My Favorite Albums of 2022

 1.  THE MANGES - BOOK OF HATE FOR GOOD PEOPLE

2. SCREECHING WEASEL - AWFUL DISCLOSURES OF SCREECHING WEASEL

3. MOTOR SISTER - GET OFF

4. DIRTY HEADS - MIDNIGHT CONTROL

5. GINGER WILDHEART & THE SINNERS - S/T

6. COHEED & CAMBRIA - VAXIS II: A WINDOW OF THE WAKING MIND

7. DEAD CROSS - II

8. THE HELLACOPTERS - EYES OF OBLIVION

9. BUSH - THE ART OF SURVIVAL

10. JACK WHITE - FEAR OF DAWN

11. BLOC PARTY - ALPHA GAMES

12. BOBBY LEES - BELLEVUE

13. SUPERCHUNK - WILD LONLINESS

14. MOUNT WESTMORE - SNOOP CUBE 40 $HORT

15. AVRIL LAVIGNE - LOVE SUX

My Favorite Albums of 2021

 

 

 1. MAMMOTH WVH - S/T

 1.  Think It Over  2.  Don't Back Down  3.  Circles

 

 

 

 

2.  TURNSTILE - GLOW ON

1.  Mystery  2.  Underwater Boi  3.  Endless

 

 

 

 3.  THE DEAD DEADS - TELL YOUR GIRLS IT'S ALRIGHT

1.  Dead Inside  2.  Wait & See  3.  Deal With Me

 

 

 

4.  WEEZER - OK HUMAN

1.  Bird With A Broken Wing  2.  All My Favorite Songs  3.  Numbers

 

 

 

5.  THE DARKNESS - MOTORHEART

1.  It's Love Jim  2.  Jussy's Girl  3.  Speed of the Nite Time

 

 

 

6.  TOMAHAWK - TONIC IMMOBILITY    

1.  Howlie  2.  Fatback  3.  Tattoo Zero

 

 

 

 7.  DINOSAUR JR. - SWEEP IT INTO SPACE

 1.  Walking To You  2.  To Be Waiting  3.  N Say

 

 

 

8.  BILLY NO MATES - S.F. SOURDOUGH

1.  Skulls & Smiles  2.  Slaptop  3.  Big Cliche

 

 

 

9.  L.A. GUNS - CHECKERED PAST

1.  Let You Down  2.  Cannonball  3.  Dog

 

 

 

10.  STATE DRUGS - LIVE.LAUGH.LOVE

1.  Threat Level Midnight  2.  Beautiful & Broke  3.  Good Enough 

 

 

 11.  ROYAL BLOOD - TYPHOONS

1.  Trouble's Coming  2.  Typhoons  3.  Boilermaker

 

 

 12.  DAN VAPID & THE CHEATS - ESCAPE VELOCITY

1.  Runaway Jane  2.  Guilt & Relief  3.  Teenage Wallflower

 

 

 

13.  DAVE HAUSE - BLOOD HARMONY

1.  Snowglobe  2. Hanalei  3.  Sandy Sheets      

 

    

My Favorite 10 Albums of 2020

 

1.  SCREECHING WEASEL - SOME FREAKS OF ATAVISM

1. Bleed Through Me, 2. Not Even Close, 3. Brain In A Jar

2.  THE QUEERS - SAVE THE WORLD

1.  Shirley Needs A Dildo, 2. Bubblegum Girl, 3. Leave That Girl Alone

3.  MR. BUNGLE - THE RAGING WRATH OF THE EASTER BUNNY

1. Anarchy Up Your Anus, 2. Raping Your Mind, 3. Eracist

4. BROADWAY CALLS - SAD IN THE CITY

1.  There's A Glow, 2. Always On The Run, 3. You Gotta Know

5. THE LAWRENCE ARMS - SKELETON COAST

1.  Pigeons and Spies, 2. Ghostwriter, 3. How To Rot

6. SLICK SHOES - ROTATION & FREQUENCY

1. 2008, 2. Carry This, 3. Always Have (Enough is More)

7. MACHINE GUN KELLY - TICKETS TO MY DOWNFALL

1. Bloody Valentine, 2. Drunk Face, 3. My Ex's Best Friend

8. FAKE NAMES - S/T

1. Brick, 2. Being Them, 3. Darkest Days

9. LONG BEACH DUB ALLSTARS - S/T

1. Youth, 2. Owens Brothers, 3. Easy

10. THE WILD! - STILL BELIEVE IN ROCK AND ROLL

1. Gasoline, 2. Crazy (For You), 3. High Speed

My Favorite 19 Albums of 2019

 

