Favorite Albums of 2025

Every year is a good year for music. 2025 is no different. Getting the tap on the shoulder to be a contributor to Aquarium Drunkard this past spring meant that I also participated in the 2025 version of AD’s annual Year in Review compilation. Its existence is conclusive evidence of my opening statement. Personally, I’veContinue reading “Favorite Albums of 2025”

2024 Big Ears Festival in Knoxville, TN – March 22, 2024

Click here to find all of Recliner Notes’ coverage of 2024 Big Ears Festival. The following is a conversation between a middle-aged father and his 21-year old daughter overheard at on Friday, March 22, 204 at the 2024 Big Ears Festival: Daughter: “I don’t mind free jazz, as long as it’s good.” Father: “But allContinue reading “2024 Big Ears Festival in Knoxville, TN – March 22, 2024”

Planets

This post was originally published on May 21, 2023 and was updated on July 29, 2024. “I do think that songs are little utopias for people to live in for three or four minutes.” Bill Callahan shared this sentiment during a 2022 interview with Uproxx to promote the release of his album YTI​⅃​A​Ǝ​Я, and itContinue reading “Planets”