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Yr Welcome's top 10 albums of 2025
This year, I focused on writing and featuring my 100 important albums of the 21st century so far on Yr Welcome. Naturally, this meant I spent far less time highlighting new 2025 releases, so I’m reverting back to writing a Top 10 Albums list instead of a Top 20. Nevertheless, here are my 10 favorite albums of 2025: 10. Deftones – private music In case you were unaware, Deftones have connected with yet another generation of music listeners in the past five years.
Yr Welcome's top 10 albums of 2025
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Beau Brady's 100 important albums of the 21st century (so far)
This year I commemorated the passing of the first 25 years of the 21st century by writing 100 pages about 100 important albums released between January 1, 2000 and December 31, 2024 on my radio show Yr Welcome. Since nobody wants to read 100 pages about 100 different albums, I have shared links below to 19 Yr Welcome episodes where I read what I wrote while playing songs from these 100 important albums.
Beau Brady's 100 important albums of the 21st century (so far)
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Yr Welcome's top 20 vinyl of 2024
This year was so jam packed with great music, I was forced to leave off some albums I really enjoyed because they were released one week before Thanksgiving (looking at you, Kendrick Lamar and Father John Misty). Nevertheless, here are 20 albums I felt were worth buying on vinyl. You’d be forgiven if you forgot about Dua Lipa this year.
Exploring the Image of Drapery in Works of Art
Keywords drapery, art, classical sculpture, Flemish art College Fine Arts and Communications Abstract Dating from classical sculpture to the late nineteenth century, the image of drapery was an essential expressive tool for the artist. Artists recognized the immense expressive visual power of draped cloth. At times, the artist would fill up two thirds of the canvas with various drapes arranged specifically to create the desired expression.
Yr Welcome's top 20 vinyl of 2023
There were so many great albums released this year that I couldn’t limit this list to only ten. Here are my picks for the 20 best vinyl of 2023. 20. Sampha – LAHAI The long awaited sophomore album from Sampha dropped near the end of October and I’m still wrapping my head around his new sonic developments. I suspect this record will continue getting spins well into next year. It’s hard to resist the sound of Sampha’s incredible voice. 19.
Yr Welcome's favorite albums of 2022
Yr Welcome hosts Beau Brady and Kellen share their favorite vinyl of 2021. Hear the full episode highlighting these albums at the end of this post. August 2022 saw the 10-year anniversary of The Spy airing on KOSU. We at Yr Welcome celebrated all year long by only playing songs from our favorite artists. Many of those musicians graced us with new material this year.
Beau Brady's Top 10 Songs of 2020
Beau Brady of Yr Welcome shares his 10 favorite songs of 2020. 10. Yung Lean - "Boylife in EU" There was a moment this year where I was listening to “Starfall” by SALEM and this song by Yung Lean on loop for about a month. 9. Panopticon - “Rune’s Heart” I will simply direct your attention to the liner notes on Panopticon’s bandcamp as to why this song is as massive as it is. Metal’s heart beats loud for a reason. 8. Grimes - “Delete Forever” My birthday occurred mere weeks before quarantine.
Yr Welcome's 10 Favorite Records of 2020
Even though 2020 was one of the worst years in the history of mankind, it was made a little better when Kellen returned to KOSU and The Spy and Yr Welcome reemerged in its original form. With the solo endeavour of Excuse Me in the rearview, the once again collaborative Yr Welcome meant our favorite vinyls of the year episode reflected our mutual music loves. More significantly, our choices were limited to what we actually own on vinyl.
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