Nobody likes all the music. To start with, nobody hears everything there is to hear. If you’re a typical music fan, with a life to live...

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?...

• 100 is a notable milestone number for lot of things in life, right? If you live long enough, it’s a birthday that astonishes your...

Okay, time to bash out a few musical things rattling around my head lately. A couple of these topics were going to be their own post at...

“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...

I’ve given both of these topics their own post in the past, but I’m cutting them down to size this year. They both deserve a look because...

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

Jeff Beck, David Crosby, and now Tom Verlaine. All within a span of a few weeks to kick off 2023. Something of a bleak start to the new...