Music Trajectory’s 20 Albums of the Year + 5 Honorable Mentions

Hello! If you are coming from the 20 Songs of the Year or 25 Underrated Songs of the Year posts, thanks for continuing on with the 2021 year-end posts here on the site. As you may have read, this year is the 10-year anniversary of the site. That’s right, for 10 years I have been …

Music Trajectory’s 20 Songs of the Year + 5 Pop Guilty Pleasures

Hello! If you are a follower of the site, thank you for coming back to check out this year-end post. And if you are new to the site – however you got here – welcome. This is a post that I have done every year since I started Music Trajectory in 2011. (Wow, I just …

Editor’s Choice Album of the Week: ‘The Battle At Garden’s Gate’ by Greta Van Fleet

Greta Van Fleet 2021 Music Trajectory

Week of April 16th, 2021 American rock band Greta Van Fleet releases their new album The Battle At Garden’s Gate today after a 4-single buildup dating back to last October. It’s arguably better than their debut (which went Gold) and should break the incessant ties with sounding too much like Led Zeppelin. Must-hear songs: “My …

New Music Trajectories from Rise Against, Cypress Hill, Serj Tankian, Greta Van Fleet, and Joywave

Week of March 22nd, 2021 Rise Against unveils lead single “Nowhere Generation” from upcoming album of the same name, out 6/4 Cypress Hill dishes new song “Champion Sound” and announces special livestream on 4/20 Serj Tankian releases new EP of songs originally meant for System of a Down, check out “Electric Yerevan” Greta Van Fleet …

New Music Trajectories from Dua Lipa, Kings of Leon, Shakey Graves, Greta Van Fleet, and The Fratellis

Week of February 15th, 2021 recommended new music releases Dua Lipa drops “We’re Good”, her first new release of the year. Find it on Future Nostalgia (The Moonlight Edition) out now. Kings of Leon unveil 3rd single “Echoing” from new album When You See Yourself (out March 5th) Shakey Graves returns with “Roll The Bones”, …