Stylus Counsel | Area Resident’s Records

I have been looking for a copy of Canned Heat’s 1969 album Hallelujah because I love the song Time Was. So I was just looking to see what else...

Rewinding May | The Best Punk & Metal Albums

You love it loud? Sure you do. And there was plenty to love in May, with heavy music coming from all corners of the globe. Here are the biggest...

Thunder Pie | Running For My Life Tonight

“As the years pass, I am coming more and more to understand that it is the common, everyday blessings of our common everyday lives for which we should be...

Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | Screwing Up Your Kids

I have always detested children's music. Even when I was a kid. I found it pandering and lame. My parents were older — both in their mid-40s — when...

Stylus Counsel | Area Resident’s Records

Recently I managed to find a 2021 reissue of the marvellous 1990 World Party album Goodbye Jumbo. I wore out my CD copy from high school and haven't had...

Rewinding 2019 | The Fullest Box Sets

Between the streaming revolution, the resurgence of vinyl and the death of brick-and-mortar record stores, the CD may not be long for this world. But I can guarantee this:...

Thunder Pie | This is How You Save Me

“Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands.” — Anne Frank If you...

Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | Hey, Isn’t That … ?

Nobody sings TV show themes anymore. I used to have one of the many volumes of Television's Greatest Hits, which compiled awesome TV theme songs from the ’50s to...

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