Friday Playlist
The new music is really starting to stack up, which is nice. Also some stuff going on in the world which inspired the inclusion of several other songs. “Slumber Party” – Brigitte Calls Me BabyPretentious new band alert! A lot going on here. This band gets its name from lead singer Wes Leavins being pen pals with the late Brigitte…
Friday Playlist
A different week around our house, leaving less time for music, but I still managed to put a little something together for you to listen to. “Long Live Love” – SugarThe second new song from Sugar dropped this week, along with the reveal of a full tour later this year. They come as close to me as Cincinnati.…
Friday Playlist
The new music really started flowing again this week. At one point my folder of songs to review was crammed with more than 40 tracks. Trying to work through those means a lot of songs got only one play instead of several. As I type this nothing is really planned out for where this playlist will go, so I guess…
Friday Playlist
“Gold Paint For Blue Skies” – Peter Matthew BauerFormer Walkmen lead singer Hamilton Leithauser released an excellent album almost exactly a year ago. Here his former bandmate’s latest sounds like it easily could have been a Walkmen song. I can’t help but wonder what it would sound like with Leithauser on vocals. “Rule 31” – Radio Free AliceI love this…
Friday Playlist
“The New Year’s Resolution” – SpielbergsI made just one resolution this year, and I already broke it. Such is life. “Fighting Back” – VoxtrotVoxtrot had a little moment during the blog rock era in the 2000s. Next month they will release their first album in 19 years. On this lead single they sound like they haven’t missed a beat…
Favorite Songs of 2025
Once again we have reached the end of a calendar year and one of the greatest days of the blogging year: the unveiling of my favorite songs of 2025. This year the process was as fun as I can recall. As you know, I keep a running list throughout the year, constantly shuffling songs in and out as they catch…
Christmas Playlist
Time to close up Ye Olde Blogge Shoppe for the Christmas holiday. To celebrate I’m going to offer a playlist I last shared a couple years back that features some of my favorite Christmas music deep cuts. Some of these are fun, some are wonderful, all of them are terrific. Merry Christmas to all my readers!
Friday Playlist
I am putting the finishing touches on my Favorite Songs of 2025 list. Not sure if it will get posted before or after Christmas, but it is getting very close, my friends! For this week’s playlist I’ll share the songs that were in the running for the final list but just missed. “Afraid Of Guns” – MotorbikeBest…
Reaching For The Stars, Vol. 122
Chart Week: December 11, 1982 Song: “The Look Of Love (Part 1)” – ABC Chart Position: #20, 14th week on the chart. Peaked at #18 for three weeks in January 1983. As a true music geek, sometimes it really pisses me off when a band’s best song was not their biggest hit. I realize this is purely subjective; who am…
Friday Playlist
Just enough songs this week to put together a playlist, with a little help from a couple seasonal tracks. This is likely the last normal FP of 2025. Also, I think I finally figured out how to embed Apple Music playlists. With Spotify becoming more and more problematic, I think it is important to offer than option even if most…