1. STRUNG OUT - SONGS OF ARMOR AND DEVOTION 

1. Ulysses, 2. Strange Notes, 3. Bloody Knuckles

If you ask me we ain't got much time
So excuse the mess
it's just pictures in my mind
I need to show you
I need to show you
So you understand 

 

2. BLEACHED - DON'T YOU THINK YOU'VE HAD ENOUGH?

1. Rebound City, 2. Somebody Dial 911, 3. Heartbeat Away

You're more fun to be around
Higher than the clouds
Nod out on the couch
Saying such sweet things to me
When you're swimming in dopamine

 

3. RIVAL SONS - FERAL ROOTS 

  

1. Do Your Worst, 2. Sugar On The Bone, 3. Too Bad

I know you better than you think I do
You could've stuck with me, but a girl's got to do what she has to
But every now and then my name passes your lips
Your late night strolls down memory lane on your fingertips

4. PIXIES - BENEATH THE EYRIE

1. Daniel Boone, 2. On Graveyard Hill, 3. Long Rider

Last night I was driving around
Nothing to do
Thinking of you
I sighted here on the bend
Reindeer and then it was through

  

5. THE WILDHEARTS - RENAISSANCE MEN

  1. My Kinda Movie, 2. Dislocated, 3. The Renaissance Men

If I'm pacing up and down your hall
And if I'm casting shadows on your wall
Don't let my proximity mean what it may imply
I'm just working on a way to say goodbye 

 

 6. BETTER OBLIVION COMMUNITY CENTER - S/T

1. Sleepwalkin', 2. Dylan Thomas, 3. Service Road

You like beer and chocolate

I like setting off those bottlerockets

 

7. MICHAEL MONROE - ONE MAN GANG 

1. Last Train To Tokyo, 2. One Man Gang, 3. Black Ties And Red Tape

 From the heart of the city
to the out-of-the-way
Everybody's pissing on their own parade
But I'm a one man gang
and I'm runnin' on that P.M.A.

 

8. BAD RELIGION - AGE OF UNREASON

1. My Sanity, 2. Candidate, 3. Age Of Unreason

Hey kids on the right and left

Do you feel dispossessed?

If you're on the left or right 

I feel your pain tonight

So shake off reality it's as easy as you please

Soon everyone is dancing con-spir-a-tor-i-a-lly 

 

9. L.A. GUNS - THE DEVIL YOU KNOW

1. The Devil You Know, 2. Rage, 3. Stay Away

I got plenty of time

You got a fuckin' rock you live under

I am a zen motherfucker

You are rage

  

10. SNUFF - THERE'S A LOT OF IT ABOUT

1. Patient Zero, 2. Bob's Song, 3. Summer's Over

 A shark's a shark and sharks get hungry
I'll dress for lunch
See you next Tuesday

 

  

11. SUM 41 - ORDER IN DECLINE

1. Out For Blood, 2. A Death In The Family, 3. Heads Will Roll  

I believe that I am losing faith
in all of human kind
But then I realize it's plain to see
that a number is just all you are to me

 

12. THE SUBJUNCTIVES - SUNSHINE AND RAINBOWS

1. Hey Dad, 2. Pass It On, 3. Dumbass

 Hey Dad
Where's Mom?
She's gone dancing again

  

13. BLINK-182 - NINE

1. No Heart To Speak Of, 2. Darkside, 3. Black Rain  

Lying on the bedroom floor
Hanging on the words that you said before
No heart, no heart to speak of

 

14. THE DARKNESS - EASTER IS CANCELLED

1. Heart Explodes, 2. Easter Is Cancelled, 3. In Another Life

Take me to the open road
Run until my heart explodes
Take me to the open road
Or give me back the love I'm owed

 

  15. IDA MAE - CHASING LIGHTS

 1. Baby Be Mine, 2. Chasing Lights, 3. Love Is Still A Long Road

One day honey when we're free and clean
with a baby on the backseat like a jellybean 
You won't remember when you wanted more
or the shadows cooking at the kitchen door

  

