The Mostly Music 2025 Playlist, Pt. 12 (Updated 12/16/25)

We have entered the final month of 2026! Just a couple more weeks until I unleash my top 50 songs of the year, so let’s see what drops between now and then. There have already been several epic releases in December. Check them out!

Alter Bridge: What Lies Within U.S. Tour 2026

Hard rockers Alter Bridge have shared spring 2026 dates with Filter and Tim Montana. Sevendust will appear in place of Filter in a couple of cities. The tour is to promote Alter Bridge’s new self-titled album, which will be released January 9, 2026. Tickets are on sale now at alterbridge.com!

  • 4/25 – Orlando, FL – House of Blues+
  • 4/26 – Atlanta, GA – Coca-Cola Roxy+^
  • 4/28 – Houston, TX – Bayou Music Center*+
  • 4/29 – Dallas, TX – South Side Ballroom*+
  • 5/1 – Tulsa, OK – Skyline Event Center*+
  • 5/2 – Omaha, NE – Steelhouse Omaha*+
  • 5/5 – Green Bay, WI – EPIC Event Center*+
  • 5/6 – Chicago, IL – The Salt Shed*+
  • 5/9 – Atlantic City, NJ – Borgata Event Center*
  • 5/10 – Boston, MA – Citizens House of Blues*+
  • 5/12 – Huntington, NY – The Paramount*+
  • 5/13 – Montclair, NJ – The Wellmont Theater*+
  • 5/16 – Columbus, OH – Sonic Temple Art & Music Festival 2026
  • 5/18 – Mckees Rocks, PA – Roxian Theatre*+
  • 5/19 – Detroit, MI – The Fillmore*+
  • 5/21 – Nashville, TN – The Pinnacle+^
  • 5/22 – Birmingham, AL – Avondale Brewing Company*+
  • 5/24 – Tampa, FL – Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino*+

* Filter

^ Sevendust

+ Tim Montana

The Mostly Music 2025 Playlist, Pt. 10 (Updated 10/16/25)

IT’S THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR!

Sorry, y’all. I just love spooky season!

Anyway, here is the first batch of October releases. Be sure to check out the other installments of The Mostly Music 2025 Playlist; this year has seen some bangers, and we still have two months to go!

The Mostly Music 2025 Playlist, Pt. 9 (Updated 9/20/25)

Welcome, September, and our first false fall! The temperature was pleasant this past week, especially in the mornings, but we’re back into the upper 80s, low 90s now. I’m so ready for cooler weather.

Anyway, I have begun part 9 of The Mostly Music 2025 Playlist. Here are the songs I’ve found that have been released since September 1st.

Alter Bridge Shares North American Summer Dates For Their Pawns & Kings Tour

This will be the final leg of the Pawns & Kings Tour in North America! Alter Bridge is doing it big with special guests Sevendust, Mammoth WVH, and MJT. Grab your tickets at alterbridge.com.

  • 8/1 – Buffalo, NY – Outer Harbor Event Complex^
  • 8/2 – Asbury Park, NJ – Stone Pony Summer Stage^
  • 8/4 – Charlestown, WV – The Event Center at Hollywood Casino*^
  • 8/5 – Grantville, PA – Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course^
  • 8/7 – Richmond, VA – Virginia Credit Union Live!^
  • 8/8 – Cleveland, OH – Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica^
  • 8/10 – Quebec City, QC – Quebec City Old Port Agora^
  • 8/12 – Ledyard, CT – Grand Theater at Foxwoods Resorts Casino^
  • 8/13 – Johnstown, PA – 1st Summit Arena^
  • 8/16 – Springfield, IL – Illinois State Fair#^
  • 8/17 – Fayetteville, AR – JJ’s Live*^
  • 8/19 – Corpus Christi, TX – Concrete Street Amphitheater^
  • 8/20 – San Antonio, TX – Boeing Center at Tech Port^
  • 8/22 – Memphis, TN – Orpheum Theatre*
  • 8/23 – Cincinnati, OH – The Andrew J. Brady Music Center*
  • 8/25 – Grand Rapids, MI – GLC Live at 20 Monroe*
  • 8/26 – Milwaukee, WI – The Rave/Eagles Club*
  • 8/28 – Fargo, ND – Fargo Brewing Company*
  • 8/29 – Minneapolis, MN – The Fillmore*
  • 8/31 – Council Bluffs, IA – Stir Concert Cove: Harrah’s Council Bluffs Casino & Hotel*

^ No MJT

# No Sevendust

* No Mammoth WVH

Welcome to Rockville 2023

May 18-21, 2023, at Daytona International Speedway

For passes, camping information, and more, visit welcometorockville.com!

A Whole Lotta Good, But Also Some Bad

Hello, all! I hope this post finds you well. I just wanted to jump on here and give y’all an update on things.

I have four interviews in progress, though one seems to have stalled out because of circumstances beyond his control. I’m really looking forward to sharing them, Carbonstone’s in particular. I have also been receiving emails from various promoters requesting that I share singles and tour dates for bands they represent. I was followed on Facebook by Paul Crosby Management, which is cool (and if you’d like to follow too, here’s the link 😉).

I have almost finished yet another book for my Goodreads reading challenge, so keep an eye out for my next update post about that.

As for the bad news, I had to miss the Alter Bridge show in Nashville because I was too sick to go. I went to my doctor yesterday and he put me on an antibiotic and a medicine meant to break up congestion and help keep my lungs clear. I was gutted to skip the concert, but there is a bright side. I should be well in time to enjoy my brother’s visit this weekend! And we may have missed Alter Bridge, but I’m taking Mom to her first Shinedown show in April so… I guess we’ll recover. Haha.

Thank you to everyone who even acknowledges this blog. Drop a comment if you’d like, telling me something good – or bad – that has happened lately, or just how you’re doing today!

Cheers!

My Top 30 Songs of 2022

There were some bangers released this year! This list doesn’t even begin to encompass all the great songs released over the past twelve months, I’m sure, but these were 30 of the tracks, in no particular order, that stood out to me and were in heavy rotation on my playlists.

Alter Bridge: “Sin After Sin”

Kissing Candice: “South Circle”

Kissing Candice: “see/\saw”

Mac Saturn: “Diamonds”

Call of Sirens: “Kenopsia”

The Funeral Portrait: “Voodoo Doll”

Dark Divine: “Circles”

Lovely Machine: “Picture Frame”

The Veer Union: “Just Pretend (Acoustic)”

Awesome Ray Ray: “Last Desperado”

Silent Theory: “So Far, So Good”

CARBONSTONE: “Scream”

MONOWHALES: “CTRL^^^”

Dark Summer: “In My Heart”

Devils Envy: “Lone Wolf”

Amerakin Overdose: “Agastopia”

A Killer’s Confession: “The Boys”

Modern Mimes: “Down and Dead”

Saliva: “Crows”

Stone Horses: “When I Get Paid”

Shallow Side: “The Worst Kind”

Psyclon Nine: “Money and Sex and Death”

Stone Harvest: “All The Lies”

Death Valley High: “Pretty Graves”

Nickelback: “High Time”

Self Deception: “Psycho”

Stain the Canvas: “Puppet”

Adelitas Way/New Medicine: “Up”

Bad Omens: “Like a Villain”

Shinedown: “The Saints of Violence and Innuendo”

30 Day Song Challenge: Day 27 – A Song That Motivates You

There are several Alter Bridge songs that motivate me, but this one hit the hardest the very first time I heard it.

Alter Bridge: “My Champion”