10-years of The Sonic Collective: A Look Back

October 2024 – The whole team

10 Years of The Sonic Collective

We think it was in late 2014 that a thirst for exposure to a greater range of music led us to come together as a group – The Sonic Collective (TSC). Our goal is to each month select, listen to, and consider an album of ‘significance’ that is at least six-years of age. We tend to avoid greatest hits compilations and live albums, but exceptions have been made. Over the years we’ve listened to nearly 150 albums, had a few special rounds, and also interviewed a handful of artists and experts (Danko Jones, Sam Roberts, Alan Cross). 

So here we are, at 10-years of musical discovery, which seems like the ideal time to reflect on where we’ve been, the music we’ve enjoyed, perhaps albums we didn’t like so much, and think about how the experience has shaped us as fans of music. 

Towards the end of this month we’ll be having a round table, where we consider the following and perhaps a few other items:

• Our Top 3 albums experienced

• Bottom 3 albums experienced

• Most surprising musical discoveries

• Favorite albums we’ve been introduced to along the way that we only discovered because someone chose it

• Band or album we had no idea of prior to TSC

• How the experience has changed the music we listen to and the way we listen to it

• Others…

So, look through (and listen to) some of the albums we’ve chosen to explore, find your personal sweet spots and get ready to hear where the highlights and lowlights have been for us over the last 10-years!