Sound Obsession

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...

These are my top-twenty favorite albums of 2019 so far (in alphabetical order by artist name).  With another six months to go, and many highly anticipated albums still on the horizon, who will make my 2019 top-ten favorite albums list in December?  Enjoy. . .  Taylor Alexander:   Good Old Fashioned Pain   (Hail Mary - 4/12/19) Baroness:   Gold & Grey   (Abraxan Hymns - 6/14/19) The Black Keys:   "Let's Rock"   (Nonesuch - 6/28/19) Black Pumas:   Black Pumas   (ATO - 6/21/19) Candlemass:   The Door to Doom   (Napalm - 2/22/19) Com Truise:   Persuasion System   (Ghostly International - 5/17/19) Drenge:   Strange Creatures   (Infectious - 2/22/19) Charles Wesley Godwin:   Seneca   (Self-Released - 2/15/19) Grey Code:   Reprieve   (Metalheadz - 1/11/19) Ben...