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Classic Album Review: Interpol | Antics

This came out in 2004 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   When Interpol vaulted onto...

Classic Album Review: Good Charlotte | The Chronicles Of Life And Death

This came out in 2004 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   Say what you will...

Classic Album Review: Rheostatics | 2067

This came out in 2004 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   There are a few...

Classic Album Review: Nick Cave | Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus

This came out in 2004 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   “I saved you the...

Classic Album Review: Elliott Smith | From A Basement On The Hill

This came out in 2004 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   Few singer-songwriters have made...

Classic Album Review: Gipsy Kings | Volare: The Very Best Of

This came out in 1999 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   I like Gipsy Kings...

Classic Album Review: Lunar Drive | All Together Here

This came out in 1999 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   Some electronic artists cross...

Classic Album Review: Josh Rouse & Kurt Wagner | Chester EP

This came out in 1999 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   Nebraska roots balladeer Josh...

Classic Album Review: Andrew Bird’s Bowl Of Fire | Oh! The Grandeur

This came out in 1999 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   Last week, my great-great-grandson...

Classic Album Review: Luke Slater | Wireless

This came out in 1999 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   You don’t have to...

Classic Album Review: Groove Collective | Declassified

This came out in 1999 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   Now here’s something you...

Classic Album Review: David Sylvian | Approaching Silence

This came out in 1999 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   First we don’t hear...

Classic Album Review: 311 | Soundsystem

This came out in 1999 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   After nearly 10 albums,...

Classic Album Review: Medeski, Martin And Wood | Last Chance To Dance Trance (Perhaps):...

This came out in 1999 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   You either love organ...

Classic Album Review: Leftfield | Rhythm & Stealth

This came out in 1999 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   The members of this...

Classic Album Review: John Prine | In Spite Of Ourselves

This came out in 1999 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   What could be better...

Classic Album Review: Primus | AntiPop

This came out in 1999 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   Big slabs of foam-rubber...

Classic Album Review: Big Bad Voodoo Daddy | This Beautiful Life

This came out in 1999 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   Of all the retro-swing...

Classic Album Review: Matthew Sweet | In Reverse

This came out in 1999 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   Matthew Sweet deserves as...

Classic Album Review: Alan Parsons | The Time Machine

This came out in 1999 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   First, he was a...

Classic Album Review: Yes | The Ladder

This came out in 1999 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   No.   https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nJbEap7iY6zC1Kgohe1w2UtmrOwKKXLx4&si=K5Hx0vafspC0D7Ge

Classic Album Review: ZZ Top | XXX

This came out in 1999 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   Back in the ’70s...

Classic Album Review: Eurythmics | Peace

This came out in 1999 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   Did you catch Eurythmics’...

Steve Schmolaris’s EP Review: William Prince | The Sound of Christmas

I don't mean to nit-pick, but isn't it a little early to be singing Christmas carols? Released Oct. 18 — a full 67 days before Dec. 25 (nearly a...

Steve Schmolaris’s Album Review: Jason Willows | You’re Doing Great

I had always wanted my garden to have a water feature — maybe a small waterfall, something that the rain could drain into; and, because I can entertain my...

oH! Delivers The Greatest Message of All

oH! comes on strong with his impressive debut solo single and video The Greatest (You And I) — showcasing today on Tinnitist. Toronto R&B singer Omar Lunan, now known as oH!,...

Willem James Cowan Moves Out Of The Apartment You Shared

Willem James Cowan gives up his Apartment (and so much more) in his bittersweet new single — showcasing today on Tinnitist. The London, Ont., singer-songwriter's intimate latest release will ring...

Steve Schmolaris’s Album Review: Richot Textiles | i

Everyone needs a hero. Some ideal to grow toward. To pursue as best as one can, however feebly, however clumsily. For some, that hero is God in Heaven; for...

Groover Playlist 283 | October Surprises (Part 1)

Palm Haze are over the moon, Thunderclap! goes trick or treating early, Carmel Zoum punks the Sun and more in today's submissions from Groover, a platform that connects artists...

Groover Playlist 283 | October Surprises (Part 2)

Josh & Cabell share a case of the blues, Victory Day catches some winks, Mark Sutton lights a fire and more in today's submissions from Groover, a platform that...

Groover Playlist 283 | October Surprises (Part 3)

Jody Lynn is missing, Fast Eddie Gleason invites you along, Francis “Frizz” Larouche greets the day and more in today's submissions from Groover, a platform that connects artists with...

Next Week in Music | Oct. 21-27 • The Short List: 25 Titles You...

As Dee Snider and Twisted Sister told us, you can't stop rock ’n’ roll. Especially not at this time of year. And as another 600-plus albums, singles, EPs, compilations...

Next Week in Music | Oct. 21-27 • The Short List: 25 Titles You...

As Dee Snider and Twisted Sister told us, you can't stop rock ’n’ roll. Especially not at this time of year. And as another 600-plus albums, singles, EPs, compilations...

Next Week in Music | Oct. 21-27 • The Long List: 620 Releases On...

Let's see now: There are seven days in a week and 24 hours in a day. That means I've got 168 hours to get through the 620 new albums,...

Next Week in Music | Oct. 21-27 • 16 New Books

Alex Van Halen’s memoir of his life and music with brother Edward is surely one of the most-anticipated rock books of the fall. But it's not the only title...

Next Week in Music | Oct. 21-27 • On TV

Tramps like us, baby, we were born to watch Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band's new documentary Road Diary when it premieres Friday on Disney+ — along with...

Steve Schmolaris’s EP Review: Bush Lotus | Floating Kitestrings

After skinning Bush Lotus alive — which, having never previously skinned anything, let alone a human being, I found was surprisingly easy to do — in which I was...

Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | Tome Is On My Side

If — like me — you're a voracious devourer of music biographies, you know the artist's involvement can just as easily make the book boring, as it can make...

Thunder Pie | Ladder Boy

“We are our choices.” — Jean-Paul Sartre Last week, up a ladder, almost to the top of the scaffolding, I found myself paralyzed by terror. The images of my own body...

Canadian Beacon | Soft Set, Tariq, Jean Caffeine & More New Homegrown Sounds

There's a metric shit-tonne of great new Canadian music out today — including albums from Vancouver's mighty Japandroids, Nova Scotia's intriguing Nap Eyes and Montreal's wonderful PyPy (not to...

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