by Jasons Jukebox | May 1, 2024 | Adventures in Record Reviews
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...
by Jasons Jukebox | Mar 24, 2024 | Adventures in Record Reviews
Home is where the heart is. A cliché statement, but sometimes clichés exist because they are true. I lived in the Pacific Northwest for just shy of 2 decades. Wondering if I’d lay down roots but knowing deep down that I’d eventually return to the Philadelphia ‘burbs –...
by Jasons Jukebox | Feb 29, 2024 | Adventures in Record Reviews
When I moved home to the Philadelphia region after spending 18 years in the Seattle region, I wasn’t sure what to expect. The past, as they say, is complicated. Mine especially so. That 3,000-mile distance was a nice comfort zone in some ways. Thankfully, most of my...
by Jasons Jukebox | Feb 11, 2024 | Adventures in Record Reviews
The first time I heard Withered Hand I was scrolling on YouTube looking for new music. Oh, I guess about a decade ago or so. I came across Religious Songs – an anti-ode to a religious upbringing seeped in wistful ruminations. As I listened I began to get chills that...
by Jasons Jukebox | Feb 9, 2024 | Adventures in Record Reviews
Over the past decade or so Lee Lo-Fi has released a stream of masterful albums that have become all time favorites for me. I’m not 100% sure if Lee still goes by the moniker Lee Lo-Fi anymore, but that’s OK – that’s how I think of him. And lo-fi is the name of the...