Back Stories | My 2009 Interview With Les Claypool
With Les Claypool and Sean Lennon releasing their second Claypool Lennon Delirium album South of Reality this week (look for my review sometime over the weekend), it seemed like...
Rewinding 2021 | Tinnitist’s Top Videos
I have said it before. I am saying it again: If there's one thing I've learned from running this site, it's that people love music videos. Here's the proof:...
Thunder Pie | At the Close of This Trembling Year
The year is winding down. Goodbye to all that. Raise a glass to yesterday. Raise another to tomorrow. We have persevered. We have survived. We have struggled and grown...
20 Questions With Opal Canyon
Sometimes, two heads really are better. Case in point: Opal Canyon’s Debra DeMuth and Dave Houghton. The folksy Massachusetts duo met in 2012 when budding singer-songwriter DeMuth went to...
Thunder Pie | Night Bird
Night birds come and go without sound. That’s why no one knows about them. The sky being dark, they move unseen, undetected. Unknown. Of course, the moon and the...
20 Questions With Jadyn Lamb
Jadyn Lamb is no sheep — the pop singer-songwriter prefers to stand out from the crowd, as she's demonstrated with her singles Liar, Friends and Bad Sign — all of...
Thunder Pie | Scroll of Jawns: Episode 8
jawn /jôn/ noun (chiefly in the greater Philadelphia metropolitan area) used to refer to a thing, place, person, or event that one need not or cannot give a specific...
Angie McMahon Blends Flavours With Piano Salt EP
Angie McMahon peppers her beautifully bittersweet songcraft with tasteful covers on the satisfying new EP Piano Salt — showcasing today on Tinnitist.
The keyboard-centric followup to her 2019 debut album...
Thunder Pie | Pretend The Fire Is Rain
“The planet is fine. The people are fucked.”
— George Carlin
Around dusk, I drink wine around my fire pit while the genocides unfold. It’s not like I want people to...
Back Stories | My 2011 + 2012 Interviews With Brian Wilson
The new documentary Brian Wilson: Long Promised Road is something of a trip down memory lane for me.
No, I have never chaufeurred the beloved Beach Boys leader and pop...
Thunder Pie | Running For My Life Tonight
“As the years pass, I am coming more and more to understand that it is the common, everyday blessings of our common everyday lives for which we should be...
DIY Discovery | Mythical Motors
Most of the music I hear is sent to me by labels and publicists. But there's nothing like getting it straight from the source. Welcome to the latest instalment...
Rewinding 2024 (So Far) | The Short List: Tinnitist’s Top 104 Albums (Part 3:...
Wait, it's July already? Damn. That was fast. I'd say time flies when you're having fun, but I don't know anybody who's really having any. But even if the...
20 Questions With Maria Manna
Maria Manna kicked up her heels with a message of love on her sassy single I Like It In The Water, which showcased HERE a couple of months ago....
Back Stories (Legalization Edition) | My 2011 Chat With Ziggy Marley
I can think of no better day than today to revisit my 2011 interview with Ziggy Marley. Here it is, slightly edited (but not blunted):
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Ziggy Marley is...
