There And Back Again by Daughtry Daughtry decided to go back and re-record 11 of their earlier hits, almost note for note. These songs still sound great with Chris' matured vocals. What hit me when I got to September was how old this makes me feel. Now I want re-recordings in their newer style.

I just got the most unsettling text message from a bidet company with whom I never signed up for messages. Who wants to be texted by a bidet company?

Why is Will Sasso as Doug the bouncer from How I Met Your Mother coaching the US team?

Let's tune into Cristiano Ronaldo's press conference

I think my cat is comfortable in our new house 🥹

Looks like I missed quite the Noah Kahan show in Toronto last night

Sitting here on closing day waiting for the keys for my new house

My mom took this sad picture of a dead mouse floating in her pool, so I turned it into a 90s album cover

Breakfield by Breakfield Boy Named Banjo (bad band name) is now Breakfield (also not great), and this country/americana/folk band's first album under their new name is pretty good. The instrumentals stand out more than the vocals and it's an album that I may become obsessed with the more I listen.

Stages by Midland There was a stretch where I really liked Midland, but I think I'm just tired of their schtick. This album is going to be acclaimed, it objectively sounds good, and I just don't care. It's all pretty generic and very much a Midland album, especially that Clint Black collab.

Colorado by Brad Tursi Tursi's second solo album is even further away from Old Dominion than his first. It's pure easy-listening country, the kind you put on when you're drinking coffee on your front porch on a Saturday morning. He's a really talented songwriter and this is a quality album.

Grateful by The Red Clay Strays I dunno, there's something about this band I don't trust. This isn't a bad album, but they sound like a band created in a lab to appeal to as many people as possible. I think Dave Cobb did too much to polish this up. There's something here, I'm just not sure what.

I was on quite a movie run, and it got ruined 😒

Dinner Party by Niall Horan This is a very good if slightly subdued pop rock album. I think Niall has my favourite solo discography of the former One Direction artists, just because of his consistency. I appreciate that there's nothing too flashy or overproduced about Dinner Party.

Heirloom by Nathan Evans Fox Damn, y'all didn't oversell this. Vocals like Nolan Taylor, lyricism like Sturgill Simpson, but a product that is unique and incredible. Fox takes on the current state of the world the way only liberal country music can. Heirloom is a must-listen for everyone.

If you find yourself in Ottawa and want an amazing dinner, go to Restaurant E18hteen

Seinfeld was mentioned, so also these

EI8HT by Shinedown On their aptly and badly titled 8th album Shinedown goes from hard rock to country to Broadway and back, and it...works? I was apprehensive about this after the disaster that was Planet Zero. While it isn't as good as The Sound of Madness or ATTENTION ATTENTION, I like it a lot.

Reason To Believe by Kip Moore It's no surprise that I love this album so much. My favourite artist delivers yet another 10/10 record with that three song run of The Darkness, Heartbreaker, and Headlights being among the greatest in his discography. I'm just gonna pencil this in as my #1 for 2026.

And with my traditional elimination Blizzard, another Avs season has officially come to an end.

So ends another Avs season