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Jason MacNeil

About Jason MacNeil

Originally from Cape Breton, MacNeil is currently writing for the Toronto Sun as well as other publications, including All Music Guide, Billboard.com, NME.com, Country Standard Time, Skope Magazine, Chart Magazine, Glide, Ft. Myers Magazine and Celtic Heritage. A graduate of the University of King's College, MacNeil currently resides in Toronto. He has interviewed hundreds of acts ranging from Metallica and AC/DC to Daniel Lanois and Smokey Robinson. MacNeil (modestly referred to as King J to friends), a diehard Philadelphia Flyers fan, has seen the Rolling Stones in a club setting, thereby knowing he will rest in peace at some point down the road. Oh, and he writes for PopMatters.com.

Features

Music

The Sunny Side and More: An Interview With John Carter Cash

[16.Jul.07] :. John Carter Cash talks to PopMatters about his mother's life and the process of creating the new June Carter Cash tribute album and biography.

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Reviews

Music

The Wedding Present: Shepherd's Bush Presents The Wedding Present

[6.May.08] :. Post-Smiths, pre-Britpop band the Wedding Present dust off “oldies” for this impressive, satisfying guitar-saturated record, a record you’d be a complete fool to not enjoy from start to finish, top to bottom.

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Music

Thomas Function: Celebration

[6.May.08] :. This is a record that would put more woogie in your boogie, without question.

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Music

Televise: Sometimes Splendid Confusion

[6.May.08] :. British musician Simon Scott is the brains behind Televise, a group that would be found on a shelf between Jesus & Mary Chain as well as My Bloody Valentine.

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Music

Smyer: Crooked Tigers

[5.May.08] :. Lovable Midwestern rock from Brooklyn.

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Music

We Shot The Moon: Fear And Love

[2.May.08] :. Delightful, grin-inducing power pop.

Recent Short Takes reviews

 

Music   Wrongkong: Wrongkong

Music   Mostly Bears: The Ed Mitchell Clinic

Music   Gregg Yeti & The Best Lights: Heart Palpitations Of The Rich & Famous

Music   Skybombers: Sirens

Music   The Transmissionary Six: Cosmonautical

Music   Hilotrons: Happymatic

Music   Your Vegas: A Town And Two Cities

Music   Feverdreams: Words And Music

Music   Samuel James: Songs Famed For Sorrow And Joy

Music   ShellShag: Destroy Me I'm Yours

Music   The Furious Seasons: The Furious Seasons

Music   Bing Ji Ling: June Degrees In December

Music   Darla Farmer: Rewiring The Electric Forest

Music   The Audition: Champion

Music   David Saw: Broken Down Figure

Music   Secondhand Serenade: A Twist In My Story

Music   Lynn Blessing: Sunset Painter

Music   The Jet Age: What Did You Do During the War, Daddy?

Music   Tut Tut: The Heart Goes Nine

Music   R.G. Stark: Not Crazy Tonight

Music   Summer Cats: Scratching PostT

Featured Article

DVDs

Father Ted: The Definitive Collection Box Set

[26.Feb.08] :. To quote some diehard fans, this collection is feckin’ brilliant!

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Music   Mando Saenz: Bucket

Music   The Kin: Rise And Fall

Music   Bryan Lee: Katrina Was Her Name

Music   PJ Olsson: American Scream

Music   The Holloways: So This Is Great Britain

Music   Angie Heaton & The Gentle Tamers: The Rumor Mill

Music   Absentstar: Absenstar EP

Music   Tim Arnold: Another World

Music   Sun Electric: Lost Sound (1998-2000)

Music   Nord Express: Loveland 1995-2005

Music   John Train: Mesopotamia Blues

Music   Lisa Gerrard: The Best Of Lisa Gerrard

Music   Jan: Everything Must Go

Music   The Radishes: Good Machine

Music   Idiot Pilot: Wolves

Music   Cyrus Chestnut: Cyrus Plays Elvis

Music   Mink: Mink

Music   Emanuel: Black Earth Tiger

Music   Derek Webb: The Ringing Bell

Music   Dick Prall: Weightless

Music   Tori Sparks: Under This Yellow Sun

Music   Surrogate: Love Is For The Rich

Music   Luke Bryan: Ill Stay Me

Music   The Birthday Massacre: Walking With Strangers

Music   The Kim Philbys: Whir Whir Whir

Music   Edward Petersen: Upward Spiral

Music   Rockfour: Memories Of The Never Happened

Music   Rebuilding The Rights Of Statues: Cut Off!

