Songs of the Year (2022)

Hello fellow music fans! Here’s my 11th annual post that presents the best songs that I came across during the year. It’s a 20-song list format, per usual. All songs released in 2022. The list reflects my bias toward the greater alternative music genre, which I see as including rock, punk, metal, indie, ska, and …

New Music Trajectories from Dorothy, Of Monsters and Men, Florence and The Machine, KONGOS, and Alt-J (Week of 4/25/2022)

This week’s New Music Trajectories: Dorothy dishes 3rd single “A Beautiful Life” from Gifts From The Holy Ghost, out now Of Monsters and Men resurface with “This Happiness”, assumed single from upcoming new album Florence and the Machine delights with 4th single “Free” from Dance Fever, out 5/13 KONGOS release “Never Like This” from 1929, …

Album of the Week: ‘The Dream’ by Alt-J – Week of February 14th, 2022

Take a stroll around the internet to read reviews of the new Alt-J album and you’re going to come across a wave of positivity. Yes, it seems The Dream is on critical acclaim status and positioned to rival the band’s debut An Awesome Wave as their strongest album. The new album scores Album of the …

New Music Trajectories from Alt-J, The Beaches, Billy Talent, Reptaliens, and The Halo Effect – Week of January 10th, 2022

This week’s New Music Trajectories: Alt-J delivers 3rd single “Hard Drive Gold” off new album The Dream, out 2/11 The Beaches team up with Lights for catchy new single “Let’s Go” Billy Talent dishes new single “Judged” off upcoming 6th studio album Crisis Of Faith, out 1/21 Reptaliens offer 3rd single “Take It” off Multiverse, …

Music Trajectory’s 25 Underrated Songs of the Year

Hello again! If you are coming to this post after reading the 20 Songs of the Year post, thank you for checking out more content here on the site. A 20 song list couldn’t nearly cover all the awesome music that came out here in 2021. And really, the addition of these 25 (underrated) songs …