Monthly Archives: June 2021

These guys have long been my go-to soundtrack for any good mind-altering experience. In fact, a friend recently had what he described as a life-altering moment that involved Aegætis byrjun. Despite this, there are still several of their albums that I have never listened to. Seems like I should correct that, if only out ofContinue reading “#398 – Valtari by Sigur Rós”

I met someone this past weekend who is an enthusiastic and unapologetic Nickelback fan, something of a unicorn in my world. I’m of the opinion that there is always some value to seeing a performance by any artist that can fill venues the way that these guys do, so I decided to give them aContinue reading “#397 – All The Right Reasons by Nickelback”

I’ve been reading a series of great African novels recently. To be more precise, I’m in the process of completing a trilogy that I first began to read about ten years ago with Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe. It’s probably the most famous African novel to be translated into English. The trilogy follows differentContinue reading “#396 – Kedu America by Chief Stephen Osita Osadebe”

Certain people have been urging me to pick a John Mayer album for as long as this blog has existed and today I finally capitulated. He is an excellent guitarist and there is quite a selection of impressive guitar work throughout his catalog, but I could never really get into him until he became theContinue reading “#394 – The Search For Everything by John Mayer”

I’ve never been a huge fan of Keller Williams, although I did listen to some of his stuff for a bit in college, especially his live recordings. This album came up through a Spotify suggestion and, with all of his festival appearance alongside some of my favorite jammy acts, it seemed to be worth checkingContinue reading “#393 – Cell by Keller Williams & Erothyme”

Holy shit, this is a late one. I’m almost 24 hours past the intended deadline of this post. I’ve already decided that the important part is when I listen to the album and not when I post it, and especially not when I post it to Instagram. What’s to stop me from moving the goalpostsContinue reading “#392 – All Your Favorite Bands by Dawes”