New Jersey’s Bouncing Souls got some of their punk attitude from the rawness of the Kinks

"It was in [the Kinks'] revolutionary attitude. I mean, they really had a rawness to them, and they kept breaking their own boundaries."

Victoria’s Jets Overhead soar with help from studio aces Neil Osborne and Warne Livesey

The guitar-driven music on Bridges is reminiscent of 54-40, although overall it's more in the darkly melodic Death Cab for Cutie vein.

"We've earned every inch we've gained, and it comes mostly from not deviating from our mission statement, which is to make art with heart."

Screening at VIFF Centre on Sunday of the documentary I Am the Blues, preceded by a one-hour set by bluesman Robert Connely Farr.

“We spent a long time crafting the songs as opposed to just tryin’ to nail the energy,” says Chris Cheney of the new Living End CD.

I interviewed Raine Maida back in April of 2006, when Our Lady Peace was touring behind its sixth studio album, Healthy in Paranoid Times.

"We have bands that have broken out, but a lot of the finer moments in San Diego musical history are coming from bands no one’s heard of."

Paul McCartney wrote a ton of incredible songs for the Beatles, but this Top 20 only includes his non-Beatles tunes, with Wings and stuff.

I did my first interview with Pete Yorn back in January of 2007, when he was touring behind his third studio album, Nightcrawler.

"I’m a musician...not a politician. I think if you’re gonna make those comments, you need to pick up the torch and fully run with it."

Sweet Queens of Chaos play the Biltmore Cabaret on Friday, along with Nitroglycerin, Jazzfrica, PHROG, and the New Mischiefs.

When blues-rocker Steve Marriner calls me to chat about his new CD, Going Up, he's dialing in from the northerly blues mecca of Whitehorse.

Being mainly a rock and blues fan, the mainstream Canadian pop acts normally celebrated by the Junos don't really turn my crank.