Welcome! It's that time of the year again, hanging stockings, getting the Xmas tree ready, preparing for the coming of a new year...Wait, no that was almost half a year ago. This list isn't timely at all anymore...Between working 7 days a week and going to concerts and working, it's taken me a lot longer to put this together than I would have liked. Well, here it is anyway...
I like to compile a list of my favorite releases every year and share them with whoever stumbled across it. The rankings are semi-arbitrary as it's difficult to compare different kinds of music against each other, the order is mostly just my own gut reaction and a reflection of my many personal biases and favoritism, but I do try to elevate releases that I feel the most connection to and feel drawn back to time and time again. Every single album and artist on this list is worth checking out, so if you haven't heard of some of them, I hope you give them a chance. I've selected a track or two from each album to highlight as what I think best represents the album, or is just one of my favorite songs from it. I used to put links to Spotify for each album and make a playlist of my "Check Out" songs, but since that company is problematic and fascistic, I don't have any interest in that now. So feel free to search for these on your music platform of choice and give them a spin.
I wish I had the time and ability to write about what makes each of these albums special, but I don't and I'm not great at expressing what I love about music so I picked a few to write blurbs about.
Honorable Mentions
