Now Hear This: Kevin Godley | Muscle Memory
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: "In July 2017 Kevin Godley — formerly of 10cc and Godley & Creme — posted an invitation online: ‘Write and record with me.’ He got...
Now Hear This: Jeffrey Foucault | Deadstock: Uncollected Recordings 2005-2020
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: "Deadstock: Uncollected Recordings 2005-2020, is an album gathering up the songs that no one got to hear: Unreleased tracks and alternate versions from six studio...
Now Hear This: George Thorogood and The Destroyers | Live in Boston, 1982: The...
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “George Thorogood and The Destroyers were hometown heroes when they played to a packed audience at Boston’s Bradford Ballroom (now the Royale Nightclub) on Nov....
Now Hear This: Branford Marsalis | Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Music From The Netflix...
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: "The soundtrack album for the Netflix original film Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom features the movie’s original music written by Grammy-winning saxophonist and composer Branford Marsalis.
Ma...
Now Hear This: Cancer Bats | You’ll Never Break Us: Separation Sessions Vol. 1
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: "You’ll Never Break Us: Separation Sessions Vol. 1 is a six-song fundraising EP that features acoustic renditions of Cancer Bats tracks. From start to finish,...
Album Of The Week: Paul McCartney | McCartney III
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: "The third instalment in Paul McCartney’s eponymous releases, McCartney III is the former Beatle’s 18th solo studio album, the followup to 2018's Egypt Station —...
20 Questions With Aimee-Jo Benoit
Aimee-Jo Benoit likes to mix it up. For her latest album Borjoner, the Calgary jazz artist joined forces with Trio Velocity to revamp a set of rock classics by...
Billy Newton-Davis Reintroduces Himself With New Jazz EP Have We Met?
Billy Newton-Davis is eager to get reacquainted with his new jazz EP Have We Met? — previewing today on Tinnitist.
Slated for release on Dec. 21, the Toronto sing-songwriter's five-song...
Now Hear This: The Helltones | Lazarus
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: "The Helltones were founded in 2016 by high school friends and bandmates Darwin Siegaldoud and Paul Bowman in Oakland, Calif. Bassist Shane Lawton, guitarist Nathan...
Now Hear This: Gong Wah | Gong Wah
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: "In the beginning of 2018 singer Inga Nelke, alongside guitarists Thorsten Dohle & Felix Will, meet at a dark cave in Cologne, Germany. Impressed by...
Now Hear This: Get The Fuck Outta Dodge | Buzzkill, We Make The Future...
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Get The Fuck Outta Dodge are James (bass) and Ren (drums) who make garagey/punky/harcorey noise via the gift of big muff, big drums and big...
Now Hear This: Emily Kuhn | Sky Stories
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: "Chicago trumpet player Emily Kuhn’s debut album Sky Stories is a celebration of Chicago’s natural beauty and its diverse musical communities. The album brings Kuhn’s...
Now Hear This: Dope Body | Crack A Light
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Dope Body are suddenly alive again, and liver than we'll ever be. A power-trio-with-singer intersplicing with face-forward sonic wanderers, these guys bring a TON of...
Now Hear This: Christian Kjellvander | About Love And Loving Again
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: "Right from the crescendo that welcomes you in before it drops away into an atmospheric landscape, the voice at its centre so quietly intense he...
Back Stories | My Album Reviews From Dec. 15, 2000
Two decades ago, new albums from Our Lady Peace, Roger Waters, Buckethead and others were spinning away in my portable CD player. Here’s what I had to say about...