Underoath, The Ghost Inside, and the Year's Most Triumphant Tour
Across many bands' careers is a series of firsts: the first full US tour, first trek overseas, first headlining show, first bra thrown...
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Jan 29, 2023
A Wild, Wonderful Tantrum: Hidden in Plain View's Next Phase
As you grow older, you realize that there's far too much attention paid to how the things you love to do, the things you're good at, the...
Jan 10, 2022
Year-End Madness, Part 4: Top Albums of 2021
Yes, we're already a week or so into 2022, but the entertainment world likes to take an easy start into the new year, which makes this...
Jan 5, 2022
Year-End Madness, Part 3: MCU Power Rankings
Plenty has been written about this already, but the Marvel Cinematic Universe has nearly completely diverged from the rest of the...
Jan 2, 2022
Come here and spin with me: How (and Why) I Played All My Records in a Year
As the title of this blog would lead you to believe, I've held a lot of collections in my life. Some have stayed around longer than...
Dec 1, 2021
The Monthly Haul: November 2021
One month is all that separates us from a new year, and in the month that we give thanks for all that we have and all we've been given, I...
Nov 18, 2021
Year-End Madness, Part 1: Predicting My Spotify Wrapped for 2021
November's seen its first half fly by, and we're getting to that all-important final month of the year, where all the blogs (like this...
Nov 1, 2021
The Monthly Haul - October 2021
10 months down. 2021 has been a really great year, and we've got two months left to make it even better. Thankfully, we're riding a great...
Oct 6, 2021
The Monthly Haul - September 2021
Summer has left the 2021 chat, and I'm thankful that it ended in a much better way than it began. My leg is feeling a lot better, and...
Jul 5, 2021
The Monthly Haul - June 2021
Every year has a month that kind of just gets away from you. June was that month for me. At least there was a reason for it: as I've...
Jun 3, 2021
The Monthly Haul - May 2021
The NBA playoffs seem to have had an effect on my writing in May, as I just didn't have anything too great to say about anything that...
May 7, 2021
The Monthly Haul - April 2021
April was one of those months that felt like it lasted a week. I can't believe that it's over, and that I posted so infrequently...
Apr 6, 2021
The Monthly Haul - March 2021
The old "In like a lion, out like a lamb" saying was not in effect this month, as March roared early, often, and loudly throughout its...
Mar 10, 2021
From the Archives - "Gap" Albums
Last weekend, I found myself in a familiar place: aimlessly bouncing around YouTube, wondering what rabbit hole I'd be headed down for...
Mar 3, 2021
The Monthly Haul - February 2021
Welcome back to another edition of the Monthly Haul, my look back at all that I enjoyed about the month that's just wrapped up. February...
Feb 5, 2021
The Monthly Haul - January 2021
There's so much to consume these days. Too much, really. I try to stay on top of things as best as I can, but when you're working a...
Jan 5, 2021
The Good Things in 2020: Useless Music Awards
I've been doing something like this for years now, and I just can't seem to get away from it. With the advent of streaming, there's just...
Jan 2, 2021
The Good Things in 2020: Live-Stream All-Stars
As 2020 drew to its end, the live concert atmosphere is nowhere near a glorious return, but many bands have turned to the online live-strea
Dec 27, 2020
The Good Things in 2020: Music
Look, I get it. This year was horrible for so many people in so many ways. There were times the suffering seemed never-ending. For some,...
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