I’m not sure what existential forces are at work here but we’ve now come to the age of the “Credit Union 1 Center,” an ampitheatre in the Chicago suburb of Tinley Park operating under the tenuous premise of providing meaningful experiences to anyone. It’s no big deal — it’s just the main venue I grew … Read more“A List of Artists Which Could Revive the Spirit of Tinley Park”
1 Miles Davis – Milestones This 1958 classic from Miles Davis creeps in slowly but will take over your senses and really knock your socks off once the whole band gets jamming and Philly Joe Jones really starts pummeling those drums. It’s a great showcase of Davis being ahead of his time, too, as the … Read more“My Vinyl Collection — Power Rankings (Summer 2023)”
10 Watchglass – “Eons Romance” Sydney, Australia’s Watchglass channel a seriously tranquil vibe here for some summer folk-pop that will penetrate your world with ease. .. 9 Saloli – “Nighthawk” Bandcamp lists Mary Sutton, a.k.a. Saloli, as a “pianist,” which is funny because I don’t hear a single analog sound on this whole album, let … Read more“Dolby’s Top 10 Tracks Apr. – June 2023”
Am I an a-hole for not wanting to purchase Mermaid Avenue on wax? Well, I’ve never heard anyone playing any of the songs other than “California Stars” in my life, so I’m not sweating it too much. Anyway, it’s high time this band released a best-of and gave us a smattering of their most brilliant, … Read more“A Call for a ‘The Best of Wilco’ on Vinyl with ‘California Stars’ on it”
10 Can Kicker – “Disassociate Now” The UK’s Can Kicker belt out intense, crisp grunge rock, in the old school vein of the punk-mindeds like The U-Men and Mudhoney, with tight grooves underlying the stylishly nihilistic vocals of the singer who just goes by the name “Luke.” ST LP will call to mind Iceage’s authoritative … Read more“Dolby’s Top 10 Tracks Jan. – Mar. 2023”
Pop-punk is making a comeback. That’s all there is to it. Well, what’s actually happening is just that the stigma is being lifted off of it — listening to it no longer garners implications of simplicity, stupidity or shallowness. I think we all deal with enough morons in our everyday lives to diffuse that ideal … Read more“Dolby’s Top 25 Pop-Punk Albums of All Time”
Someday my ideal record player will arrive at my doorstep, I know it. It will cost under $150, have built-in speakers (I mean I don’t need to broadcast across the Grand Canyon, for Christ’s nuts) and won’t break right after I drop $90 at our local record store on vinyl. Until then, all I have … Read more“10 Vinyl Records I Want for Christmas”
In October or so of 2021 I had a really disillusioning thing happen. I switched from Word Press analytics, which had saying I’d been getting 30,000 page views a day or something like that, to Google, which slotted the number somewhere close to the 20 to 30 mark. My hopes of becoming rich off my … Read more“Dolby’s Top 50 Albums of 2022”
10 Parano – “Come Right through – Original Mix” This Parano DJ certainly keeps a pretty low profile but does stake his claim to a pretty groovin’ brand of jungle-house, full of some pretty off-kilter sounds and a voluminous mass of hypnotic techno bulbous enough to let the drugs kick in. .. 9 The Koreatown … Read more“Dolby’s Top 10 Tracks July – Sep. 2022”
10 Led Zeppelin – “How Many More Times” With this tune that closes Led Zeppelin’s self-titled debut, part of the essence of this list is poised to value a riff’s overall function, like how spiritedly it’s embraced by the song itself. In this case, Page repeats this thing on pretty much the whole bumpy ride, … Read more“Dolby’s Top 10 Guitar Riffs of All Time”