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Ozzy Osbourne – Ordinary Man
Ozzy Osbourne returned in February with his first solo album in a decade and first batch of songs since the Black Sabbath tour document The End. That EP had a few studio leftovers from 2013’s comeback album 13 and a few live tracks from the tour. It didn’t feel like...
Cooker – Setting the Head on Fire
The post grunge landscape of the late 90’s / early 00’s is littered with Nirvana-lite failures – bands that grabbed the limelight for a brief moment with catchy songs full of faux pain, then disappeared – missing the roots and point of the Seattle original scene....
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The Chameleons – Script of the Bridge
1st entry in a weekly column entitled "Flashback Fridays" where I discuss albums that have impacted me over the years My day began with somewhat of a bizarre exchange with Courtney Love Cobain on twitter. After reading about her campaign against my childhood (and let...
First Aid Kit – The Lion’s Roar
Everything I know about Sweden can be distilled into the following: IKEA Swedish Fish (usually purchased at IKEA) Lingonberry Jam (purchased at IKEA) The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Pärson Sound - International Harvester - Harvester - Träd, Gräs och Stenar (same band...
Bruce Springsteen – Wrecking Ball
World War III has already taken place. Sure, you may be sitting there thinking "What the hell is Jason talking about" but let me explain. In 2005 Long Beach Island, NJ switched from carrying all Philadelphia area channels to New York City area channels. In my world...
Radiohead – The Daily Mail / Staircase
Radiohead have always been a bit of a polarizing band in the indie elitist music community. I view them as the music world's version of Apple Computers - have a bit of an outsider feel to them, absolutely the best at what they do, and really, really successful. As...
Lana Del Rey – Born to Die
In 1993 I was starting 11th grade in a suburban Philadelphia high school and as most kids are at that age - uncertain about a lot of things. As things tend to do for teenagers things always came back to music. This was a very strange time to be in high school - we had...
Sonny Lanegan – No Questions
I'm going to say something that may not be the most popular thing to say - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo soundtrack was way too long for me. I loved portions of it (especially the cover of Led Zeppelin's "Immigrant Song"). But at times I found myself losing interest...
Honeychurch – Will You Be There With Me
The day Whitney Houston died I was listening to the new Honeychurch cd, driving on the freeway, formulating a review in my head (to coincide with the launch of this site). Throughout Honeychurch's history they have received tons of well deserved attention for their...
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