by Jason's Jukebox | Jun 5, 2012 | Adventures in Record Reviews
There comes a point in an artist’s career where every album release is accompanied by a the double-edged damning praise statement “it is INSERT ARTISTS NAME best album since….landmark album, usually from about 20 years ago”. There are a few...
by Jason's Jukebox | Jun 3, 2012 | Adventures in Record Reviews
In the mid to late 90’s the internet as a tool for the general public was still in its infancy – AOL, Compuserve, and Juno were the main providers (unfortunately for Juno they are / were neither the great movie nor the great Seattle emo-core...
by Jason's Jukebox | Jun 1, 2012 | Flashback Fridays
Part 12 of a series that will run every Friday throughout 2012 as I discuss records that have affected me throughout the years – Flashback Fridays I was very late to the digital music party, I have to admit. When everything transferred to CD from records / cassettes I...
by Jason's Jukebox | May 30, 2012 | Adventures in Record Reviews
In the summer of 2011 I had the chance to be involved with Critical Sun Recordings Band Crawl – an event where the proceeds would go towards helping the cause of Music Aid NW. The mission of this organization is a noble one – to support music education in...
by Jason's Jukebox | May 28, 2012 | Adventures in Record Reviews
In 2008 I was thrilled when Portishead returned with Third – their first new record of new material in 11 years. In the mid 90’s I really enjoyed their two albums (and associated b-sides) – 1994’s Dummy and 1997’s Portishead. Both of...