Featured Crucial Releases (Apr 26 edition)
A pretty darn good week of music, considering the only record that was a must listen to start was St.
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Featured Crucial Releases (Apr 19 edition)
A certain massive pop star released a double album (quick listen: meh) this week, so I’d guess most mainstream
Featured Crucial Releases (Apr 5 + Apr 12 edition)
Another two week edition for you. The kids were off for spring break last week, then it was eclipse day
Featured Crucial Releases (Mar 29 edition)
Everyone is talking about it, so you can probably guess my choice for this week… Cowboy Carter by Beyonce (Listen)
Featured Crucial Releases (March 8 + March 15 + March 22 edition)
So. Where did all the time go? March has flown by and each week’s post only made it as
Featured Crucial Releases (Feb 23 and Mar 1 edition)
My favorite release from the past two weeks is by far I Got Heaven by Mannequin Pussy (Listen), which was
Featured Crucial Releases (Feb 9 + 16 edition)
Busy, busy! I did not expect February to go like it has (so far), as all of my free time
Featured Crucial Release (Feb 2 edition)
This week was a little light in terms of albums that immediately caught my attention, but Liquid Mike’s Paul
Featured Release (Jan 26 edition)
Now we are talking! I added thirteen albums to my library to check out on this release day. I’m
Featured Release (Jan 19 edition)
New releases are starting to ramp up as we move away from the holiday season. This week had notably more
Featured Release (Jan 12 edition)
Another typical January release day, however things are picking up a little bit as there were more new albums this
My Top Albums from 2023
I have to be honest: I had a different experience of the 2023 musical landscape than Jay – it was hard
Featured New Release (Jan 5 edition)
There weren’t many new releases this week, but one album still stood out as interesting and I have a
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year from Crucial Tracks.
With 2023 in the books, I’ve got some updates to my end of
More favorites from 2023
I posted these lists to Substack Notes before I published by year end post, so I will move these over
2023: My Year in Review
2023 was a pretty darn good year for music, at least for the genres I like…
I’ve spent a
Welcome to Crucial Tracks
Everyone has moments in their life that are defined by music. Whether it’s a song that introduced you to
My Favorite Albums from 2022
A recap of my favorite records from 2022. Featuring Painless by Nilufer Yanya at #1!