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Albums Of The Week: Hüsker Dü | Jan. 30, First Ave Pt. 1

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “On Jan. 30, 1985, Hüsker Dü recorded a peak performance to 24-track tape at Minneapolis’s First Avenue club in front of their hometown massive. This performance...

Rewinding 2025 (So Far) | The Short List: Tinnitist’s Top 61 Albums (Part 1:...

Wait, it's July already? Damn. That was fast. I'd say time flies when you're having fun, but I don't know anybody who's really having any. But even if the...

Rewinding 2025 (So Far) | The Short List: Tinnitist’s Top 61 Albums (Part 2:...

Wait, it's July already? Damn. That was fast. I'd say time flies when you're having fun, but I don't know anybody who's really having any. But even if the...

Rewinding 2025 (So Far) | The Short List: Tinnitist’s Top 61 Albums (Part 3:...

Wait, it's July already? Damn. That was fast. I'd say time flies when you're having fun, but I don't know anybody who's really having any. But even if the...

Rewinding 2025 (So Far) | The Long List

Another six months, another bajillion (OK, 700) albums, EPs, box sets, compilations, anthologies, retrospectives, soundtracks, bootlegs and vinyl reissues. Here's every title that found its way into my ears...

Rewinding 2025 (So Far) | Area Resident’s Top Albums

This year, so far, has been one of familiarizing myself with some missed cues, skipped classics and previously unknown gems, so I've not been hunting brave new waves as...

Steve Schmolaris’s Album Review: Tell The Aliens | Stop Calling It A Superpower

For a number of decades now, there's been a rumour of a conspiracy involving myself, Steve Schmolaris, and Bad Gardening Advice. It involves CSIS, it involves a shadow (but...

Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | Wax On, Wax Off

Dark Side Of The Moon by Pink Floyd is widely considered one of the best-recorded, best-sounding albums of all time. It doesn't hurt that the songs and performances are...

Mark Gane’s Fertile Imagination Blossoms With Garden Music

Mark Gane documents the secret life of plants (and his own artistic growth) with his immersive and intriguing solo debut Garden Music — showcasing today on Tinnitist. The co-founder of...

Brett Abrahamsen Has 9 Questions For Mark Robinson of Unrest

Mark Robinson was the leader of the seminal D.C. experimental punk band Unrest. 1987’s Tink of S.E. (their third release but proper debut) was a prog-punk masterpiece. Each song...

Tamta Emerges As The Villain Heroine Of Her Own Saga

Tamta explores and embraces the good and evil that exist within (and are thrust upon) us all on her new high-concept compilation The Villain Heroine — showcasing today on...

Classic Album Review: Autechre | Untilted

This came out in 2005 — or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   No, not Untitled. That...

Classic Album Review: Unsane | Blood Run

This came out in 2005 — or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   Time has not mellowed...

Classic Album Review: Annie | Anniemal

This came out in 2005 — or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   Anne Lilia Bergen-Strand doesn’t...

Classic Album Review: Geri Halliwell | Passion

This came out in 2005 — or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   Give the erstwhile Ginger...

Classic Album Review: Dirty Projectors | The Getty Address

This came out in 2005 — or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   In our dumbed-down, homogenised...

Classic Album Review: A Northern Chorus | Bitter Hands Resign

This came out in 2005 — or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   Bitter Hands Resign, the...

Classic Album Review: Beatsteaks | Smacksmash

This came out in 2005 — or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   Already worn out your...

Classic Album Review: Funeral For A Friend | Hours

This came out in 2005 — or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   The howling vocals. The...

Kevin Rose Knows That Love Is Only Borrowed

Kevin Rose reminds us that everything we cherish in this life is Only Borrowed on his soulful, supple and sophisticated debut EP — showcasing today on Tinnitist. A moving and...

Classic Album Review: Gomez | Out West

This came out in 2005 — or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   I read somewhere that...

Church Of Trees Just Say No To The Liars & The Thief Of Joy

Church Of Trees celebrate Canada Day with the new album Thief Of Joy and the single Say No To The Liars — showcasing today on Tinnitist. Mixed by Mark Plati...

Classic Album Review: Collective Soul | From The Ground Up

This came out in 2005 — or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   Ed Roland and co....

Classic Album Review: Clutch | Robot Hive / Exodus

This came out in 2005 — or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   Clutch CDs arrive like...

Classic Album Review: The Redwalls | De Nova

This came out in 2005 — or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   I never took Latin...

Classic Album Review: Tim Burgess | I Believe

This came out in 2005 — or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   “I believe in California...

Classic Album Review: Eisley | Room Noises

This came out in 2005 — or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   Kids today. They grow...

Classic Album Review: Transplants | Haunted Cities

This came out in 2005 — or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   Once is a fluke....

Classic Album Review: Ry Cooder | Chávez Ravine

This came out in 2005 — or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   From playing with Captain...

Classic Album Review: Bif Naked | Superbeautifulmonster

This came out in 2005 — or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   Need proof that rock...

Classic Album Review: The Hold Steady | Separation Sunday

This came out in 2005 — or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   Psst. Wanna hear one...

Classic Album Review: The Loud Family | Attractive Nuisance

This came out in 2000 — or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   The Loud Family are...

Classic Album Review: Sleater-Kinney | All Hands On The Bad One

This came out in 2000 — or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   “You can't get to...

Classic Album Review: Boy Sets Fire | After The Eulogy

This came out in 2000 — or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   Boy Sets Fire are...

Classic Album Review: Face To Face | Reactionary

This came out in 2000 — or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   Talk about giving the...

Classic Album Review: Tim Buckley | Once I Was

This came out in 2000 — or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   Like father, like son....

Classic Album Review: Various Artists | ’Til We Outnumber ’Em

This came out in 2000 — or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   For a leftie folk...

Classic Album Review: Charlie Watts & Jim Keltner | Charlie Watts / Jim Keltner...

This came out in 2000 — or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   Usually, stone-faced, rock-solid drummer...

Classic Album Review: Savatage | Ghost In The Ruins

This came out in 2000 — or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   Operatic Florida metal outfit...

Classic Album Review: Eric Carr | Rockology

This came out in 2000 — or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   It has been nearly...

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