DVDs   AC/DC: Plug Me In [DVD]

Music   Jenny Hoyston: Isle Of

Music   His Name Is Alive: XMMER

Music   Nathan Lawr And The Minotaurs: A Sea Of Tiny Lights

Music   Alberta Cross: The Thief & The Heartbreaker

Music   The High Water Marks: Polar

Music   Switches: Heart Tuned to D.E.A.D.

Music   Racoon: Another Day

Music   The Wellingtons: For Friends In Far Away Places

Music   Skipping Girl Vinegar: One Chance

Music   The Silver Seas: High Society

Music   Red Pony Clock: God Made Dirt

Music   Tinsley Ellis: Moment Of Truth

Music   Mostly Bears: Only Child

Music   Candy Dulfer: Candy Store

Music   The Izzys: The Violent Bear It Away

Music   Splurge: The Cure For The Cure

Music   The Gunshy: Theres No Love In This War

Music   Debbie Davis: Blues Blast

Music   Patience Please: Fleeting Frequencies

Music   Lozen: Enemies Against Power

Music   Various Artists: Goin Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino

Music   Sixx: A.M.: Heroin Diaries Soundtrack

Music   Trencher: When Dracula Thinks Look At Me

Music   Luca: Fractions

Music   Lee Rocker: Black Cat Bone

Music   Mem Shannon: Live: A Night At Tipitinas

Music   Prenup: Hell To Pay

Music   Turzi: A

Music   Lebanon: Planet Rubble

Music   Gene Watson: In a Perfect World

Music   Dan Bryk: Discount Store

Music   Free Diamonds: By The Sword

Music   Suzy Callahan: Freedom Party For Insects

Music   Testa Rosa: Testa Rosa

Music   Surrounded: The Nautilus Years

Music   Blake Rainey and His Demons: The Dangerous Summer

Music   Birgit: True Stories I Made Up

Music   Girl Nobody: Balaclava Casino Heist

Music   Kristy Hanson: Already Gone

Featured Article

Music

Kathryn Williams: Leave To Remain

[7.Sep.07] :. Fragile and very, very soothing, Williams rarely misses the mark on these 10 songs.

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Music   Blake Rainey and His Demons: The Dangerous Summer

Music   Ferraby Lionheart: Catch The Brass Ring

Music   Arti & Mestieri: First Live In Japan

Music   The Gecko Club: Evergreen

Music   Stuporhero: Last Star Shining

Music   Malachi: Holy Music

Music   Nelson Bragg: Day Into Night

Music   Speck Mountain: Summer Above

Music   Schooner: Hold On Too Tight

Music   Sexton Blake: Plays The Hits!

Music   Les Petits: The Mighty Antlers Of Song EPs

Music   The Carnivaleros: Lost In The Graveyard

Music   Benzos: Branches

Music   Hannah Fury: Through The Gash

Music   Clara Moreno: Meu Samba Torto

Music   Gary Moore: Close As You Get

Music   The Lift: It Is What It Is

Music   27: Holding On For Brighter Days

Music   I Walk The Line: Desolation Street

Music   Brandon Schott: Golden State

Music   Kurt Hagardorn: Ten Singles

Music   Joe Rathbone: Under The Scorpio Moon

Music   Baby Guts: Gasoline

Music   Kelt: Tomorrow Is Another Day

Music   Gerald Collier: How Can There Be Another Day?

