Happie Welcomes You To Heartbreak Season

Happie runs the emotional gamut on her seductive new EP Heartbreak Season — showcasing today on Tinnitist. Mixing warmly organic instrumentation with sleek electro-ambience, storyteller narratives, sultry grooves and seductive sentimentality,...

Albums Of The Week: The Jimi Hendrix Experience | Los Angeles Forum: April 26,...

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Recorded in the spring of 1969 before a raucous sold-out audience, this captivating L.A. Forum show by original Jimi Hendrix Experience lineup (singer/guitarist Jimi Hendrix,...

Bob Dylan’s Time Out Of Mind Fragments Come Together In His Next Bootleg Box

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “The latest chapter in Columbia/Legacy's highly acclaimed Bob Dylan Bootleg Series takes a fresh look at Time Out Of Mind, Dylan's mid-career masterpiece, celebrating the...

Stylus Counsel | Area Resident’s Records

I actually buy a lot of albums based solely on the cover art. The first time this happened was when I spotted a copy of The Pod by Ween...

Now Hear This: Crow | Crow Music / Crow By Crow / Mosaic Reissues

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Surging brass and organ-laden funk wonderment! Combining gritty blues with nasty, hard-charging garage rock, Crow’s first electrifying album delivered their very best. Reminiscent of Blood,...

Now Hear This: Earth Mother Fucker | IVF

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “The band that answered the question no one was asking — what would The Stooges sound like if they were fronted by ’70s British game-show...

Now Hear This: Cowboy Curtys | Commotions

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Cowboy Curtys is a southern garage-psych outfit from Atlanta led by LaGrange, Georgia-born-and-bred singer-songwriter Josh Parsons. After several years of teasing the project with a...

Sultans Of String Bring Refuge Project To Silver Screen

Sultans Of String invite you to watch their feature film Sultans Of String: The Refuge Project Visual Album – a pandemic project that has won accolades at the Cannes...

Area Resident’s Classic Album Review: Ten Years After | Undead

Some bands make it by getting a hit song on the charts; others by developing a strong following because of an incredible live act and stellar albums rather than...

Area Resident’s Classic Album Review: Andrew Vincent | I Love The Modern Way

There are several Ottawa albums which rank among my all-time favourites, up there with classics — Somewhere We Will Find Our Place by Jim Bryson, Volume vs Voice by...

Area Resident’s Classic Album Review: Hommage Aux Beatles | Hommage Aux Beatles

As a semi-serious Beatles collector, I like adding to my stockpile of vinyl with albums by tribute acts. Found a curious Canadian one from 1977 recently — on white...

Classic Album Review: Justin Timberlake | Justified

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):   There are only two...

Classic Album Review: Crazytown | Darkhorse

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):   If the tune Hurt...

Classic Album Reviews: 3 Doors Down | Away From The Sun / Saliva |...

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):   There are few people...

Classic Album Review: Jay-Z | The Blueprint 2: The Gift & The Curse

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):   Say what you will...

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