Articles by Brock Thiessen

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  Dan Mangan Shows Us the Pandemic Through the Eyes of a Child in His New "Lay Low" Video

  PUBLISHED Apr 21, 2021

  Dan Mangan is dipping back into his 2018 album More or Less to give us a new video. It comes for the track "Lay Low," and you can watch it...

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  Flying Lotus Shares Two New Tracks from His 'Yasuke' Netflix Project

  PUBLISHED Apr 20, 2021

  Flying Lotus is gearing up for Yasuke — his new Netflix anime series with LeSean Thomas (The Boondocks, Black Dynamite). And while the show...

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  Vocal Pandemic Skeptic Ted Nugent Got COVID-19

  PUBLISHED Apr 20, 2021

  Controversial far-right music figure and extremely vocal pandemic skeptic Ted Nugent has tested positive for COVID-19. The rocker made the...

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  Yves Jarvis and Tasseomancy's Romy Lightman Unveil Debut Album as Lightman Jarvis Ecstatic Band

  PUBLISHED Apr 20, 2021

  Continuing to pump out material at a dizzying pace, Canadian busybody Yves Jarvis has announced yet another new album. This time, though, i...

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  Weezer Are Releasing Their Very Own Robot Vacuum

  PUBLISHED Apr 20, 2021

  Weezer have made more than a few wacky merch items in their many years, but the band might have just topped themselves. After all, Weezer h...

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  Rock Legend Jim Steinman Dead at 73

  PUBLISHED Apr 20, 2021

  Jim Steinman — the American composer, lyricist and producer who helped birth some of rock's biggest hits — has died. Today news has broke t...

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  Canada's Federal Budget Throws Struggling Festivals a Lifeline with More Relief Funding

  PUBLISHED Apr 20, 2021

  This week, the Canadian federal government rolled out its 2021 budget, and it's given Canadian music festivals large and small some welcome...

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  The First Trailer for 'Inside No. 9' Series 6 Is Here and It's Wild as Hell

  PUBLISHED Apr 20, 2021

  Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith have repeatedly knocked it out of the park with their Inside No. 9, offering up some of the best dark...