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Let's be honest: I am way too old and way too lame to be the target demographic for most of today's rap. As a result, I don't end up...

I don't know about you, but I generally prefer my roots music with a little kick to it. So instead of a bunch of Americana, bluegrass and folk, my...

I listen to a lot of indie-rock. And I do mean a lot: The first version of the list below had something north of 100 entries. I cut it...

Sometimes indie is a state of being. Sometimes indie is a state of mind. And don't get me started on the definition of pop. Either way, these are the...

Every year, another bunch of hipster-doofus youngsters try to rile up the old farts by smugly proclaiming that rock is dead. To which I say: OK, millennial. Instead of...

Women generally rule the pop scene. But this year, they didn't just dominate the charts and airwaves — they also produced some of the most exciting new sounds of...

I have reviewed more than 20,000 albums over the decades. And several hundred more in the past 12 months alone. But at the end of the day — and...

They say the only givens in life are death and taxes, but for Skeleton Club those guarantees are more along the lines of Death, Love & Money — the...

For Juliana Hatfield, the past is a nice place to visit — but she wouldn't want to live there. "I really don't think about the past too much," insists the...

Sad Songs For Happy People hide in plain sight on the devastatingly beautiful debut EP - 01 — premiering exclusively on Tinnitist. Personifying Irish poet John Boyle O'Reilly’s belief that "anonymity...

Forest Robots paints a colourful fall landscape with his new album and short film — premiering exclusively (and simultaneously) on Tinnitist. Times When I Know You'll Watch The Sky, the...

Joy and sorrow, survival and mortality, loneliness and connection — the best music I reviewed in October dealt with all of these topics (and more) with eloquence, intelligence, originality...

Superstar jams, garage-band greats, noisy masterpieces, post-punk upstarts, multi-culti marvels — and plenty more where they came from. October was another good month for indie-rock fans. Here's the best...

From riff-rock to punk and speed-metal to glam, there was plenty of headbangable fare on the roster this month. Guess that's why they call it Rocktober. Here's the biggest...

At this time of year, the box sets start to come thick and fast. Before I dig into this week's offerings (R.E.M. and Bob Dylan, for those keeping score...