Next Week in Music | June 7-13 • New Books

The Lizard King and Old Blue Eyes, Tupac and Prince, Kid A and Queen Bey — next week's reading list has no shortage of big names. Let's meet them...

Next Week in Music | June 7-13 • On TV

The late-night talk shows are back in business after a week off, and they're not skimping on the music: John Mayer, The Wallflowers, Migos, T-Pain, Wiz Khalifa, Sharon Van...

Sonic Reducers | Boxing With The Beach Boys

I like The Beach Boys as much as the next old fart. But I'm not so much a fan of their archival box sets, which are often too light...

Glenn Dixon Delivers Words & Music With Bootleg Stardust

Glenn Dixon takes on the whirlwind life of a rock star in his fourth book Bootleg Stardust — showcasing today on Tinnitist. It’s 1974 and Levi Jaxon is about to...

Canada’s Summer Solstice Indigenous Festival Announces 2021 Nominees

The Summer Solstice Indigenous Festival is getting ready to host one of Canada’s biggest music award shows. The Summer Solstice Indigenous Music Awards span 18 categories, celebrating solo artists,...

Next Week in Music | May 31-June 6 • The Short List: 7 Titles...

Sometimes it's about quantity. Sometimes it's about quality. Next week it's about comebacks — you've got long-overdue new albums from Liz Phair and Crowded House, ZZ Top singer-guitarist Billy...

Next Week in Music | May 31-June 6 • The Long List: 400+ Releases...

Nearly June already? Man, time flies when you're having ... um, something. And speaking of time, here are more than 400 albums, EPs, singles, soundtracks, anthologies, compilations, box sets...

Next Week in Music | May 31-June 6 • New Books

Sinead and Shaver. Lunachicks and Lennon. Toscanini and trivia. Soul and EDM. Harburg and even a hip-hop colouring book. Grab you bookmark (or your crayons) and get to work:   Rememberings:...

Next Week in Music | May 31-June 6 • On TV

It's one of those weeks again: In the wake of Memorial Day in the U.S., most of the talk shows are off. So aside from Jimmy Kimmel — who...

Sonic Reducers | Robert Plant Shares His Stash

As if we don't already have enough good reasons to love Robert Plant, here's another: He recently revealed that he spent his pandemic downtime going through his old music...

The Sonic Reducers | Rah Rah For The Linda Lindas

The Internet sucks so hard so much of the time that it's easy to forget it can occasionally be a force for good. We were all reminded of that fact...

Next Week in Music | May 24-30 • The Short List: 7 Titles You...

Truth be told, the pickin's are a little slimmer than I was anticipating this week. A couple of releases I was looking forward to got bumped. And a couple...

Next Week in Music | May 24-30 • The Long List: 400 Releases On...

Simpsons nerds and self-described Springfield doom metal band Dr. Colossus drop an album title we can all get behind — I’m A Stupid Moron With An Ugly Face And...

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

A tell-all from a surviving member of ’60s girl group The Dixie Cups, a paperback version of Nick Cave’s lyrics and every song ever written — and performed —...

Next Week in Music | May 24-30 • On TV

BTS almost broke the interwebs last week with their slick new hit Butter. This week, the Korean septet are sure to melt hearts on The Late Show With Stephen...

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