DIY Discovery | JJ’s Music Retaliation (Part 4)
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...
Thunder Pie | Caught In The Attacks
The wildflowers we grew out back this summer died overnight. I pulled up this morning after I took Milla to school and I could see it had happened when...
Rewinding August | The Best Rap, Soul & Funk
Sure, you want the funk. You need the funk. You gotta have the funk. But some rap, R&B and soul never hurt either. Here are August's finest, freakiest and...
Back Stories | My 2011 Interview With Gregg Allman
Back in 2011, I was lucky enough to talk to the one and only Gregg Allman. At the time, the southern rock icon was in a good place, recovering...
Back Stories | My 2015 Interview With Roger Waters
Roger Waters speaks his mind. For better or worse.
That's obvious to anyone who's read, watched or heard an interview with the opinionated, mercurial singer-songwriter and former Pink Floyd member....
Rewinding 2023 | Serge Bielanko’s Top Posts
If you know me, you know I'm a huge fan of Serge Bielanko. On top of being an outstanding songwriter and musician, Serge is one helluva writer. If you...
20 Questions With Bob Gaulke
Bob Gaulke is probably not somebody who believes less is more. Or that a little is enough. That much is obvious from the Bronx singer-songwriter and bassist’s absurdly prolific...
20 Questions With A Family Curse
If the members of A Family Curse look familiar, no wonder: The psychedelic blues-rock duo of Papa Niz and Baby Kiz are actually 54•50 frontman Neil Osborne and his...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | My Record Store Day Black Friday 2023 Want List
It just so happens I have Friday off. This Friday. Black Friday. Truthfully, I booked it off months ago — not because I wanted to go shopping, but because...
Fast-Forward | 36 March Releases For Your To-Do List
I don't what it looks like where you are, but outside the Tinnitist bunker, spring is just around the corner. That's definitely something to look forward to. But there's...
Rewinding 2022 | Tinnitist’s Top Mixtape Tracks: March
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...
Thunder Pie | Endless Evening Appomattox Blues
“America is false to the past, false to the present, and solemnly binds herself to be false to the future.”
— Frederick Douglass
George Floyd, face on the street, the cop’s...
Rewinding 2019 | The Most Powerful Supergroups
Look! At the top of your playlist! It's a pop star! It's a rock god! No, it's a supergroup! And no wonder: In a year when nearly every hit...
Spring Music Preview | 20 Albums I Totally Want to Hear (And 700 more...
Major comebacks, cool collaborations, posthumous releases, covers discs and more Steve Earle-related product than you can shake a turkey leg at — there's something for everybody in this spring's...
DIY Discovery | JJ’s Music Retaliation (Part 2)
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...
