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Possession share graven images, The Mooks make a play, Ezox have mask appeal, Black Star Riders find grace and more in today's Roundup. For some reason, today's lineup is...

Over the decades, I've amassed an absurdly huge archive of physical music. I would conservatively estimate I've got somewhere between 40,000 and 50,000 pieces of CDs and vinyl. Naturally,...

Sure, politics makes strange bedfellows. But so does late-night TV. Case in point: The eclectic musical roster brought together on Wednesday's shows. Let's start with the most potent, topical...

The sky may be the limit (as the saying goes), but it’s just the beginning when it comes to Patrick Ballantyne’s latest album Sky — premiering exclusively on Tinnitist. Sky,...

Marika Hackman is not where you are, Old Man Luedecke shares some hard truths, Girl Friday keep current, Drew Thomson makes time and more in today's Roundup. How the...

Everyone has a past. A history. A legacy. A backstory. I could not help but be reminded of this while watching Tuesday's musical guests on late-night TV. Let's start...

Ezra Furman calms down, Kyle Craft and Showboat Honey strike a pose, Soft Streak cook up a lie, Katey Brooks shares all and more in today's Roundup. The smokies...

Two decades ago, new albums from Alice Cooper, Ricky Martin, Ron Sexsmith and others were spinning away in my portable CD player. Here’s what I had to say about...

I’m still getting up to speed after the long weekend. Maybe some of you are too. So I'm going to keep this simple: Monday night's televised music lineup was...

Don Vail get wired, Fleshgod Apocalypse play the fool, Titus Calderbank makes mistakes and more in a special holiday Roundup. And now, back to lazing in the yard with...

Some weeks it's about quantity. Others, it's about quality. This time it's a bit of both. There are more than 110 albums, EPs and singles being released next week....

If writing about music is like dancing about architecture, does that make reading about music like juggling about engineering? I don't know. But I do know that these biographies,...

I know you like to watch. So here's a list of the musicians who will be singing for their supper next week on the boob tube — and the...

WHO ARE THEY? A Brooklyn guitar-rock power trio whose name is Danish for Judgment Day — and who have now apparently relocated to Los Angeles. WHAT IS THIS? Their third...

WHO ARE THEY? A no-frills Brooklyn outfit whose epic, hypnotic guitar jams handily live up to their name (which they borrowed from a John Lee Hooker album). WHAT IS THIS?...

WHO IS HE? The veteran Texas bluesman was a founding member of the long-running Fabulous Thunderbirds — and the older brother of the late, great Stevie Ray Vaughan, of...

WHO IS HE? A young Scottish singer-songwriter who just happens to be a distant cousin of former Dr. Who star and onetime punk rocker Peter Capaldi. WHAT IS THIS? His...

WHO ARE THEY? A Texas punk quartet that recently pulled up stakes and relocated from Austin to the Big Apple — all the better to feel downtrodden, one assumes. WHAT...

WHO ARE THEY? The three surviving members of The Fall, picking up where they left off after the 2018 death of misanthropic frontman Mark E. Smith — and picking...

WHO IS HE? New York Dolls guitarist Johnny Thunders went from glam-rock hero to a first-wave punk icon — but ultimately became a tragic figure and rock casualty, thanks...

Aruba Red walks the walk, Merival blows up, Kenton Chan gets overwhelmed and more in a short ’n’ sweet Friday Roundup. Because we've all got better ways to kick...

WHO ARE THEY? You know; those U.K. rockers. The ones who aren't Muse or The 1975 or Bloc Party. The other guys. The ones who sang that song. You...

WHO IS HE? Ascendant British rapper Tyron Frampton, whose stage name supposedly comes from a childhood speech impediment that he certainly seems to have outgrown. WHAT IS THIS? His dark,...

WHO ARE THEY? You remember that band that was on Letterman that time? They did that song called How You Like Me Now? And Dave loved it so much...

WHO ARE THEY? The unrepentantly provocative and pyromaniacal Neue Deutsche Härte (New German Hardness) stormtroopers from Berlin. WHAT IS THIS? Their seventh studio release and their first album in a...