Next Week in Music | Feb. 24 – March 1 • On TV
Coming up on the tube: BTS swarm Jimmy Fallon, Dustin Lynch does double duty on the chat shows, David Byrne livens up your Saturday night and more. Set your...
The Best & The Rest | This Week’s Top Blues & Jazz Releases
Like every week, I snagged a handful of blues and jazz albums to check out. But only a few turned my crank. So here they are, in order of...
The Best & The Rest | This Week’s Top Reissues & Box Sets
I try not to live in the past. But I sure do love to visit every chance I get — musically speaking, that is. Here are the reissues, compilations, box...
The Best & The Rest | This Week’s Top Nonconformists
Some folks just don't fit into any category. And more power to them. Here are the best rule-flouters and convention-skirters I heard this week, in order of preference:
NONCONFORMIST OF...
The Best & The Rest | This Week’s Top EPs
Not everybody needs an entire album to get the job done. Here are the best EPs that I heard this week, in order of preference:
EP OF THE WEEK
Amanda Palmer...
The Best & The Rest | This Week’s Top Loud Releases
Ozzy Osbourne’s Ordinary Man is the best metal album I heard this week. But it's nowhere near the only one. Here are the other loud punk and rock titles...
The Best & The Rest | This Week’s Top Canadian Releases
Feeling a little patriotic? Want to add a little CanCon to your weekend listening? No problem, eh. (Sorry about that.) Here are the best homegrown releases I heard this...
The Best & The Rest | This Week’s Top Indie-Pop Releases
Most major-label pop is aimed at kids. Fortunately, the indie ranks tend to aim a little higher. Here are the best offerings I came across this week, in order...
The Best & The Rest | This Week’s Top Indie-Rock Releases
Aside from Ozzy Osbourne’s Ordinary Man, there aren't a lot of major-label rock albums out this week (or at least not a lot that interest me). Good thing the...
Grimes | Miss Anthropocene
It's not easy being Grimes. Oh sure, she's famous and talented and beloved and all that. Plus, she's apparently preggers with Elon Musk’s baby, which means a) She never...
Guided By Voices | Surrender Your Poppy Field
There are two kinds of people in this world: Those who say, 'Fuck, another Guided by Voices album?' and those who say 'Fuck yeah, another Guided By Voices album!'...
Ozzy Osbourne | Ordinary Man
"I’ll make you scream, I'll make you defecate," cracks Ozzy Osbourne on the opening track on his dozenth studio album and first solo outing in nearly a decade. Well,...
A Whack of Posthumous Titles Tops Today’s Album Announcements
Do you prefer your dead rock stars live? You're in luck with the latest crop of posthumous releases from David Bowie and Prince, all of which arrive in time...
Elizabeth Leslie Confronts The Here & Now On Brave Animal EP
Climate crisis and catastrophic capitalism get a sonic shakedown from Canadian darkwave pop artist Elizabeth Leslie on her new EP Brave Animal and its single To The Next —...
Alex Maher | Dream Final: Exclusive EP Premiere
Alex Maher keeps hope alive and kicking on his upbeat new EP Dream Final — premiering exclusively today on Tinnitist.
The Vancouver singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist's third release finds him confronting...
