2023 YEAR IN REVIEW: Pickled Priest's 50 Favorite Records
We did a lot of fucking around this year. These are the records we listened to as we did it.
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2023 YEAR IN REVIEW POST SCHEDULE: Our 50 Favorite Records of the Year (December 1st); Annual Mixtapes Featuring Our 104 Favorite Songs
of the Year (December 10th); Our Favorite Album Covers of the Year (December 17th); and Our Annual Year-End Lists (December 22nd)
BEYOND INDEPENDENT
- Nov 1
Cover Story #8: Fire Up the Trash! The Shit-Shovelin' Album Art of Estrus Records
Art is everywhere. Even in the dirty, rainy, seedy American Northwest. This week, the fine art of Estrus Records and their guru Art Chantry.
- Oct 1
Pickled Priest Mixtape: 26 More of Our Favorite Songs from Q3 2023 (Bonus Tracks Edition)!
Does this qualify as a miracle? A third quarterly mixtape? We had too many songs left to stop, so here's a bonus tape!
- Sep 29
Pickled Priest Mixtape: Our Favorite New Songs of Q3 2023, Part Two
A 2nd mixtape for our loyal congregation, just what you've been praying for. And we actually answer your prayers, unlike that other guy!
- Sep 29
Pickled Priest Mixtape: Our Favorite New Songs of Q3 2023, Part One
Two mixtapes of new songs for you, our paramour, our downtown Fred, our courtesan. And anyone else with a phone or computer.
- Jul 24
Cover Story #7: Everybody Loves Raymond Pettibon—the artist behind Black Flag, SST Records, & OFF!
Art is all relative. In this case literally so. The punk art of Raymond Pettibon isn't for everyone and it's better that way.
- Jun 30
Pickled Priest Mixtape: Our Favorite New Songs of Q2 2023, Part Two
OUR 100TH POST! The Q2 2023 feast of songs continues courtesy of the curatorial staff at Pickled Priest.
- Jun 26
Pickled Priest Mixtape: Our Favorite New Songs of Q2 2023, Part One
Just for you: 52 great new songs over two mixtapes. We're really trying to get in your pants, now! Here's Tape #1!
- Jun 2
Pickled Priest Mixtape: Our Favorite Songs of 1978
Mixtape General's Warning: Making a 26-song mixtape from 1978 could be hazardous to your health. Proceed with caution.
- May 21
Pickled Priest Mixtape: Our Favorite Songs of 1990
You're in for it now. A year on the front lines, sometimes in the front row, of our musical evolution. Lucky you.
- Mar 31
Pickled Priest Outside the Box: Our Favorite Baseball Cards of All-Time
In a rare non-music-related post, we celebrate the arrival of Opening Day 2023 with a tribute to baseball cards. Deal with it.
- Mar 26
Pickled Priest Mixtape: Favorite New Songs of 2023: Q1 Edition
A portion of the proceeds from the first 90 days of 2023. Curated, organized, and presented in cassette tape format, as the gods intended.
- Mar 11
Pickled Priest Mixtape: Our Favorite Songs of 1966
Nancy Sinatra and a bunch of other songs not by Nancy Sinatra included within.
- Feb 22
Our 50 Favorite Song Titles (That Use Parentheses)
Taking the art of wasting time to new and daring heights, Pickled Priest probes the parenthetical afterthought (and here's what we found).
- Dec 23, 2022
2022 YEAR IN REVIEW: Closing Ceremonies
Favorite EPs, covers, long songs, sleeper albums, album titles, song titles, Americana albums, vinyl finds, and 22 of our favorite things!
- Dec 18, 2022
2022 YEAR IN REVIEW: Our 25 Favorite Album Covers of the Year (and 10 of the worst)
Album art matters. Otherwise, why do so many artists spend so much time and money picking the artwork that represents their music?
- Dec 11, 2022
2022 YEAR IN REVIEW: Our Annual Mixtapes Ft. Our Favorite Songs of the Year, Pt. 2 (Songs 052-001)
The final two mixtapes include our 52 favorite songs of the year. A gift for you at Xmas from the Pickled Priest with love.
- Dec 11, 2022
2022 YEAR IN REVIEW: Our Annual Mixtapes Ft. Our Favorite Songs of the Year, Pt. 1 (Songs 104-53)
The Best Songs of 2022? Nope. Just the Pickled Priest 104 Favorites. Here's the first half. Don't just sit there. Indulge!
- Dec 2, 2022
2022 YEAR IN REVIEW: Our Top 50 Favorite Records of the Year
Get yourself a cocktail, a snack, and a comfy chair. Our Top 50 List is here. And it's a beast.
- Oct 9, 2022
Pickled Priest Mixtape: Our Favorite Songs of Q3 2022
Better late than never, here's our Q3 mixtape. Some of our favorite songs of the last 90 days. Dig out your old cassette player and dig in.
- Jul 29, 2022
Pickled Priest Cover Story #6: Art Me Up...Assessing the Album Covers of the Rolling Stones
Greatest rock & roll band? Perhaps. Greatest album covers? One way to find out. Pickled Priest rolls through them all!
- Jul 23, 2022
The Pickled Priest Wastes Valuable Time #001: Our 50 Favorite Guided By Voices* Song Titles
We're professional time wasters here at the Pickled Priest. Prove it, you say? Read on.
- Jul 10, 2022
Pickled Priest Mixtape: Our Favorite Songs of Q2 2022, Pt. 2
We thank you, oh Pickled Priest for this bounty of songs, all sourced from Q2 of 2022. The second such bounty in two weeks. Amen.
- Jul 3, 2022
Pickled Priest Mixtape: Our Favorite Songs of Q2 2022, Pt. 1
A portion of the proceeds from Q2 2022, here is the first of two mid-year mixtapes made especially for you, you lucky fuck.
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