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Top 10 Favorite Albums of 2013 (So Far) – Part One
There has been so much incredible music released this year that I’m unwilling to wait until December to post a “Best Albums of 2013” article. Thus we have the first segment of my Top Ten Favorite...
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Top 10 Favorite Albums of 2013 (So Far) – Part Two
I hope you enjoyed Part One of my Top 10 Favorite Albums of 2013 (So Far), posted on Monday. If you were inspired to purchase one of the albums or buy tickets to see one of the bands when they come...
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Listen to This Now: Prog Rock Edition
In yet another attempt to justify the absurd amount of money I spend on seeing live music and buying new albums as “research for the website,” I’m happy to introduce a new occasional segment, “Listen...
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Listen to This Now: Scaling Summits Edition
Today’s theme: six degrees (er, one degree) of Scale the Summit Round one of “Listen to This Now” had a progressive rock theme and featured four bands; this round two is a bit more specific in its...
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Longer & Slower (#21 – 25)
This series of the Top 25 longer (and generally slower) hard rock and metal songs should be pretty self-explanatory based on the title alone, but we’ve got an introductory post up if there’s just not...
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Longer & Slower (#11 – 15)
This brings us to the midway point of 25 of the best longer and slower hard rock & metal songs. If you’re just joining, you can catch up with the intro post, and songs in set #21 – 25 and set #16...
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Longer & Slower (#1 – 5)
We’ve made it through the introductory post and sets #21 – 25, #16 – 20, #11 – 15, and #6 – 10 of the Top 25 Best Longer Rock & Metal songs. Despite the emphatically subjective and approximate...
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The *Right* Way to Cover Zeppelin
Robert Plant: one of few who can jump behind Bonzo’s kit without evoking my ire I’m a bit ambivalent on the idea of covering a Led Zeppelin song. If I were to be in a tribute band, I’d want it to be a...
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Conversations with a Cockroach
You know what this website doesn’t have enough of? Batshit crazy posts that leave you, our kind readers, wondering if your noble author is high on the crack-cocaine. I mean, there’s a bit of insanity...
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Top 20 Albums of 2013 (#13 – 16)
Welcome to Part Two of the Top 20 Albums of 2013. My picks for #17 – 20 were posted yesterday, and the full list will appear at the end of the week. But first, some scattered musings on #13 – 16....
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Top 20 Albums of 2013 (#9 – 12)
Today we break into the Top 10! Although, as noted earlier, really any of these albums listed in the Top 20 would be fair choices for a higher rank. You can check out the write-ups for #17 – 20 and...
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Top 20 Albums of 2013 (#5 – 8)
Yesterday we broke into the Top 10 (with albums #9 – 12), having already explored my picks for the #17 – 20 and the #13 – 16 best albums of the year earlier this week. So far, I’ve managed to post...
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Top 20 Albums of 2013 (#1 – 4)
We made it! This was an outstanding year for music, and I’m thrilled with every one of the 20 (well, 21) albums listed. A final wrap-up post with honorable mentions and oversights will be up...
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Top 20 Albums of 2013
The Top 20 Albums of 2013, in a pretty picture format. As a bonus, below we have 5 glaring omissions, 6 solid records that got dropped because of the bands’ respective prior successes (seriously), and...
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Norwegian Metal 31-Day Challenge (Week One)
I’ve been thinking a bit about the content posted on this website and whether (or to what extent) it will be modified in the coming months. The posts that receive the most page views and the search...
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Magazine Lyric Art: TesseracT’s “Altered State”
About a year ago, someone apparently decided it was a good idea to subscribe me to a bizarre array of magazines: W Magazine (art/fashion), US Weekly (celeb gossip), Shape (women’s fitness), and...
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Norwegian Metal 31-Day Challenge (Week Two)
Our somewhat-comprehensive 31-day exploration of Norwegian metal/progressive bands continues on with week #2 of January complete! For further details on where we’ve been and what’s ahead, please see...
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Magazine Lyric Art: Leprous’s “Coal”
We recently posted our first recycled magazine art album tribute — to TesseracT’s Altered State, probably no big surprise there — and you can click through that link if you’d like to check out those...
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Norwegian Metal 31-Day Challenge (Week Three)
We finished Week 3 of the 31-Day Norwegian Metal Challenge, and I’m still stoked about it! My current fixation with Norway is random, but it’s been a fun and edifying learning experience; in addition...
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Magazine Lyric Art: Skyharbor’s “Blinding White Noise”
The first two installations of this series of recycled magazine art (TesseracT’s Altered State and Leprous’s Coal) were tributes to our #1 and #2 albums of 2013. We’re changing it up a little bit for...
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