Today I’m continuing my series for “three great albums” for each year beginning in 2007 and working backwards (I’m planning on keeping at this until I reach 1964.)
I’m at 1997 today and this is a year I’ve been looking forward to as I think it’s my personal favorite year for music for the last 30 […]

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 heart […]

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 […]

It’s only May 3 but so far the 2008 albums that have really got my attention are Portishead’s Third, Nine Inch Nails’ Ghosts I-IV, Spiritualized’s Songs in A&E, and She & Him’s Volume One.
What are your favorites so far? What should I get next?

I’m not sure how much I like Spiritualized’s latest album Songs in A & E just yet except I’m pretty sure I like it more than their last one, Amazing Grace, and I know I don’t like it as much as their best one, 1997’s Ladies & Gentlemen.
But I have been listening to the […]

A little ways back I did story on three of my favorite albums from 1998. But 1998 was never a year that really stood out for me (Despite In the Aeroplane over the Sea which is one of my favorite albums), the year before on the other hand is almost certainly my favorite year of […]