by Jason's Jukebox | Sep 2, 2013 | Articles, Interviews, and Coffee Thoughts
Mention The Monkees to a group of people and watch the varied responses – it should be a sport unto itself. Even now – 47 years after the debut of The Monkees television show along with the start of a string of hits (top-selling act of 1967) – some of the reactions...
by Jason's Jukebox | Aug 14, 2013 | Articles, Interviews, and Coffee Thoughts
I recently had the chance to virtually sit down with Brighton, England’s Amy Hill, who recently released her debut album, Place of Mind. Amy’s record reminded me of the best bits from Jewel’s debut record, Pieces of You and is one of my favorite...
by Jason's Jukebox | Jun 3, 2013 | Articles, Interviews, and Coffee Thoughts
Over the last year or so Sonny Lanegan and I have attempted to chat about his projects (solo, White Pulp, The Dead Good). It seemed like it would never work out, but over the last month or so we finally had a chance to catch up and chat. It happened to coincide with...
by Jason's Jukebox | Jan 1, 2013 | Articles, Interviews, and Coffee Thoughts
23 albums touched by the hand of God in 2012 – a non-numbered list of albums that I’ve played over and over that were released in 2012. Some of them were reviewed here on Jason’s Jukebox, some of them weren’t. All of them are worth your time and attention. The last...
by Jason's Jukebox | Oct 29, 2012 | Articles, Interviews, and Coffee Thoughts
2012 has been an amazing year for music. Not only has it seen incredible albums by bands that have generated a steady buzz over the last few years (The XX, The Men, Chromatics), it has also seen masterful albums by established acts that have ties to the indie and post...
by Jason's Jukebox | Oct 26, 2012 | Articles, Interviews, and Coffee Thoughts
Guest post from Ed Wheeler, New York City resident and life long music fan. The thing about seeing an electronic music act live is that the expectation for the music to sound the same as the record. I used to pull this (admittedly lame) joke over instant messenger...