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Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | Whole Lotta Lotto Love

This week's $80 million Lorro Max draw (apparently split between two winners in Ontario and Quebec) got me thinking about the fact that few people would enjoy a jackpot...

Sean Jones Wonders Why It Hurts So Bad If It Isn’t Luv

Sean Jones braves the emotional tornado of romance with the help of John Orpheus in his new single If It Isn't Luv — showcasing today on Tinnitist. ‘Can't live with...

Should Vitalia Have Stayed Away From You? Maybe

Vitalia regrets falling for your game in her anthemic dance-floor banger Maybe — showcasing today on Tinnitist. The Ukrainian-Canadian singer-songwriter's latest single Maybe tells a flirtatious story of two individuals...

Pat Metheny To Visit Kitchener’s Centre In The Square

Centre In The Square in Kitchener, Ont., will welcome world-renowned guitarist and composer Pat Metheny to its stage for the first time this November. With an astonishing career spanning nearly...

And The 47th Annual Schmolaris Prize Goes To…

Well, it's that time of year again. The time when Canadian music lovers congregate reverently in front of their screens and devices to celebrate the greatest independent artistic achievement...

Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | What Have They Done To My Song, Ma?

There's nothing I'd love more than to make a bit of money off my music — like, enough to break even for starters. Having someone cool cover some Area...

Classic Album Review: Lovers | The Gutter & The Garden

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):   The bittersweet heartbreak and...

Classic Album Review: The Golden Dogs | Everything in 3 Parts

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 will say this...

Classic Album Review: Limblifter | I/O

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):   Over the past eight...

Classic Album Review: Two Dollar Pistols | Hands Up!

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):   You don’t have to...

Classic Album Review: Tres Chicas | Sweetwater

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):   The honkytonk angels of...

Classic Album Review: Amy Farris | Anyway

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):   Austin fiddler and singer...

Classic Album Review: Willie Nelson | Outlaws & Angels

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):   You can’t make a...

Classic Album Review: Buddy Miller | Universal United House of Prayer

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):   Singer-songwriter Buddy Miller has...

Classic Album Review: Donovan | Beat Cafe

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):   Yes, that Donovan. The...

Classic Album Review: John Cale | HoboSapiens

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):   With his avant-garde sensibilities...

Classic Album Review: The Thrills | Let’s Bottle Bohemia

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):   California, here they come....

Classic Album Review: Har Mar Superstar | The Handler

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):   Har Mar Superstar has...

Classic Album Reviews: Nelly | Sweat / Suit

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 done got so...

Classic Album Review: Green Day | American Idiot

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):   “Don’t want to be...

Now Hear This: Kal Marks | Wasteland Baby

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Kal Marks have never made a record as personal as Wasteland Baby. Though Carl Shane, the band’s vocalist-guitarist, has made a career off of exploring...

Classic Album Review: Sparks | 12” Mixes

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):   On the list of...

Classic Album Review: Battershell | Luv Punks

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):   Courtney Love on Prozac?...

Classic Album Review: Various Artists | Gee Baby Gee: Del-Fi Girl Groups

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 Spice Girls? Forget...

Classic Album Review: Rico Bell & The Snake Handlers | Dark Side Of The...

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):   Is it just me,...

Classic Album Review: All Systems Go! | All Systems Go!

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 bad news: Montreal’s...

Classic Album Review: Tarwater | Silur

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 first ambient music...

Classic Album Review: Matthew Good Band | Beautiful Midnight

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):   For a guy following...

Classic Album Review: Folk Implosion | One Part Lullaby

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):   “Two parts fear” is...

Classic Album Review: John Popper | Zygote

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):   Without a doubt, the...

Classic Album Review: Sevendust | Home

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’m real tired of...

Classic Album Review: Death In Vegas | The Contino Sessions

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):   This U.K. electronica duo...

Classic Album Review: The Beatles | Yellow Submarine Songtrack

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):   Full marks for warmly...

Classic Album Review: 54•40 | Heavy Mellow

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 contradictory title of...

Classic Album Review: Platinum Blonde | Seven Year Itch: 1982-1989

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):   They swiped their look...

Classic Album Review: Rammstein | Live Aus Berlin

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):   These Teutonic industrial-metal stormtroopers...

Classic Album Review: Iggy Pop | Avenue B

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):   Iggy Pop has just...

Rory Block Commits Murder Most Foul To Video

Rory Block goes big with a 20-minute video for her cover of Bob Dylan’s recent landmark Murder Most Foul — showcasing today on Tinnitist. The closing track from her Dylan...

Christophe Elie Voices Support For Protestors At Columbia

Christophe Elie delivers an old-fashioned protest song with his newest single Columbia — showcasing today on Tinnitist. Inspired in part by Neil Young’s immortal 1970 anthem Ohio, the Ottawa singer-songwriter’s...

Kensington Market Jazz Festival Announces Lineup

Cue the scatted syllables and snapping fingers: The Kensington Market Jazz Festival returns to the streets of Toronto the weekend of Sept. 27-29. And when it arrives, it won’t...

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