Best of 2017

While making the yearly playlists have been a joy, the simple fact is, it’s getting harder and harder to get them up on any music platform. The copyright gatekeepers and their algorisms are getting far […]

You know when you’re struggling to narrow down your list from 40-plus albums that it’s been a hell of a year for music. From heart-pounding debuts to wildly surprising comebacks; from the onslaught of bubbly […]

Alright! Time to hand out some accolades to the bands that made the past year of gig going a treat. Not the esteemed bands who plowed through another year or in some cases proved themselves […]

I really did try to dial it back this year. And when the LBM website was hacked, erasing thousands upon thousands of pictures and other uploaded content, I thought I’d found the perfect excuse to slow down […]