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Distance From Zero – Flow State
In late 2020 I had a family member going through a major surgery in New York City. At that time, I was unable to be upstairs in the hospital as there was only one family member allowed in the room, due to COVID. I remember sitting in the foyer of the hospital,...
Dan Florio – The Moment We Hold
Dan Florio’s The Moment We Hold is one of those albums that doesn’t try to impress you so much as keep you company. It feels like it was made for the quieter moments of life — the late afternoon when the sun is low, the house is finally silent, and your thoughts catch...
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Conduit of Humanity – Equality
The Conduit of Humanity project released a promising debut album The Zen Cage late last year. An album featuring many musicians and collaborations, it made an impact on me. To this day, it warrants repeated listens. Fred Jeske & his collaborators were inspired by...
Distance From Zero – Pilot Error
Symmetry presents itself in many different ways. In 2020 – at least in my life – this has emanated in unusual ways. A move back to the Philadelphia region entailed a 3,000-mile drive in a Honda Civic. The last time I moved cross country 18 years ago to Seattle it also...
Matt Adey – Love and Deeper Cuts
Recently, I’ve had the chance to spend time with the recent singles from UK artist Matt Adey. Matt first came to the attention of the general public when a track was picked up by DJ Armin Van Buuren and included on a compilation, remixed by Simon Patterson. The new...
Sufjan Stevens – The Ascension
In another life, I would find myself in various US cities all across the country for short intervals. One of the pleasures I took with that was picking out the music appropriate for the locale. And so, in the summer of 2005, I found myself driving around Chicago, IL...
Marilyn Manson – We Are Chaos
In the summer of 2019, I attended an in store performance at a famous record store in West Seattle. The artist was someone who had deep roots in the early 80’s Seattle punk scene but eventually made his name with a notorious hard rock band out of Los Angeles, CA. This...
The Flaming Lips – American Head
I have a long history with The Flaming Lips dating back to the late 90’s shows in support of their 1st masterpiece, The Soft Bulletin. I’d previously written them off, firmly convinced they weren’t cool. What can I say, I was pretty damn snobby in my youth. I was...
Metallica – S&M2
It isn’t easy being a Metallica fan – ride or die. For every fan who loves the latest record, there are a loud contingent of fans who will scream “Only the 80’s albums!”. Or even more specific, “Only the Cliff Burton years!”. So, it goes, so it goes. As for me, I...
A.M. Mills – Angel Eyes
Moving from Washington State back to Pennsylvania after almost 2 decades was a transition that was jarring in many ways. Add in the stress of moving cross country during the worst pandemic in 100 years, you can imagine that I turned to music for solace. One of the...
Darren “DPaul” Wise – God Only Knows
In a previous life I was only into guitar heroes. Yngwie Malmsteen, Steve Vai, Vinnie Moore, Joe Satriani, Vito Bratta – just a few guitarists who’d I listen to for extreme riffs. And if there were vocals, fine – but everything was an avenue to get to the solo or some...
Melvins / Mudhoney – White Lazy Boy
2020 has been a challenging year for almost everyone I know – probably an understatement for most folks reading this review. Pandemics, economic distress, political unrest, police brutality – and we are still in July. As for me, I haven’t avoided the curse of 2020,...
Memory of a Melody – Burn Alive
Memory of a Melody hail from San Antonio, TX. A band that is true to its Texas metal roots, it also brings a melodic side to their crushing anthems, hence their name – it isn’t just a clever moniker. The early 00’s saw multiple releases from the band that steadily...
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....
Neil Young & Crazy Horse – Colorado
The 10’s proved to be a busy time for Neil Young. Starting off the decade with one of his strongest records – 2010’s Le Noise – it ends with another strong record, the recently released Crazy Horse reunion, Colorado. Although the new record marks the first Crazy Horse...
Black Swan Lane – Vita Eterna
Atlanta, GA’s Black Swan Lane has become an institution in the modern post punk scene. Formed in the mid 00’s by Jack Sobel, John Kolbeck, and Mark Burgess, they’ve remained dedicated to nurturing emotional responses out of listeners worldwide through an intoxicating...
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