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14. Liquid Mike – Paul Bunyan’s Slingshot Pure unadulterated heartland rock and roll. Garage punk from the suburbs of Detroit. Songs about the stupid shit we all did in high school all performed at a breakneck pace, 13 songs in a mere 23 minutes. So if you like you RnR in the vein of Superchunk,…
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15. John Moreland – Visitor Moreland surprised almost everyone with this unexpected release back in April. Eschewing the electronics he’d started using in his last couple of albums, this is pure unadulterated John Moreland at its best.
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16. Pearl Jam – Dark Matter A return to form for Eddie and the crew. The best studio effort from these guys since Backspacer back in 2009
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17. Josh Fortenbery – No Such Thing As Forever Josh Fortenbery’s debut album is what my southern friends would call “porch music”. To put it in clearer, more common vernacular, its a beautiful old time country album straight out of Apalachia. But the thing is Fortenbery despite having lived in North Carolina, Wisconsin, Thailand, and…
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Julien Baker & Torres Live at Mercury Lounge (2024-12-11 I got to see this show at Mercury Lounge last night at Mercury Lounge. Being on Julien Baker’s mailing list I was lucky enough to score a ticket before they sold out in a matter of minutes. It was an early show, 6PM doors and…
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18. SPRINTS – Letter To Self Loud, snotty, angry British old school punk. Enuff said.
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Regina Spektor Live at Warsaw (2024-12-10) Back in 2002, while such New York City bands as The Strokes and The Yeah Yeah Yeahs were setting the indie music world on fire, there was another quite different scene taking place in the environs of the East Village and The Lower East Side. The Anti-folk scene had…
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19. Stewart Forgey – Nature Of The Universe This debut solo album from Stewart Forgey picks right up where his old band, Pacific Range left off. A cosmic country cornucopia of laid back grooves and psychedelic sensations. In the words of Neil Young, “roll another number”, sit back and space out listening to Nature of…
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20. Lightheaded – Combustible Gems Thank you Slumberland Records. Once again this label’s A&R people prove that they have a keen and astute ear for crunchy guitar, sweet pop harmonies and lush melodies because this fledgeling band from New Jersey and Brooklyn is all of that.
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21. The Linda Lindas- No Obligation It’s truly hard to believe that these 4 young ladies from Southern California are still merely teenagers (barely, in the case of drummer, Mila de la Garza). Having stormed the RnR world with a live video of them playing in the LA Public Library back in 2021, they have…
W.S. Walcott Medicine Show 