Portraits

THE SPILL MAGAZINE ARTIST PORTRAIT: DAN MANGAN & BLACKSMITH Dan Mangan is a two-time JUNO award winning & two-time Polaris Music Prize listed musician and songwriter. He lives in Vancouver, British Columbia with his wife…

THE SPILL MAGAZINE ARTIST PORTRAIT: FOO FIGHTERS Foo Fighters is an American rock band, formed in Seattle in 1994. It was founded by Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl as a one-man project following the death of…

THE SPILL MAGAZINE ARTIST PORTRAIT: MODEST MOUSE Modest Mouse is an American indie rock band formed in 1993 in Issaquah, Washington, by singer/guitarist Isaac Brock, drummer Jeremiah Green, and bassist Eric Judy. Since their 1996…

THE SPILL MAGAZINE ARTIST PORTRAIT: MARILYN MANSON Drawing inspiration from Alice Cooper, Ozzy Osbourne, David Bowie, the occult, horror comics, and (by his own account) the King James Bible, Marilyn Manson established himself in the…

THE SPILL MAGAZINE ARTIST PORTRAIT: JOEL PLASKETT Joel Plaskett returns with one of the most diverse and fan-pleasing albums of his career. Proving that he can be all things to everybody, the rock veteran offers…

THE SPILL MAGAZINE ARTIST PORTRAIT: ALABAMA SHAKES “We took our time to write this record, and I’m really glad we did,” says Brittany Howard, lead singer and guitarist of Alabama Shakes, about the band’s new…

THE SPILL MAGAZINE ARTIST PORTRAIT: JULY TALK July Talk is a Canadian blues/alternative rock band formed in 2012 in Toronto. The band consists of singers Peter Dreimanis and Leah Fay, guitarist Ian Docherty, bassist Josh…

THE SPILL MAGAZINE ARTIST PORTRAIT: YUKON BLONDE Yukon Blonde is a Canadian indie rock band originally from Kelowna, British Columbia. Formed in 2005 as a quintet called Alphababy, the band members changed the name in…

THE SPILL MAGAZINE ARTIST PORTRAIT: FLORENCE & THE MACHINE Hailing from South London, Florence Mary Leontine Welch writes songs that occupy the same confessional territory as gossip-loving, genre-bending contemporaries like Amy Winehouse, Kate Nash, Adele,…