As we prepare to round the corner to our 20th year in the music business, we’re counting down this year’s releases from the top. 2018 began with Todd Clouser’s Live Album featuring none other than Ropeadope founder John Medeski on the keys, and JT Bates on the kit. Todd is like a musical graffiti artist with megaphone in hand, commenting on the beauty of basic humanity in the current capitalist/imperialist money grab of a system. It’s heavy, it’s explorative, it’s art.