Sound Obsession

In alphabetical order (tip:  click the hyperlinks below each album image for audio/video). . . .  Chelsea Wolfe:   Hiss Spun   (Sargent House - 9/22/17) Chelsea Wolfe - "16 Psyche" Chelsea Wolfe - "Spun" Com Truise:   Iteration   (Ghostly International - 6/16/17) Com Truise - "Propagation" Dan Auerbach:   Waiting On A Song   (Easy Eye Sound - 6/2/17) Dan Auerbach - "Shine on Me" Dan Auerbach - "King of a One Horse Town" Dan Auerbach - "Waiting On a Song" Ghost:   Ceremony & Devotion   (Loma Vista - 12/8/17) Ghost - "Absolution" Joey Bada$$:   All-Amerikkkan Bada$$   (Pro Era - 4/7/17) Joey Bada$$ - "Devastated" Joey Bada$$ - "Land of The Free" Joey Bada$$ - "Temptation" Overlook:   Smoke Signals   (UBV-76 - 3/31/17) Overlook - "Blue Rose" Overlook - "Traveling Wit...

Darkest Hour, Rock & Roll Hotel, Washington DC - 7/14/17 Havok, Rock & Roll Hotel, Washington DC - 7/14/17 Skepta, The Fillmore, Silver Spring, MD - 6/5/17 Iron Maiden, Jiffy Lube Live, Bristow, VA - 6/3/17 Iron Maiden, Jiffy Lube Live, Bristow, VA - 6/3/17 Pallbearer, Rock & Roll Hotel, Washington DC - 6/1/17 Mastodon, The Fillmore, Silver Spring, MD - 5/2/17 Mastodon, The Fillmore, Silver Spring, MD - 5/2/17 Baroness, 9:30 Club, Washington DC - 4/12/17 Baroness, 9:30 Club, Washington DC - 4/12/17 Baroness, 9:30 Club, Washington DC - 4/12/17 Toxic Holocaust, Rock & Roll Hotel, Washington DC - 3/19/17 Toxic Holocaust, Rock & Roll Hotel, Washington DC - 3/19/17 Toxic Holocaust, Rock & Roll Hotel, Washington DC - 3/19/17 Sunn O))), 9:30 Club, Washington DC - 3/12/17

Kurt Vile & The Violators, 930 Club, Washington DC - 10/8/15 Sturgill Simpson, Lincoln Theater, Washington DC - 9/23/15 Ghost, The Fillmore, Silver Spring MD - 9/22/15 Ghost, The Fillmore, Silver Spring MD - 9/22/15 Ghost, The Fillmore, Silver Spring MD - 9/22/15 Ghost, The Fillmore, Silver Spring MD - 9/22/15 Ghost, The Fillmore, Silver Spring MD - 9/22/15 Ghost, The Fillmore, Silver Spring MD - 9/22/15 Eagles of Death Metal, 930 Club, Washington DC - 9/15/15 Eagles of Death Metal, 930 Club, Washington DC - 9/15/15 Chelsea Wolfe, U Street Music Hall, Washington DC - 9/11/15 High on Fire, Baltimore Soundstage, Baltimore MD - 8/20/15 Pallbearer, Baltimore Soundstage, Baltimore MD - 8/20/15 Lucifer, Baltimore Soundstage, Baltimore MD - 8/20/15 Failure, 930 Club, Washington DC - 8/11/15 Hum, 930 Club, Washington DC - 8/11/15 Deftones, The Fillmore, Silver Spring MD - 7/31/15 Black B...

A diverse year for music, here are my favorite albums of 2014. Enjoy. . . . 1. D'Angelo & The Vanguard - Black Messiah (9/10) Enigmatic and reclusive Richmond, VA, soul man D'Angelo has been a favorite of mine since the mid-90's when he dropped his debut album  Brown Sugar -  an exceptional 1995 launch that vaulted over its tepid R&B and "neo-soul" competition by merging tough hip-hop swagger with throwback musicality and charm. I even picked that album's version of "Cruisin'" over Smokey Robinson's 1979 original to sit alongside classic cuts by Wilson Pickett, Stevie Wonder, and Bill Withers on my wedding goodie-bag mix CD three years ago. So, after a fourteen year hiatus plagued by legal troubles, substance abuse, weight gain, and the paralyzing anxiety of high expectation to follow up his acclaimed sophomore album,  Voodoo from 2000, D'Angelo finally, and without much warning, dropped his long awaited third LP  ...