20 Questions With Marina Rocks
Marina Rocks likes to keep moving. Just look (and listen) to the Texas singer-songwriter and guitar slinger's latest infectious single and video Joy Ride, a life-affirming encapsulation of the...
Introducing Stylus Counsel | Area Resident’s Records
If you've spent any time lurking around this place, you've probably come across music by Area Resident. And you've probably been as impressed as I am — by both...
Rewinding May | The Best Indie Rock & Underground
Liverpool oddballs, Colombian spellcasters, paisley-rock dream merchants and more — there was no shortage of essential indie rock to hear in May. Here's the best of the bunch, listed...
Rewinding 2019 | The Deepest Grooves
Doesn't matter if you're talking about funk, R&B, soul, blues, disco, swing or some weird combination of them all. It boils down to this: A great song is a...
Rewinding April | The 28 Best Albums of The Month
It is just me, or is the year flying by? It seems like just last week when I compiled the best albums for March. Then I woke up today...
20 Questions With Alexis Taylor
Earlier this summer, Alexis Taylor shared her latest single and video Cool With That right HERE. Today, the country-pop singer-songwriter and rising star is cool with answering my dumb...
20 Questions With Sulene
Sulene isn't wasting her time. The South African New York singer-songwriter, composer and multi-instrumentalist has done more in her 20s than most people get around to in a lifetime....
Rewinding 2023 (So Far) | The Short List: Tinnitist’s Top Albums (Part 2: N-Z)
Wait, it's July already? Damn. That was fast. I'd say time flies when you're having fun, but I don't know anybody who's actually having any. But even if the...
Thunder Pie | Three Rainbows On A Stringer
Early on, in the first years of the unfolding 1980’s, when my world was simple and plain and lean, I recall walking up on this older guy at the...
Back Stories | My 2012 Interview With John Prine
I was lucky enough to speak to John Prine back in 2012, shortly after he turned 65. He was every bit as charming, dry-witted and openhearted as you'd expect...
Stylus Counsel | Area Resident’s Records
Long before it was a Top 40 radio station in the nation's capital, Ottawa's CFMO was an easy-listening station. My parents often chose it — not because they liked...
DIY Discovery | Adrian Whitehead
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 another instalment of...
Read An Exclusive Excerpt From Adam Steiner’s Darker With The Dawn: Nick Cave’s Songs...
Too much music, not enough time. That's the story of my life. Even though I spend an absurd number of hours every day listening, watching, reading and writing about...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel: Artists At The End Of The Road
“So I went to the doctor, see what he could give me
He said, ‘Son, son, you've gone too far.’ ”
— Black Sabbath, Fairies Wear Boots
It was a little heartbreaking...
2018 in Review | Tinnitist’s Top Box Sets
Top Pick: The Beatles | The Beatles (White Album) 50th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition
"It was great. It sold. It's the bloody Beatles’ White Album. Shut up!" So said Paul...
