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Bliss Foxx – Eat Sleep Freak
I’ve been following the Pacific Northwest band Bliss Foxx for a few years now. Each release has been a welcome breath of fresh air – and gives me a bit of “homesickness” (I lived in the Seattle ‘burbs for 18 years). The songs that the band comes up with remind me of...
Richard Stuverud – Sunset Ghosts
As someone who lived in the Seattle ‘burbs for 18 years, I have an embarrassing admission. I’d never heard of Richard Stuverud until he filled in for Matt Cameron on a Pearl Jam tour a few years ago. That’s a glaring omission by me, as Stuverud has an extensive...
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Conduit of Humanity – The Zen Cage
One of my favorite indie releases of the last few years was AAA Battery's Corrosion of Buddha. A cross country, file swapping kind of project, the project held up as an homage to the corrosion of the human spirit. Musically, it was a blend of alternative sensibilities...
Nick Cave – Ghosteen
In early 2016, I began experienced an unexpected death of a love one. Though I didn’t know it at the time, it began a streak of sorts. Each year since then, I’ve lost someone who has played an important role in my life. As the losses mounted up, I’ve returned to Nick...
Mudhoney – Morning in America
Mudhoney’s 2018 full length release, Digital Garbage, was a dark garage rock masterpiece. Lyrically imbued with the darkness of the times, it spoke to me on a visceral level. Hitting the sweet spot between The Stooges and Black Flag, it found the band firing on all...
Magic and Loss – An Exploration of Grief Songs
In mid-August my world was turned upside down – something that has become a yearly activity over the last 5 years. I received notification that my Grandmother had passed away at the tender age of 82. As it was communicated to me, the services would be held very...
Ten Foot Pole – Escalating Quickly
Southern California’s Ten Foot Pole are stalwarts of the scene’s pop punk sound and scene. The band began as Scared Straight in the early 80’s and were associated with the Nardcore movement which helped them make a name for themselves. The 90’s saw them working as...
Bruce Springsteen – Western Stars
Bruce Springsteen has been a busy artist these past few years, though his discography doesn’t quite bear that out. He’s written an autobiography, had a one man show on Broadway, and released a Netflix special and accompanying album documenting that Broadway show. In...
Paul Den Heyer – Everything So Far
Paul Den Heyer deserves to be more widely known. He made his first splash with Fishmonkeyman in the 90’s – who’s If I’ve Told You Once was a memorable Britpop hit in the early 90’s. From there he’s played with and produced many memorable bands – two of them very dear...
Silver Screams – Alive In The Afterlife
Silver Screams are a punk band hailing from Boston, MA that offer up no frills, 70's style punk rock. Their latest offering is a 3 song EP that clocks in at about 6 1/2 minutes. It hits hard, fast, and leaves the listener wanting for more. The band is comprised of...
Sean Lennon – Parachute
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. 2006 saw the...
The Electric Mess – The Beast is You
New York City’s The Electric Mess return with their 4th album chock full of blistering rock ‘n roll, punk anthems, and garage rock freak outs. The band’s been at it for over a decade and this familiarity with each other bears stunning fruit on The Beast is You. The...
The Cure – This Morning
The Cure were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2019. It's been a while since they've released an album - 11 years, to be exact. The band's output from 1996 on has been sporadic and hasn't quite hit the sweet spot for me (sometimes a matter of how the...
Nutopians – Civilisation
Ian and Phil Jackson are the father / son duo that ARE the post punk band Nutopians. Not afraid to wear their influences on their sleeves, they’ve become one of my go to bands over the last few years. Indebted to The Chameleons (that’s The Chameleons UK to us in the...
Victory Season EP
Victory Season is the new project from Randy Cooper, the guitarist who was a founding member of the Texas Hippie Coalition – a band who specialized in their own brutal “red dirt metal” sound. Victory Season continues that path, their sound described as a southern...
Pale Pose – Doorways; The Exiter
Pale Pose is a new project out of Athens, GA (home to another mildly famous band know as R.E.M.). The project was started by Kyle Kendall as a one-man band indulging in a variety of styles deeply indebted to the underground. Tom Ashton of The March Violets and Clan of...
Robin Gibb – Saved by the Bell
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. Think of the...
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