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Jewel – The Portal
Reviewing the new self help type song by Jewel wasn’t something I had envisioned doing when the song was first announced. I’ll admit to being a bit of a die-hard fan of the 1st Jewel album from, gulp, 30 years ago. I even collected various bootlegs that were released...
Kim Gordon – The Collective
The latest record by Kim Gordon harkens back to her glory years with Sonic Youth. In a way, that is. Ask any aging hipster who the defining bands of the alternative explosion were in the 80’s and 90’s you’ll get varied answers – but I’m willing to bet Sonic Youth will...
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Later Fortune – s/t
Later Fortune is the brainchild of Philadelphia's Chet Delcampo and Heyward Howkins - two indie artists who have made their mark with solo records that stood apart from the crowd by using intelligent lyrics married to ridiculously strong melodies. Chet Delcampo (real...
RunHideFight – He’s A Jerk b/w Because I Love You
Philadelphia's RunHideFight are a breath of fresh air and are a fitting band to kick off 2019 reviews with. This is their first release, a 2 song 7 inch that clocks in under 5 minutes total - but what an incredible blast of brilliance to introduce themselves with. The...
Patrick Duff – Leaving My Father’s House
When I was about 19 in the mid 90's in the midst of the Britpop scene, I used to wander the aisles of the Princeton Record Exchange (Princeton, NJ) looking for the latest and greatest up and coming bands. Back in those days record collecting wasn't as easy as...
Strangely Alright – Stuff
This time of year I'm always reminded of a skit from the show Portlandia - Fred had been on a seemingly perfect trip with a dream date. He sighs and shakes his head. His friends are puzzled - "What do you mean, it looked amazing" they exclaim. "Everyone on the...
J. Mascis – Elastic Days
The legend of Dinosaur Jr. is one that has reverberated through the indie rock scene over the last 30 years, and one that I am surely not qualified to discuss in a detailed fashion. Noisy and melodic, the original trio of Dinosaur Jr. albums were released in 1985,...
Woman You Stole – Excuse My French
The city of Manchester, England is rich with musical history. So many bands that I adore call Manchester home – The Fall, The Smiths, The Chameleons, Joy Division, New Order, The Stone Roses, Oasis, Magazine, I Am Kloot…the list could go on and on (truly). Some of...
Thom Yorke – Suspiria
At this point, almost anything connected to the Radiohead name / brand will receive glowing reviews, accolades by those "in the know", and give indie elitists a reason to feel like an indie elitist. Which really doesn't make any sense - Radiohead are one of the...
Lay Low Moon – On This Day Last Year
The new album by Lay Low Moon is called On This Day Last Year. It is an interesting title for an album, and made me wonder where I was last year at this time and the year before that. In this day and age of "on this day" in Facebook land, much of the mystery of our...
Live – Local 717
My background with the band Live coincides with my discovery of "alternative" music in the early 90's, my desire to seek out bands that did things their own way, and a mentor who helped introduce me to many bands that I still love to this day. The band cut a record in...
Sunstack Jones – s/t
Liverpool's Sunstack Jones have long been one of my favorite indie bands over the last 5 or 6 years. Hints of 60's psychedelia, nods to 90's Britpop, and meticulous attention to detail make for an engaging listen. The band operates as a collective, something that has...
Mudhoney – Digital Garbage
I first fell in love with Mudhoney in the summer of 2013. You could say I was about 25 years late to the party. I'd owned their records and liked them. But it wasn't until I was at my first Mudhoney show at the Sub Pop Festival in Seattle that everything clicked for...
Tom Petty – To Find a Friend
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. A year ago I...
Beached – Footprints In Time
One of my favorite indie acts over the last few years has been England's Curry Quiche. They found that sweet spot blending hooks with social commentary - not unlike The Clash. Lyrically, they cut to the core of the issue while making the listener sing along - it...
Marvin Gaye – What’s Going On
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. It took me some...
There Was a Light: The Cosmic History of Chris Bell and the Rise of Big Star by Rich Tupica
The legend of Big Star - and the solo careers of Chris Bell and Alex Chilton - came to me sometime in the mid 90's while I was deep in my pseudo intellectual elitist underground band phase. The idea that this deeply emotional - spiritual, even - music failed to make...
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