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    PICKLED PRIEST

    records as religion

    MUSIC + HUMOR

    BEYOND INDEPENDENT

    Pickled Priest Mixtape: Our Favorite Songs of 1986
    • May 30

    Pickled Priest Mixtape: Our Favorite Songs of 1986

    I was so much younger then, I'm older than that now. Which is the point. What happens when you look at your "youth" with fresh eyes?
    Pickled Priest Mixtape: Our Favorite Songs of 2000
    • Apr 29

    Pickled Priest Mixtape: Our Favorite Songs of 2000

    The next installment in our best songs of the year series stops in 2000. Pre-9/11, pre-pandemic, pre-Drake. Times were better then, indeed.
    Album Cover Story #5: Do The Scorpions Shock You Like a Hurricane or Merit a Total Blackout?
    • Apr 15

    Album Cover Story #5: Do The Scorpions Shock You Like a Hurricane or Merit a Total Blackout?

    A Pickled Priest Special Edition: Easter with the Scorpions! Hell, it's better than spending it with a, er, priest!
    Pickled Priest Mixtape: Our Favorite Songs of Q1 2022 (Academy Fight Song Edition)
    • Apr 4

    Pickled Priest Mixtape: Our Favorite Songs of Q1 2022 (Academy Fight Song Edition)

    It's only been three months? WTF? I've already got more songs than the pan can handle! Here are our favorites so far.
    Pickled Priest Mixtape: Our Favorite Songs of 1977
    • Mar 20

    Pickled Priest Mixtape: Our Favorite Songs of 1977

    1977 distilled into 26 songs? Can't be done. But here is Pickled Priest's futile attempt to do just that.
    2021 YEAR IN REVIEW: Sweeping up after the party, final lists, and 21 of our favorite things
    • Dec 27, 2021

    2021 YEAR IN REVIEW: Sweeping up after the party, final lists, and 21 of our favorite things

    This week you get the best EPs, song/album titles, sleepers, long/short songs, Americana, and 21 of our favorite things from 2021!
    2021 YEAR IN REVIEW: Our Annual Mixtapes Ft. Our Favorites Songs of the Year, Pt. 2 (Songs 52-01)
    • Dec 19, 2021

    2021 YEAR IN REVIEW: Our Annual Mixtapes Ft. Our Favorites Songs of the Year, Pt. 2 (Songs 52-01)

    Our final mixtapes reveal our Top 52 favorites of 2021. If you've been listed out by now, make room for something significantly different.
    2021 YEAR IN REVIEW: Our Annual Mixtapes Ft. Our Favorite Songs of the Year, Pt. 1 (Songs 104-53)
    • Dec 19, 2021

    2021 YEAR IN REVIEW: Our Annual Mixtapes Ft. Our Favorite Songs of the Year, Pt. 1 (Songs 104-53)

    We've made you four mixtapes of new music this year you lucky bastards! Here are the first two.
    2021 YEAR IN REVIEW: Our 50 Favorite Records of the Year
    • Dec 12, 2021

    2021 YEAR IN REVIEW: Our 50 Favorite Records of the Year

    This is our list. This is what we listened to in 2021. No agenda. No trends. No attempt to be cool (obviously).
    2021 YEAR IN REVIEW: Our 25 Favorite Album Covers of the Year (and 10 of the Worst)
    • Dec 6, 2021

    2021 YEAR IN REVIEW: Our 25 Favorite Album Covers of the Year (and 10 of the Worst)

    We kick off our 2021 in Review this week by celebrating the graphic designers and artists who bring music to your eyes, not your ears.
    The Pickled Priest Guide to Bruce Springsteen's Worst Lyrics
    • Nov 14, 2021

    The Pickled Priest Guide to Bruce Springsteen's Worst Lyrics

    There's a blood red moon over the berm, a mongrel sun is on the rise, your sweet lips beckon little girly, for this lonely young matador
    The Pickled Priest Guide to Bruce Springsteen's Best Lyrics
    • Nov 10, 2021

