Pearl Jam’s Gigaton Tops Today’s Album Announcements
Mondays are pretty much always a bitch. But Pearl Jam have made this one a little easier to get through by announcing that their 11th studio album Gigaton will...
Down ’n’ Outz | This Is How We Roll
WHO ARE THEY? A supergroup side-project from Def Leppard singer Joe Elliott, Quireboys guitarists Paul Guerin and Guy Griffin, Vixen bassist Share Ross, keyboard player Keith Weir and Wayward...
Ryte | Ryte
THE PRESS RELEASE
"Ryte’s debut album is basically the result of an intense one-and-a-half-year writing process (late 2016 - early 2018), which was definitely fueled by a very creative and...
Albums Of The Week: Taj Mahal & Ry Cooder | Get On Board: The...
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Nearly 60 years after they first played together, Ry Cooder and Taj Mahal, longtime friends and collaborators, reunite with Get On Board, an album of music...
Next Week in Music | April 24-30 • New Books
Lucinda and Madison share their stories, Miranda feeds your hunger, Lizzo gets animated, Van Halen and Eagles are put under the microscope, Dylan is brought back home, the roots...
Next Week in Music | Oct. 18-24 • New Books
Nikki and Questlove. Bowie and The Beatles. Metallica and Joy Division. Sonny Rollins and Bill Evans. Northern soul and D.C. hardcore. Country women and Christian music. Whoever (or whatever)...
Classic Album Review: Rocket From The Crypt | Live From Camp X-Ray
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):
In these uncertain times,...
Back Stories | My Album Reviews From Nov. 3, 2000
Two decades ago, new albums from David Bowie, Joe Jackson, Godspeed You! Black Emperor and others were spinning away in my portable CD player. Here’s what I had to...
Mike Bern Honours His Past With Waponahkew EP
Mike Bern delivers messages of gratitude, inclusion and hardship on his debut solo EP Waponahkew — showcasing today on Tinnitist.
Meaning ‘Person of the Dawn,’ Waponahkew finds Bern — an award-winning...
Submission Accomplished: Tsien | No Two People Are Not On Fire
Thanks to the inexplicable popularity of my Submit Music page — along with the endless number of releases I get via HumanHuman, Groover and SharePro — I always have...
The Dirty Clergy | In Waves
What's in a name? Not much. Not where The Dirty Clergy are concerned, anyway. With a handle like that — not to mention a home base in Alabama —...
My Forgetfulness Tops Today’s Album Announcements
Nobody's perfect. And clearly, I'm not even close. Somewhere between reviewing a couple of dozen albums and compiling more than 60 singles and videos into a roundup last Friday,...
Next Week in Music | March 29 – April 4 • The Long List:...
For the optimists out there, this week's Long List has been brought to you by the words light, over, love, best and life. For the pessimists, it's also brought...
Drive-By Truckers | The Unraveling
WHO ARE THEY? The venerable, dependable and commendable southern-fried indie-rock stalwarts fronted by singer-songwriter guitarists, longtime musical partners and onetime roommates Patterson Hood and Mike Cooley. And the band...
Albums Of The Week: M. Ward | Supernatural Thing
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Renowned singer-songwriter M. Ward’s new studio album Supernatural Thing is his first release in three years. Its title track lives in a liminal space in...
