Albums of the Year (2022)

Welcome to the final 2022 year-end post here on the site. This one focuses on the best albums that I came across during the year, in a narrowed 10-album list format. All albums released in 2022. What makes a great album? Good songs, stories, messages, a vibe, an aesthetic. The albums on this list have …

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, …

New Music Trajectories from The Black Keys, Florence and the Machine, Yungblud, Milky Chance, and Buzzcocks – Week of March 14th, 2022

This week’s New Music Trajectories: The Black Keys are back and dish “Wild Child” as lead single from Dropout Boogie, out 5/13 Florence and the Machine further preview new album with “My Love”, Dance Fever out 5/13 Yungblud releases lead single “The Funeral” from upcoming new album Milky Chance delight with new single “Synchronize” from …

New Music Trajectories from Florence and the Machine, Awolnation, The Bots, Block Party, and Coheed and Cambria – Week of February 28th, 2022

This week’s New Music Trajectories: Florence and the Machine returns with lead single “King” from upcoming 2022 album Awolnation teams with Tim from Rise Against to cover “Beds Are Burning” The Bots dish new song “Know Now” from a new 4-song single Bloc Party further preview new album with “Sex Magik”, Alpha Games out 4/29 …