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Sunstack Jones – Luminous Hands
It’s been about 4 ½ years since I’ve reviewed a new record by England’s Sunstack Jones – and this review is 6 months overdue. When we last heard from the band they were delighting listeners with a loose, Verve inspired affair via 2020’s Golden Repair long player. At...
Andrew Steck – Regular Human Music
Andrew Steck is a composer based out of Athens, GA. It’s been a few years since I had the pleasure of reviewing his work here on the Jukebox, but here we are with a fantastic new record, Regular Human Music. I had the pleasure of learning about the album directly from...
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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...
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...
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