Nova Scotia’s Steb Sly is an understated pioneer in Canadian electronic music. Check out our chat with Sly as we cover an eclectic career ranging from breakdancing and beatmaking in the 1980s, cutting techno records in the 1990s, scoring high profile video games like Mass Effect in the 2000s, to presently hosting a wealth of live stream sessions in the 2010s.
Wendy Rose chats with Michel Langevin of legendary Canadian heavy metal veterans Voivod ahead of their shows tonight, October 19th, at the Rock House in St. John’s, and tomorrow, October 20th, at the Marquee Ballroom in Halifax.
Mike Roy sits down with Jessie Stein of The Luyas ahead of their appearance at Halifax Pop Explosion to discuss the recent resurgence of the group including their new EP, their return to tour life, and finding inspiration both inside and outside of the music industry.
Check out the Montréal street punk trio September 3rd & 4th in St. John’s.
For this weeks collaborative flashback, we turned our attention to the diverse slew of touring acts that have stopped by Distortion over the last decade. Relive Montréal’s nomadic one-man rockabilly act Bloodshot BIll during his visit for Lawnya Vawnya 2013.