Top Ten Albums of 2017

Heeeeeeeelo folks! I told you I was gonna pick this back up again, and look at me! two weeks strong. I love doing a yearly recap of my favorite albums. I love music and all kinds of it too, so being able to bring you my favorite albums of the year from all across the genres is single handedly my favorite blog of the year. Now I normally do this blog on January first, but as you all know I quit doing the blog for a while so I am just now getting to it. Nonetheless I am ready to review and reveal my top ten favorite albums of the year(including as usual my top three favorite songs off the album!) Lets start it up!

10. Huncho Jack - Huncho Jack, Jack Huncho

Favorite Tracks!

1. Motorcyle Parts
2. Black & Chinese 
3. Moon Rock

I do not own any of the pictures or songs associated with this review. All rights belong to Travis Scott, Quavo, and Grand Hustle Records. 

www.travisscott.com/
www.yungrichnation.com/
www.hstlgng32.com/

9. Little Dragon - Season High

Favorite Tracks!

1. Strobe Light
2. Celebrate
3. Should I

I do not own any of the pictures or songs associated with this review. All rights belong to Little Dragon, and Because Music.

www.little-dragon.net/

www.because.tv/en/

8. Noah Gundersen - White Noise

Favorite Tracks!

1. Bad Desire
2. Fear & Loathing
3. Number One Hit Of The Summer (Fade Out)

I do not own any of the pictures or songs associated with this review. All rights belong to Noah Gundersen, and Cooking Vinyl Records. 

www.noahgundersenmusic.com/

www.cookingvinyl.com/

7. Circa Survive - The Amulet 

Favorite Tracks!

1. Never Tell A Soul
2. The Hex
3. Premonition of the Hex

I do not own any of the pictures or songs associated with this review. All rights belong to Circa Survive, and Hopeless Records.

www.circasurvive.com/

www.hopelessrecords.com/

6. Villains - Queens of the Stone Age

Favorite Tracks!

1. Feet Don't Fail Me
2. The Evil Has Landed
3. The Way You Used to Do

I do not own any of the pictures or songs associated with this review. All rights belong to Queens of the Stone Age, and Matador Records.

www.qotsa.com/

www.matadorrecords.com/

5. August Burns Red - Phantom Anthem

Favorite Tracks!

1. Coordinates 
2. Quake
3. Generations 

I do not own any of the pictures or songs associated with this review. All rights belong to August Burns Red, and Fearless Records.

www.augustburnsred.com/

www.fearlessrecords.com/

4. Brand New - Science Fiction 

Favorite Tracks!

1. Lit Me Up
2. Desert
3. Same Logic/Teeth

I do not own any of the pictures or songs associated with this review. All rights belong to Brand New, and Procrastinate! Music Traitors.

www.fightoffyourdemons.com/

www.procrastinatemusictraitors.com/

3. Mac Demarco - This Old Dog

Favorite Tracks!

1. This Old Dog
2. Still Beating
3. My Old Man

I do not own any of the pictures or songs associated with this review. All rights belong to Mac Demarco, and Captured Tracks Records.

www.mac-demarco.com/

www.capturedtracks.com/

2. Mastodon - Emperor of Sand

Favorite Tracks!

1. Show Yourself
2. Steambreather
3. Jaguar God

I do not own any of the pictures or songs associated with this review. All rights belong to Mastodon, and Reprise Records.

www.mastodonrocks.com/

www.warnerbrosrecords.com/

1. Tyler Childers - Purgatory 

Favorite Tracks!

1. Lady May
2. Purgatory 
3. Feathered Indians 

I do not own any of the pictures or songs associated with this review. All rights belong to Tyler Childers, and Hickman Holler Records.

www.tylerchildersmusic.com/

EXTRAVAGANT!

Thats my very late, but still here recap of my favorite albums of twenty seventeen. Stay tuned for individual album reviews in the coming weeks!

