Rewinding 2019 | The Blues Masters
Years ago, I asked Johnny Winter what he would say to a person who thought all blues music sounded the same. "Listen to better blues," was his response. Well,...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | Locked Groove Is In The Heart
If you've never listened to This Is The Kit, I invite you to do so. Kate Stables fronts the duo-turned-band from the U.K., who create beautiful, cool alt-folk music...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | Where’s The 1?
I have had to learn all about anacruses. An anacrusis is a short musical sequence — maybe even just a single note — which creates a rhythmic illusion in...
Rewinding 2023 | Tinnitist’s Top Posts
Sometimes I spend hours (OK, minutes) labouring over a thoughtful review that nobody reads. Other times I dash off a couple of sentences, throw together a roundup, edit a...
Thunder Pie | All The Dead Return To Us As Vultures In The Sky
“We see a hearse; we think sorrow. We see a grave; we think despair. We hear of a death; we think of a loss. Not so in heaven. When...
Rewinding 2023 (So Far) | Tinnitist’s Top Music Videos
I have said it before. I am saying it again: If there's one thing I've learned from running Tinnitist, it's that people love music videos. Here's the proof: The...
Next Week in Music | Jan. 28-Feb. 3, 2019
Here are the major album releases, TV appearances, anniversaries and other events coming up in the next seven days. Mark your calendars and pre-order your favourites — but don’t...
Rewinding 2022 | Tinnitist’s Top Mixtape Tracks: October
Asking me to pick my favourite songs of the year is like asking a competitive eater to name their favourite hot dogs. After the first 25,000, it becomes kind...
Rewinding 2019 | The Coolest Jazz
Jazz is another one of those genres that I wish I had more time for. Thankfully, I found enough of it to listen to these albums in 2019:
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2018 in Review | Tinnitist’s Top Videos
When musicians ask me what they should do to get more people to check out their work, I always say the same thing: Make a video. Because if there's...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | Baby, Can You Drive My Car?
One thing which complicates my own band practices is our bass player doesn't drive. In fairness, it doesn't really complicate things for me — the guitarist drives him. Still,...
DIY Discovery | JJ’s Music Retaliation (Part 3)
Some musicians are eccentric. Others are eclectic. Still others are enigmatic. But few combine all those qualities — along with several other brilliantly bizarre traits — quite like the...
Stylus Counsel | Area Resident’s Records
I never really understood the passion for mono until I read about and heard those Beatles remasters from 2014.
There's just something to be said for hearing music the way...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | Covering The Classics
I have a record wall at home — three narrow shelves which hold nine LP sleeves. It’s heaps of fun to come up with new themes. At the moment,...
Thunder Pie | Sky Above A Bus
“You take delight not in a city's seven or seventy wonders, but in the answer it gives to a question of yours.”
— Italo Calvino
By now, the sky over the...
