Welcome to Crucial Tracks
Everyone has moments in their life that are defined by music. Whether it’s a song that introduced you to a genre of music that changed your tastes and style, or a lyric
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 Pumpkin's Siamese Dream, and A Tribe Called Quest Midnight Marauders, Wu-Tang
My favorite albums from 2021
What a year for music! SO many good albums came out this year -- it made it difficult to narrow it down to the finalists (see the playlist below) and then to the