Christine & The Queens | Chris

The definition of genius is taking the complex and making it simple. That's not me talking. That's Albert Einstein. And he was definitely no dummy. So I'm not going...

Get The Fuck Outta Dodge | Mammoth: Exclusive Album Premiere

Get The Fuck Outta Dodge stomp the terra with their thundering new live-in-the-studio recording Mammoth — premiering exclusively on (where else?) Tinnitist. For those who haven't been paying attention: Get...

Albums Of The Week: Ray Wylie Hubbard | Co-Starring Too

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Rogue. Poet. Rocker. Texas Texture. Ray Wylie Hubbard made such a mark with Co-Starring, his first major label outing with an all-star lineup of his...

The Dream Syndicate | The Universe Inside

THE PRESS RELEASE: "When The Dream Syndicate emerged in the early ’80s, front man Steve Wynn declared, “We’re playing music we want to hear because nobody else is doing...

Albums of The Week: Monsieur Doumani | Pissourin

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Night is when strange things happen. When shapes shift and blur. When it’s hard to know what’s real and what’s illusion. Night is the time...

Albums Of The Week: Island | Yesterday Park

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Yesterday Park is an album about nostalgia, that feeling of looking back, not to one specific time or place but rather the feeling associated with...

Nico Duportal & The Sparks | Dog, Saint & Sinner

WHO ARE THEY? A Parisian singer-guitarist who plays the blues so perfectly you'd think he hails from Paris, Texas — and spent years studying at the feet of Doug...

Back Stories | My Album Reviews From April 21, 2000

Two decades ago, new albums from The Who, Elliott Smith, Marianne Faithfull and others were spinning away in my portable CD player. Here’s what I had to say about...

Underworld & Iggy Pop | Teatime Dub Encounters

As an entertainment reporter, I used to go on my share of movie junkets. You'd fly to L.A. or New York, usually for a weekend, preview some upcoming films...

Ray Wylie Hubbard | Co-Starring

For those who aren't up to speed, I'll make this simple: When it comes to singer-songwriters, Ray Wylie Hubbard is the man. The genuine article. The real goddamn McCoy....

Post Malone | Hollywood’s Bleeding

WHO IS HE? The face-tattooed (and pretty much everywhere-else-tattooed) rapper and singer-songwriter whose real name is Austin Richard Post. WHAT IS THIS? His third studio album in less than three...

Albums Of The Week: Ringo Starr | Change The World EP

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Ringo Starr’s four-track EP Change The World was recorded at his Roccabella West studio — the same place he made March's Zoom In EP —and...

Stone Temple Pilots | Perdida

WHO ARE THEY? The three surviving original members of Stone Temple Pilots — for those who aren't in the fan club, that's guitarist Dean DeLeo, bassist (and brother) Robert...

The Lemonheads | Varshons 2

It's a shame about Evan Dando. Back in the ’90s, the Lemonheads frontman was one of the more interesting and individual singer-songwriters on the scene (as anyone who's heard...

Classic Album Review: Uncle Luke | Something Nasty

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):   If Eminem wants to...

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