The Early Bird
Brief Encounters Top New Recorded Releases 1-14-21 – 1-20-21
I bet Sub Pop were overjoyed as well
The Early Bird: New Recorded Releases 12-17-21 – 12-23-21 Reviewed
feel free to hold your nose while you congratulate LadBaby
The Early Bird: Top New Recorded Release 12-10-21 – 12-16-21 Reviewed
a vivid and yet boring dream
The Early Bird: Top New Recorded Releases 12-3-21 – 12-9-21 Reviewed
SZA’s best since 2017
The Early Bird: New Recorded Releases 11-26-21 – 12-2-21 Reviewed
in New York City, in the snow, at Christmas time and on Broadway
The Early Bird: Top New Recorded Releases 11-19-21 – 11-25-21 Reviewed
though pleasant enough is nothing special
The Early Bird: Top New Releases 11-12-21 – 11-18-21 Reviewed
adds some great songs from the vault)
The Early Bird: Top New Releases 11-5-21 – 11-11-21 Reviewed
a third album of outtakes (11 of em)
The Early Bird: Top New Recorded Releases 10-29-21 – 11-4-21 Reviewed
saccharine and yet still effective
The Early Bird: Top New Recorded Releases 10-22-21 – 10-27-21 Reviewed
a covid-19 as break up, post-pandemic as new love metaphor
The Early Bird: Top New Recorded Releases 10-15-21 – 10-21-21 Reviewed
simultaneously self-effacing and egomaniacs
The Early Bird: Top New Recorded Releases 10-8-21 – 10-14-21 Reviewed
an even keel through neo-r&b with rap production values
The Early Bird: Top New Recorded Releases 10-1-21 – 10-7-21 Reviewed
it could be and has been worse
The Early Bird: Top New Recorded Releases 9-24-21 – 9-30-21 Reviewed
a fistfull of prime originals
The Earliest Bird: The Top New Recorded Release 9-24-21 – 9-30-21, The dB’s “Tell Me Two Times” Reviewed
tonal shifts that leave you feeling woozy
The Early Bird 9-17-21 – 9-23-21: Top New Recorded Releases Reviewed
I woke up in the middle of the night to buy the box set and I’d do it again
The Early Bird: Top New Recorded Releases 9-10-21 – 9-16-21 Reviewed
she compares her chest to the Sierra Madres
The Early Bird: Top New Recorded Releases 9-3-21 – 9-9-21 Reviewed
a world of people sharing these passing fair moments
The Early Bird: Top New Recorded Releases 8-27-21 – 9-2-21 Reviewed
the beauty and also the weariness of pregnancy and childbirth
The Early Bird: Top New Recorded Releases 8-20-21 – 8-26-21 Reviewed
romantic Americana meets singer songwriter confessional mid-life crisis
The Early Bird: Top New Recorded Releases 8-13-21 – 8-19-21 Reviewed
best Stones steal EVER
The Early Bird: Top New Recorded Releases 8-6-21 – 8-12-21 Reviewed
amongst the greatest work of his entire career
The Early Bird: Top New Recorded Releases 7-30-21 – 8-5-21 Reviewed
an impeccable collection
The Early Bird: Top New Recorded Releases 7-23-21 – 7-29-21 Reviewed
a unique r&b and pop and gospel cut and paste
The Early Bird: Top New Recorded Releases 7-16-21 – 7-22-21 Reviewed
a highlight of one long highlight
The Early Bird: Top New Recorded Releases 7-2-21 – 7-8-21 Reviewed
indie rock Americana
The Early Bird: Top New Recorded Releases 6-25-21 – 7-1-21
more pop less r&b mode
The Top New Recorded Releases 6-18-21 – 6-24-21 Reviewed
a beautifully sung, mood oriented sustained, neo-R&B neo-classic
The Early Bird: Top New Recorded Releases 6-11-21 – 6-17-21 Reviewed
Phoebe Bridgers won’t be harassing him for a feature on one of his songs
The Early Bird: Top New Recorded Releases 6-4-21 – 6-10-21 Reviewed
sounds like Curtis could have written it
The Early Bird: Top New Recorded Releases 5-21-21 – 5-27-21 Reviewed
a Hitchcock blonde but not the ice queen Grace Kelly, the damaged Kim Novak
The Early Bird: Top New Recorded Releases 5-14-20 – 5-20-21 Reviewed
an ex-wife on one hand and an opportunist on the other
The Early Bird: Top New Recorded Releases 5-7-21 – 5-13-21 Reviewed
Coldplay meet Max Martin in a bid for the charts
The Early Bird: Top New Recorded Releases 4-30-21 – 5-6-21 Reviewed
a who’s who of Brit bluesmen and beyond to celebrate
The Early Bird: Top New Recorded Releases 4-16-21 – 4-22-21 Reviewed
a pop doo wop 50s style rocker
The Early Bird: Top New Recorded Releases 4-9-21 – 4-15-21 Reviewed
tidings of great joy no doubt
The Early Bird: The Top New Recordings Released 4-2-21 – 4-9-21 Reviewed
catchy and fun, and a little sad
The Early Bird: Top New Recorded Releases 3-26-21 – 4-1-21 Reviewed
tidings of great joy
The Early Bird: Top New Recorded Releases 3-5-21 – 3-11-21 Reviewed
an ultimate TV theme of a sitcom that doesn’t exist
The Early Bird: Top New Recordings 2-26-21 – 3-4-21 Reviewed
more than just historic purposes
The Early Bird: Top New Recorded Releases 2-12-21 – 2-18-21 Reviewed
Gig Young in the Twilight Zone
The Early Bird: The Top New Release Of 2-5-21 – 2-11-21
a series of huge hits, ballads, and bangers
The Early Bird: Top New Recordings Released 1-29-21 – 2-4-21 Reviewed
standard issue hard rocking classicism
The Early Bird: Top New Recordings Released 1-22-21 – 1-28-21 Reviewed
the chance to hear the best pop-punk band of all time, again
The Early Bird: Top New Recordings Reviewed 1-8-21 – 1-14-21
better than anything anyone but Harry has released
The Early Bird: Top New Recordings 12-25-20 – 12-31-20 Reviewed
fragile emotions
The Early Bird: Top New Recordings 12-18-20 – 12-24-12 Reviewed
it is Shady not Marshall Mathews