Destroyer | Have We Met
WHO ARE THEY? The on-again, off-again, shape-shifting indie-rock crew formed and fronted by singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and all-around musical eccentric Dan Bejar — who may or may not still be...
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...
Louis Tomlinson | Walls
WHO IS HE? One-fourth of millennial boy band One Direction — who have been on indefinite hiatus since 2016 — and the guy who drew third straw in their...
Meghan Trainor | Treat Myself
WHO IS SHE? The singer who became an overnight sensation back in 2014 with her irresistibly cheeky retro-pop smash All About That Bass — and is still struggling to...
Kesha | High Road
WHO IS SHE? The artist formerly known as Ke$ha. AKA second-generation singer-songwriter Kesha Sebert, the pop-music party monster behind hits like Tik Tok, We R Who We R, Blah...
Certain Doom’s Terrible Beauty Accompanies Today’s Album Announcements
There aren't many moments in my sorry-ass life when I get to feel like a character from a blockbuster action movie. But today is most definitely one of them....
Whyte Horses | Hard Times x Stretch and Bobbito & The M19s Band |...
THE PRESS RELEASES
"The notoriously elusive Whyte Horses return with a new album including the single in the form of a cover of seminal 1970’s track Ça Plane Pour Moi...
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...
Sparks’ A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip Tops The Latest Wave of Album Announcements
If you don't like Sparks, we are not going to be friends. (Full disclosure: The actual odds of us becoming friends — or even casual acquaintances, for that matter...
EXCLUSIVE: All the Winners of The 2020 Juno Awards!
Sure, you could wait until March 15 for the 2020 Juno Awards to be "officially" presented at some arena in Saskatoon in an endless ceremony hosted by Alessia Cara...
Back Stories | My Album Reviews From Jan. 28, 2000
Two decades ago, new albums from D'Angelo, Van Morrison, Wynonna, Kelis and others were spinning away in my portable CD player. Here’s what I had to say about them...
Ezra Jordan Stands at the Edge of Cliffs with New Video
Ezra Jordan takes a leap with his new video and single Cliffs — showcasing today on Tinnitist.
The track is the latest reveal from the Canadian alt-pop singer, former Launch...
Four New Live Albums That Deserve An Encore
Back when I was a wee nipper, a concert ticket actually cost less than a live album. Those days are long gone, of course. Thankfully, live albums are still...
20 Random Thoughts on the 2020 Grammy Awards
Every year when I watch the televised absurdity of the Grammy Awards, I think the same thing: I am so glad I don't have to cover this crap live...
Next Week in Music | Jan. 27 – Feb. 2 • The Short List:...
It's another one of those weeks where there are two kinds of albums being released: The ones I care about, and the ones the rest of the world cares...
