Sault - Untitled (Rise) Sault - Untitled (Black Is) Blue Note Re:imagined Khruangbin - Mordechai Keleketla! Tom Misch & Yussef Dayes - What Kinda Music Run The Jewels - 4 Matthew Halsall - Salute To The Sun The Heliocentrics - Infinity of Now The Avalanches - We Will Always Love You
For me, it was a rollercoaster just like for everyone else....but...music helped me navigate this really strange year. This is my list scribbled down on a pad. I definitely have a favorite album, but the rest would vary depending on mood, state of the world, quarantine situation and whatever else was going on.
That being said, I think I have a consistent #1. I listen to this album (& talk about it) all the time. (Just ask my amazing wife, Laurel. ) My #2 is solid because it's one of the best albums of all time and this reissue gave us all a glimpse of what else they were working on at that time. After that, it simply depends on the variables listed above. Be well, be safe and wear a mask! Can't wait for 2021 and hope you're all doing well! Ok...here we go.......
1- The Strokes: The New Abnormal
2- Tom Petty: Wildflowers & All The Rest
Pearl Jam: Gigaton
Josh Ritter: See Here, I Built You A Mansion
Fiona Apple: Fetch The Bolt Cutters
Sturgill Simpson: Cuttin' Grass Vol 1 & 2
Waxahatchee: Saint Cloud
Drive By Truckers: The Unraveling
Drive By Truckers: The New OK
Old 97's: Twelfth
EOB: Earth
Run The Jewels: RTJ4
Matt Berninger: Serpentine Prison
Painted Shield: Painted Shield
Bob Dylan: Rough & Rowdy Ways
Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real: Naked Garden
Neil Young: Homegrown
Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit: Reunions
Mark Lanegan: Straight Songs of Sorrow
Josiah Johnson: Every Feeling On A Loop
My Morning Jacket: The Waterfall II
The War On Drugs: Live Drugs
Margo Price: That's How Rumors Get Started
Phoebe Bridgers: Punisher
I know for a fact that I've left some off, but that's how it goes. Stay safe, everyone and enjoy that holiday music!
3) Hotel Mira - Perfectionism (check out their song: This could be it for me, if you like that you will love this album)
4) Nothing But Thieves - Moral Panic (weird how an album made pre-pandemic has so many themes relevant to it. The singer has phenomenal range and the music matches it)
These four albums will forever remind me of Corona lockdowns.
Gigaton 9-months-in has already aged way better than LB or selftitled ever did to my ears during the same time measurements. Once the initial excitement wore off on those albums i never wanted to revisit them much. Gigaton is still a go to album in the car or in the gym. Had it back on the turntable the other day. So thats been a nice surprise from a 30 yr old band.
Gigaton 9-months-in has already aged way better than LB or selftitled ever did to my ears during the same time measurements. Once the initial excitement wore off on those albums i never wanted to revisit them much. Gigaton is still a go to album in the car or in the gym. Had it back on the turntable the other day. So thats been a nice surprise from a 30 yr old band.
Completely agree. Really solid album and just so good.
Pearl Jam - Gigaton My Morning Jacket - Waterfall II The Strokes - The New Abnormal Jason Isbell - Reunions Drive By Truckers - The Unraveling Tame Impala - The Slow Rush War on Drugs - Live Drugs Fleet Foxes - Shore Avett Brothers - The Third Gleam The Doves - The Universal Want
Brian Fallon-Local Honey Hiss Golden Messenger-two live albums that he put out this year Pearl Jam-Gigaton War on Drugs-Live Drugs Jeff Parker-Suite for Max Brown Donovan Woods-Without People Jason Isbell-Reunions Kevin Morby-Sundowner Moses Sumney-grae Deftones-Ohms U.S Girls-Heavy Light Freddie Gibbs-Alfredo
1996: Ft Lauderdale
1998: Birmingham
2000: Charlotte, Tampa
2003: Tampa, Atlanta, Phoenix
2004: Kissimmee
2008: West Palm Beach, Bonnaroo, Columbia
2010: MSG2
2012: Music Midtown
2014: Memphis
2016: Ft. Lauderdale, Miami, Jacksonville, JazzFest 2018: Wrigley 1, Fenway 1 2022: Nashville 2023: Ft. Worth II
Neil Young - The Old Homestead (from Archives II) Pearl Jam - Gigaton Mark Lanegan Band - Another Knock At The Door (IYEARA Remixes) Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Return to Greendale Lou Barlow - EMOH (20h Anniversary reissue) Neil Young - Homegrown David Lowery - In The Shadow of The Bull Powderfinger - Unreleased Mark Lanegan - Straight Songs of Sorrow Brian Fallon - Local Honey Bob Mould - Blue Hearts Jeff Tweedy - Love Is The King John Frusciante - Maya
I've got a feeling I'm missing something...
