absolutely. Here’s FYIMusicNews’ Year in Review. The US Congress wants to know exactly what happened at the Astroworld Festival. It has asked Live Nation for answers. These
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In case you haven’t seen that 31 mph strike thrown in the majors last weekend, here it is. Moving now to music news for August 10, 2021. Still not sure about getting a
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Back in the Before Times, I hosted a Facebook Live press conference announcing the Saints + Sinners Tour, a great cross-Canada package featuring The Headstones, Big Wreck, Moist, and The Tea Party. It
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[Happy New Year! One more encore before we get back to back to a long stretch of new shows next week. -AC] Our memories are shaky constructs. We remember things wrong or forget
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[We’re taking a bit of a Christmas break, but we’ll be back in January with a long string of new episodes to take us into the spring. -AC] At one time, The Headstones
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If you came of age musically in the 90s, you’ll definitely be at one (or more) of the Saints and Sinners Tour featuring The Headstones, Big Wreck, The Tea Party, and Moist. I
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