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 Music Trajectories from Walk the Moon, Coheed and Cambria, Rise Against, Kid Karate, and The War on Drugs – Week of 11/15/2021

This week’s new music trajectories: Walk the Moon celebrate release of new album HEIGHTS with new single for the title track Coheed and Cambria drop 2nd single “Rise, Naianasha (Cut The Cord)” from their upcoming 10th album, release date TBD Rise Against release new 6-song single Nowhere Sessions featuring cover of the classic “Fortunate Son” …

Editor’s Choice Album of the Week for New Music Friday June 4th, 2021

Rise Against 2021 Music Trajectory

Nowhere Generation by Rise Against It’s the band’s 9th studio album and first with new (independent) record label Loma Vista. The band took time in the writing process, declaring not to work with a deadline. The album does sound like Rise Against, but there is a freshness that fans should enjoy. Must Hear Songs Purchase: …

Recommended New Music Trajectories from CHVRCHES, The Joy Formidable, Billie Eilish, Rise Against, and Gaspard Augé

Music Trajectories Week of June 4, 2021

CHVRCHES dishes 2nd single “How Not To Drown” (featuring Robert Smith of The Cure. New album Screen Violence, out 8/27 The Joy Formidable delight with 2nd single “Back To Nothing”. New album Into the Blue, our 8/20 Billie Eilish releases 2nd single “Lost Cause” from her upcoming highly anticipated sophomore album Happier Than Ever, out …

Recommended New Music Trajectories from Modest Mouse, Rise Against, Andrew W.K., Jake Bugg, and Coldplay

Week of May 7th, 2021

Modest Mouse returns with lead single “We Are Between” and announce new album The Golden Casket, out 6/25 Rise Against dish 2nd single “The Numbers” from upcoming Nowhere Generation, out 6/4 Andrew W.K. drops 2nd single “I’m In Heaven” from 5th studio album God Is Partying, out 9/10 Jake Bugg releases new single “Lost” with …