Hello dear readers. It’s been a long time (at least in terms of blogs and posting), but sometimes as the great Canadian hardcore band Grade once sang, ‘sometimes life gets in the way of living’. How true, even all these years later. But let me tell you friends, just because I haven’t been consistently writing … More More Guitar in the Monitor (Non-Metal) – August 2026
For the last couple years I was tasked with putting together a list similar to this one for the Hartford Courant. Knowing in advance that I would be assigned this monumental task I made a special effort to scour the web and listen to literally every Connecticut-based album I could find across every genre imaginable. … More 2020 Connecticut Albums of the Year
Our pseudo-monthly look at the non-metal albums that have been in constant rotation as of late. This time around it’s an all Connecticut version… Brian Larney – Trabant I’m not sure if there’s a musician who has sprung albums on me recently the way Bridgeport’s Brian Larney has. His 2018 offering, White, showed up … More More (Non-Metal) Guitar In The Monitor – April 2020
The Metal Dad 