Today I want to take a look back at 2022 and recap my year in vinyl. First I’ll share some general stats before doing a quick countdown of the 5 albums not released in 2022 that I played. Why am I excluding records released this year? Because they track pretty closely to my Best Albums of…
It’s every record collector’s favorite time of year, and I’m not talking about holidays or gifts. I’m talking about the time of year where we all hole up and analyze all the new albums we checked out this year to compile our best of lists. I was going to do a top 5, but then…
Today I want to tell a story about The Smashing Pumpkins and their impact and influence on my early music years. For this, I’ll be taking a trip back to 1995 and the release of the follow of to their phenomenal LP Siamese Dream. Yep, I’m talking about Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness.
Today I’m counting down my top 5 Spotify Bands of the Year per Spotify Wrapped 2022. Each year, Spotify does a “Wrapped” series which looks back at your year in stats. Now, if you didn’t already know, I track my vinyl plays in Discogs. I’m a total stats nerd! Furthermore, as someone who’s career is…
Time flies, and the older you get, the more that simple statement rings true. It’s hard to believe that it’s been 26 years since Belle And Sebastian released their album If You’re Feeling Sinister, which they dropped way back on November 18, 1996! As I’ve been unboxing my record collection on YouTube and occasionally writing…
764-HERO was a band out of Seattle between 1995 and 2002. In this mini feature, I’ll be sharing a history of the band and taking a look at the three 7-inch singles released during their career, High School Poetry, Now You’re Swimming, and Garrison.
Alright, so I’ve been searching for an adequate tabletop record display on which to set the record I’m currently playing. I’ve considered all sorts of “Now Playing” displays, but ultimately, nothing ever seemed to speak to me. On a whim, I picked up the Optage Audio Tabletop Record Display the other day. So today, we’re…
Every so often, I’ll hear a song and it’ll inspire me to create a new Spotify playlist. Seems like it hasn’t happened all too much over the past six to eight months, but that’s how it goes. I’ll go stretches with nothing, then one new song will hit me and spark the fire of inspiration….
Credit where credit’s due. After years of avoiding Arab Strap, my friend Laura finally convinced me to give them a deeper listen. Quickly, I snapped up Monday at the Hut & Pig and a handful of singles. Since then they’ve become more of a mainstay in my rotation. Then, in 2021, they released As Days…
So this is a bit awkward. I sat down to write a review of The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators by The 13th Floor Elevators, and I realized that 1) I’m not sure I’m qualified to properly review an album that predates my existence by well over a decade, and 2) everything has…
