NEWS & REVIEWS

Five dollars can make a huge difference, and I’ll prove it to you in a few moments.  Before I do, however, I want to take a moment to let you know the Dropout team is active and still working - from home - to bring you new Canadian music news and hopefully some...

F. Scott And The Nighthawks will be taking over The Rivoli tomorrow night alongside Mountain Head and Joan Smith & The Jane Does for a single release party that's sure to get your feet stompin! And we're excited to announce that we'll be giving away TWO FREE...

Benjamin Gibson & Chris Burke went out to Music Expo 2020 in Mississauga to ask the burning question, "Who's Your Favourite Canadian Artist?"

Review by Heavy NFLD's Ben Chapman-Smith (https://heavynfld.wordpress.com/)  Welcome readers! Today we’re taking a look at St John’s own Wastecase’s Debut Release An Act of Defiance. An Act of Defiance was released October 28th 2019 and can be found on all major...

On February 13th the very first awards night for Independent Canadian Music Video Awards will take place and we couldn't be more excited to announce who will be playing! It will be a night filled with cheers, awards, lots of music videos and some amazing live...

The king is gone, but he's not forgotten. It has just been reported that the world lost one if it's most revered percusionists, with Rush drummer and lyricist Neil Peart passing away at the age of 67. A family statement says Peart died in Santa Monica, Calif., after...

Today wraps up the final day of voting for round 1 of The Canadian Independent Music Video Awards and the final chance to vote for your favourites! It's amazing to see the amount of love and support for artists from so many varying genres of music that came in from so...

2020 has been Dropout's biggest year yet and it's all because of you Canada, so we owe you a pretty big thank you! We had the opportunity to meet hundreds of new bands and fans, shoot and interview some of this countries best artists, cover amazing new festivals and...

This Saturday (August 10th) Electric Island is returning to Toronto with a stacked line up. If you're local to Toronto, you're probably asking "What island??" seeing as it's been under water since the start of summer, but neither hell nor high waters can stop this...

WTFest is here to save the day! If you were a Roxodus ticket holder that is. By now you've heard all about Roxodus, the dream festival that never was. Many people were crushed to find out that the festival that was slotted for this weekend and featured acts like...