Bruce Cockburn Reaches For The Heavens With O Sun O Moon
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Time takes its toll,” sings the 77-year-old Bruce Cockburn on the opening song, On A Roll, his 35th album O Sun O Moon, out on...
Coming Soon | Frank Zappa: The Mothers 1971
Being a prolific packrat has its advantages. At least, it seemed to work for Frank Zappa. More recently, it's definitely paid off for his fans, who have been treated...
Next Week in Music | Oct. 12-18 • The Short List: 8 Titles You...
Tom Petty and Gord Downie offer up posthumous releases, The National’s Matt Berninger steps into the solo spotlight, The Damned are outstanding in their field, Low Cut Connie, Sam...
Next Week in Music | Sept. 5-11 • New Books
Tom Waits, Cheap Trick, David Bowie and Buddy Emmons get written up, Duran Duran are in focus, hip-hoppers share life lessons and plenty more: Welcome to the fall book...
Next Week in Music | July 3-9 • The Long List: 260 Releases On...
Summertime, and the living is easy. Also easy: Finding something to love among the 260 new albums, EPs, singles, box sets, compilations, anthologies, retrospectives, soundtracks, vinyl reissues and cassettes...
Jazz Sabbath’s Long-Lost Debut Tops Today’s Album Announcements
The devil, as they say, is in the details. And musical parodies don't come much more detailed (or more devilishly clever) than Jazz Sabbath. Supposedly an ill-fated trio who...
Five Upcoming Albums To Care About Instead of Lady You-Know-Who
Those who still worship at the altar of Lady Gaga will be rewarded for their loyalty with her new album Chromatica on April 10. Personally, I could care less....
White Lightning Strikes on Mary Garnett Edwards New Album
Mary Garnett Edwards uncorks some White Lightning with her latest album — showcasing today on Tinnitist.
“It offers a depth of practical knowledge from beyond the boundaries of the ordinary,” the...
Next Week in Music | Sept. 13-19 • New Books
Mellencamp, Motörhead and Matt Sorum. Fripp, folk music and Finnish icons. Guitar pedals and grunge. Hiatt and heavy rock. Dylan and more Dylan. There's a whole lottta publishing goin'...
Next Week in Music | Jan. 17-23 • The Short List: 11 Titles You...
Some weeks it's all about the big names. Other weeks it's all about the up-and-comers. Next week it's all about balancing the two. See (and hear) for yourself:
Billy Talent
Crisis...
Rewinding 2021 | Tinnitist’s Top Posts
Sometimes I spend hours (OK, minutes) labouring over a thoughtful review that nobody reads. Other times I dash off a couple of sentences, throw together a roundup, edit a...
A Trillion Record Store Day Titles Top Today’s Album Announcements
This year's Record Store Day Black Friday event will be held Nov. 29, and as always, there will be about a trillion cool vinyl titles coming out, including one-of-a-kind...
Winterfolk Blues and Roots Festival Returns With Virtually Streamed Performances
When a Canadian music festival has been running for 19 consecutive years — in the middle of winter, no less — rest assured, they’ve seen it all. And this...
Six Songs to Hear Today | Sept. 12, 2018
Everything (and everybody) old is renewed in today's six-pack of new songs. Hear for yourself:
1 | Guitarist Marc Ribot enlisted the inimitable Tom Waits for his new song Bella...
Hippy Trap | Hippy Trap: Exclusive Album Premiere
Hippy Trap arrive in high style on their mindblowing, self-titled debut album — premiering exclusively on Tinnitist.
A duo that puts the buzz in buzz band, Hippy Trap are shrouded...