20 Questions With Oliver James Brooks
And the Canada Day CanCon keeps on coming! My next victim is folk-rocker Oliver James Brooks. The singer-songwriter has already made a couple of appearances in these pages: He...
Rewinding The Good Old Days | The Top Stories of January 2019
Life moves fast these days. So fast that sometimes I can barely remember what happened yesterday, let alone a few weeks ago. With that in mind, here's a look...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You
Spotify is convinced I’m supposed to be a huge Brian Jonestown Massacre fan. Every time I turn around their algorithm has decided there’s yet another one of the San...
Thunder Pie | Seven Turns
1. In the kitchen, we clear off the island, make it deserted. The candles and the thrift store Day of the Dead Madonna & Child statue and the dying...
DIY Discovery | McGuff & The Dumpster Fires
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...
Stylus Counsel | Area Resident’s Records
Last week I went on a bit of a non-used spree at a local record shop I don’t frequent as often as I should. Bought about 10 albums. When...
20 Questions With Mike Bern
Up next in today's exclusive Canada Day content: Mike Bern, an award-winning singer-songwriter from Tobique First Nation, NB. A while back, Bern was good enough to share his new...
20 Questions With Chris Grey
A few weeks back, Chris Grey shared his latest video and single Reasons on the site. Today, the up-and-coming alt-R&B popster tackles my unreasonable questions. Read all about it:
Introduce...
20 Questions With Maddisun
Maddisun is a happy camper. In every sense of the term. The up-and-coming small-town B.C. singer-songwriter loves being outdoors, claims she never gets angry, and only writes positive songs....
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | Greetings! Welcome! Take Your Seat!
I have a clear memory of reading the lyrics to Hello Hooray, printed on the inner sleeve of the copy of Billion Dollar Babies I got for my tenth...
Soup, Capes & Ice Shows | The Tinnitist Interviews Rick Wakeman
Prog fans know Rick Wakeman has a way with a keyboard line. Turns out he can also handle a punchline.
Like countless others, I learned that watching Wakeman's hilariously ribald...
Rewinding June | The Top 15 Albums Of The Month
Here's a big shock: Bob Dylan’s Rough and Rowdy Ways was the best album of the month. OK, so I'm predictable. But give me some credit: I suspect a...
20 Questions With Fiona Ross
British jazz singer-songwriter Fiona Ross should already be familiar to regular Tinnitist readers — she's been kind enough to share videos for her songs Don't Say, I Followed My...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | What’s That You’re Saying?
Last year, my sweetie cued up a new, promotional Spotify playlist by New York pseudo-punks Bodega. The nine-track playlist is actually just one song — Statuette On The Console,...
Moe Berg of The Pursuit of Happiness | The Tinnitist Interview
There's an old saying: Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.
Moe Berg can appreciate both sides of that coin. Thirty years ago, the lanky...
