Playing Catch-Up | Today’s Crapload of New Album Release Dates
To quote the immortal David Lee Roth: 'We have always hated each other.' No, wait. That's the wrong line. What I meant to say was: 'Heard you missed me...
Next Week in Music | July 8-14 • 150 New Releases Headed Your Way
The music biz has basically been on vacation this week, and so have I. As for next week, there are more than 150 albums, EPs and singles coming out....
Next Week in Music | July 8-14 • TV & Movies
Even the late-night talk shows are taking it easy this week — only Jimmy Kimmel is working. So if you're not into reruns, here are the slim pickings for...
Next Week in Music | July 8-14 • New Books
If I'm not listening to music, writing about music, taking about music or watching someone play music, chances are I'm reading about it. You too? Here are some times...
Summer Cannibals | Can’t Tell Me No
WHO ARE THEY? A distinctively different crew of punky Portland rockers who borrowed their name from a Patti Smith song — and are fronted by take-no-prisoners singer-guitarist Jessica Boudreaux.
WHAT...
Mindi Abair & The Boneshakers | No Good Deed
WHO ARE THEY? Singer, saxophonist and keyboard player Mindi Abair is a veteran road dog and session player who's worked and toured with everyone from Aerosmith to Backstreet Boys...
Kryptos | Afterburner
WHO ARE THEY? A veteran thrash-metal power trio who hail from Bangalore, India — yes, India — despite the fact that their name is clearly and obviously Greek. Go...
Jade Jackson | Wilderness
WHO IS SHE? A Central California singer-songwriter (and waitress at her family's restaurant) who grew up on punk rock but has turned her talents to country-rock — which makes...
Gena Rose Bruce | Can’t Make You Love Me
WHO IS SHE? The umpteenth captivating female indie-pop singer-songwriter from Australia to arrive on these shores in recent months. Which raises the question: How many artists does it take...
Erik Koskinen | Burning the Deal
WHO IS HE? An Americana singer-songwriter who was born in Fort Collins, Colo., raised in Northern Michigan and upper New York state, then lived in Minneapolis — until he...
Dave Alvin | King of California 25th Anniversary Edition
WHO IS HE? The singer-songwriter and guitar-slinger with the woodsmoke voice who got his start with brother Phil in L.A. retro-rockers The Blasters, then went on to a storied...
The Allman Betts Band | Down to The River
WHO ARE THEY? Probably not who you think. This isn't an unearthed collaboration between Allman Brothers Band co-founders Gregg Allman and Dickey Betts; it's a new band featuring their...
The Alarm | ∑ Sigma
WHO ARE THEY? The Welsh post-punk rockers whose anthemic, acoustic-based rabble-rousers like 68 Guns and The Stand prompted critics in the ’80s to compare them to U2 — and...
Rewinding 2019 (So Far) | The Top 158 Albums
When you listen to as much music as I do — not to mention as many different genres — making best-of lists is a nightmare. I mean, how do...
Rewinding 2019 (So Far) | The Top DIY Discoveries
The DIY Discovery feature is one of my favourite components of Tinnitist. After sifting and sitting through so much mass-marketed major-label music over the decades, I really love getting...
