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
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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!
1994: an ode to hardcore
Welcome to the 1994 edition of One Last Wish – my regular series where I look back at records that changed my life.
I hope you find your niche someday soon
1993 was another good year for music, with Nirvana's In Utero, Radiohead's Pablo Honey, The Smashing
My favorite albums from 2021
What a year for music! SO many good albums came out this year -- it made it difficult to narrow
So What'Cha Want
The year was 1992. Half of the year was me finishing 10th grade and the other half, the start of
Yo, microphone check one, two, what is this?
As mentioned in the last post, 1991 was an amazing year for music. While Nirvana was tops in rock music