Elton John - Honky Chateau

March 4, 2018

Elton John - Honky Chateau 

This album has so much resonance on so many levels. It all starts with my mother and I, and one sweet lady. My Nanna. My Nanna loved Elton John. Now she wasn't actual blood relation, but she was so close to my mom that I grew up always knowing her as Nanna. I would hear her sing and jam to Elton as much as she breathed. It was so refreshing and it also got me started on my music passion. She passed away quite some time ago, but I still see her and feel her whenever I hear Elton's music. Fast forward many years. I am twenty three and visiting my friend and uncle(he is practically my brother) and he as a newborn son. He tells me to play Rocket Man because his son loves that song. I play that song and his son is dancing... we are all dancing in the living room. His son, his two nieces' his girlfriend, and I. We are all getting down to this amazing music. I start to think how content I am with how I was feeling in that moment. If only I had my own little family to do that with. Except my kids and I will be jamming out to Deer Tick or Coheed (haha.) Much time has past since I last did a blog. I am sorry. I bought a house, got a puppy, and have been busy with work. All I know is that I am ready to get back to writing about the music I love. I love all kinda of music. Some of that just so happens to be by Englishmen from the seventies. I am sitting here writing this blog while my puppy is now damn near a year old (he was like three months in my last blog.) I realized this blog brought me way more happiness than I had originally thought. Everything that happened in the past to this music, and everything that happened tonight to it. I am really feeling these tunes. I obviously don't have to tell you guys' about this guy or this album. Chances are you all know it already. I mean its Elton John for goodness sakes. All I have to say about this album is to just listen to it. Obviously its rough. I mean it was recorded in the seventies, but the music still speaks for itself. This would be an album I would want to own on vinyl. I am sure it sound ten times better on vinyl. I will be completely honest with you. Aside from Honky Cat, Rocket Man, and Amy I just don't know the rest of this album. I am about four songs into this album as I a writing these very words (10:16.) I will keep you all updated as I go. I apologize in advance. It is going to take me a few posts to get back into writing in a nice organized manner. So as I will continue as I am working through the album. I am on the song Amy now. These last three songs will be where I learn. I have never heard of them. I don't think. Now that I have heard the last two songs of this album I think I am about ready to rap this review up. Overall its a fantastic album and everyone should give it a whirl. I give this album 🎹🎹🎹 out of five! Extravagant!

Favorite Tracks!

1. Honky Cat
2. Hercules 
3. Rocket Man

I do not own any of the pictures or songs associated with this review. All rights belong to Coheed And Cambria and Columbia Records. 

www.eltonjohn.com

www.universalmusic.com

Coheed And Cambria - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume Two: No World for Tomorrow

October 16, 2017

Coheed And Cambria - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume Two: No World For Tomorrow 


No World For Tomorrow... The fourth album by my prized gems Coheed this album is no shorter than a killer album. Talk about the calm before the storm....(more on that in another blog.) This album was one of the first Coheed albums I bought. Like I say in all the previous Coheed blogs that I first heard old songs, but this album was the one out when I had my own money to buy stuff. I already knew of the songs Feathers and The Running Free. I had seen their videos on Fuse when I was a teenager. Two back to back rockers in this album. Seeing them as videos really helps print an image of what Coheed was and would become to an impressionable teenager jammin out in his bedroom. Gravemakers & Gunslingers has remained one of my all time favorite Coheed songs even after I've been a seasoned Coheed fan for a while. It's such a good punch and runny song that has one shredding guitar solo. The whole song feels like it's riddled with angst and frustration. The End Complete this song was one of the first songs I "listened" to when I bought the album. I'm sure you guys are saying "but Ty you said Feathers and The Running Free was?) They certainly the first ones I heard, but were not the first ones I listened to. Meaning this was the first song I chose to listen to after I bought the album. I was not disappointed.... It is such a story like song. Not to mention one of the longest and progressive songs. The last song on the album is On The Brink this song and I have such a long story together. It started out as one of those songs I always just skipped, because it started so slow. The more I listen to it and the further I get into the song the more I realize what a beautiful song I was passing up. It has a fantastic build up that then get slammed by Claudio's immense vocal performance. It has become one of my favorite songs on the album. Every Coheed blog I do I am super nervous. I have to do these completely perfect so stick with me I will get them all done I promise. I give this album 💣💣💣💣💣 out of five! Extravagant!


Favorite Tracks!

1. Gravemakers & Gunslingers
2. The Running Free
3. On The Brink

I do not own any of the pictures or songs associated with this review. All rights belong to Coheed And Cambria and Columbia Records. 

www.coheedandcambria.com/

www.columbiarecords.com/

The Youtube video too! Tried to up the quality of my delivery!

Review of No World For Tomorrow

Chonny and Clyde - Celisti

Claudio and Chondra Sanchez - Celisti 

October 6, 2017

These very verr verrry beautiful souls. I love these two. They were making songs to release for an album with the both of them. Instead they released it for charity on Bandcamp. the album was released to support Puerto Rico in the recent disaster. All the proceeds are going to help those in need. I can't say enough about these people. They decided to put their heart into helping PR they are truly an inspiration! It really helps that the songs are nice too! This is only a three song album so there isn't much to say about the actual music so instead I'll talk about it as a whole. I like the feel of this album its so folky and acoustic that I can't help but love it. I don't know how many or if any of the songs on here are actually about the hurricane, but none the less it is a great cause and you still get something in return! Some good stuff in return. I give this album. 🚑🚑🚑🚑🚑 Love all. Extravagant!

Favorite Tracks!

1. I, The Hurricane
2. A - OK
3. Supernova 

heheheh see what I did there? there is only three songs on here anyway!

I do not own any of the pictures or songs associated with this review. All rights belong to Claudio and Chondra Sanchez.

www.chonnyandclyde.bandcamp.com/

Bless Puerto Rico.

Check out the video association

Claudio and Chondra Sanchez "Celisti"