How do you condense a pivotal year in your musical development into one 26-song mixtape? You don't. But here it is anyway.

What kind of songs does someone need when they're on the cusp of real adulthood? We're about to find out.

Retro-January continues with a heartfelt appreciation for the maligned power trio's masterpiece!

What was your first rock concert? Mine was 43 years ago today. Kiss at Chicago Stadium, 1978.

The last post of 2020! Our favorite EPs, Song Titles, Album Titles, and some Positive Takeaways from 2020, too! Plus much more!

They're here! Our Favorite Songs of 2020 Mixtapes! The only thing better than listening to great songs is reading about them! So enjoy!

2020 is coming to end! How do we know? Because it's time for our annual Top 50 albums list. (And because it's late December.) Read on!

The Pickled Priest loves album art. We start our fond look back at 2020 with a review of our favorite, and least favorite, album covers.

If you've been wearing out the path to your liquor cabinet since mid-March, you're not alone. I've been working at home since then and my...

Welcome to week #26 of Priest Picks. I spent a disproportionate amount of time watching election results this week and not pursuing my...

Welcome to week #25 of Priest Picks. This week finds us with a new Springsteen album in our grubby paws and we've spent a lot quality...

It happened again the other day. I got all wrapped up in my embarrassingly small stack (relative to the catalog) of Blue Note vinyl....

Welcome to week #24 of Priest Picks. After a quick trip south, way south, for a great live show (how great it is to even write that...

Welcome to week #23 of Priest Picks. This week we examine the pros and cons of prolificacy. On one hand, it’s a good year to crank out an...

Ah, 1974! Another shit show year from our glorious past! Of course, that applied to almost everything but the music. The music was...

Welcome to week #22 of Priest Picks. This was a particularly harsh week for those of us who appreciate guitar heroics. But better to have...

Welcome to week #21 of Priest Picks. This has been a busy week here as we do some catch-up maintenance in preparation for winter. So...

Welcome to week #20 of Priest Picks! At the end of each fiscal quarter (March, June, and Sept) I’m going to put together a “Favorite...

We love album art, so today Pickled Priest is starting a regular series that focuses exclusively on the visual aspect of music. We...

Welcome to week #19 of Priest Picks. Instead of blowing a gasket this week, I again opted to take refuge in my default vices: rock and...

The second decade of this century has been a blur. As I was choosing songs for this tape I realized that if I was quizzed on the year...

Welcome to week #18 of Priest Picks! Thanks for tolerating me last week—I had some issues my team of therapists told me I needed to...

Welcome to week #17 of Priest Picks. This week I switch gears for a few moments to introduce a regular diversion I’m going to call...

This is the first mixtape in our Yearly Mixtape Series where we weren’t even born yet when the music first was released. Hence, every...