LOST EVENINGS IX – 2026-09- 24 thru 27 I unfortunately had to cancel my plans last year to attend Lost Evenings VIII in Edinburgh, Scotland at the last minute for reasons out of my control bu…

Pet Sounds – Sammy Kay New Jersey’s favorite son (provided you exclude some of the more famous favorites) dropped a new single this morning and in classic gravely voiced, heart and emot…

A relatively light month for new music this go around. But to use a wine analogy, the fewer the grapes harvested, the stronger the flavor. I HATE NEW MUSIC – AUGUST 2026

A relatively light month for new music this go around. But to use a wine analogy, the fewer the grapes harvested, the stronger the flavor. I HATE NEW MUSIC – AUGUST 2026

Green River Festival (Franklin County Fairgrounds June 19-21, 2026) In what was initially a hot air balloon festival, The Green River Festival celebrated its 40th anniversary this past weekend up i…

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LIKE IT WAS YESTERDAY I remember a perfect September morning, cloudless sky, a ten out of ten…like it was yesterday Standing in my trading booth, reviewing the previous day’s trades and positions…l…

Jerry Harrison & Adrian Belew’s Remain In Light – Live at Webster Hall (2025-07-31) I’ve been a fan of Talking Heads ever since I first heard the opening strum of “Psych…

Hurray For The Riff Raff & Greg Mendez – White Eagle Hall (2025-07-23) It’s hard to believe that it’s been 13 years since the first time I got to see Hurray For The Riff Raff …

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NOBRO Live at Elsewhere Zone One (2025-06-14) I need to thank Stefan Babcock from PUP for originally turning me on to, not only THE hardest hitting female punk band performing today, but even more …

Florry – “First It Was A Movie, Then It Was A Book” Holy shit, this song just might be the best thing I’ve heard from the year 2025. From the moment I heard the distorted gu…

Beliefs & Thieves – The Kilograms (Rad Girlfriend Records) Sammy Kay, Joe Gittleman and the rest of The Kilograms have been piecing out advanced singles to Beliefs & Thieves for some …

Alien Boy – Changes Everyones’s favorite Portland, OR punk rockers, Alien Boy announced today that their new LP, You Wanna Fade? will be officially released on May 9th via Get Better Re…

Elvis Costello & Steve Nieve Live at The Count Basie Theatre (2025-02-21) The first time I saw Elvis Costello and The Attractions was in March of 1979 at New York City’s Palladium.  I drov…

Richard Davies & The Dissidents: High Times & Misdemeanours Richard Davies has been bouncing around the London rock and roll scene for quite some time now, mostly as a gun slinging sidekick…

J.Mascis & Mike Polizze Live at Racket NYC (2025-02-13) I was supposed to see J. Mascis of Dinosaur Jr and Mike Polizze of Purling Hiss at Racket back in November but that short solo tour had t…

The Glass Hours Live at McCarren Parkhouse My friends down in the deep south refer to the kind of music that The Glass Hours make as “porch music”. It’s filled with heartfelt lyri…

I’ve been doing a running playlist of new music every year for well over a decade which I have always called “I Hate New Music”, a sort of spin on The Replacements’ song &#8…

The Rose City Band – Sol Y Sombra 2025, after 24 days in existence has finally gotten off the schneid. There have been quite a few interesting album releases thus far this year but in all hon…

Ben Nichols & Jared Hart at Crossroads (2025-01-04) Ben Nichols has been making the trek up from Memphis to Garwood, NJ on a yearly basis (excepting the one Covid year) each January since 2018 …

24 for ’24 – Complete Playlist

01. Hurray For The Riff Raff – The Past Is Still Alive As hard as this top albums of the year was for me in 2024, my choice for number one was neer really in doubt.  Hurray For The Riff Raff’…

02. Ducks LTD – Harm’s Way I’m pretty confident that when all is said and done with 2024, Harm’s Way will be one of my most listened to albums of the year.  Some of that had to do with Duck’s…

03. MJ Lenderman – Manning Fireworks What can I possibly say about MJ that hasn’t already waxed poetic about this album since it was released.  Back in 2022 when Boat Songs came out, I will b…

