Jan 4, 2023
6 New Parody Album Covers: Loretta, Zach Bryan, Alabama, etc.
Dec 29, 2022
Rich O'Toole's Year in Review
Dec 22, 2022
I'm Just Kidding Mostly
Dec 16, 2022
Zach Bryan, Pantera, Spiritual Cramp: Robert Dean's 2022 Wrap-Up
By Robert Dean
This year felt like a blur – still. The post-COVID timeline, plus things going on in life, have become this miasma where everything kind of happens. There are no “AH-HA” moments of clarity, at least not for me. One of those small breakthroughs this year was finding Zach Bryan.
I didn’t hear about him through the hype train, but he randomly popped up on a Turnpike Troubadours playlist on Spotify. Immediately, I was transfixed by “Oklahoma Smokeshow” and have been hooked on his music since. He’s probably my most significant find of 2022, with Spiritual Cramp being my number two. Spiritual Cramp is a fun, dancey punk band that feels like The Clash at a kegger. Highly suggest you give them a spin. They’re capable of doing great things where bands like Riverboat Gamblers usually play.
It was a bummer we lost Every Time I Die, but happy Tom Delonge is back in Blink 182. Matt Skiba is Alkaline Trio – full stop. The death of Taylor Hawkins sucked, but the outpouring of love and respect was an extraordinary moment to watch. Botch is back, and now, we wait for Coalesce or Fugazi. And the “Pantera” reunion sucks.
Have a good rest of 2022, and I hope for all of us, 2023 is better.
Dec 12, 2022
You've Heard of Elf on a Shelf...
Dec 7, 2022
What Your Favorite Album of 2022 Says About You
Even if you hadn’t listened to it, this would be your #1. Even if it was terrible, this would be your #1. Even if Miranda slapped your step-dad and keyed your Altima, this would be your #1.
Even if you hadn’t listened to it, this would be your #1. Even if it was terrible, this would be your #1. Even if Beyonce besmirched your mother and keyed your Nissan Leaf, this would be your #1. You either write for a hipsterish music site or are a full time Beyonce stan.
You are a former bro-country fan who finally graduated from the community college after 5 years. The pickup truck your dad bought you in 11th grade is long in the tooth but it still gets you to the construction site. You still do mostly the same things in your spare time that you’ve done since 11th grade, but the soundtrack is better now. You read a little poetry, but don't tell your friends about it.
You are the same as the Zach Bryan fan above, but in your first year of community college, which you will never graduate. You claim you were never into bro-country, but there are t-shirts in your chest of drawers that would prove otherwise. You can’t hold down a part time job because weed.
You are a pot head, but it doesn’t matter because you are the HR person or business owner. You drive a 1998 Ford F-150 and people assume you are secretly wealthy. That would be true if you didn’t spend it all on shows, pot, and weaponry.
You’re shitting me, right?
Nov 29, 2022
Tuesday Morning Memes: Tyler Childers, Luke Bryan, Zach Bryan
Nov 22, 2022
When Bro Country Fans Mature
Nov 17, 2022
Nov 10, 2022
Something in the Orange
Nov 9, 2022
Zach Bryan / "November Air" / Red Rocks
Oct 31, 2022
More Monday Memes: Zach Bryan, Jason Aldean, Kane Brown
Simpsons Characters as Americana Fans
Sep 14, 2022
Quantity AND Quality
Sep 9, 2022
Keep it Rollin' Zach
Aug 29, 2022
Still More Monday Memes: 49 Winchester, Zach Bryan, Kane Brown
Aug 22, 2022
Still More Monday Memes: Waylon Jennings, Kane Brown, Zach Bryan
Aug 4, 2022
Golden Girls Country Reaction Gifs 2
Aug 3, 2022
The Country Chart in My Perfect World
This is the kind of variety country radio would have in my perfect world.
They aren’t ranked based only on how much I like the songs, but a combination
of how long the singles have been out + how much I like them.