Foy Vance dropped ’Hope in the Highlands’ just before Christmas (the soundtrack to a PPV online show) and it is quite beautiful. It easily makes my top 10, maybe even top 5 if I can stop listening to Neil’s Archives II long enough to really appreciate it
“Do not postpone happiness”
(Jeff Tweedy, Sydney 2007)
Fontaines D.C. - A Hero's Death Public Enemy - What You Gonna Do When the Grid Goes Down Jehnny Beth - To Love is to Live Neil Young - Homegrown Elliott Brood - Keeper Idles - Ultra Mono Deftones - Ohms Pearl Jam - Gigaton Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher Gorillaz - Song Machine, Season One: Strange Times Painted Shield
For me, it was a rollercoaster just like for everyone else....but...music helped me navigate this really strange year. This is my list scribbled down on a pad. I definitely have a favorite album, but the rest would vary depending on mood, state of the world, quarantine situation and whatever else was going on.
That being said, I think I have a consistent #1. I listen to this album (& talk about it) all the time. (Just ask my amazing wife, Laurel. ) My #2 is solid because it's one of the best albums of all time and this reissue gave us all a glimpse of what else they were working on at that time. After that, it simply depends on the variables listed above. Be well, be safe and wear a mask! Can't wait for 2021 and hope you're all doing well! Ok...here we go.......
1- The Strokes: The New Abnormal
2- Tom Petty: Wildflowers & All The Rest
Pearl Jam: Gigaton
Josh Ritter: See Here, I Built You A Mansion
Fiona Apple: Fetch The Bolt Cutters
Sturgill Simpson: Cuttin' Grass Vol 1 & 2
Waxahatchee: Saint Cloud
Drive By Truckers: The Unraveling
Drive By Truckers: The New OK
Old 97's: Twelfth
EOB: Earth
Run The Jewels: RTJ4
Matt Berninger: Serpentine Prison
Painted Shield: Painted Shield
Bob Dylan: Rough & Rowdy Ways
Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real: Naked Garden
Neil Young: Homegrown
Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit: Reunions
Mark Lanegan: Straight Songs of Sorrow
Josiah Johnson: Every Feeling On A Loop
My Morning Jacket: The Waterfall II
The War On Drugs: Live Drugs
Margo Price: That's How Rumors Get Started
Phoebe Bridgers: Punisher
I know for a fact that I've left some off, but that's how it goes. Stay safe, everyone and enjoy that holiday music!
Do you have the strokes album on vinyl? If so, how’s the pressing??
For me, it was a rollercoaster just like for everyone else....but...music helped me navigate this really strange year. This is my list scribbled down on a pad. I definitely have a favorite album, but the rest would vary depending on mood, state of the world, quarantine situation and whatever else was going on.
That being said, I think I have a consistent #1. I listen to this album (& talk about it) all the time. (Just ask my amazing wife, Laurel. ) My #2 is solid because it's one of the best albums of all time and this reissue gave us all a glimpse of what else they were working on at that time. After that, it simply depends on the variables listed above. Be well, be safe and wear a mask! Can't wait for 2021 and hope you're all doing well! Ok...here we go.......