16. DAVE HAUSE - KICK

1. Bearing Down, 2. Fireflies, 3. Eye Aye I

 I see you shining in the sun again and I know
For the first time in forever I'm certain I can't go
You're the one I want to wither with
I want to see you when you're old
And be the one to keep you warm when the world turns cold


 

 17. SACRED REICH - AWAKENING

1. Manifest Reality, 2. Something To Believe, 3. Awakening 

Give me something to believe
Give me something I can see
 



 18. MASKED INTRUDER - III

1. Stay With Me Tonight, 2. Just So You Know, 3. No Case

But he's lying next to you, I'm in the treehouse outside
He gets to hold you whenever he wants to
I sleep alone all night



 

19. 24-7 SPYZ - SOUNDTRACK TO THE INNERMOST GALAXY 
  
1. Anthem, 2. Repeating Myself, 3. Thank You 

 On top of the game as they always did
bringing that noise man I'm loving it
All around the world they got it goin' on
Heavy Metal Soul pioneers from the boogie down Bronx
Spyz 24-7 
365 from '86 to the present 

My Favorite Albums of 2018

1.  SNAIL MAIL - LUSH

1. Heat Wave, 2. Pristine, 3. Deep Sea

And I hope whoever it is
Holds their breath around you
'Cause I know I did

 2.  THE DIRTY NIL - MASTER VOLUME 

1. Pain Of Infinity, 2. Evil Side, 3. Auf Wiedersehen

Let's do whatever you want
Whatever you want 
Whatever you want
Let's do whatever you want
Whatever you want 
Whatever you want
Whatever you want
Whatever you want
Whatever you want
Whatever you want
...That's what I want

 3.  SUPERCHUNK - WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE

 1. Erasure, 2. Dead Photographers, 3. Break The Glass

To see the rot in no disguise
Oh what a time to be alive
The scum, the shame, the fucking lies
Oh what a time to be alive

4. DADDY ISSUES - DEEP DREAM

1. High Street, 2. Dog Years, 3. In Your Head

Oh no, you scratched until I bled
I hope you choke on your own spit in your own bed
Cause I know
I know how it ends
We’re not gonna be friends
In dog years you’re dead

5. SATANIC SURFERS - BACK FROM HELL 

 1. The Usurper, 2. Self-Medication, 3. Madhouse

It's probably the stress, but it could be my age

Soon I'll be looking just like Mr. Clooney

Cause my hair is turning grey, a little day by day

And the U.S. elected a loony

6. DEL & AMP LIVE - GATE 13
1. Sit Ya Ass Down, 2. Get Some Of Dis, 3. Humble Pie

You’ll try humble pie
Yeah yeah, it serves him right
Sit down and eat a slice
You’ll try humble pie
That’s right, chow down
I’ma make you bow down

7. MONSTER TRUCK - TRUE ROCKERS

1. Young City Hearts, 2. True Rocker, 3. Evolution

I'm not an artist or a poet or a saint
I never claimed to be much of anything
I turn everything up until it breaks
I know who I am
...A True Rocker

8. MXPX - S/T

 1. All Of It, 2. Disaster, 3. 20/20 Hindsight

I'm in the kitchen
You're in the kitchen
In the goddamn refrigerator 

9.  PALE WAVES - MY MIND MAKES NOISES 

 1. Drive, 2. There's A Honey, 3. Noises

Is it all in my head, what they said?
I'm not feeling too good
I'm feeling misunderstood
Is it all in my head, what they said?
I'm not feeling too good
I would cry if I could

 

10.  ALKALINE TRIO - IS THIS THING CURSED?

1.  Goodbye Fire Island, 2. Throw Me To The Lions, 3. Demon & Division

Is this thing cursed?
It's been around for years
And every time my boat's about tits up
That goddamn thing is near

 

 11. BRIAN FALLON - SLEEPWALKERS 
 1. My Name Is The Night (Color Me Black), 2. Etta James, 3. Forget Me Not
 

Would you put your black dress on

And visit my bones?

And bring my football top

and a scarf for the cold.

Playing melancholy songs that somehow made us... 

feel a whole lot better.

 12.  JAGGER HOLLY - LAST OF THE INTERNATIONAL PLAYBOYS
1. It Ain't Over (Til' I'm Sober), 2. Bree Olsen, 3. Party Tonight

I'm having a party tonight
Yeah, you're all invited
I don't wanna hear about your kids
cause I'm over it if you really got to know