04. Waxahatchee – Tiger’s Blood Katie Crutchfeld has been on some kind of roll these past couple of years.  Picking up right where 2020’s breakout LP, Saint Cloud left off, Waxahatchee has no…

05. Todd Farrell Jr. – Might As Well Be Ghosts Todd might be a southerner at heart but there’s no denying that his version of rock and roll, especially his metal guitar fills are straight out…

06. Frank Turner – Undefeated I make no qualms about it, I am a tried and true Frank Turner fanboy.  That being said, Undefeated to my ears is easily his best album since 2013’s Tape Deck Hea…

07. Trevor Beld Jimenez – Wild Blues Yonder This album from Trevor Beld Jimenez is one of those great albums which could easily slip through the cracks.  Jimenez, who hails from Riverside, CA…

08. Fightmilk – No Souvenirs It could easily be understood if No Souvenirs didn’t make it onto this list.  It was only released less than a month ago, giving it very little time to get f…

09. Healees – Coin De L’ceil Healies are another one of my “off the beaten path” artists who put out a terrific album in 2024.  As one might expect with a album titled Coin De L’ceil, Healees…

10. The Umbrellas – Fairweather Friend It took three years for The Umbrellas to release the follow up to their excellent eponymous debut and Fairweather Friend proves that it was well worth t…

11.  Oceanator – Everything is Love and Death This one should really be considered a 10A rather than 11 because if it killed me not to include Society Of Rockets in my top 10 then, not i…

13.  Late Bloomer – Another One Again More heartland punk rock, this time from Charlotte, NC.  Opening up with the slow burner, “Self Control”, Another One Again is a bit of a roller coaster …

14.  Liquid Mike – Paul Bunyan’s Slingshot  Pure unadulterated heartland rock and roll.  Garage punk from the suburbs of Detroit.  Songs about the stupid shit we all did in high school all pe…

15.  John Moreland – Visitor Moreland surprised almost everyone with this unexpected release back in April.  Eschewing the electronics he’d started using in his last couple of albums, this is…

16.  Pearl Jam – Dark Matter A return to form for Eddie and the crew.  The best studio effort from these guys since Backspacer back in 2009

17.  Josh Fortenbery – No Such Thing As Forever Josh Fortenbery’s debut album is what my southern friends would call “porch music”.  To put it in clearer, more common vernacular, its a beauti…

Julien Baker & Torres Live at Mercury Lounge (2024-12-11 I got to see this show at Mercury Lounge last night at Mercury Lounge.  Being on Julien Baker’s mailing list I was lucky enough to…

18.  SPRINTS – Letter To Self Loud, snotty, angry British old school punk.  Enuff said.

19.  Stewart Forgey – Nature Of The Universe This debut solo album from Stewart Forgey picks right up where his old band, Pacific Range left off.  A cosmic country cornucopia of laid back gro…

20.  Lightheaded – Combustible Gems Thank you Slumberland Records.  Once again this label’s A&R people prove that they have a keen and astute ear for crunchy guitar, sweet pop harmonies a…

21. The Linda Lindas- No Obligation It’s truly hard to believe that these 4 young ladies from Southern California are still merely teenagers (barely, in the case of drummer, Mila de la Garza).  Hav…

22. Japandroids – Fate & Alcohol If there was a year end category for “Most Bitter Sweet Album of The Year”, then Fate & Alcohol would be the hands down winner.  Steeped in the c…

23. Chuck Prophet & Qiensave – Wake The Dead I had my reservations about Chuck doing a cumbia record, but boy was I wrong.  Yeah there are definitely the infectious grooves you’d exp…

23. Chuck Prophet & Qiensave – Wake The Dead I had my reservations about Chuck doing a cumbia record, but boy was I wrong.  Yeah there are definitely the infectious grooves you’d exp…

24. Ghost Shirt – Crayon Dragon  Ghost Shirt – Crayon Dragon  How many times have I said, “__________ is the best songwriter nobody has never heard of”?  Well here I go again, Branden B…