Sound Obsession

  These are my runners up and honorable mention albums of 2024, in alphabetical order by artist name . . . . Blackberry Smoke:   Be Right Here   (3 Legged - 2/16/24)        Black Crowes:   Happiness Bastards     (Silver Arrow - 3/15/24)    Ellis Bullard:   Honky Tonk Ain't Noise Pollution     (Feels So Good- 2/9/24)    Charley Crockett:   $10 Cowboy     (Son of Davy - 4/26/24)      Jesse Daniel:   Countin' The Miles     (Lightning Rod- 6/7/24)    Friske:   Forward Motion   ...

These are my runners up and honorable mention albums of 2022, in alphabetical order by artist name . . . . Arctic Monkeys:   The Car   (Domino - 10/21/22)       Ellis Bullard:   Piss-Hot Freightlinin' Country Music     (Mostly Sober - 4/29/22)   Charley Crockett:   Lil' G.L. Presents Jukebox Charley     (Son of Davy - 4/22/22)   Charley Crockett:   The Man From Waco     (Son of Davy - 9/9/22)   Matt Daniel:   All I'll Ever Need     (KWS - 2/11/22)     Fracture & Sam Binga:   Omura     (Astrophonica - 4/22/22) Ghost:   Impera     (Loma Vista - 3/11/22) Harmony:   Resurgence Episode II     (Deep Jungle - 2/2/22) Aaron McDonn...

These are my runners up and honorable mention albums of 2021, in alphabetical order by artist name . . . . Charley Crockett:  10 for Slim - Charley Crockett Sings James Hand     (Son of Davy - 2/26/21)   Charley Crockett:   Music City USA     (Son of Davy - 9/17/21)   Jesse Daniel:   Beyond These Walls     (Die True - 7/30/21)   Cody Jinks:   Mercy     (Late August - 11/12/21)   Quicksand:   Distant Populations     (Quicksand - 8/13/21)     The Steel Woods:   All of Your Stones     (Woods Music - 5/14/21)   Turnstile:   Glow On     (Roadrunner - 8/27/21)   Joshua Ray Walker:   See You Next Time     (State Fair - 10/8/21)   Wolf Alice:   Blue Weekend   (RCA - 6/4/21)   Yola:   Stand For Myself     (Easy Eye Sound - 7/30/21)

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Usually this time of year I've got a couple dozen albums on heavy rotation.  So far in 2021, barely half that.  Despite a relatively slow first half of the year, with release dates and tour schedules only just now ramping back up after fifteen months of virtual lockdown, there are certainly a handful of bright spots on the album front. These are my favorites so far, with a few sure to make my end-of-year favorites list.   Enjoy. . . . - Will G  Bicep:   Isles   (Ninja Tune - 1/22/21) Blackberry Smoke:   You Hear Georgia   (3 Legged - 5/2/21) The Black Keys:   Delta Kream   (Nonesuch - 5/14/21) CLEOPATRICK:   BUMMER   (Nowhere Special - 6/4/21) Charley Crockett:   10 for Slim: Charley Crockett Sings James Hand   (Son of Davy - 2/26/21) Michigan Rattlers:   That Kind of Life   (Massasauga - 5/19/21) Royal Blo...