In The Q New Music Lab: David Gilmour - The Piper's Call
Image: Sony Music Canada David Gilmour's Luck And Strange album, which is his first collection of new material in nine years, will drop Friday September 06; the first single is The Piper's Call. No word if that piper is at the gates of dawn, but I'll launch an investigation. Luck And Strange was recorded over five mon...
Apr 25, 2024
The New Black Keys Documentary
Image: YouTube A new documentary about the Grammy-winning Black Keys premiered last month at the Paramount Theater in Austin Texas, as part of SXSW. This Is A Film About The Black Keys traces the 34 year association of Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney, from their first recordings in an Akron Ohio basement to their curre...
Apr 24, 2024
Here Comes A New Deep Purple Album
Image: Carlos Delgado, CC BY-SA 3.0 <;, via Wikimedia Commons This summer, Deep Purple will drop their new album, somewhat mysteriously titled =1. This is the first full length effort since 2021's covers album, Turning To Crime. It's also the first album of original tunes since Whoosh!, which dropped four years ago....
Apr 24, 2024
In The Q New Music Lab: Slash - Oh Well
Image: Gibson Records Back in the Long Ago Before Times (2016), Guns N' Roses called up Chris Stapleton to kick off the Nashville date on their Not In This Lifetime reunion tour. The connection continues on Slash's Orgy Of The Damned album, which will drop Friday May 17: following from the lead single Killing Floor, wh...
Apr 22, 2024
In The Q New Music Lab: Nathaniel Rateliff And The Night Sweats - Heartless
Image: Universal Music Canada/Kevin White Album number four from Nathaniel Rateliff and The Night Sweats is called South Of Here, and it'll drop Friday June 28 on Stax Records. The album, the followup to 2021's The Future, was tracked at Sonic Ranch outside El Paso Texas. Says Nate in a media release: "These recor...
Apr 19, 2024
In The Q New Music Lab: Pearl Jam -- Wreckage
Image: Universal Music Canada Pearl Jam's Dark Matter album will drop this Friday; the title track is already on The Q, and today the band unleashed another one: on Wreckage, Eddie Vedder's delivery channels a bit of Tom Petty. Pearl Jam will tour behind the new album, with their world tour launching in Vancouver with ...
Apr 17, 2024
Joni Mitchell Covers Elton John
Image: Vimeo Last year, the legendary Joni Mitchell was awarded the Gershwin Prize For Popular Song; this year, she was back in Washington to award the same prize to Elton John and Bernie Taupin - and while she was there, she covered Elton's I'm Still Standing, which is particularly near and dear to her, since she surv...
Apr 10, 2024
In The Q New Music Lab: Billy Idol - Flesh For Fantasy Demo
Image: Chrysalis Records Billy Idol's Rebel Yell Canada 2024 Tour will kick off Tuesday July 30 at Rogers Arena, with Platinum Blonde on board, just like in the 80s; Ed Bain and Ryan Awram are handing out free tickets this week on The Q Morning Show, and the 40th anniversary edition of the Rebel Yell album will drop Fr...
Apr 09, 2024
In The Q New Music Lab: Kings Of Leon
Image: Universal Music Canada Kings Of Leon will drop their new album Can We Please Have Fun Friday May 10; the first single was Mustang, and the more atmospheric Split Screen is now out. Love, Dr. Scott James
Mar 31, 2024
In The Q New Music Lab: Honeymoon Suite
Image: Eric Alper More than 40 years since they first appeared on the Canadian music scene, Honeymoon Suite are ready to deliver their eighth album: Alive will drop Friday April 05, and the title track is out now. Love, Dr. Scott James
Mar 27, 2024