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Metallica – 72 Seasons
Earlier this year, the new Metallica album was released. It coincided with a cross Pennsylvania trip that I took. The Philadelphia suburbs to Punxsutawney to the Pittsburgh suburbs to Erie and back to Philadelphia. I must’ve listened to 72 Seasons a dozen times or...
Foo Fighters – But Here We Are
Not so long ago I lost someone important to me each year. Suicide, overdose, old age, freak medical happenstance – the hits kept coming. Each death impacted me differently, but I sought solace in music each time it happened. Think 3rd by Big Star. Closer by Joy...
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Toad the Wet Sprocket – Walk on The Ocean
Attack of the Killer Track! is a series that explores tracks from artists from a variety of genres. Some of the tracks were singles, some of them were obscure b-sides or long forgotten album tracks. One thing is certain – all of them are killer tracks. The very first...
Death Threat Cassette – Dial M for Masham
About 3 years ago or so I was sent the debut album by Death Threat Cassette, a 1 man band based out of North Yorkshire, England. I was instantly blown away by the originality on display - a perfect meshing of violence & beauty, 90's inspired yet modern. It was one...
Charles Bradley – Changes
Attack of the Killer Track! is a series that explores tracks from artists from a variety of genres. Some of the tracks were singles, some of them were obscure b-sides or long forgotten album tracks. One thing is certain – all of them are killer tracks. The upcoming...
David Bowie – Blackstar
Where were you when you found out David Bowie died? Seems like a dream or a hypothetical question, doesn't it? Sitting on the couch last night, sipping on a drink while watching some old silent movies from 90 years ago (hipster alert!), I saw something come across...
Ozzy Osbourne – Dreamer
Attack of the Killer Track! is a series that explores tracks from artists from a variety of genres. Some of the tracks were singles, some of them were obscure b-sides or long forgotten album tracks. One thing is certain – all of them are killer tracks. In the wake of...
Jenn Vix – Strange Buildings
Earlier this year I had the opportunity to talk with John Ashton, formerly of The Psychedelic Furs about his new project, Satellite Paradiso. The band's debut album showed Mr. Ashton & company moving on from the shadow of the 'Furs, forging their own unique...
Ummagma – Frequency
Ummagma hail from Peterborough, Ontario - about 80 miles northeast of Toronto. The town's nickname is "The Electric City" because it was the 1st town in all of Canada to use electric streetlights. In the present day, the town is where technology & manufacturing...
The Lovely Intangibles – Tomorrow Is Never
I once read on the world wide web's preeminent authority on all things in life - Wikipedia - that film noir is "a cinematic term used primarily to describe stylish Hollywood crime dramas, particularly such that emphasize cynical attitudes and sexual motivations." The...
Coldplay – A Rush Of Blood To The Head
Attack of the Killer Track! is a series that explores tracks from artists from a variety of genres. Some of the tracks were singles, some of them were obscure b-sides or long forgotten album tracks. One thing is certain – all of them are killer tracks. In late 2000 I...
Ride – I Don’t Know Where It Comes From
Attack of the Killer Track! is a series that explores tracks from artists from a variety of genres. Some of the tracks were singles, some of them were obscure b-sides or long forgotten album tracks. One thing is certain – all of them are killer tracks. The mid 90's...
George Strait – I Hate Everything
Mainstream country music isn't a genre that I know in-depth - the only exception being Johnny Cash. And I really didn't come on board with The Man in Black until his Rick Rubin years, which appealed to geeky hipsters everywhere. Anyway, years ago I was driving home...
Jewel – Picking Up The Pieces
In the mid 90's I'd often buy a CD based on a gut feeling or based on the cover art. It wasn't an exact science, but in early 1995 I picked up the debut album by Jewel called Pieces Of You. Hipster alert - that was a full 18 months before the album started to become a...
Lana Del Rey – Honeymoon
I recently finished Kim Gordon's memoir detailing her time in Sonic Youth along with the intimate details of her breakup with husband (and fellow Sonic Youth member), Thurston Moore. I mostly enjoyed the book, but I had to laugh - she spent a few sentences bashing...
Miley Cyrus and Her Dead Petz
I honestly never thought I'd ever review - much less listen to - a record by Miley Cyrus of Hannah Montana fame. In fact, the fake hipster and indie elitist inside of me still can't quite come to terms with this turn of events. At any rate - long story short: TV / pop...
Mercury Rev – Goddess On A Hiway
Attack of the Killer Track! is a series that explores tracks from artists from a variety of genres. Some of the tracks were singles, some of them were obscure b-sides or long forgotten album tracks. One thing is certain – all of them are killer tracks. The September...
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