Music   The Masons: Let You Down Easy

Music   The Conformists: Three Hundred

Music   The Krinkles: 3: The Mordorlorff Collection

Music   Stirling: The Fall Of The Winter Palace

Music   Daniel Higgs: Atomic Yggdrasil Tarot

Music   The Little Heroes: Cinematic Americana

Music   Richard Reagh: Is This The Blues Im Singing

Music   Tulsa Drone: Songs From A Mean Season

Music   The Afghan Whigs: Unbreakable (A Retrospective)

Music   Gerald Collier: How Can There Be Another Day?

Music   John Anderson: Easy Money

Music   Drakes Hotel: Tell Me Everything

Music   American Catastrophe: Excerpts From The Broken Bone Choir

Music   Cap Pas Cap: Not Not Is Fine

Music   The Magic Lantern: The Magic Lantern

Music   Band Marino: The Sea And The Beas

Music   W.W. Lowman: Plain Songs

Music   Takeshi Nashimoto: Monologue

Music   Speaker Speaker: We Wont March

Music   Eli Cook: Miss Blueses Child

Music   Roman Revutsky: Incomplete

Music   Kevin Hume: The Truth About Ants And Aphids

Music   Jonathan Wilson: Frankie Ray

Music   Stuart Robertson: World Figured Out

Music   The April Skies: How It All Played Out

Music   Parker Longbough: Commander Comatose

Music   Foreverinmotion: The Beautiful Unknown

Music   Questions in Dialect: The Ghost Wishes to Speak

Music   Filthy Thieving Bastards: Im a Son of a Gun

Music   Graig Markel: Via Novella

Music   Danny Flowers: Tools For The Soul

Music   Chuck Ragan: Los Feliz

Music   Stalkers: Yesterday Is No Tomorrow

Music   Marte Wulff: Safety Pins

Music   John Platania: Blues, Waltzes And Badland Borders

Music   JT And The Clouds: The Citys Hot Yeah The Citys Hot

Music   The Gomorrans: The Gomorran Social Aid And Pleasure Club

Music   Robin English: Robin English

Music   Mighty Fairly: Perfectly Good Airplanes

Music   Don DiLego: Photographs of 1971

Music   Ideal Free Distribution: Ideal Free Distribution

Music   The Agency: Turn

Music   Big D and the Kids Table: Strictly Rude

Music   Lillydale: The Art Of Becoming Ones Own Shadow

Music   Blue Line Highway: Life In A Minor Key

Music   Porter Block: Suburban Sprawl

Music   Jeff Finlin: Angels in Disguise

Music   Rope, Inc.: Songs Of Love & War

Music   Faber Drive: Seven Second Surgery

Music   The Voyces: Kissing Like Its Love

Music   The Donts: Inner El Camino

Music   Cassette: Beautiful California

Music   Veda Hille: Return of the Kildeer

Music   Ernie Halter: Congress Hotel

Music   The Sirens: More Is More

Music   Ben Weaver: Paper Sky

Music   Gaskets: Loose Change

Music   Christopher Blue: Room Tones

Music   Julius Airwave: The City the Forest

Music   The Acorn: Tin Fist

Music   Jenny Owen Youngs: Batten the Hatches

Music   Tigers & Monkeys: Loose Mouth

Music   Sounds Like Violence: With Blood On My Hands

Music   Brandon Butler: Lucky Thumbs

Music   Mando Diao: Long Before Rock N Roll

Music   Woolly Leaves: Quiet Waters

Music   The Poison Arrows: Straight Into The Drift

Music   The Papercuts: Cant Go Back

Music   Buildings Breeding: Buildings Breeding

Music   Arthur Dodge: The Perfect Face

Music   Love Me Destroyer: The Things Around Us Burn

Music   Peter Elkas: Wall of Fire

Music   Uncut: Modern Currencies

Music   The Makes Nice: Candy Wrapper and Twelve Other Songs

Music   Emily Grogan: At Sea

Music   Little Brazil: Tighten The Noose

Music   Todd Carey: Watching Waiting

Music   Blake Miller: Together With Cats

Music   Phil Angotti: East Side Soul

Music   Complicated Shirt: Compromising Compositions

Music   Bob Egan: The Glorious Decline

Music   Clair De Lune: Assisted Living

