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Most major-label pop is aimed at kids. Fortunately, the indie ranks tend to aim a little higher. Here are the best offerings I came across this week, in order...

Aside from Ozzy Osbourne’s Ordinary Man, there aren't a lot of major-label rock albums out this week (or at least not a lot that interest me). Good thing the...

It's not easy being Grimes. Oh sure, she's famous and talented and beloved and all that. Plus, she's apparently preggers with Elon Musk’s baby, which means a) She never...

There are two kinds of people in this world: Those who say, 'Fuck, another Guided by Voices album?' and those who say 'Fuck yeah, another Guided By Voices album!'...

"I'll make you scream, I'll make you defecate," cracks Ozzy Osbourne on the opening track on his dozenth studio album and first solo outing in nearly a decade. Well,...

The Earth Below surface, The Contortionist visit 1979, Bart Budwig rolls a live one, Wank shut it, Easy ride the waves and more in today's Roundup. J. Geils, Walter...

Do you prefer your dead rock stars live? You're in luck with the latest crop of posthumous releases from David Bowie and Prince, all of which arrive in time...

Climate crisis and catastrophic capitalism get a sonic shakedown from Canadian darkwave pop artist Elizabeth Leslie on her new EP Brave Animal and its single To The Next —...

Alex Maher keeps hope alive and kicking on his upbeat new EP Dream Final — premiering exclusively today on Tinnitist. The Vancouver singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist's third release finds him confronting...

RJD2 pull up, Pornohelmut ride the night, Arthur proves some men really are islands, Spinning Coin get high and more in today's Roundup. Anybody heard any good jokes lately? 1...

Every now and then, I download a few hundred recent singles from one of my favourite pirate sites and scroll through the tracks looking for buried treasures. Here are...

It's always a good day when Mark Lanegan announces he's putting out a new album. It's a better one when that announcement comes accompanied by a new song. And...

I saw Neil Young was shooting his mouth off in the media again today. Figured that was as good an excuse as any to show off this large Re•ac•tor...

Stephen Malkmus clears his mind, Horse Lords put it in park, Woorms get a leg up, Vita & The Woolf are smooth operators, Haviah Mighty smokes the competition and...

Every now and then, I download a few hundred recent singles from one of my favourite pirate sites and scroll through the tracks looking for buried treasures. Here are...

Two decades ago, new albums from McMaster & James, Travis, Fu Manchu, Ghostface, Zeke and others were spinning away in my portable CD player. Here’s what I had to...

Red Mass grace us with their presence, Diners go commercial, Yard of Blondes go to their happy place, He Is We reach a state of grace and more in...

You're busy. I'm busy. Everybody's busy. So we don't always have time to sit down and take in a whole album of new songs. That's where a good EP...

It's a lazy holiday Monday here at the Tinnitist compound. So I'm using the down time to catch up on some of the indie videos and singles that have...

For a couple of years now, an optical outlet in my local mall has maintained a weirdly large BTS shrine in the their display window, and plays videos of...

Another week, another 200 albums to put on your playlist. Hope you've got plenty of spare time. Fred A. | De angst voorbij Casey Abrams | Uncovered EP The Amity Affliction |...

Americans are celebrating Presidents Day this week — insert your own snide political quip about impending dictatorships and/or socialist coups here — so it's a quiet week in late-night...

WHO ARE THEY? Actually, that pronoun should be he. Against All Logic is the alter ego and musical brainchild of New York electronic button-pusher and envelope-pusher Nicolas Jaar. If...

WHO IS HE? Comedian, actor, comic-book author, hulking nerd-behemoth and longtime headbanger fanboy Brian Posehn, whose credits include everything from The Big Bang Theory and The Sarah Silverman Program...

WHO ARE THEY? The aggressively artsy Texas-based garage-punk outfit fronted by singer-guitarist and songwriter Teresa Suárez Cosío aka Teri Gender Bender. WHAT IS THIS? A seven-song EP of new originals...