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Madison Beer has released her highly anticipated debut album, Life Support, nine years to the day since her first post on YouTube. Candid, audacious and sonically eclectic, Life Support is a strong personal and artistic statement from a self-made star who refuses to play by pop’s usual rules.

Joshua Henry has announced the March 4th release of his debut EP Guarantee, out via S-Curve Records/BMG. Produced by close collaborator Theron Neff-U Feemster (Michael Jackson, Dr. Dre, Justin Bieber, Doja Cat), the EP showcases Joshua’s immaculately powerful voice and his intelligent storytelling background, brilliantly pairing themes of vulnerability, love, and hope born out of the pandemic.

One of the best-selling punk rock bands of all time, The Offspring have set a release date for their first new album in almost a decade. The band’s tenth studio album Let The Bad Times Roll will be available on Concord Records/Universal Music Canada on April 16, with the first single Let The Bad Times Roll already out.

CD Review: ACCEPT - Too Mean To Die After a career of 45 years, somehow To Mean to Die is able to bring back that early 80’s to late 90’s metal sound that the band is known for... Review by Travis Conant https://519magazine.com/cd-review-accept-too-mean-to-die/

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Loud Luxury to Headline Bluesfest Windsor’s Liuna 625 YUNITY Virtual Concert Series Certified Diamond in Canada, Platinum in a range of countries like Australia, The Netherlands, UK, Austria and more, and amassing over 1.65 billion plays cumulatively across streaming services, university friends Andrew Fedyk and Joe De Pace, better known as Canadian DJ duo Loud Luxury are featured artists in LiUNA! YUNITY’s 28th virtual tribute premiering this Saturday. https://519magazine.com/loud-luxury-to-headline-bluesfest-/

Canadian Black History Brought To Life in Second Activity Book Big Dreamers is a two volume collection of images and stories from Canada’s black history compiled into artistic and powerful children’s activity books. We spoke with the author and creator Akilah Newton Akilah Newton Projects https://519magazine.com/canadian-black-history-brought-to-/

Blue October a Furstenfeld Family Affair The Full Interview Twenty-five years in and Texas rock band Blue October seem as fresh as the day they formed in 1995. For lead vocalist, guitarist, and lyricist Justin Furstenfeld, it’s almost a family affair. He’s been in the band since forming it with brother Jeremy and on the latest album they’re joined by a new generation of Furstenfelds. https://519magazine.com/blue-october-a-furstenfeld-family-/

Talking Nonsuch With Scott Helman. The Full Interview. Scott Helman is a fascinating and fun interview. The Canadian Warner Music recording artist is about as honest as they come. Ask away and he’ll give the question his best shot. The same can be said for his music. Listeners can feel the attention he gives his songs and the personality each song envelops. On […] https://519magazine.com/talking-nonsuch-with-scott-helman-/

JJ’s Gone Wilde It’s clear JJ Wilde does things her own way and it’s paying off. After years of gigging across her hometown of Kitchener and beyond, the singer/songwriter recently became the first female artist to see her debut single The Rush hit No. 1 on all three Canadian rock radio formats. She also happens to be […] https://519magazine.com/jjs-gone-wilde/

Tommy Solo Celebrates His Career and Friends in 2020. The full interview. Tommy Solo is a 519 music vet with decades of music, albums and stories under his belt. The London-based performer captures much of that excitement on his new best-of CD Tommy Solo in the 21st Century and when he interviews his fellow music business friends in a podcast called Tommy Solo’s Famous Friends which just […] https://519magazine.com/tommy-solo-celebrates-his-career-a/

David Leask Playing the only guitar more Canadian than Wayne Gretzky. The Full Interview. David Leask found a guitar that captures the essence of Canada and recorded a new EP with six songs inspired by the instrument. Voyageur comprises 64 different pieces of material – wood, bone, metal, stone and others – many deployed in multiple places and for multiple functions in the construction. Each of those pieces celebrates […] https://519magazine.com/david-leask-playing-the-only-guita/

What The F?!k Is Covid-19?!?! Hello… my name is South River Slim! For most of March & April 2020 I suffered from what I like to call Post Traumatic Lack Of Performing ‘Live’ Music Disorder. It seems the shit hit the fan like mom always said it would. I was unemployed, my band was unemployed, the fine establishments that I […] https://519magazine.com/what-the-fk-is-covid-19/

A Canadian Werewolf in Hollywood Steven Morana has taken his werewolf dreams to Hollywood. The Ontario-born actor, producer and director is celebrating the digital release of his award-winning werewolf film Beast Within, a modern take on the classic beast movies. Beast Within tells the story of August, a lead gaming developer, looking forward to finally meeting his online girlfriend, Cheyenne, […] https://519magazine.com/a-canadian-werewolf-in-hollywood/

London Country Singer Jason Mercer Releases New Mitch Dane Produced Single When singer/songwriter Jason Mercer headed to Nashville in late February to record his debut single with Grammy-winning producer Mitch Dane, he was excited…beyond words. He sure wasn’t expecting that the next morning, he would wake up to find the beloved music city torn apart by a tornado, or for a world pandemic to hit shortly […] https://519magazine.com/london-country-singer-jason-mercer/