5 Albums That Help Beat The Winter Blues

The snow just got here and I am already done.  I miss the sun and I miss the warm weather.  Why put on some sad sack music and get depressed?  Let these five albums be the sun on your face.

Rediscovered Albums: Hüsker Dü / Candy Apple Grey

Perception, expectation and a psychotic break down....

New Music Discovery: Animals EP by MAYVE

At My Music, My Concerts, My Life, we get a large amount of unsolicited requests to review new bands. We've always said "no." We want new music discovery to come to us the old-fashioned way—word of mouth. For some reason when MAYVE contacted us and asked if we'd review their new EP Animals, I said "yes." Without even listening to the band first. It's hard to tell if it was a moment of clarity or a change of heart but I was prepared for this to be either good...or a very large mistake. What I wasn't prepared for was what I heard.

Steph's Top 15 Albums Of 2015

Because I have to outdo Fran every chance I get, I'm giving you my Top 15 Albums Of 2015.  That's a whole five more albums than you're getting from Fran.  You're welcome.

Fran's Top 10 Albums of 2015

For a year filled with new releases from artists that I love (Clutch, Imagine Dragons, Metric, Grace Potter, The Neighbourhood, etc.) my Top 10 list is filed with new artists and late arrivals.  This means I either listened to way too much new music this year or my tastes are changing.  Regardless, it's a great list.  Below are my Top 10 albums of the year, listed by release date.

Touring, Influences, and New Music: An Interview with Bishop and Jake of Crobot

When we heard that Crobot would be able to take time out of their grueling tour schedule to sit backstage with My Music, My Concerts, My Life before their show with Clutch at Philadelphia's Electric Factory, we jumped at the chance!

Concert Review: Clutch with Crobot @ The Electric Factory - Philadelphia, PA 12/28/15

"Let me have men about me that are fat, sleek-headed men and such as sleep a-nights. Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look. He thinks too much; such things are dangerous."

Photo by Fran Chismar