My Taste in Music

Songs of the day, albums of the month, and why I like them

rock

  • Do The Evolution – Pearl Jam Happy Monday! I’ve mentioned my love for Eddie Vedder‘s voice before; he sings with a certain intensity that has become synonymous with grunge and the 1990s Seattle music scene. One of my favorite albums from start to finish is Pearl Jam‘s debut, Ten, which was the album I listened Read more

  • Rocky Raccoon – The Beatles A couple weeks ago, I said I didn’t know if I could ever write about the Beatles. Well. Here we are. Whatever reservations I had about it were in my own head, with some encouragement and the realization that there is probably nothing that I can say that hasn’t already Read more

  • This Must Be The Place(Naive Melody) [Live] – David Byrne Happy Friday! The Talking Heads have more recently become one of my go to bands to listen to on regular rotation. If you haven’t seen their concert film, Stop Making Sense, I highly recommend it. There was a recent remastered version released by A24, I’ll Read more

  • Freebird – Lynyrd Skynyrd Recorded live July of 1976 at The Fox Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia Happy Friday! A big part of me starting this blog came from an inkling of an idea about Lynyrd Skynyrd being the most underappreciated and misrepresented band of all time, and at some point, I will make that argument; Read more

  • Soul Sacrifice – Santana Recorded at The Woodstock Music and Art Fair on August 16th, 1969, in Bethel, New York Probably my favorite performance from the entire Woodstock festival, Santana‘s “Soul Sacrifice” is an otherworldly experience to listen to. Also apparently quite otherworldly for Carlos to play, as many people have been told the tale Read more

  • Present Tense – Pearl Jam Live In Chicago 05.16.2006 – Recorded May 16th, 2006 at The United Center in Chicago Pearl Jam is one of the 10 or so bands that I feel form the basis of my taste in music, and I have been a fan of their live stuff for a long time. Read more

  • Werewolves of London – Warren Zevon Stand In The Fire – recorded August 1980 at The Roxy in West Hollywood Happy Monday! As the previous post mentioned, I’m only doing live tracks this week. Warren Zevon, one of my absolute favorite artists and people of all time. He had a great sense of humor, and Read more

  • It Ain’t Over Till It’s Over – Lenny Kravitz I’ve been a casual Lenny Kravitz fan for a while; I think he’s a great proponent of art and music, but I’ve never really known more than a handful of his songs. He’s got some damn good ones, though! Believe it or not, I actually was Read more

  • Them Crooked Vultures – Them Crooked Vultures Sometimes the universe aligns, and we get lucky enough to experience something like Them Crooked Vultures. The brainchild of none other than Dave Grohl, he was able to make one of the best hard rock records, performed by some of the greatest musicians of our lifetime. Dave on Read more

  • Mississippi Queen – Mountain Every now and then, certain songs will pop back up into my regular rotation for a period of time, then disappear for a while, and then the cycle repeats. “Mississippi Queen” is one of those songs. I’ve listened to the Mountain hit multiple times a day for the past few days, Read more