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 …

New Album of the Week: ‘Solar Power’ by LORDE | Week of 8/23/2021

Lorde 2021 Music Trajectory

Lorde went 4 years between her debut release Pure Heroine and sophomore Melodrama. She did the same leading up the release of her 3rd album Solar Power. As she has mentioned in interviews, it’s quality over quantity with her. If that’s how it’s going to be, let’s just get used to it. Does Solar Power …

New Music Trajectories from Blossoms, LORDE, Iron Maiden, Halestorm, and Bastille | Week of 8/20/2021

Blossoms returns with new song “Care For”, assumed lead single from forthcoming album LORDE dishes 3rd single “Mood Ring” from fantastic new album Solar Power, also out this week Iron Maiden offers 2nd preview of new double-album with new single “Stratego” Halestorm roars back with “Back From The Dead”, lead single from new album due …

New Music Trajectories from The War on Drugs, Lorde, Walk the Moon, The Joy Formidable, and Coheed and Cambria

[Week of July 23rd, 2021] The War on Drugs returns with lead single “Living Proof”, new album I Don’t Live Here Anymore release date TBD Lorde dishes 2nd single “Stoned at the Nail Salon”, new album Solar Power out 8/20 Walk the Moon releases “Giants”, the second preview of new album HEIGHTS release date TBD …