Next Week in Music | July 27-Aug. 2 • New Books

Chris Cornell’s life. James Hetfield’s cars. Suzi Quatro’s lyrics. The Beatles’ Nordic travels. Queercore and country's histories. These are just some of the musical topics being covered — some...

Next Week in Music | Jan. 20-26 • The Short List: Five Releases To...

This week's top new releases are brought to you by the words black, king and mind — and include a hefty portion of top-quality CanCon, with a side order...

Next Week in Music | Dec. 2-8 • The Short List: Four Releases I...

Upcoming albums generally fall into two categories for me: The Ones I Care About, and The Ones Everyone Else Cares About. This week offers a fine example of that...

Next Week in Music | Oct. 21-27 • New Books

One posthumous bio of a rock legend. A few collections of photos, lyrics, poems and flyers. An examination of women in hip-hop. And a comic book — sorry, graphic...

Pearl Harbor & More Upcoming Releases | March 21, 2019

What do Calexico & Iron & Wine, The Last Poets, Steel Pulse and The Roots’ Captain Kirk Douglas have in common? They all announced today that they're releasing new...

Mike Felten | Fast Mikey Blue Eyes: Exclusive Album Premiere

Mike Felten introduces listeners to Fast Mikey Blue Eyes on his straight-shooting sixth album — premiering exclusively on Tinnitist. A veteran Chicago singer-songwriter, Felten has often been accused of trafficking...

Next Week in Music | March 13-19 • The Long List: 300+ Releases On...

On March 12 1955, jazz saxophone maverick Charlie Parker died in New York City. Although he was only 34, a doctor who examined him reportedly thought he was in...

Next Week in Music | Oct. 7-13 • On TV

It's not every week you see Liz Phair on the tube. Especially not on Saturday morning. But the provocative indie-rock goddess will be on CBS This Morning next week,...

Next Week in Music | March 9-15 • On TV

Niall Horan moves in with James Corden, Mandy Moore makes the chat-show rounds, Bones drop in on Seth Meyers and more — all coming to your flat-screen this week....

HuDost Lose Out in PledgeMusic Meltdown

HuDost’s Moksha Sommer and Jemal Wade Hines have issued a candid statement to their fans, shedding light on their album’s release campaign through now-disgraced crowd-funding platform PledgeMusic. HuDost are among...

Next Week in Music | Sept. 16-22 • New Books

Last week was all about quantity, with a slew of new books hitting the shelves. This week it's quality: There are only a couple of new music-related books on...

Paul Reddick Pens Love Letter To Italy With Alive In Italia Album

Paul Reddick celebrates great friendship, great music, and great surroundings with his latest album Alive In Italia — showcasing today on Tinnitist. “This record is somewhat of a love letter...

Next Week in Music | Dec. 5-11 • New Books

Sonny and Lenny. Mac and metal. Listening parties and London jazz. And the history and mystery behind a bunch of big hits. That all she wrote this week:   Saxophone Colossus:...

Boomtown Rats’ Citizens of Boomtown Tops Today’s Album Announcements

You don't like Mondays? Trust me, they don't compare to the Wednesday I've had. But at least it seems kind of fitting that The Boomtown Rats chose today to...

Next Week in Music | June 1-7 • New Books

It's been feast or famine in the book stacks lately. This week is strictly from hunger. In fact, there are only two main choices: Clash and Cash. Kind of...

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