Steve Schmolaris’s Concert Review: Charlie Redstar | Live(?) at the Handsome Daughter
I left the Handsome Daughter with two signed copies of A.W. Glen’s new book, Bukowski's Broken Family Band; one, naturally, for myself, because I blurb about it on the...
Steve Schmolaris’s Album Review: closetjudas | sonder
First, let's get some things out of the way: sonder is part of a trilogy, called syzygy, and its narrative leads directly to the previous two parts, or acts:...
Paula Park on Merging Cultural Leadership with Social Impact in the Music Industry
As the founder of Soft Serve and a leading voice in artist management, Paula Park has spent her career at the intersection of creativity and purpose. Drawing from her...
Next Week in Music | Nov. 18-24 • The Short List: 18 Titles You...
Ice-T and Ice Cube. Father John Misty and Papa M. U2 and 10,000 Years. Can and Cracker. Kim Deal and Dean & Britta. Coilguns and Sonic Boom. Elvis Costello...
Next Week in Music | Nov. 18-24 • The Long List: 440+ Releases On...
Welcome to the calm before the storm — relatively speaking. If you're reading this page, you probably already know that this year's Record Store Day Black Friday festivities take place...
Next Week in Music | Nov. 18-24 • 11 New Books
I have been taking a break from the music books lately to read Mick Herron’s Slough House / Slow Horses novels — which are just as enjoyable as the...
Next Week in Music | Nov. 18-24 • On TV
Are you ready for some country? And then some more country? And then even more goddamn country? Well, you need to get ready, hoss: The Country Music Association Awards...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | Good Vibrations
My partner Chelle is fantastic at helping me come up with ideas for this column. One evening recently, she suggested blind musicians and proceeded to show me a series...
Thunder Pie | Lovesong.
“Nobody has ever measured, not even poets, how much the heart can hold.”
— Zelda Fitzgerald
Parked outside of her house, leaning back on the dull gray Plymouth Volare I had...
Jay Douglas is Ready To Play It Loud! On The Big Screen
For much of the late 1960s and early 1970s, the Caribbean, Jamaican and reggae music scene in Toronto was almost unrivaled in North America in terms of quality and...
2ŁØT Creatively Battle The Forces Of Musical Entropy
2ŁØT unveil a sonic tapestry of resilience and renewal on their new album Entropy — showcasing today on Tinnitist.
In an era where genres often blur, few bands have navigated...
Lynn Rosenblood | Ascent: Exclusive Album Premiere
Lynn Rosenblood keeps her feet on the ground while climging to new artistic heights with her incredible, immersive and instantly addictive sophomore album Ascent — premiering exclusively on Tinnitist.
If you...
Albums Of The Week: Dwight Yoakam | Brighter Days
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Brighter Days is the first new studio album in nine years from multiple Grammy winner and country superstar Dwight Yoakam.
Written and recorded over the last...
Albums Of The Week: Yellfire | Dear Gods
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Many stereotypes are thrown around when discussing Seattle, and those who choose to dwell there. But one of the city’s best-kept secrets is that, despite...
Albums Of The Week: Warmduscher | Too Cold To Hold
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Clams Baker Jr., Benjamin Romans Hopcraft, Adam J. Harmer, Marley Mackey, Quinn Whalley and Bleu Ottis Wright are Wamduscher. And Too Cold To Hold is undoubtedly...
