Sue Foley – The Ice Queen
Immediately after getting back on the Sue Foley bandwagon with Pinky’s Blues in 2023, I picked up “The Ice Queen,” a rather acclaimed release from 2018. I mean, she’s just so good. It’s an...
Category: ’10s
Florence + The Machine – High As Hope
This 2018 release from Florence + The Machine really captured me – if not with quite the emotional impact of “How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful,” it was still super strong, very personal – big...
Florence + The Machine – How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful
A couple of years back (2022, apparently!) I wrote that I was really hoping to get my hands on a vinyl edition of Florence + The Machine’s “How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful,” and...
Aimee Mann — Mental Illness
After Bachelor No. 2, I remained a staunch fan of Aimee Mann. “Lost In Space,” which came out just two years later, really hit me, just an incredible collection of songs very much in...
The Loons — Inside Out Your Mind
When I first moved to the great little city of Phoenixville, and started going into the little record shop down on the main drag, I didn’t know that I was going to reignite my...
Bettye LaVette — Things Have Changed
I first heard of Bettye LaVette seven or eight years ago – I can’t remember if it was pre-move, or mid-move. Lee had been driving somewhere and listening to NPR’s “All Songs Considered” and wrote...
Lake Street Dive – Free Yourself Up
As part of my late catch-up to Lake Street Dive, I bought this 2018 release just a year ago. I must admit that it has been at the bottom of my stack when it...
Lake Street Dive – Side Pony
This fun release from 2016 is pretty new to me – picked it up at the beginning of 2022, when we all needed something new and fun in our lives, and this album really...
Lake Street Dive – Bad Self Portraits
As I mentioned before, I didn’t get on the Lake Street Dive train until 2021, but once I did, I was all aboard and have since collected most of their discography. This release from...
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