[Audio clip: view full post to listen] It might surprise you to find that I did not write these lyrics. They were actually penned by Travis, when we were discussing the finer points of Power Metal. I haven’t really kept in contact with him but I am sure he would approve of our interpretation of [...]

You may remember that this blog started off with a list of My Favorite Albums of 2009. And while I certainly can’t be expected to listen to every single album that came out that year, I am ashamed to admit that I missed 3 albums by one of the greatest artists of the past decade: [...]

April 17th was Record Store Day this year, it is one of those moving holidays that I can never keep track of, apparently the third Saturday of April. It is meant to celebrate independent record stores around the US, mostly mom and pop type deals, but I just went to Amoeba, it’s better than Rasputin’s [...]

When I was doing the research for my favorite albums of 2009 I saw that Dinosaur Jr had put out a new album, not only that, but it was actually good! I am a huge fan of Dinosaur Jr but I had always heard to stay away from anything after Bug and I did, happily. [...]

OK so this time around I am going try to be more inclusive. This is not a list of the “best” albums from this past decade, nor is it even my favorite albums from this decade! These are albums that came out in this past decade that I feel everyone should hear, everyone in the [...]

Alright so this is a list of my favorite albums from this year, it is not a “best” of list counting down to the greatest album of the year, nor do I ascribe arbitrary numbers to show how they “rank” up with all the other music in the world. Amesoeurs – Amesoeurs Before this year [...]