My Top 10 Albums of the 2014 Year

I have no problem gushing over my favorite music so this list may be of no surprise to you.  I still have to say it though.  You can't end a year of a music website without a year end list.  You just can't.  It's against the rules.  So here we go.

Rediscovered Albums - Cheap Trick / In Color 'The Steve Albini Sessions'

This is how my brain works.

I was watching Episode 1 of Sonic Highways and they were interviewing Steve Albini.

I immediately thought, "I have never heard the Steve Albini produced version of Cheap Trick's 'In Color'.

If I Could Ask A.C. Newman Anything

I finally had a chance to see The New Pornographers in concert.  Instead of answering questions it posed so many new ones.

Album Review - Foo Fighters / Sonic Highway

I love all types of music.  There is nothing better than a pop beat that can make you move your body.  But a song that tells a story moves your mind.

Musical Thoughts - Record Store Day...The Road To Hell Is Paved With Good Intentions

Record Store Day started in Baltimore in 2007 at a meeting of the minds between record store owners.  How could they save their business from going the way of the dinosaur?  The idea was simple and brilliant.  A day to visit your independent record store and get special releases that you can not find anywhere else.  To spark interest.  To generate sails.  What could go wrong?