Ronnie Wood With His Wild Five | Mad Lad: A Live Tribute to Chuck...
WHO IS HE? The other scarecrow-like Rolling Stones guitarist who worships at the altar of Chuck Berry — and the only one who had the sense to wait until...
Booker T. | Note By Note
WHO IS HE? Memphis musical icon and keyboardist Booker T. — last name Jones — who got his start as the teenage leader of Stax Records' legendary instrumental combo...
Various Artists | If You’re Going To The City: A Sweet Relief Tribute To...
WHO IS HE? Late, great American jazzbo pianist and singer-songwriter Mose Allison, who specialized in dry-witted ditties and finger-popping renditions of blues classics — though his best-known number by...
Juliana Hatfield | Juliana Hatfield Sings The Police
WHO IS SHE? The eternal cult heroine of alt-rock. The onetime member of Lemonheads and Blake Babies. The sometime member of Some Girls, Minor Alps and The I Don't...
The Band | The Band: 50th Anniversary Edition
WHO ARE THEY? Ronnie Hawkins’ old bar band. Bob Dylan’s best basement band. Four Canadians (guitarist Robbie Robertson, bassist Rick Danko, pianist Richard Manuel and organist Garth Hudson) and...
Joe Henry | The Gospel According to Water
WHO IS HE? The veteran singer-songwriter who has found far more acclaim and success producing career-rejuvenating (and often Grammy-winning) albums for heritage artists like Solomon Burke, Ramblin' Jack Elliott,...
DJ Shadow | Our Pathetic Age
WHO IS HE? The innovative hip-hop/electronica/ambient producer, composer, turntablist, beatmaker and sample master who was born Josh Davis 47 years ago in Northern California, and first found fame with...
Coldplay | Everyday Life
WHO ARE THEY? The artsy British pop-rockers fronted by tender-hearted metrosexual singer-songwriter (and consciously uncoupled former hubby of Gwyneth Paltrow) Chris Martin, accompanied by his former college mates Jonny...
Another Day, Another Whack of New Album Announcements
Someday soon, the seemingly endless daily parade of new album announcements will taper off for the year. Today, however, is not that day. Not by a long shot. Tinashe,...
Lee Ranaldo’s Names of North End Women Tops Today’s Album Announcements
Winnipeg really ought to consider giving Lee Ranaldo the key to the city. After all, the former Sonic Youth guitarist has basically been an honourary Winnipegger for decades. He's...
Juliana Hatfield | The Tinnitist Interview
For Juliana Hatfield, the past is a nice place to visit — but she wouldn't want to live there.
"I really don't think about the past too much," insists the...
Back Stories | My Album Reviews From Nov. 12, 1999
Two decades ago, new albums from Joe Strummer and The Clash, Rage Against the Machine, Incubus, CSNY, Master P and others were spinning away in my portable CD player....
Sad Songs for Happy People | EP – 01: Exclusive Premiere
Sad Songs For Happy People hide in plain sight on the devastatingly beautiful debut EP - 01 — premiering exclusively on Tinnitist.
Personifying Irish poet John Boyle O'Reilly’s belief that "anonymity...
Next Week in Music | Nov. 11-17 • The Short List: 5 Releases You...
"It's not the notes you play, it's the notes you don't play." Miles Davis said that. He was talking to fellow musicians, of course. But it also makes sense...
Next Week in Music | Nov. 11-17 • The Long List: 200 Releases On...
Get ready! There are more than 200 albums, EPs and singles being released next week. Mark your calendars and pre-order your favourites — but don’t blame me if things...