    The Pickled Priest Guide to Bruce Springsteen's Best Lyrics

    Bruce was born to write lyrics in the U.S.A. and this feature reveals our 50 favorite Springsteen lyrics ever written.
    Album Cover Story #4: Cannibal Corpse's Unholy Alliance With Artist Vincent Locke
    • Oct 16, 2021

    Album Cover Story #4: Cannibal Corpse's Unholy Alliance With Artist Vincent Locke

    In this HALLOWEEN SPECIAL, we look at the gruesome and disturbing album covers of one of the most banned bands in the land. Cannibal Corpse.
    Priest Picks #31: Our Favorite Songs of Q3 2021
    • Sep 30, 2021

    Priest Picks #31: Our Favorite Songs of Q3 2021

    Our Q3 mixtape is here! The plan is in place. Your seduction assured.
    The Pickled Priest Takes On....The Kiss Solo Albums
    • Aug 22, 2021

    The Pickled Priest Takes On....The Kiss Solo Albums

    You didn't want it, but you got it. Another post about the (former) hottest band in the world...KISS!
    Priest Picks #30: Our Favorite Songs of Q2 2021
    • Jul 7, 2021

    Priest Picks #30: Our Favorite Songs of Q2 2021

    Here's our Q2 mixtape of our favorite songs of the past three months. I think you'll find it to be definitive and inadequate simultaneously
    Pickled Priest's 21 from 21: Our Favorite Records of the Year (So Far)
    • Jul 1, 2021

    Pickled Priest's 21 from 21: Our Favorite Records of the Year (So Far)

    Our midyear list of our favorite records of 2021 so far awaits you. You are one click away from 21 Pickled Priest endorsed albums!
    Pickled Priest Mixtape: 26 Killer Soul Slabs from the Amazing Catalog of Colemine Records
    • May 28, 2021

    Pickled Priest Mixtape: 26 Killer Soul Slabs from the Amazing Catalog of Colemine Records

    Here's a mixtape you won't want to miss. Modern funk and soul singles from a great American record label to supercharge your weary soul!!!
    After the Ampersand: Pickled Priest's 25 Best Backing Band Names of All-Time
    • May 10, 2021

    After the Ampersand: Pickled Priest's 25 Best Backing Band Names of All-Time

    What's in a name? The answer is everything. The difference between cool and lame is one or two words away. So what are you going with?
    Cover Story #3: Album Art Spotlight / Our 25 Favorite Jazz Album Covers (not released by Blue Note)
    • May 3, 2021

    Cover Story #3: Album Art Spotlight / Our 25 Favorite Jazz Album Covers (not released by Blue Note)

    The second in our ongoing series of album art appreciation sessions continues with more from the world of jazz.
    Priest Picks #29: Our Favorite Songs of Q1 2021 Mixtape
    • Apr 5, 2021

    Priest Picks #29: Our Favorite Songs of Q1 2021 Mixtape

    It's time for another Pickled Priest quarterly mixtape of our favorite news songs of the last 90 days. Fuck yeah!
    The Pickled Priest Complete Guide to Grammy Atrocities, Album of the Year Winners, Pt. 2: 1991-2021
    • Mar 17, 2021

    The Pickled Priest Complete Guide to Grammy Atrocities, Album of the Year Winners, Pt. 2: 1991-2021

    Here's part two of our Grammy love fest! This time, we get into the stuff people might still remember!
    The Pickled Priest Complete Guide to Grammy Atrocities: Album of the Year Winners, Pt. 1: 1959-1990
    • Mar 16, 2021

    The Pickled Priest Complete Guide to Grammy Atrocities: Album of the Year Winners, Pt. 1: 1959-1990

    The Grammy Awards are the worst awards show of them all. Here, we prove it definitively, once and for all.
    Priest New Music Pick #28: Let's Play Pretend EP by Abbie Ozard
    • Mar 15, 2021

    Priest New Music Pick #28: Let's Play Pretend EP by Abbie Ozard

    You've got time in your schedule, you know it and I know it, so set aside thirteen minutes for Abbie Ozard today.
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