A Lot on My Crate

Please forgive me for the hiatus. There has been a lot going on and I’m getting ready to go on an exciting trip to Atlanta and hopefully find some great record stores and see FKA Twigs perform live. I’ve already found some albums that I found captivating in 2026, so be looking forward to that. And I’ve been listening to some industrial music as that’s what I’m in the mood right now. But I wanted to just use this time to ponder and figure out what else I could be writing about here on A Lot on My Crate. I know I would like to be covering part of my record collection as a series. I feel I should be obligated to talk about records, since the title of the blog affiliates with my hobby. I would also like to document record stores I’ve been to as well. But we have “Song of the Days” and the “Why You Should Spin” album overviews. I’m trying to find out what else I can write about next.

A friend of mine suggested a hot or not kind of deal in which I can talk about the most popular or hyped albums recently and see if I should recommend a listen to gauntlet style. There’s one. If there’s a hot topic about music, that has popped up I can go on a spiel about it, even though my knowledge on music and its industry is not as robust as I would like to be. I will elaborate further, but the main reason I wanted to write this blog is because I’m so enthusiastic in the art of music that I would like to share them with anyone as I try to be diverse in my picks as I can. Yes, I’m one of those people that likes every genre, except pop country. Let’s not stay in pop country. It is a silly place. Giving musical exposure is not the only thing this blog is doing, but is helping me keeping my finger in the pulse. I didn’t expect to find 24 albums that got me from 2025, and I hope to break that record.

I don’t want to do reviews exactly. Not in the sense as in giving a project a numerical value or doing negative reviews. Let me preface with this, I do think discourse and criticism is important in all aspects of art, not just music. The only reason I didn’t want to do that here is well to be honest. That would just take up so much of my time. If there’s an album I don’t vibe with, then I just don’t want to write about it. It saves time and energy. I might do something different with the hot or not series, as I won’t delve too deep in the albums I pick, good or bad. If there’s one popular one that really resonates with me, then I might do add it to my “Why You Should Spin” series. I like to call this series a bunch of overviews instead of reviews. I want to talk about why I like them and why you should listen to them too. Bashing a project sounds fun ranting and everyone has a right to criticize, but I don’t want to make it a thing here.

Lastly, I’m still trying to figure out the ins and outs of WordPress and would like to spice this site up a bit. Learn more and try to make this place looks professional. It’s going to be a lot of work, but I’m excited for things to come. I hope you are too. Open to suggestions!