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Nov 28, 2023

Year in Tiers 2023 - Black Jackets

While there were a ton of great records released this year, there were only 9 that qualified for the top tier. The best of the best, gold...

Nov 28, 2023

Year in Tiers 2023 - The 1990's Atlanta Braves

There was a TON of awesome music released this year. So much so that our "good, but not great" tier was almost our largest collection of...

Nov 28, 2023

Year in Tiers 2023 - Kenan

Not all that memorable but you can definitely do a lot worse, our middle tier of 2023 albums has been given his namesake. Aww here it goes..

Dec 1, 2022

Year in Tiers 2022 - Gold Jackets

Our very best of the year sit in this most highly regarded of tiers with the most precious of accolades the boring-ass gatekeeping...

Dec 1, 2022

Year in Tiers 2022 - Kane

Even though he had a pretty solid professional wrestling career, a couple of title runs and was technically inducted into the WWE Hall of...

Dec 1, 2022

Year in Tiers 2022 - Subway

The largest tier in this year's recap gathers the perfectly fine, not bad but not great, commonplace enough to be found in nearly every...

Dec 15, 2021

Year in Tiers 2021 - The Hollywood Handshakes

Our top tier this year is the best of the best, cream of the crop, most precious of accolades - The Hollywood Handshakes. Sure, you may...

Dec 15, 2021

Year in Tiers 2021 - The Eli Mannings

Eli Manning was a very good NFL quarterback. The dude won two Superbowls and did so beating one of the best quarterback / head coach duos...

Oct 18, 2019

"Songs You'll Never Sing" by PHONY

It seems like we've been caught in this phase of '90s grunge worship of the late emo revival for a bit. With acts like Rozwell Kid and...

Jul 2, 2019

"Cosmic Thrill Seekers" by Prince Daddy and the Hyena

Let me just start but saying I fucking love this record. But I have to admit, at first listen, I was expecting a little more from "Cosmic...

May 24, 2019

"Heavy Banding" by Slingshot Dakota

Slingshot Dakota is a tough band to pin down and with "Heavy Banding" it feels like they're using that to their advantage rather than...