Pickled Priest Mixtape: Our Favorite Songs of 1980
This tape documents an extremely important period from my formative years. A time when all synapses were firing, often in all the wrong...
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- Jul 14, 2020
Priest Picks #10: 25 of Our Favorite Songs of 2020 (So Far)
Here’s our entry into the “Best Songs of 2020 (So Far)” sweepstakes. Why should we be limited to one list per year?—We’re Americans and...
- Jul 8, 2020
Pickled Priest Mixtape: Our Favorite Songs of 2003
The next mixtape we have for you is from 2003. I don't quite remember this year and the songs don't really help jog my memory.I attribute...
- Jul 6, 2020
Priest Picks #9: Top 10 Records of 2020 (So Far)
For the love of god, is it only mid-year? Did we add some extra months to this year on a trial basis? If so, that means it’s time for the...
- Jun 30, 2020
Priest Picks #8: Our Weekly Top 10 List
Welcome to week #8 of the Pickled Priest Top 10. I’ve been listening to a lot of older stuff this week, but there’s always plenty of new...
- Jun 23, 2020
Like My Rolling Stones: A Tribute to a Great Record Store (But NOT a Eulogy!)
I was lucky enough as a young kid to live in close proximity to a well-known record store. Rolling Stones Records, admittedly not the...
- Jun 22, 2020
Priest Picks #7: Our Weekly Top 10
Welcome to week #7 of the Pickled Priest Top 10! The Priest has been busy this week anointing songs and records, baptizing new artists,...
- Jun 19, 2020
Pickled Priest Mixtape: Our Favorite Songs of 1992
1992 sadly looked a lot like 2020. We've learned very little as a society since. For me musically, it was a time dominated by alternative...
- Jun 15, 2020
Priest Picks #6: Our Weekly Top 10
We were tempted to put the new Run the Jewels album in spots one through ten this week and call it a day. That's how much we want you to...
- Jun 10, 2020
Pickled Priest Mixtape: Our Favorite Songs of 1971
If you ranked every year in rock & roll’s history for the sheer volume of incredible music produced, there’s a good chance 1971 would be...
- Jun 8, 2020
Priest Picks #5: Our Weekly Top 10
I like to think of our weekly Top 10 as a diversion from the real world, but it's getting more and more difficult to accomplish that...
- Jun 5, 2020
Pickled Priest Mixtape: Our Favorite Songs of 2019
The next year we’re going to tackle in our Favorite Songs Mixtape Series is 2019. I have faint memories of it myself, but I’m pretty sure...
- Jun 3, 2020
Pickled Priest Mixtape: Songs with Iconic Intros
In this mixtape, we examine 26 songs that need no introduction precisely because of their introduction. Some people walk into a party...
- Jun 1, 2020
Priest Picks #4: Our Weekly Top 10
Welcome to this week's Top 10 list. Despite a tough week in America, the show goes on. As always, we've got 10 distractions for you to...
- May 26, 2020
Pickled Priest Mixtape: Our Favorite Songs of 1968
This is the first mixtape I've made in this ongoing series where have no personal memories from the year in question. I did not go to the...
- May 25, 2020
Priest Picks #3: Our Weekly Top 10
Happy Memorial Day all! Every Monday, holidays included, this is where you'll find ten loosely curated items of intrigue, anointed by the...
- May 21, 2020
Pickled Priest Mixtape: Our Favorite Songs of 1983
Today, we're starting a new series. One mixtape dedicated to each year of the Rock & Roll era. Each mixtape will have two sides with...
- May 18, 2020
Priest Picks #2: Our Weekly Top 10
Every Monday, this is where you'll find ten loosely curated items of intrigue, anointed by the Pickled Priest himself. Lots of new music,...
- May 16, 2020
The 25 Greatest Greatest Hits Albums from the Golden Age of Greatest Hits Albums
There was a time when the Greatest Hits (GH) album meant something more than just the yearly repackaging and re-marketing of an artist’s...
- May 12, 2020
Priest Picks #1: Our Weekly Top 10
Every Monday, this is where you'll find 10 loosely curated items of intrigue, anointed by the Pickled Priest himself. Lots of new music,...
- May 10, 2020
25 Things Every Record Store Should Have (Other Than a Future)
In tribute to the countless record stores suffering through this pandemic, here's something I wrote a while back and have now updated. I...
- May 10, 2020
The Priest's 50 Worst Band Names of All-Time
50 Elbow In the not-so-grand tradition of British one-word band names (Oasis, Blur, Cast, Suede, Muse, Keane, Pulp, Shag, Clinic,...
- May 10, 2020
Play That Last Thing One More Time: The 50 Greatest Last Songs on Albums
SONG SEQUENCING IS AN ART. As important to the success of an album as the cover art and the title. So what makes a great closing song on...
- May 10, 2020
The Priest's 50 Favorite Band Names of All-Time
What makes a great band name? Not the music, that’s for sure. The mere mention of the Rolling Stones brings nods of approval and talk of...
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