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...
Welcome to the last installment for my five favorite albums of 2024 from five of my favorite record labels. This series started in late December when I posted about five of my favorite current underground record labels (here). From there I reviewed Blues Funeral Recordings (here), Heavy Psych Sounds (here), Magnetic Eye Records (here), and Ripple Music (here). This brings...
The Sonoma County power trio Deer Lord are back with a new recording of two of their older songs from their debut 2020 Deer Lord EP. The heavy riff rocking doom and rollers return with new and improved versions of the songs “Deer Lord” and “Into The Beam”. Both songs are now available (as of January 24th, 2025) on all...
This week I am going to rank my five favorite 2024 albums from Ripple Music. So far, I covered my favorites from Blues Funeral (here), Heavy Psych Sounds (here), and Magnetic Eye (here). Ripple Music is an incredible label that pumps out so many good releases each year. It was very difficult to narrow it down because I have enjoyed...
Welcome back to another week of the Top 5 On Friday feature. Last week I ranked my favorite albums of 2024 from Heavy Psych Sounds (review here) and two weeks ago from Blues Funeral Recordings (review here). This week I’ll be posting my favorite five from Magnetic Eye Records. Three of my top twenty albums of year came out on...
Last week, I submitted my five favorite albums of 2024 from the label, Blues Funeral Recordings (here). Today, I’m gonna do the same thing for Heavy Psych Sounds. This idea started a couple of weeks ago when I posted about my five favorite underground record labels (post here). Heavy Psych Sounds from Italy, has been very active this past year...
Here is another post about several bands that I discovered since starting the Jam Yeti Music Blog, just over four months ago. This is part 3 of this feature. You can find the other two posts at the links provided (part 1 and part 2). It is my quest to find new underground bands and artists and promote their excellent...
Last week, I included my five favorite heavy rock record labels that cater to the underground riff rock and metal scene. Check out the post here. Starting this week, I will rank my five favorite releases from 2024, from each record label. I will start things off with Blues Funeral Recordings. Blues Funeral is a fantastic label that always deliver...