Universal Canada Two solo albums and nine years later, Dolores O'Riordan is back helming her beloved alt-era band, the Cranberries. Best known for their politically-charged tracks, the Irish-born rockers nearly ruled radio in the '90s with hits like 'Zombie' and 'Linger.' At the time, O'Riordan's mix of confidence and defiance had every ...

Justin Broadbent "People have been stealing music to make music for a long, long time. The only difference is that now people are hiding it less," Kids & Explosions, the Oscar-nominated director ('I Met the Walrus') turned remix artist behind 'S--- Computer,' tells Spinner. K&E, also known as Toronto's Josh Raskin, speaks from ...

Two summers ago MGMT was on top of the world. The Brooklyn-based duo were touring the globe in support of their debut release 'Oracular Spectacular,' dominating music festivals and wowing critics and fans alike with their massive overnight success and surprising new sound. But at Lollapalooza, the band had a new challenge as it embarks on a tour ...

When choosing the final tracks for 'Sans Fusils, Ni Souliers, À Paris,' Martha Wainwright's album of Edith Piaf songs, the singer was careful not to select any of her predecessor's best-known tunes for two reasons: For one, she couldn't relate to the material, for another, she couldn't bear to hear them performed by anyone else. "I should ...

With his pensive expression and calm demeanor, Danger Mouse (aka Brian Burton), is certainly more mouse than danger. This is not to say that he's meek -- he's just incredibly quiet and surprisingly cautious, despite all of his successes with Gnarls Barkley, Gorillaz, and now alongside the Shins' James Mercer in Broken Bells. Burton is especially ...

During their set at the Toronto Island concert last month, Broken Social Scene lead singer Kevin Drew was vocal about his disdain for the G20 Summit. At the time, no one could have understood the scope of destruction this gathering of the top nations' leaders would bring upon the band's hometown the following weekend -- but now, in the aftermath of ...

It's been a disorienting year for Martha Wainwright -- the Montreal-born singer/songwriter lost her mother (renown singer Kate McGarrigle) to cancer, went into labour early (thankfully delivering a healthy baby boy), and took up residence in a new and somewhat foreign home in Brooklyn. Sitting in a French bistro in Toronto sipping a steaming ...