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I’ve always enjoyed a good instrumental guitar album. Robben Ford has been putting out great guitar work since the early seventies, so I’d say he’s worth checking out at this point, wouldn’t you?

After the metal-ish selection that I listened to yesterday, I was hungry for something with a little more or a thrash vibe. One of my favorites is Pantera, whose heavy grooves set them apart from most metal bands. Their guitarist, the late, great Dimebag Darrell, is a guitar hero of mine who brought a melodicContinue reading “#482 – New Found Power by Damageplan”

I love this style of album art. As a longtime listener of the metal genre, these creepy, fantastical scenes have always appealed to me ever since I first saw an Iron Maiden album on a shelf at Newbury Comics. I’ve been trying to get more metal representation into this blog, but I have to sayContinue reading “#481 – Prequelle by Ghost”

Just got a set of Aftershox bone-conducting wireless headphones and have been giving them a test-drive. As a pro audio guy who works in TV sound, they’re definitely not the best sounding device I’ve ever used, but for certain purposes they are fantastic. For safe listening while cycling – or the reason I bought them,Continue reading “#480 – Moveys by Slow Pulp”

I really enjoy discovering new music organically as I go about my day. In this case, I was scrolling through Reddit and happened upon a post by someone who had found a vinyl copy of this album at a yard sale. From the content of this guy’s other posts, I was very curious about hisContinue reading “#479 – RAZZMATAZZ by I DON’T KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME”

Another musical legend passed away, the reggae powerhouse Lee “Scratch” Perry. He produced Bob Marley and defined the reggae and dub genres while being one of the most uniquely styled people in music. He also cultivated a mystical persona, at times claiming that he was from space while also being devoutly religious.

Two albums by the same artist in one week is an unprecedented event for this blog. I had generally hoped to avoid such an occurrence, but with this being an album that I was very much looking forward to, I couldn’t help myself. Earlier, we listened to Halsey’s first album, and now we have theContinue reading “#477 – If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power by Halsey”

I’ve always really enjoyed this band. I finally got the chance to see them at Coachella 2019 and they did not disappoint. We’ll be seeing them when they come through LA this December at the Palladium, one of my favorite venues. This album features a great collaboration with Robert Smith. What more could you want?

The Rolling Stones’ legendary and iconic drummer, Charlie Watts, passed away this week, so I was looking at their catalog and marveling at the amount of music that they have produced over the years. Charlie was really a jazzman at heart, as one can see from his various side projects. It’s always fascinating to seeContinue reading “#475 – Some Girls by The Rolling Stones”

I’ve been working on Red Table Talk for a couple of years now, so I hear a lot about the artistic exploits of Willow Smith. This, her latest album, is more pop-punk than her previous offerings and features some very cool songs, as well as some big-time collaborators.