
First I want to say that this was one of the hardest top lists I have ever done. Some of these don't deserve to be ranked any lower than the ones above them. While I didn't write as prolifically this year as I did others what I wrote about I really and truly loved. And then the other folks 'round these parts wrote about good stuff too. But the end of the year breeds top lists so I have been struggling for the past couple of weeks to actually rank these albums. I honestly will be doing some of these [...]

A musical 'band of brothers' from a small town in Ontario Canada drawn to together to play a rocking brand of alt-country rock that will reward any fan of the genre, this is a fine début album that kicks of sweetly with a classic genre piece 66 Miles that sets the quality bar high but unlike some albums it doesn't fade away and disappoint but rewards the listener with some fine song writing and smart melodic foot tapping tunes. The band was formed when frontman Kyle Spinks (guitar / vocals) got together with his [...]

If you had told me that you wanted me to listen to four kids from a small town in Canada I would have probably brushed you off with a "No way, you hoser!" which means I would have missed out on the goodness that is Brothers Through The Hill. There isn't lot to their history out there. It pretty much much boils down to four good friends playing music that they love and getting a chance to record an album. Adelaide is the result of that chance and on it there's anger, whiskey, murder, lost love and more [...]