Area Resident | Polycanard: Exclusive Album Premiere & Track-By-Track
Well, this is getting a little ridiculous — but in a good way. Polycanard, which officially arrives Friday, July 29, will be the seventh full album by Ottawa's Area...
Classic Album Review: Mouthwash | 1000 Dreams
This came out in 2001 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
Punk rock fans are...
Devon: Want To Know | Exclusive Single Premiere
Devon tells you how it's going to go in her new single Want To Know — premiering exclusively on Tinnitist.
The latest preview of the New York pop artist's upcoming EP...
Billy Boy Arnold & The Groundhogs | Live At The Virgin Venue
WHO ARE THEY? A trans-Atlantic blues summit between Chicago singer-guitarist and harmonica master Billy Boy Arnold and British blues-rockers The Groundhogs, fronted and founded by the rightly revered singer-guitarist...
Tatiana Moroz Has Written Love Songs For Idiots
Tatiana Moroz will sing Love Songs For Idiots on her new album — set for release on March 23. The album focuses on all the emotions someone may feel...
Albums Of The Week: No Age | People Helping People
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “No Age’s ethos sings to us from beyond the clouds, with words and without, a conceptual boost to everyone helping everyone. Ensconced in Randy’s Garage...
Now Hear This: The Streetwalkin’ Cheetahs | All The Covers (And More)
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Considering The Streetwalkin’ Cheetahs started as a for-kicks cover band playing songs your average music fan doesn’t know, it is only fitting we would finally...
Read Yet Another Excerpt From 101 Fascinating Canadian Music Facts
My buddy David McPherson’s latest book 101 Fascinating Canadian Music Facts recently hit shelves. To mark the occasion, this week he's letting me share a few of the stories...
Now Hear This: Christo Graham | Turnin’
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: "Last spring, Christo Graham brought home a four-track tape recorder that belonged to his grandmother. On an unlabelled reel that accompanied the mystical machine, he...
Next Week in Music | July 26 – Aug. 1 • On TV
Unless you're into national anthems, you're pretty much out of luck for televised music next week: The Olympics have knocked NBC's late-nighters off the air, while their competitors are...
Tom Waits Drops Five Newly Remastered Classics
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Personally overseen by Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan, Waits’ spectacular middle-period albums — all released on Island Records between 1983 and 1993 — have been...
Classic Album Review: The Go-Betweens | The Lost Album ’78-’79
This came out in 1999 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
Having your folks show...
Now Hear This: Ken Hensley | My Book Of Answers
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: "Ken Hensley, former Uriah Heep keyboard player and songwriter, passed away peacefully on Nov. 5 following a very short illness. My Book Of Answers was...
Classic Album Review: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club | Take Them On, On Your Own
This came out in 2003 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
When the Black Rebel...
Orgöne | Mos/Fet
Got 20 minutes or so to spare? Good. That will give you just enough time to listen to the opening (or the closing) track from these French psychedelic space-rockers'...
