I'm switching up my programming a bit – this was going to be posted next week. Instead I thought I'd end the year on a lighter note. Instead of actually thinking about anything today I want to take a few minutes and chuckle at some really bad album art. Cover art can be very important …
Month: December 2021
A Story And A Song, Vol. 2
I realized after the first one of these that I called it "Story and a Song" but I do "song and a story" instead. Oh well. This is two songs and a very small story. It's almost not even really a story, more a chuckle-worthy anecdote from a concert I attended a few years back. …
Album Of The Week – December 27, 2021
For the final week in 2021 I'm going all the way back to 1988. I'm also going back to last month, as this album was one of a series of sorely-needed reissues finally offered in box set form on vinyl. While Skid Row's “Atlantic Years” box snagged a lot of attention, another in the Atlantic …
S-Tier Songs, Vol. 6
It's time for a new entry onto the list of S-Tier Songs. Here's the page with the list of the others and an explanation of what I'm doing. I'm going back to 1991 and the tail end of popularity for hair metal. While much of that scene began to sputter out in the summer before …
2021 – A Final Look
After dispensing with the Album of the Year on Monday and a more fleshed-out list the week prior, I'm back to wrap up 2021 with a variety of thoughts on things. I'll discuss music as a whole, where I'm personally at and going with this blog into the new year, and I'll give out a …
Album Of The Year 2021
This is the second part of my look at 2021. My picks 2 through 10 of 2021 albums can be found here. As 2021 draws to a close it's time to pick an album of the year. I haven't really picked an AOTY in many years, 11 at least, so it's a bit weird to …
Top Ten Albums Of 2021 – 10 through 2
It's that time – the end of 2021. With any music-related posting, that necessarily entails top “of the year” lists. It's time to get mine rolling. I'll do this in a few parts. Today I'm going to roll out the bulk of a Top Ten Albums list. I'll do everything from 10 through 2 today. …
Upcoming Releases – New Year Edition
I wasn't going to run one of these this month, but as it turns out everyone and their mother have released new songs from upcoming albums. Might as well roll with it. Blind Guardian – Deliver Us From Evil https://youtu.be/d1mkqz422lg The German metal masters offer up an early serving from a new album slated for …
Album Of The Week – December 13, 2021
This Album of the Week will be a deluxe edition. I am going to cover an album, Blu-Ray and documentary. It was a few weeks back that the entire package of the Oasis – Knebworth album and film came to retail shelves and now it's time to get into the astonishing amount of material within. …
Smith/Kotzen – Better Days EP
Rather than cheap out and make another EP the Album of the Week, I decided to go ahead and give this one its own space. This new record comes to us from Adrian Smith and Richie Kotzen, a perhaps unlikely pairing who offered up a fantastic full-length album earlier in 2021. Richie Kotzen has been …
The Crooked Wanderer 