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 Agnes, Death To Guitar Pop, Twenty One Pilots, The Offspring, and Voodoo Glow Skulls

[Week of July 9th, 2021] Agnes has made her return to the spotlight and new single “24 Hours” is a sure-fire hit Death of Guitar Pop dishes new single “Back of a Lorry”, new album Pukka Sounds out 9/10 Twenty One Pilots continues roll out of new album with new video for “Saturday” The Offspring …

Editor’s Choice Album of the Week: ‘Let the Bad Times Roll’ by The Offspring

The Offspring Music Trajectory 2021 photo credit Daveed Benito

Week of April 23rd, 2021 What is the best kind of album later in a band’s career? One that sounds like the “old stuff” fans love, but also sounds fresh and relevant. The Offspring successfully architects this with their new album. Reading through comments on all the new songs on Youtube for example, it’s clear …

Recommended New Music Trajectories from Bodom After Midnight, The Offspring, Garbage, Dropkick Murphys, and Lifehouse

Week of April 2nd, 2021 Bodom After Midnight unveil “Paint the Sky With Blood”, part of material recorded before the tragic passing of the legendary Alexi Laiho. EP out 4/23 The Offspring dish 2nd single “We Never Have Sex Anymore” from upcoming album Let the Bad Times Roll, out 4/16 Garbage returns with lead single …

Song of the Week: “Let the Bad Times Roll” by The Offspring

Editor’s Choice: Song of the Week Week of March 1st, 2021 Was the 9-year wait long enough? Let’s say so. With Noodles and Dexter the only original members of the band at this point, The Offspring return with “Let the Bad Times Roll”, the lead single and title track from the album due 4/16 via …