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Black Swan Lane – Blind
Atlanta, GA’s Black Swan Lane return with their latest album Blind. Their 10th album, it is everything we’ve come to expect from the band. Post-punk music has always been defined by its DIY spirit and its challenge to the status quo. It's a genre that's never been...
Death Threat Cassette – Clean Meat Never Fattened a Pig
Jason’s Jukebox is kicking of 2023’s reviews with an old favorite – England’s Death Threat Cassette. A DIY homespun “group” that is one of my all-time favorites, for the last decade or so. Lee Pecqueur is the genius behind DTC and his quality control is impeccable....
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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...
Room to Dream by David Lynch and Kristine McKenna
I've long been a David Lynch fan - dating back to my early teens in the early 90's. His films entranced me - exploring the seedy side of life, love, sex, & violence. I was also drawn to the sometimes subtle humor in his films - quirky with small town vibes. Room...
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
A Gentleman in Moscow is the 2nd novel by Amor Towles and was published in late 2016. An unexpected delight, I stumbled into this novel accidentally and I've walked away with that feeling of enrichment that only great literature can provide. The main protagonist is...
Gruff Rhys – Babelsberg
In the late 90's I found myself outside of Toronto's Horseshoe Tavern desperately trying to listen to a sold out Super Furry Animals show. The Welsh band were about to release another masterpiece in the form of Guerilla and were playing a mix of hit songs and yet to...
Kanye West – ye
I used to love Kanye West - it's true. Through his 1st four albums he never failed to entertain me, make laugh, and with 808 & Heartbreak, make me feel real emotions. I wrote him off before most people (how's THAT for know it all hipster statement) and was...
Allan Feather 3/27/70 – 6/26/18 – a memory through music
Last Wednesday, June 27th, I found out that someone I grew up with had unexpectedly passed away. Suffice to say, my posts on "The Social Network" have been a bit emotional and delved into what happened, my sadness at his passing, and what he meant to me as a friend...
Harley Graves – s/t
It took me an embarrassingly long time to make the connections between punk and country music. Not so much in musical styles - in attitude. Once it sunk in (about 18 months after the last Johnny Cash show in my neck of the woods at the time), I was hooked. You...
Bury Community Choir, Encore (Bury Young Voices) – The Ultimate Manchester Mash-Up
Over the last 6 years or so - ever since I started this site - I've made many friends in Manchester, England. Some are connected with bands you've heard of and some are indie musicians - on the fringe of accessibility. So it comes as no surprise that my heart was...
DJ Jazzy Jeff – M3
It's hard not to think of DJ Jazzy Jeff as the partner of The Fresh Prince - aka Will Smith. The late 80's and early 90's featured a near constant stream of radio and MTV hits from the duo. Once Will Smith broke into television, he made sure DJ Jazzy Jeff - aka...
Gaz Coombes – World’s Strongest Man
Gaz Coombes is perhaps an unlikely solo star. At the height of Britpop in the mid 90's, he fronted Supergrass - a band lumped in with the scene but who were more punk inspired, more fun, and yet - had a deep sense of melancholy as their career progressed. My personal...
The Classic Hunt – The Lyrids EP
The Classic Hunt are a new – but not new to the scene – band based out of Philadelphia, PA. My hometown and where I spent my 1st 24 ½ years. The band describe themselves as “psychedelic-folk-jazz-punk-blues” and I can’t think of a more apt description. The confidence...
Eels – The Deconstruction
Eels have always presented a conundrum for me – for every heartbreaking song that touches my soul they’ve had a bland middle of the road mid-tempo rocker that did nothing for me. 1998’s Electro-Shock Blues was the rare album that hit me fully on just about every song....
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