Toronto Poor Boy Keeps It Low Key in Humble New Single

Toronto Poor Boy takes a moment to appreciate a hard-earned life and all its triumphs in his newest single Low Key — showcasing today on Tinnitist. “It’s easy to be...

Next Week in Music | Feb. 3-9 • On TV

Kesha visits Kelly & Ryan, Rosalia brings the groove to ACL, the Beebs lives it up on Saturday night and more this week. Start your PVRs for these tube-based...

Next Week in Music | March 30 – April 5 • New Books

A Go-Go, a Grammy host, a morbid metalhead and a big hairy deal: These are your music-related reading options this week. Let the page-turning begin: All I Ever Wanted: A...

Next Week in Music | Nov. 25 – Dec. 1 • On TV

Coming up: Pardison Fontaine introduces himself to late-night viewers, Pete Yorn takes the early weekend shift, Bloc Party drop in on one of the Jimmys and more. Warm up...

Next Week in Music | July 6-12 • New Books

A jazz icon, a country songwriter, a Canadian journeyman, an acid-house flashback and more — there aren't a lot of new music books arriving this week, but there is...

20 Random Thoughts on the 2020 Grammy Awards

Every year when I watch the televised absurdity of the Grammy Awards, I think the same thing: I am so glad I don't have to cover this crap live...

Banding Together | Five Recent Titles For Your Bandcamp Collection

Bandcamp artists reportedly earned more than $4 million on Friday, thanks to the site's well-publicized and deservedly lauded decision to give all the funds from sales directly to musicians...

Indie Roundup (TGIF Edition) | 10 Tracks to Try Right Now

Radar State raise shell, Aenimus get technical, BlackBirds have it bad, Chrome Division catch fire, Nêhiyawak see stars and more in today's Roundup. Friday, Friday is a good time...

Next Week in Music | Nov. 4-10 • On TV

This week: Hootie & The Blowfish make the rounds, Vampire Weekend rock Austin City Limits, King Princess and Cold War Kids visit Stephen Colbert and more. Set your DVRs: Monday Luke...

Next Week in Music | Dec. 5-11 • The Long List: 220 Releases On...

Life is full of coincidences. Case in point: Frank Zappa died of cancer on Dec. 4, 1993 — 22 years to the day after the Montreux Casino burned down...

Next Week in Music | Feb. 10-16 • The Long List: 225 Releases On...

After I posted last week's list, some folks online started counting how many of the bands they'd actually heard of (which I found interesting), and wondering whether said count...

Kelly & Gibson In Hot Pursuit of Award For Chasing Feelings

Kelly & Gibson’s Affinity for pop music — not to mention their ability to create it — is paying dividends once again. With their music sitting at well over 1...

Indie Roundup | 18 Tracks For A Pretty Relaxed Monday

Crystal Spiders take you to hell, Mickey Leigh introduces Cristine, Incantation sift some entrails, Fvlcrvm goes to the dogs, Sons of Butcher brave quarantine, Lufeh open doors, Roots of...

Next Week in Music | May 24-30 • New Books

Indie-rock survivors, trans-punk icons, be-bop pioneers, hair-metal heroes and plenty more: It's a surprisingly busy week for new books. Here are all the upcoming titles (along with a couple...

Next Week in Music | April 26 – May 2 • The Long List:...

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