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 …

Album of the Week: ‘Unlimited Love’ by Red Hot Chili Peppers (Week of 4/4/2022)

Red Hot Chili Peppers are back and they are dishing one of the best albums of their career. Unlimited Love is full of great songs and lands Album of the Week honors this week. Difficult to narrow down the three must-hear songs from the album but Music Trajectory goes with the lead single “Black Summer”, …

New Music Trajectories from Kongos, Bloc Party, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Opeth, and Skid Row (Week of 3/28/2022)

This week’s New Music Trajectories: Kongos dish new single “Flash Flood”, new album Interference out 4/8 Bloc Party further preview of new album with “If We Get Caught”, Alpha Games out 4/29 Red Hot Chili Peppers delight with “Not the One” ahead of Unlimited Love release on 4/1 Opeth cranks out “Width of a Circle”, …

New Music Trajectories from Pixies, Ghost, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Regrettes, and The Palms – Week of March 7th, 2022

This week’s New Music Trajectories: Pixies return with “Human Crime”, the assumed lead single from upcoming new album Ghost drops 3rd single “Twenties” from Impera, out 3/11 Red Hot Chili Peppers dish 2nd single “Poster Child” from Endless Love, out 4/1 The Regrettes delight with “That’s What Makes Me Love You” from Further Joy, out …

Song of the Week: “Black Summer” by Red Hot Chili Peppers – Week of February 7th, 2022

The boys are back and we need them. Red Hot Chili Peppers dish lead single “Black Summer” from upcoming 12th studio album Unlimited Love, out April 1st via Warner. The Rick Rubin produced album will be the band’s first since 2016’s The Getaway. Watch the video for “Black Summer” below and enjoy this week’s Song …

New Music Trajectories from Red Hot Chili Peppers, Noal Gallagher, Wallows, Halestorm, and Abbath – Week of February 7th, 2022

This week’s New Music Trajectories: Red Hot Chili Peppers don’t disappoint with comeback single “Black Summer” off Endless Love, out 4/1 Noel Gallagher dishes lead single “Everything’s Electric” from upcoming 3rd solo album C’mon You Know, out 5/22 Wallows release lead single “Especially You” from new album Tell Me That It’s Over, out 3/25 Halestorm …