1- The Strokes: The New Abnormal
2- Tom Petty: Wildflowers & All The Rest
Pearl Jam: Gigaton
Josh Ritter: See Here, I Built You A Mansion
Fiona Apple: Fetch The Bolt Cutters
Sturgill Simpson: Cuttin' Grass Vol 1 & 2
Waxahatchee: Saint Cloud
Drive By Truckers: The Unraveling
Drive By Truckers: The New OK
Old 97's: Twelfth
EOB: Earth
Run The Jewels: RTJ4
Matt Berninger: Serpentine Prison
Painted Shield: Painted Shield
Bob Dylan: Rough & Rowdy Ways
Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real: Naked Garden
Neil Young: Homegrown
Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit: Reunions
Mark Lanegan: Straight Songs of Sorrow
Josiah Johnson: Every Feeling On A Loop
My Morning Jacket: The Waterfall II
The War On Drugs: Live Drugs
Margo Price: That's How Rumors Get Started
Phoebe Bridgers: Punisher
I know for a fact that I've left some off, but that's how it goes. Stay safe, everyone and enjoy that holiday music!
Do you have the strokes album on vinyl? If so, how’s the pressing??
For me, it was a rollercoaster just like for everyone else....but...music helped me navigate this really strange year. This is my list scribbled down on a pad. I definitely have a favorite album, but the rest would vary depending on mood, state of the world, quarantine situation and whatever else was going on.
That being said, I think I have a consistent #1. I listen to this album (& talk about it) all the time. (Just ask my amazing wife, Laurel. ) My #2 is solid because it's one of the best albums of all time and this reissue gave us all a glimpse of what else they were working on at that time. After that, it simply depends on the variables listed above. Be well, be safe and wear a mask! Can't wait for 2021 and hope you're all doing well! Ok...here we go.......
1- The Strokes: The New Abnormal
2- Tom Petty: Wildflowers & All The Rest
Pearl Jam: Gigaton
Josh Ritter: See Here, I Built You A Mansion
Fiona Apple: Fetch The Bolt Cutters
Sturgill Simpson: Cuttin' Grass Vol 1 & 2
Waxahatchee: Saint Cloud
Drive By Truckers: The Unraveling
Drive By Truckers: The New OK
Old 97's: Twelfth
EOB: Earth
Run The Jewels: RTJ4
Matt Berninger: Serpentine Prison
Painted Shield: Painted Shield
Bob Dylan: Rough & Rowdy Ways
Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real: Naked Garden
Neil Young: Homegrown
Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit: Reunions
Mark Lanegan: Straight Songs of Sorrow
Josiah Johnson: Every Feeling On A Loop
My Morning Jacket: The Waterfall II
The War On Drugs: Live Drugs
Margo Price: That's How Rumors Get Started
Phoebe Bridgers: Punisher
I know for a fact that I've left some off, but that's how it goes. Stay safe, everyone and enjoy that holiday music!
Do you have the strokes album on vinyl? If so, how’s the pressing??
I do—and play it all the time. Sounds great!
Great. I just got it today, and looking forward to spinning it.
For me, it was a rollercoaster just like for everyone else....but...music helped me navigate this really strange year. This is my list scribbled down on a pad. I definitely have a favorite album, but the rest would vary depending on mood, state of the world, quarantine situation and whatever else was going on.
That being said, I think I have a consistent #1. I listen to this album (& talk about it) all the time. (Just ask my amazing wife, Laurel. ) My #2 is solid because it's one of the best albums of all time and this reissue gave us all a glimpse of what else they were working on at that time. After that, it simply depends on the variables listed above. Be well, be safe and wear a mask! Can't wait for 2021 and hope you're all doing well! Ok...here we go.......
