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In the "Renegade" pantheon this falls somewhere between X Ambassadors and Styx.

Petty on the Inside

prom promo problem prompts probe

apparently when it comes to single art frontbutt was a bridge too far but underbutt is fine

I don't hear Springsteen; to my ears, this is dripping with Roy Orbison "You Got It" vibes. Either way, it's rad.

Got this in the mail yesterday--very excited to give it a spin.

Yeah I find this production style pretty much unbearable.

I don't think there's been any note of Sarah Louise's "Earth Bow," which came out last Friday, but it's pretty rad--two sidelong psych tracks about frogs and trees and stuff, a nice synthesis of her last couple of Thrill Jockey albums.

I was listening to Chavez the other day, which made me think about Zwan. That, in turn, made me want to read Zwan's Wikipedia page and hoo boy is it wild. Would pay good money to watch a Zwan biopic. Anyway, I'm stoked to hear this. Superwolf's an all-timer for me.

A perfect record. For years I only had this on mp3, and when I finally picked up the vinyl about five years ago I had a pretty hearty chuckle when the DC450 thing dawned on me. I had never gotten that, despite the fact I had a bunch of Drag City records already. This is why physical media is so important! Thanks to Chris for pointing that one out.

With Justified and Justice off the table the next pop guy named Justin is gonna have a rough go of it.

Why not make it a "Flavor or Love"-style show starring Meat himself called "I Would Do Anything For Loaf."

thought this was vaporwave before I saw the headline

Let's hope she has the good sense to not feature Mel Gibson on the companion album, Daddy's Home 2

Here Comes the Schlock

Call me old fashioned but I think all of the racist ones are way worse.

Yeah that album's at instant classic status for me. It's both full of heart and totally bonkers from a technical standpoint, a fairly rare combo in the guitar soli world.

To be fair the market for moderately talented men making sad indie folk music has been oversaturated since roughly 1998.

That bonus ep is essential—I think it's what makes Pig Lib my favorite, albeit by a fairly slim margin. "Old Jerry," forever.

This is a delightful album. "Pink India," weirdly enough, was sort of my gateway into playing fingerstyle guitar obsessively.

legit dream collab here

You just know that Ben Shapiro is furiously drafting a tweet about how Biden and Harris are the real New Radicals here.

Are you saying that you jerk off while listening to the Rolling Stones? No judgement, but that's not exactly how most of us engage with their music.

William Tyler's "New Vanitas" was billed as an EP (despite being LP length), and it's definitely my favorite of the many home-recorded quarantine releases I heard this year. I also really enjoyed Yo La Tengo's "We Have Amnesia Sometimes."

Just a gentle reminder to everyone to please support the musicians on your respective lists any way you can. Buy albums, merch, whatever. If you stream albums for convenience that's fine but remember that it does virtually nothing to support most musicians. I generally prefer unranked lists but I do want to be included in the all-important Stereogum commenter tally so I've stuck numbers in front of these. They could go in almost any order, though--it's all good. 1. Leo Takami - Felis Catus and Silence 2. Waxahatchee - Saint Cloud 3. Nap Eyes - Snapshot of a Beginner 4. Jeff Parker - Suite for Max Brown 5. Hum - Inlet 6. Mike Polizze - Long Lost Solace Find 7. Sally Anne Morgan - Thread 8. Adrienne Lenker - songs 9. John Lee Shannon - In and Of 10. H. C. McIntire - Eno Axis 11.Terry Allen - Just Like Moby Dick 12. Alabaster DePlume - To Cy and Lee, Instrumentals Vol. 1 13. Stephen Malkmus - Traditional Techniques 14. Bob Dylan - Rough and Rowdy Ways 15. Mary Lattimore - Silver Ladders 16. James Elkington - Ever-Roving Eye 17. Destroyer - Have We Met 18. Jennifer Castle - Monarch Season 19. Run the Jewels - RTJ4 20. Brigid Mae Power - Head Above the Water 21. Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters 22. Green-House - Six Songs for Invisible Gardens 23. Josh Kimbrough - Slither, Soar & Disappear 24. Ezra Feinberg - Recumbent Speech 25. Gwenifer Raymond - Strange Lights Over Garth Mountain I also loved the music that Bill Callahan, Kevin Morby, William Tyler, Channelers, Gunn-Truscinski Duo, Jeff Tweedy, Sarah Louise, Nathan Salsburg, Makaya McCraven, and WOODS, among others, put out in the world this year.

Well heck I guess it was a bit more nuanced than I remembered. Thanks for clearing that up!

My choice for best band named after a phase of sleep characterized by vivid dreams: REM

My memory of Heart's "Behind the Music" episode is pretty spotty, but I'm fairly sure it included a lengthy explanation of why Nancy sang lead on this one. Though it was common knowledge that Ann had the stronger pipes, she had gained some weight and the record execs—thinking that this had hit potential—figured Nancy would look better taking the lead in the music video. Super fucked up! Anyway, I think about that story every time I hear the song.

They really should've put out a b-sides comp at some point back when that was a marketable idea.

This is almost as bad as Rebirth

Here's hoping that this album is his long-awaited tribune to Loverboy. I can only assume that, as a fellow Canadian, Drake's appreciation for Mike Reno and co.'s hooky corporate rock runs as deep as the waters of Lake Louise.

This'll slot in nicely beside "Institutionalized" on my Pepsi Propaganda Playlist.

It's so cool that they covered this. I love the heck out of that Other Years record.

The singer's look in the "Malibu" vid seems very much cribbed from Jet Set-era Kim Gordon, which certainly adds a new, weird layer to "Kim Gordon [Mariah Carey] and the Arthur Doyle Hand Cream."

Did you do the Three Lobed 20th anniversary subscription thing? I've been incredibly tempted to pull the trigger on that as of late.

Blackpool grime is every pool cleaner's worse nightmare.

I jumped off at Amputechture. I remember hearing the leak and immediately hating it, but it could've just been the title. Oddly enough I was on the TMV message board a lot at the time, which was a pretty lively place, and I remember the reaction being pretty split. I also saw them open for RHCP when they were touring that album and it was kinda butt. Then again, I also thought Stadium Arcadium was butt so I really had no business being at that show. Peer pressure's crazy.

Same. I got really attached to the early versions of Sparta's "Cataracts" and TMV's "Cicatriz ESP," so the ones on the album never quite hit the same. for me.

The transition from "One Armed Scissor" to "Sleepwalk Capsules" legit scared the shit out of me on multiple occasions.

Yeah that record is so rad—I've been playing it constantly for the past couple of weeks.