Classic Album Review: Various Artists | Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Once More, With Feeling

This came out in 2002 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   This soundtrack to the...

Classic Album Review: A.R.E. Weapons | A.R.E. Weapons

This came out in 2003 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   MEMBERS: Guitarist Matt McAuley...

Classic Album Review: Fatboy Slim | You’ve Come A Long Way, Baby

This came out in 1998 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   It's rare for a...

Classic Album Reviews: Strapping Young Lad | No Sleep ‘Till Bedtime / Samael |...

This came out in 1998 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   There are two kinds...

Deeper | Auto-Pain

THE PRESS RELEASE: "What do you do when pain blots out joy? How do you learn to take care of yourself? What happens when the things you think are...

Classic Album Review: Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers | The Last DJ

This came out in 2002 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   Conventional wisdom says that...

John Hiatt | The Eclipse Sessions

When the heavens align, it's best to pay attention. Take it from John Hiatt. The Nashville singer-songwriter named his 23rd studio album after the celestial event that took place...

Albums Of The Week: The Vibrators | The Demos 1976-1978

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “From the archive of one of the earliest and best British punk rock bands, The Vibrators, comes this three-disc set of vintage demo recordings from...

Now Hear This: The Bobby Lees | Beauty Pageant Redux

These Woodstock garage-punks fronted by singer-guitarist Sam Quartin released one of 2020's best albums, Skin Suit. This is not a followup to that — it's the audio from a live...

Classic Album Review: Elvis Costello | North

This came out in 2003 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   It’s often been said...

Albums Of The Week: Young Fathers | Heavy Heavy

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Heavy Heavy is the fourth album from Young Fathers — Alloysious Massaquoi, Kayus Bankole and G. Hastings — and their first since 2018’s Cocoa Sugar....

Marc LaFrance Supports Military Families With Northern Lights Single

Marc LaFrance has the Canadian Armed Forces’s back with his new single Northern Lights. The song arrives on Friday, June 25 — but the singer-songwriter is donating all the...

Albums Of The Week: William Tyler & The Impossible Truth | Secret Stratosphere

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Recorded live at Yellowhammer Brewing in Huntsville, Alabama, in May 2021, Secret Stratosphere finds William Tyler and fellow psychedelic dreamers The Impossible Truth refashioning prime...

Albums Of The Week: Gaspard Augé | Escapades

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Gaspard Augé has always created brilliantly lurid musical worlds to get lost in. He is best known as one half of Justice, the duo that...

Rewinding 2022 | Tinnitist’s Top Mixtape Tracks: February

Asking me to pick my favourite songs of the year is like asking a competitive eater to name their favourite hot dogs. After the first 25,000, it becomes kind...

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