1- The Strokes: The New Abnormal
2- Tom Petty: Wildflowers & All The Rest
Pearl Jam: Gigaton
Josh Ritter: See Here, I Built You A Mansion
Fiona Apple: Fetch The Bolt Cutters
Sturgill Simpson: Cuttin' Grass Vol 1 & 2
Waxahatchee: Saint Cloud
Drive By Truckers: The Unraveling
Drive By Truckers: The New OK
Old 97's: Twelfth
EOB: Earth
Run The Jewels: RTJ4
Matt Berninger: Serpentine Prison
Painted Shield: Painted Shield
Bob Dylan: Rough & Rowdy Ways
Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real: Naked Garden
Neil Young: Homegrown
Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit: Reunions
Mark Lanegan: Straight Songs of Sorrow
Josiah Johnson: Every Feeling On A Loop
My Morning Jacket: The Waterfall II
The War On Drugs: Live Drugs
Margo Price: That's How Rumors Get Started
Phoebe Bridgers: Punisher
I know for a fact that I've left some off, but that's how it goes. Stay safe, everyone and enjoy that holiday music!
Do you have the strokes album on vinyl? If so, how’s the pressing??
I do—and play it all the time. Sounds great!
Great. I just got it today, and looking forward to spinning it.
I just really don't listen to current music so a lot of my favorites are older bands new releases.
Bush - The Kingdom The Killers - Imploding the Mirage Smashing Pumpkins - Cyr Moby - All Visible Objects Cold War Kids - New Age Norms 2 Pet Shop Boys - Hotspot
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Sault - Untitled (Black Is)
Blue Note Re:imagined
Khruangbin - Mordechai
Keleketla!
Tom Misch & Yussef Dayes - What Kinda Music
Run The Jewels - 4
Matthew Halsall - Salute To The Sun
The Heliocentrics - Infinity of Now
The Avalanches - We Will Always Love You
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Pearl Jam - Gigaton
Deftones - Ohms
AC/DC - Power Up
Kevin Morby - Sundowner
Neil Young - Homegrown
Bob Dylan - Rough & Rowdy Ways
The Lemon Twigs - songs for the general public
Fontaines DC - A hero's death
Marylin Manson - We are chaos
Pearl Jam - Gigaton
My Morning Jacket - Waterfall II
The Strokes - The New Abnormal
Jason Isbell - Reunions
Drive By Truckers - The Unraveling
Tame Impala - The Slow Rush
War on Drugs - Live Drugs
Fleet Foxes - Shore
Avett Brothers - The Third Gleam
The Doves - The Universal Want
Brian Fallon-Local Honey
Hiss Golden Messenger-two live albums that he put out this year
Pearl Jam-Gigaton
War on Drugs-Live Drugs
Jeff Parker-Suite for Max Brown
Donovan Woods-Without People
Jason Isbell-Reunions
Kevin Morby-Sundowner
Moses Sumney-grae
Deftones-Ohms
U.S Girls-Heavy Light
Freddie Gibbs-Alfredo
1996: Ft Lauderdale
1998: Birmingham
2000: Charlotte, Tampa
2003: Tampa, Atlanta, Phoenix
2004: Kissimmee
2008: West Palm Beach, Bonnaroo, Columbia
2010: MSG2
2012: Music Midtown
2014: Memphis
2018: Wrigley 1, Fenway 1
2022: Nashville
2023: Ft. Worth II
It easily makes my top 10, maybe even top 5 if I can stop listening to Neil’s Archives II long enough to really appreciate it
(Jeff Tweedy, Sydney 2007)
“Put yer good money on the sunrise”
(Tim Rogers)
Public Enemy - What You Gonna Do When the Grid Goes Down
Jehnny Beth - To Love is to Live
Neil Young - Homegrown
Elliott Brood - Keeper
Idles - Ultra Mono
Deftones - Ohms
Pearl Jam - Gigaton
Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher
Gorillaz - Song Machine, Season One: Strange Times
Painted Shield
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Bush - The Kingdom
The Killers - Imploding the Mirage
Smashing Pumpkins - Cyr
Moby - All Visible Objects
Cold War Kids - New Age Norms 2
Pet Shop Boys - Hotspot