"I do Infidels then go smoke about four cigarettes, have a cup of coffee, and hit it with [Tom Cochrane]. So it's gonna be a gruelling tour."
Two Hours Traffic battles it out with Odds for the title of Catchiest Band in Canada
Charlottetown’s Two Hours Traffic has an awesome knack for conjuring melodious pop gems like “Stuck for the Summer”.
That time Tinsley Ellis told me about B.B. King giving him a broken string
I did my third interview with blues-rocker Tinsley Ellis when he was touring behind his seventh album on Alligator Records, Moment of Truth.
Die Mannequin’s self-described “riff girl”, Care Failure, is really happy about where she is right now
“You never know what you would think if you’d taken a different path, but I’m really happy where I am right now."
Newt’s Rock Hall now boasts 64 acts that the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has stubbornly refused to induct
It never fails to amaze me how lame the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is when it comes to ignoring stellar rock bands and musicians.
Newt’s top 10 things to do in Vancouver this weekend, June 19 to 21
Late-night screening at the Rio of The Warriors, about a rag-tag gang from Coney Island forced to fight its way home from the Bronx.
Testament guitarist Eric Peterson has been playing the crap out of Rainbow’s Long Live Rock ‘n’ Roll
“I still go back and revisit a lot of ['70s rock]. The Frank Marino and Mahogany Rush records, the early Rush stuff like Hemispheres."
That time Patterson Hood told me what he liked so much about Wes Freed’s artwork on the DBT’s Brighter Than Creation’s Dark
I interviewed Drive-By Truckers singer, songwriter, and guitarist Patterson Hood for the fourth time back in June of 2008.
George Thorogood pays boogiefied tribute to the blues masters with The Baddest Show on Earth
Back in the late-'70s one of my fave things to do was throw the self-titled debut album by George Thorogood on the turntable and rock out.
Newt’s top 10 things to do in Vancouver this weekend, June 12 to 14
Friday screening of Backrooms at the Park Theatre includes intro and post-show Q&A with editor Greg Ng and sound designer Eugenio Battaglia.
Stephen King’s IT gets the 40th anniversary treatment from Overlook Connection Press
This September marks the 40th anniversary of the publication of IT, one of the Stephen King's best-loved horror novels.
Dream Theater’s James LaBrie says there’s so much more to music than what the radio plays today
Unfortunately, radio basically says to a lot of the listeners out there that what you hear is what music is.
The Trews guitarist John-Angus MacDonald soaked up some of Ace Frehley’s mojo on tour
Opening for the former KISS picker has been inspiring for MacDonald, and has led to pointers on how to play the nifty solo from “Firehouse”.