Music   The Cinematics: A Strange Education

Music   Smash Palace: Best Of 99-06

Music   Honey Power: Macrosilly

Music   Jeremy: Made in France

Music   Popup: Chinese Burn/Stagecoach

Music   Warm in the Wake: Gold Dust Trail

Music   Prosser: Prosser

Music   Eamonn Coyne and Kris Drever: Honk Toot Suite

Music   The Elders: Racing the Tide

Music   The Morning Stars: You Cant Change The World

Music   Adrianne: Sweet Mistake

Music   Mary Chapin Carpenter: The Calling

Music   Sarandon: The Completists Library

Music   Kelly Pardekooper: Brand New Bag

Music   Jupiter Rising: Go! Remix

Music   The Big Cats: On Tomorrow

Music   The Machines: After My Misspent Youth

Music   Anton Barbeau: In the Village of the Apple Sun

Music   Dora Flood: We Live Now

Music   Nassau: Machines to Paradise

Music   Kim Barlow: Champ

Music   Four Letter Lie: Let Your Body Take Over

Music   Precious Fathers: Precious Fathers

Music   Evilsons: Cooking With... Evilsons

Music   Amy Duncan: Pilgrimage

Music   Artist Unknown: Present

Music   The Big Tease: Paper Symphony

Music   Greg Friedman: Souls of Passing Feet

Music   Lymbyc Systym: Love Your Abuser

Music   Ampline: Rosary

Music   Diane and the Shell: 30.000 Feet Tarantella

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Music

Mas Rapido!: Pity Party

[5.Feb.07] :. Two mainstays of the Parasol label responsible for this rowdy, rootsy rock album.

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Music   Jenny Dalton: Fleur De Lily

Music   Mayday Parade: Tales Told by Dead Friends

Music   Brandon Pfeiffer: Nothing Short of Now

Music   Justin Rutledge: The Devil on a Bench in Stanley Park

Music   Turn Off The Stars: Turn Off The Stars

Music   New Years Day: New Years Day

Music   The National Gallery: Performing Musical Interpretations Of The Paintings Of Paul Klee

Music   Beat Beat Beat: Living in the Future

Music   Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris: Real Live Roadrunning

Music   Eric Church: Sinners Like Me

Music   Natalie MacMaster: Yours Truly

Music   Giddy Motors: Do Easy

Music   Tara Jane ONeil: In Circles

Music   Benjy Ferree: Leaving The Nest

Music   J.J. Cale and Eric Clapton: The Road to Escondido

Music   The Rodeo Carburettor: The Rodeo Carburettor

Music   J.P. Shilo: As Happy As Sad Is Blue

Music   Teitur: Stay Under the Stars

Music   Steve Almaas and Ali Smith: You Showed Me

Music   Shortstack: The History of Cut Nails in America

Music   James Hunter: ...Believe What I Say

Music   Brighter: Out to Sea

Music   Rediscover: Call Me When You Get This

Music   The Comfies: Close to Me

Music   Jake Stigers: No Vacancy

Music   That Handsome Devil: That Handsome Devil

DVDs   Various Artists: Wake Up Screaming: A Vans Warped Tour Documentary [DVD]

Music   M Coast: Say It in Slang

Music   James Cooper: Second Season

Music   The Robert Cray Band: Live From Across The Pond

Music   Shiny Toy Guns: We Are Pilots

Music   Hammock: Raising Your Voice...Trying to Stop an Echo

Music   Two If By Sea: Safety

Music   Doleful Lions: Song Cyclops Volume Two

Music   Scanners: Violence Is Golden

Music   Softcomplex: Barcelona

Music   Jason Darling: Settling Dust

Music   Logistics: Now More Than Ever

Music   New London Fire: I Sing the Body Holographic

Music   Dead Poetic: Vices

Music   Simple Minds: Early Gold

Music   Ira: The Body And The Soil

Music   Enigma: A Posteriori

Music   Bryan Estepa: All The Bells And Whistles

Music   The Shimmers: The Way You Shine

Music   Popup: Lucy, What You Trying To Say?

