The current bestselling albums on Amazon.com with my commentary for each. #1 Brian Wilson – Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin I’ve been planning on checking this out myself, but I haven’t got to it yet. I’m a huge fan of Brian Wilson and I think this is a pretty cool idea. In fact I may buy [...]

I don’t know this kid’s name (***edit: his name is Greyson Michael Chance***) or anything else about him except that he is in the 6th grade and that he goes by the name “Greyson97″ on YouTube. And that he did this killer cover of “Paparazzi” by Lady Gaga at some kind of school function that [...]

EarMaster Pro Ear Training Software isn’t exactly “gear” in the way people normally think of it but it seems like the best category to put it, anyway. I’ve been using this software over the last few weeks and it seems to be working really well. My ear is improving. I’ve actually tried many other ear [...]

The Vatican came out with a list of 10 recommended albums that is not altogether terrible (although there are some unusual choices.) Here it is: #1 The Beatles – Revolver The “hip” selection for #1 Beatles album. It’s not my #1, but most hipsters seem to think it’s the pinnacle of The Beatles output. I [...]

I’m just getting around to listening to Album by Girls (released on September 22, 2009) and I’ve been enjoying it a quite a bit on my first listens and in particular I’ve been loving “Hellhole Ratrace” which is track #6 and easily the longest song on Album (nearly 7 minutes long.) It’s a really beautiful [...]

A top 150 albums of 2009 list has been voted on (and then compiled) at what I believe is the biggest Radiohead fan forum on the internet. As a big Radiohead fan (and a member of that forum, although I didn’t take part in this vote as I’m not much of a regular because the [...]

Last.FM has released their “best of 2009” top ten albums released from October 1, 2008 through November 19, 2009. The chart is is based on which albums’ songs have had the most “scrobbles.” Live albums and greatest hits compilations are not included. Here’s the top ten: #10 Kanye West – 808s and Heartbreak – 6.6 [...]

Alright, this is my third Thursday of taking a look at the Billboard 200 album charts. I don’t list every single album on the chart, I just pick out a few that I want to ramble on about. #1 – Susan Boyle – I Dreamed A Dream (debut) The biggest single week sales of the [...]

First let me define what I mean by “rated” (because without doing that, “underrated” doesn’t mean much.) I’m talking specifically about the “ratings” of people in the US because some of these bands are actually quite highly rated in the UK (The Stone Roses & Oasis being obvious examples.) I’m talking about a combination of [...]

I don’t know if I’ll be sticking with doing this silly little feature every week but I did do it last week as well. I’m particularly interested in this week’s album charts because this is the first week since way back in 1991 that older albums are allowed to be included in the Billboard 200 [...]