with that said, i’ve noticed here in the last several months that i’ve had an unusually ferocious appetite for new music (even for me). my quick count for the months of june through august is almost 70 albums. man, i feel obsessive (and poor…) just putting that in print… i’ve discovered some really great and some really not so great albums. for quite a few of them, i’ve wanted to write reviews but just haven’t had the time (sidenote: my brain runs in overtime and at any given time, there’s at least 9 or 10 blogs that i want to write that i just don’t have time for…). so, instead of trying to write 400 reviews, i thought i would just make a list and then highlight a few of my favorites. also, i find a lot of helpful music recommendations on several blogs i read, so maybe my list will jump start your own discovery process.

(these aren’t in order of favorites, but rather, in order of date added to my itunes library: most recent additions first)