Back Stories | My Album Reviews From Sept. 17, 1999
Two decades ago, new albums from Iggy Pop, Matthew Good, John Popper and others were spinning away in my portable CD player. Here’s what I had to say about...
Rewinding 2021 | Tinnitist’s Top Videos
I have said it before. I am saying it again: If there's one thing I've learned from running this site, it's that people love music videos. Here's the proof:...
Next Week in Music | May 15-21 • The Long List: 370+ Releases On...
Start spreading the news: Frank Sinatra died 25 years ago today (May 14) in 1998. Along with Old Blue Eyes, old bluesman B.B. King also passed away on this...
Next Week in Music | June 8-14 • On TV
Man plans, and the late-night music gods laugh. Of course, what happened last week was no laughing matter. Several days of civil unrest down south quite naturally prompted most...
Greenleaf | Hear The Rivers
Every month, just like clockwork, some loudmouth opens their big yap to proclaim for the umpteenth time that rock is dead. And every month, just like clockwork, another album...
Ghostland Observatory | See You Later Simulator
It's always later than you think. Especially when you're gone. Look no further than Ghostland Observatory. It's been five years since this Austin electro duo went on an extended...
Albums Of The Week: Kosmodome | Kosmodome
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Kosmodome, rising stars in the firmament of Norway's flourishing prog music scene, will blow minds with their psychedelic, ’60s-coloured prog-rock.
The brainchild of the two Sandvik...
Albums Of The Week: Ghost | Impera
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “We’re building our new empire from the ashes of an old one,” say Grammy-winning Swedish theatrical rock outfit Ghost, announcing the arrival of Impera, the...
Indie Roundup | Four Canadians & One American You Really Should Meet
Mike Edel soars, Shade get told, J Fernandez welcomes winter, Homeshake channels Haruki and more on today's Roundup. Don't look back in anger, I heard you say:
1 | Here's...
Pink Floyd | The Later Years 1987-2019
"You have to get into the right mood to listen to this," admits David Gilmour. "There are lots of people who still love to listen to music that way...
Next Week in Music | Jan. 20-26 • On TV
The Weeknd works a weeknght, Michael Kiwanuka drops in on Ellen, Halsey makes your Saturday Night livelier and more this week. Fire up the PVR and save me a...
Next Week in Music | Aug. 3-9 • New Books
A Beatle in his own words, a jazz legend's transformative years, a salsa queen in the spotlight, acid-rock pioneers in graphic detail and more: Here are this week's top...
Sam Fender | Hypersonic Missiles
WHO IS HE? The latest high-cheekboned, tousle-haired pretty-boy singer-songwriter to be eagerly exported from Britain to these shores. But before you lump Sam Fender in with the rest of...
Albums Of The Week: Rot TV | Tales of Torment
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: Melbourne horror rock juggernaut Rot TV are lovers of all things freakish and gritty — be it a demented old H.P. Lovecraft tale, or a...
Next Week in Music | April 5-11 • The Long List: 320 Releases On...
April already? Well, goddamn. Time flies when you're having no fun. On the plus side, there's no shortage of new albums, EPs, singles, anthologies, compilations, box sets and vinyl...
