Skeleton Club Make Their Bones On Weirdly Wonderful Debut Death, Love & Money

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...

Juliana Hatfield | The Tinnitist Interview

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 | EP – 01: Exclusive Premiere

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 | Exclusive Album & Short Film Premieres

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...

Rewinding October | The Top Pop & Rock

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...

Rewinding October | The Top Indies

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...

Rewinding October | The Top Loudness

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...

Rewinding October | The Top Box Sets

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...

Rewinding October | The Top Live Albums

I saw a ridiculous headline recently that said something like, "Live Albums Are Irrelevant, So Why Do People Keep Making Them?" That was about the dumbest thing I've heard...

Rewinding October | The Top Rap & Hip-Hop

Between one thing and another, I haven't had time to check out a lot of new rap and hip-hop albums this month. Hell, I still haven't found time to...

Rewinding October | The Top Blues, Soul & Roots

Van the Man picked up his pen in a big way. The North Mississippi Allstars got on a new roll. The Avetts played politics and made it personal. The...

Back Stories: My Unabridged 2010 Interview With Steve Miller

Since Steve Miller’s latest retrospective Welcome to the Vault arrives Friday — and since the man hisself showed up The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Thursday to promote...

Rewinding September | The Top Indies

Like countless critics, much of my time is taken up by major-label releases. But also like countless critics, I always try to make some room for the deserving indie...

Rewinding September | The Top CanCon

From pop supergroups to rock legends, there was plenty of great music coming out of our home and native land in September. Here are the best titles I heard,...

Rewinding September | The Top Returns & Reinventions

Some people hate change. Not me. In fact, there are few things I like more than hearing an artist change their tune, either on their own or with the...

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