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.
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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.
Mar 7, 2021
Priest New Music Pick #27: Clothbound by The Sonder Bombs
Cleveland's Sonder Bombs start 2021 off right with an album of volume that's still sympathetic to our current plight.
Feb 17, 2021
Pickled Priest Mixtape: Our Favorite Songs of 1988
How do you condense a pivotal year in your musical development into one 26-song mixtape? You don't. But here it is anyway.
Feb 2, 2021
Pickled Priest Mixtape: Our Favorite Songs of 1998
What kind of songs does someone need when they're on the cusp of real adulthood? We're about to find out.
Jan 18, 2021
Surgical Focus: An Appreciation of Emerson, Lake & Palmer's Masterwork, Brain Salad Surgery
Retro-January continues with a heartfelt appreciation for the maligned power trio's masterpiece!
Jan 16, 2021
New Year's Kiss: Memories of My First Rock Concert
What was your first rock concert? Mine was 43 years ago today. Kiss at Chicago Stadium, 1978.
Dec 30, 2020
2020 YEAR IN REVIEW: Our Last Words on a Dream Year
The last post of 2020! Our favorite EPs, Song Titles, Album Titles, and some Positive Takeaways from 2020, too! Plus much more!
Dec 21, 2020
2020 YEAR IN REVIEW: Our Annual Mixtapes Ft. Our Favorite Songs of the Year
They're here! Our Favorite Songs of 2020 Mixtapes! The only thing better than listening to great songs is reading about them! So enjoy!
Dec 15, 2020
2020 YEAR IN REVIEW: Our 50 Favorite Records of the Year
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!
Dec 8, 2020
2020 YEAR IN REVIEW: Our 25 Favorite Album Covers of the Year (and 10 of the worst)
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.
Nov 12, 2020
Pickled Priest Mixtape: God Loves a Drunk (The Bottle and the Damage Done)
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...
Nov 9, 2020
Priest Picks #26: 24-Hour Party People & the Power of the Polls
Welcome to week #26 of Priest Picks. I spent a disproportionate amount of time watching election results this week and not pursuing my...
Nov 3, 2020
Priest Picks #25: Criminal Clowns, Golden Girls, & Poisoned Potables
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...
Oct 28, 2020
Cover Story #2: Pickled Priest Album Art Spotlight / The Best of Blue Note Records
It happened again the other day. I got all wrapped up in my embarrassingly small stack (relative to the catalog) of Blue Note vinyl....
Oct 26, 2020
Priest Picks #24: Aborted Introverts, Golden Gods, & Brazilian Serial Killers
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...
Oct 20, 2020
Priest Picks #23: Prolific, Protean, Pollard, & Perfection
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...
Oct 18, 2020
Pickled Priest Mixtape: Our Favorite Songs of 1974
Ah, 1974! Another shit show year from our glorious past! Of course, that applied to almost everything but the music. The music was...
Oct 12, 2020
Priest Picks #22: Our Weekly Top 10
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...
Oct 5, 2020
Priest Picks #21: Our Weekly Top 10 (Special Top 18 Edition)
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...
Sep 28, 2020
Priest Picks #20: Our Favorite Songs of Q3 Mixtape
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...
Sep 26, 2020
Cover Story: Pickled Priest Album Art Spotlight / Bruce Springsteen
We love album art, so today Pickled Priest is starting a regular series that focuses exclusively on the visual aspect of music. We...
Sep 21, 2020
Priest Picks #19: Our Weekly Top 10
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...
Sep 16, 2020
Pickled Priest Mixtape: Our Favorite Songs of 2015
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...
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