The Early Bird
The Early Bird: Top New Recorded Releases 1-27-23 – 3-2-23 Reviewed
the mixes his producer Daniel Lanois didn’t like
The Early Bird: Top New Recorded Releases 1-20-23 – 1-26-23
tasteless as Oatmeal milk
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why review five in a hurry?
The Early Bird: Top New Recorded Release 12-9-22 – 12-15-22 Reviewed
it sounds better than ever
The Early Bird: Top New Recorded Releases 11-11-22 – 11-17-22 Reviewed
the arriviste at 32 years of age
The Early Bird: Top New Recorded Releases 11-4-22 – 11-10-22 Reviewed
the standard zeitgeist bearer
The Early Bird: Top New Recorded Releases 10-28-22 – 11-3-22 Reviewed
never has sex and violence been quite so appealing
The Early Bird: New Recorded Releases 10-14-22 – 10-20-22
great rapping but the beats are missing
The Early Bird: Top New Recorded Releases 10-7-22 – 10-13-22
from black Americana to color blind pop punk
The Early Bird: Top New Recorded Releases 9-30-22 – 10-6-22 Reviewed
a perfect, arrogant, guitar smashing masterpiece
The Early Bird: Top New Recorded Releases 9-23-22 – 9-29-22, Reviewed
strong set of country standards
The Early Bird: Top New Recorded Releases 9-16-22 – 9-22-22 Reviewed
just fine even if disappointingly not major
The Early Bird: Top New Recorded Releases 9-2-22 – 9-8-22 Reviewed
from Japan and Korea to Poland and Hungary, Mexico and beyond
The Early Bird: Top New Recorded Releases 8-26-22 – 9-1-22 Reviewed
a similar trick to his smash hit
The Early Bird: Top New Recorded Releases 8-12-22 – 8-18-22 Reviewed
lays down his claim to being a giant
The Early Bird: Top New Recorded Releases 8-5-22 – 8-11- 22
hard rock classicists
The Early Bird: Top New Recorded Releases 7-29-22 – 8-4-22
gorgeous trap, autotune, cool emo
The Early Bird: Top New Recorded Releases 7-22-22 – 7-28-22 Reviewed
a more commercial endeavor
The Early Bird: Top New Recorded Releases 7-15-22 – 7-21-22 Reviewed
if you don’t worship Jones you don’t worship pop or country for that matter
The Early Bird: Top New Recorded Releases 7-8-22 – 7-14-22
a US friendly greatest covers album
The Early Bird 6-24-22 – 6-30-22: Top New Recorded Releases Reviewed
a seamless flow of Allenness, family friendly vibe
The Early Bird Top New Recorded Releases 6-17-22-6-23-22 Reviewed
adds a minute and a half with an extended coda
The Early Bird: Top New Recorded Releases 6-10-22 – 6-16-22 Recorded
with Liverpool mucker Allan Myles
The Early Bird: Top New Recorded Releases 6-3-22 – 6-9-22, Reviewed
makeouts and makeups
The Early Bird: Top New Recorded Releases 5-27-22 – 6-2-22 Reviewed
a whiny piece of crap
The Early Bird: Top New Recorded Releases 5-20-22 – 5-26-22
a godawful reworking of “Juicy”
The Early Bird: Top New Recorded Releases 5-13-22 – 5-19-22 Reviewed
Pre, post, during the pandemic
The Early Bird: Top New Recorded Releases 5-6-22 – 5-12-22 Reviewed
unmistakable Freedy spot on-ness
The Early Bird: Top New Recorded Releases 4-29-22 – 5-5-22
sex and romance (and sex… yeah, it’s kinda important)
The Early Bird: New Recorded Releases 4-22-22 – 4-28-22 Reviewed
well rapped and gift wrapped
The Early Bird: Top New Recorded Releases 4-15-22 – 4-21-22 Reviewed
an anthemic piece of percolating funk perfect for Lizzo time
The Early Bird: Top New Recorded Releases 4-8-22 – 4-14-22 Reviewed
sounding more like Gilmour than Pink
The Early Bird: Top New Recorded Releases 4-1-22 – 4-7-22 Reviewed
the ultimate so-so
The Early Bird: Top New Recorded Releases 3-25-22 – 3-31-22 Reviewed
an exceptional set of straight ahead reggaeton
The Early Bird: Top New Recorded Releases 3-18-22 – 3-24-22 Reviewed
the standard bearer for hyper-pop
The Early Bird: Top New Recorded Releases 3-11-22 – 3-17-22 Reviewed
as sad as blue can get
The Early Bird: Top New Recorded Releases 3-4-22 – 3-10-22 Reviewed
An interesting time for musicians who have been cancelled
The Early Bird: New Recorded Releases 2-18-22 – 2-24-22 Reviewed
a just about fantastic country swing album
The Early Bird: New Recorded Releases 2-11-22 – 2-17-22 Reviewed
clotted cream mixed with maple syrup
The Early Bird: Top New Recorded Releases 2-4-22 – 2-10-22
a quiet, somewhat bland set of low key indie pop plus synths and distracted vocals
The Early Bird: New Recorded Released 1-28-22 – 2-3-22
in the middle of Latin Pop 2022
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)