I opted for as little control as possible over this post. Random numbers, unforeseen circumstances, roll the dice or spin the wheel - and...

When I started Earworm City, I had two things in mind as the focus. One, to try and convince music-lovers from my peer group that popular...

I’m indulging in a quick year-end wrap-up, since that seems to be a social media thing to do. My method for determining what my favorite...

There was a time when these two Beatles compilations were all your LP collection needed, if you weren’t a completist or obsessive. A lot...

The Rolling Stones, Hackney Diamonds (10/20) – When the announcement was made back in September that the Rolling Stones would be...

Nope, not Hackney Diamonds yet. I passed up all opportunities to stream or download it ahead of yesterday's vinyl release date, so I'm...

Rather than trying to create a Top Ten list from Sir Elton’s entire catalog, I decided to limit my ranking to his first ten albums. Why?...

“If I’m going to sing like someone else, then I don’t need to sing at all.” That’s a quote from the great Aretha Franklin, and it pretty...

Batch number two of my spring new music favorites. To follow along, start with the biggest one and go counterclockwise this time, 'cause...

Time to play catch up - spring is gone, summer's here. I’ve been listening to and living with a lot of new releases over the last few...

This idea occurred to me as I pulled a record out of the stacks to play a while back. It was a greatest hits album, the only album I own...

It took a while (explained below) but I finally consider Record Store Day 2023 in the books. I had a great time with the crowd and staff...

I realized early on that keeping this list to five records was going to require some boundaries. The punk universe is huge. Once it hit...

I've been feeling like Mr. Teflon for the last month or so. I’ve been listening to my weekly batches of new releases and none of them are...

With Crate Digging I’m occasionally going to dive into my record collection and dig out the unusual, the seldom seen, and rarely heard...

A short month, but quite a few new releases grabbed my attention. I wanted to give the last week’s new stuff time to sink in, so this is...

January new releases are the trickle before the flood every year. Labels and artists assume everyone has shot their financial wad during...

Okay gang, this is my last look back at the year that was. I had a few different ideas about how to put the final pin in 2022 but,...

This best-of-2022 batch includes the stuff record companies dug out of their vaults and released, often for the first time; remasters...

These are the 2022 releases that couldn’t be moved. They stuck like glue to my personal playlist when they first dropped, and stayed...