Welcome to the third installment of the Top 5 On Friday’s Planet Desert Rock series. Last week (posted here), I discussed the five bands that confirmed my decision to go. The bands are: The Atomic Bitchwax, The Heavy Eyes, Saturna, The Well, and Phantom Hound. Two weeks prior, I discussed the initial bands that got me excited about Planet Desert...
Last week, I discussed the first five bands that sold me on the Planet Desert Rock Weekend Festival, in Las Vegas. The dates are January 29th – February 1st, 2026. You can read that post here. Anyways, these next five bands actually got me to physically order the tickets. 1. THE ATOMIC BITCHWAX The first new addition to the initial...
Planet Desert Rock is arguably the best stoner rock festival that exists in America. I state this without ever attending RippleFest Texas, but I am solely basing this on the lineup and feedback from past participants. When John Gist started announcing this lineup for next year’s Planet Desert Rock as early as February or March, I was definitely interested. 1....
Will Mecum was a special kind of talent. As the chief songwriter and guitarist for the original instrumental rock legends, Karma To Burn (write up here), the almighty riff has always been his guide and compass. Will was a riff machine and he always got my head bobbing or foot tapping. The music he created was incredible! He hardly ever...
Last week, I ranked my top five favorite debut albums from the first quarter of 2025 (here). I was also featured on The Heavy Desert Podcast with Dan Sierras to rank our top ten favorite albums of the first quarter (January, February, and March). You can listen to that forty minute episode on Spotify or Apple. Today, I want to...
The start of 2025 has ushered in a great number of album releases thus far. I have posted over 35 reviews since the start of the new year and have a slew of others right behind them. Earlier this week, I was on The Heavy Desert Podcast with Dan Sierras, where we ranked our top ten favorite albums from the...
Hello Everyone, I just wanted to let you know that there’s a new podcast for you to check out. The Heavy Desert Podcast was created and is hosted by Dan Sierras. He started it this year and it debuted on February 16th 2025. He just released the third episode called Road To Ripplefest Texas, an interview with Ryan Garney from...
After starting the Jam Yeti Music Blog six months ago, I have posted reviews for 98 albums (10 from 2023, 74 from 2024, and 14 from 2025). I average about three or four per week. In today’s Top 5 On Friday post, I want to share my five favorite sources for discovering new bands and staying current on new releases...
Every now and again, I discover a band that totally blows my mind. This happened when I heard Valley Of The Sun and Black Rainbows for the first time. I got sucked into their music and discography so much and became quite obsessed with their stuff. I would constantly listen to all of their material, anything and everything that I...
The year 2024 was a spectacular year for heavy riff rock music. It was nearly impossible to realistically choose 20 albums and rank them in order of favorites. I did my best at that time but things are constantly changing for me with music and discovering stuff that I didn’t hear until later. I reviewed over seventy albums that were...
