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  • #smarchvinylchallenge

    Celebrating the second anniversary of my very first participation year in @brandudesrecordvault’s seemingly annual #smarchvinylchallenge. Day 1-Pulling myself from the bowels of what I think might’ve been norovirus to provide humble submission to @brandudesrecordvault#smarchvinylchallenge Today’s prompt… Read more

  • Vintage Vinyl Holidays

    Everyone posting their Album of the Year and I’m over here spinning Kenny Rogers’ first Christmas album like it’s 1981. And while I’m not sure it was an Album of the Year juggernaut then, it… Read more

  • Hitting Pause.

    Off taking care of life and will be back soon. If you’re from a show/festival needing coverage of your event, thank you so much for inquiring. Please reach out via email kim@siliconeandvinyl.com and I will… Read more

  • We Had An All Night Revival w/ Zach Bryan

    A perfect square stage set, with lights cut, save a lonely spotlight. The reverb of an early Kings of Leon song echoed in the background while Zach Bryan and his Highway Boys settled in, facing… Read more

  • Quittin’ Time Has Only Just Begun

    Belated review of American Heartbreak by Zach Bryan, along with related commentary of his other work. Preview for Quittin Time Tour coming to Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, WI, on March 20th, 2024. Read more

  • Day 31: #fallvinylhealing The Album to Define You

    There were big plans for Day 31 #fallvinylhealing to showcase an album that is quintessentially you. I was planning to run a comb thru my ratty ass hair, maybe fix my face up a little, give my… Read more

  • Day 30: #fallvinylhealing Album for Self-Care

    I’ve been leaving breadcrumbs for the final #fallvinylhealing post tomorrow, yet I couldn’t help myself today for Day 30. It’s sincerely what has been on today and is helping to alleviate the Muuundays and, in turn, take… Read more

  • Warren Zevon is the Love of My Life: Probably, Part I

    There are artists, much like people, who grace your life with their presence, and it feels so poignant you wonder how you’ve existed in the world without knowing them, their soul, and the fruits of… Read more

  • Paradise with Elvis via Satellite

    Old movies are my jam and I know this recording was broadcasted well after the era of Blue Hawaii, but this album art’s serving up all sorts of wonderful vintage space age-y beach vibes that… Read more

  • Disturbed’s Divisive and Mexican Food

    It feels like only yesterday they became a thing, though the band Disturbed has been around since 1994, with the more consistent version most of us recognize, utilizing the beautifully distorted vocal talents of David… Read more

  • Vecna Playlist

    Just now getting around to even wanting to think about the state of Stranger Things and the resurgence of peeps interested in 80s metal or progressive pop. And that’s not written with snark, I have… Read more

  • Neal Peart and Healing Rides

    I’m a mess. That don’t rhyme with shit, it’s just true. From the dulcet tones of Childish Gambino himself. I’ve been grieving big losses, so it’s fitting. Grief messes with your body. I knew there… Read more

  • The Time I Traded Tom Waits for an Aqua Album

    This is about the time I traded Tom Waits for an Aqua album… Possibly completely ridiculous on both ends, yet somehow the respective recipient and I were needing of what the other had, and a… Read more

  • Stay Warm and Dope, Little Lemons

    Dope Lemon is the ultimate fun, chill, summer vibe we all need right now.  Most of the greater United States is cold right now, the way I understand it, and if you don’t exist in… Read more

  • Thanksgiving Theater: “Planes, Trains, and Automobiles”

    It’s Thanksgiving this week in ‘Merica, all.  To tell you the truth, I’m not certain what that means anymore.  The roots exist in the whitewashed historical perspective of American colonialism though it’s also not that… Read more

  • Metal Trippin on Monster Magnet Test Patterns: Vol 1

    Let’s talk about releases, particularly releases of the strange variety, which is the backdrop for an upcoming drop from slightly forgotten-about band Monster Magnet, Test Patterns: Vol 1. Initially, I was super excited to hear… Read more

  • Festivus of Festivals

    “Are youuuuuu readdddddy?” (In robust screaming Jonathan Davis voice…) It’s festival season. Just kidding. More like Festivus. But we can dream of the warmer temps and the flowing beverages and, omg, what am I going… Read more

  • Run the Jewels: RTJ CU4TRO

    November 11th is a big day for releases this year and I, for one, am pretty damn excited for the Run the Jewels drop RTJCU4TRO. I’ve read a few promotionals advertising it as just a… Read more

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