Music   Ronnie Day: The Album

Music   Buffalo Killers: Buffalo Killers

Music   Ellegarden: Riot On The Grill

Music   Kasabian: Empire

Music   Four Hours Sleep: Love Specifics

Music   Dear Nora: There Is No Home

Music   Michelle Anthony: frozenstarpalace

Music   Guther: Sundet

Music   Elanors: Movements

Music   Diamonds in the Rough: Diamonds in the Rough

Music   Superhopper: Party Killers

Music   Over It: Step Outside Yourself

Music   The Briggs: Back to Higher Ground

Music   Westbound Train: Transitions

Music   Sisters Euclid: Run Neil Run

Music   De Rosa: Mend

Music   Maps of Norway: Sister Stations

Music   Ryan Scott: Five OClock News

Music   Branches: Grown In You

Music   The Drugstore Cowboys: Chapter 3006

Music   Beaten Awake: Lets Get Simplified

Music   The Mercy Killers: Bloodlove

Music   Pop Levi: Blue Honey

Music   Judah Johnson: Be Where I Be

Music   Under Byen: Samme Stof Some Stof

Music   Goodbye Tomorrow: Goodbye Tomorrow

Music   Last Conservative: Pretty New Things

Music   Greg Laswell: Through Toledo

Music   The Casualties: Under Attack

Music   System and Station: Here Is Now

Music   Casper & The Cookies: The Optimists Club

Music   The Life Force Trio: Living Room

Music   Fresh Mowed Lawn: Fresh Mowed Lawn

Music   The Paper Chase: Now You Are One of Us

Music   Hour of the Wolf: Power of the Wolf

Music   Before the Dawn: The Ghost

Music   Dan Reeder: Sweetheart

Music   Eddie Cohn: If Im Happy It Ends

Music   ASV: Goin' To The Dance

Music   Republic of Safety: Vacation

Music   Modwheelmood: Enemies and Immigrants

Music   Dirt Road Logic: Great Lake Heart Ache

Music   Emily Herring: My Tears Will Be Relieved

Music   Persil: Comfort Noise

Music   Aberdeen City: The Freezing Atlantic

Music   Eighteen Visions: Eighteen Visions

Music   A Change of Pace: Prepare the Masses

Music   Cabin Dogs: Electric Cabin

Music   Garth Reeves: Nothing But Time

Music   Brothermandude: Brothermandude

Music   Delta Nove: The Future Is When

Music   Jeffrey Luck Lucas: What We Whisper

Music   The 101: Numbers

Music   Jesus H Christ and the Four Hornsmen of the Apocalypse: Jesus H Christ and the Four Hornsmen of the

Music   Our Brother the Native: Tooth and Claw

Music   The Meeting Places: Numbered Days

Music   Pretty Flowers: Pretty Flowers

Music   Doug Powell: Four Seasons

Music   Eux Autres: Hell Is Eux Autres

Music   Manual: Bajamar

Music   The Black Keys: Magic Potion

Music   Good Riddance: My Republic

Music   The Duhks: Migrations

Music   Rebecca Hart: Crash & Strum

Music   Boys Like Girls: Boys Like Girls

Music   Cairo Gang, The: The Cairo Gang

Music   Malachi Constant: Pride

Music   Umbrellas: Illuminaire

Music   Sneaky Thieves: Accident(s)

Music   The Matchheads: Backtracks 1980-1982 / The Matchheads Present The Mohawks, Lucky Strikes, The Gasser

Music   [The] Caseworker: When I Was a Young King

Music   The Eastern Stars: July 5, 1961

Music   The Haywards: Side One/One Side

Music   The Jolenes: Get It To Go

Music   The Goldstars: Purple Girlfriend

Music   Clouds Forming Crowns: Race To The Blackout

Music   The Lovekill: These Moments Are Momentum

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