1 hour ago, Captain Howdy said:

Would have loved to hear a decent recording of Skid Row doing this. The demo I have is lousy quality, but this is a great song and glad someone did a well produced version.

Absolutely! Same thoughts. 

 

 

On 1/26/2023 at 1:29 AM, Eric3 said:

Josh Dally - I Love You. Perfect pop song. Has already become one of my most-played songs.

Degreed - Turn Back

Moonrunner83 - Like We Were Kids

The Midnight - Heart Worth Breaking. Top 5 Midnight song IMO, too bad the rest of the album wasn't up to par.

Generation Radio - All Night To Get There

Futurecop! - Home

Threshold - Defence Condition

Ten - Immaculate Friends (Yes that's right!)

State Champs - Half Empty

Astronoid - Eyes

 

 

Love the song 'Half Empty'. 'Eventually' is another tune I like. Overall, not a bad album. 

Crazy how this synthwave genre has gradually expanded our tastes in music over the last few years. The impact is pretty huge I must say. Its become a genre that we share and talk about pretty often on this forum and also find in year-end favorite albums/songs list, atleast in many members' lists. 

 

Yup, this new one does nothing. Disappointed. 

The gunners are on a roll this season. 

Go Arsenal!! 

2 hours ago, KarpetRydOFunk said:

I need to slow it down. Been listening to these six tracks constantly. This is the album of the year. I'm calling it right now. If anything surpasses it, I will be amazed. Harem Scarem likely won't get an album out this year, will they? Treat just released one. Winger is, but, while I'm hopeful, I just don't expect to like it as much as this. This just sounds so fresh. I love it. Now that I said that, watch the next six songs be duds. ;}

The Defiants? 

If they do then that's album of the year. I m calling it right now lol. 

Personally, I feel 2022 had plenty of great tunes but not as many great albums. Looking at my 2022 best songs list, not really surprised to see more of synthwave and modern rock tunes this time, two genres of music that I really enjoy as well, but also kinda reflects how these two genres have produced better songs in comparison to AOR and hard rock albums last year. Well that's just my opinion. 
Here's more or less my favourite 30. Have also included couple of singles as I don't see an album in the foreseeable future. In no particular order except my favorite song of the year which is 'Nightcry' by Ultraboss.

The Midnight - Heartbeat

Rob Moratti - Love

Friday Night Firefight - Bad Days

Dani Sylvia - Moonburn

Dayseeker - Crying While You're Dancing

Degreed - Falling Down

Scary Kids Scaring Kids - For Atlas (what a song! Thanks to Geoff) 

Nic Howell - Coffee & Contemplation

Josh Dally ft. All The Damn Vampires - London

Rain City Drive - Dreams

We Came As Romans - Holding The Embers

Palace - Westbound 

VHS Collection - Anyway (Crucial late entry lol. Based on Glen's recommendation) 

GATC - Clearing The Blur

Short Stack - Armageddon

Dayseeker - Homesick

The Band Camino - Song About You

Simple Plan - Slow Motion ( love the verses more than the chorus. It's the type of melody I love in pop punk tunes) 

Reckless Love - Outrun

Treat - Freudian Slip

NOTD ft. Nightly - About You

Holly Humberstone - Please Dont Leave Just Yet

Generation Radio - Before The Lights Go Out In Paradise

White Tyger - Heartbreak Hotel

The Midnight - Brooklyn.Friday.Love

The Summer Set - Street Lightning 

Stand Atlantic - Nails From The Back

The Midnight - Place Of Her Own 

Dayseeker - Dark Sun

 

My favourite albums in no particular order... 

The Midnight - Heroes

Pales Waves - Unwanted

Degreed - Are You Ready? 

Rob Moratti - Epical

Palace - One For The Road

Megadeth - The Sick, The Dying, And The Dead! 

Ultraboss - Yatchmaster

Dayseeker - Dark Sun

Friday Night Firefight - Somewhere Nowhere

Treat - The Endgame

1 hour ago, Geoff said:

I'll be playing something ridiculous like 1000+ great songs every time I spin my 2022 playlist well into the future. It's a killer playlist. Just a shame that when we're talking about albums, no artist could string together 10 killer cuts for any one truly great album, imo. 

Yeah agree.. enjoy listening to my playlist more than playing my fave albums from 2022.

6 hours ago, KarpetRydOFunk said:

Are you sure this is a 2023 release? I feel like I've been listening to this for over a decade, already. 

The song 'Ah ah ah yes yes yes' from that album is still the most streamed song on itunes in rock category. 

And some more.. 

1 hour ago, Geoff said:

Lol, what’s so bad about it? I personally don’t mind it. I definitely prefer it to the painfully obviously computer generated ones we see now and then these days. 

Ya, I pretty much agree with you. Am getting tired of album covers with all those gigantic planets and galaxies. 

Merry Christmas everyone! 

 

👍

11 hours ago, KarpetRydOFunk said:

Yarp. Thanks for posting, @Ponen.

 

10 hours ago, CMGiordano said:

Okay. Where's the "rock" part of that come in to the equation, though? Because I'm not hearing it in either of those tracks.

8 more songs to go, so hoping atleast one to have some big distortion lol

8 hours ago, auslander said:

33 secs first song, 11 secs second.

Pure shite.

33 seconds for the first one is quite a milestone for a hardcore rock music lover like you hahaha. You tried your best. Appreciate. 

Tyson Ritter's New Band NOW MORE THAN EVER Announces Debut Album

The album will be released March 17, 2023, by Thirty Tigers.

Now More Than Ever is here to help make sure the pillars of pop and rock will never fall, and they're prepared to go down believing. "This is our little monolith," Ritter says. "It might be six feet tall amongst giants, but it's pure. And it's truth for us. It's saccharine as f*#k, and I love it."

 

 

 

 

What a turn around!! 

Yep, don't see France getting back into the game. 

21 hours ago, Eric3 said:

Wait, what? Didn't they already post this video or am I imagining things? LOL

Exactly

Lebrock rules!