Image: Universal Music Canada Paul McCartney is back with his first new solo album in more than five years. The Boys Of Dungeon Lane - recorded with assistance from Rolling Stones and Elton John producer Andrew Watt - will drop Friday May 29, and sees Paul revisiting his formative years in post-war Liverpool and early ...

Image: YouTube Four years ago, the French metal festival Hellfest put up a statue of Lemmy Kilmister. The statuefest continues this year, with Ozzy Osbourne getting the honors this time. You can get a glimpse of the new statue around the 48:00 point in the video below. Hellfest runs June 18 through 21 in the Clisson re...

Image: David Gogo at Hermann's in 2011 - Scott James Canada's longest running jazz club is nearing the end of its run: Hermann's - and View Street Social right next door - will be shutting down at the end of April. In case you'd like to do some revisiting, here's the livestream they instituted during COVID. Love, Dr. S...

Image: Universal Music Canada Dear God, the new album from The Pretty Reckless, will drop Friday June 26. When I Wake Up is the followup to For I Am Death, which arrived late last year. Love, Dr. Scott James

Image: shanemacgowan.com A tribute album for late Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan, who passed away late in 2023, is due to drop Friday November 13 on vinyl and digital ; 20th Century Paddy - The Songs Of Shane MacGowan is full of Pogues cover songs by Johnny Depp, The Libertines, Tom Waits, David Gray, Kate Moss, and ma...

Image: Wild ARC Wild ARC - Metchosin's Wild Animal Rehabilitation Centre - is a BC SPCA initiative to care for injured, ill, and orphaned wild animals, most of which are there due to human-caused issues. They're currently looking for 100 volunteers who are willing to spend two to four hours per week caring for everythi...