Thunder Pie | Dame’s Rocket
In my part of Pennsylvania, the Dame’s Rocket is out. On various roads/ I zip by small waves of it on rolling hillsides/ the whites and the pinks and...
Rewinding 2022 | Tinnitist’s Top Mixtape Tracks: December
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 | The Man Who Died Getting All the Lyrics from ‘We Didn’t...
“Fear keeps us focused on the past or worried about the future. If we can acknowledge our fear, we can realize that right now we are okay. Right now,...
Next Week in Music | Nov. 19-25
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...
JD McPherson: The Tinnitist Interview
JD McPherson has no idea where he's going. "I really don't know," the singer-guitarist says with a chuckle. "They just point and I go where they tell me."
He's kidding,...
20 Questions With Rachael Blanche
If music really is the universal language, Rachael Blanche might be more fluent than most. The globe-trotting pop singer-songwriter was both in Australia, lives in London, and has spent...
20 Questions With Shane Cloutier
Shane Cloutier is not what you expect. And he likes it that way. Looking at the muscle-bound, tattoo-sleeved singer-guitarist (and member of Frank Marino's Mahogany Rush), you might expect...
Welcome to Tinnitist!
Hello there. Welcome to Tinnitist. My name is Darryl Sterdan. I'll be your server, chef, sommelier and pretty much everything else around these parts.
If you followed me here from...
Back Stories | My 2012 Interview With Loretta Lynn
Sad news out of Nashville today: Country legend Loretta Lynn has died at age 90. In a statement, her family said she died at home in Tennessee. “Our precious...
Stylus Counsel | Area Resident’s Records
Twice Luba has surprised me. The first time was when she was on a Canada Day concert bill along with The Box, Tragically Hip, Kim Mitchell and (I think)...
Rewinding 2022 | Tinnitist’s Top Mixtape Tracks: February
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...
Stylus Counsel | Area Resident’s Records
As a kid I never understood why some movies premiered on Christmas Day. Always seemed like a good day to stay home. Anyway, isn't everything closed? Also, many of...
Rewinding 2019 | The 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. And here's the...
2018 in Review | Tinnitist’s Top Alternative Albums
Top Pick: Tropical Fuck Storm | A Laughing Death in Meatspace
Just like Smucker's, Monkey Pus and Painful Rectal Itch, Tropical Fuck Storm have a name so awful they've got...
20 Questions With Wide Mouth Mason’s Shaun Verreault
Canadian blues-rock veterans Wide Mouth Mason need no introduction — especially not from the likes of me. So I won't give them any. Though I will tell you two...
