Oops, I forgot to do this for a few days. Well, I’m back. My schedule’s off so we’ll just finish this up as I go. 11. NIGHT//HVNT – “Smoke and Liars” This is probably the most fun story on this entire list. At the band’s inception, and through the recording, Joe was the guitarist of […]

6. The Mountain Goats – “Song for Sasha Banks” In the past year and a half or so, I’ve spent time getting way in to professional wrestling again. So, when this track popped up, I was intrigued. The story behind this track is that after the 2015 release of The Mountain Goats’ album Beat the Champ, […]

Here we go, back at it again with long-winded treatises on my favorite tracks from this year! With throwbacks, covers, and a lot of appearances from the members of the Get Up Kids, these were the tracks I loved jamming to this year. I had fewer tracks overall, so this year’s list is only four […]

Just wanted to do a brief write-up about the stuff I really dig about these albums. If you want to hear some tracks from these albums, as well as many more of my favorite songs from this year, check out my 2017 Playlist series. #4 (Tie) – Knuckle Puck – Shapeshifter and Neck Deep – The Peace and the […]

2017 – The Playlist Posts Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 16. The Front Bottoms – “Don’t Fill Up on Chips” I had heard of The Front Bottoms before this, but everything I had heard from them led me to believe they were just a stoner-focused Say Anything ripoff. Going Grey, released […]

2017 – The Playlist Posts Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 13. Good Old War – “Part of Me” I love Good Old War. Everything they do is solid. I missed seeing them twice this year, which is a real bummer. Their melodies are so well crafted, you can’t not appreciate […]