Heavy-hearted in the Midwest since 2011
This album was originally reviewed back in March of 2018. Justin Sweatt self-released Say Your Goodbyes digitally via his Bandcamp page. It is now getting a physical release courtesy of Night Rhythms Recordings out of Austin, Texas. The album is Justin’s first album released under his own name, as opposed to his former stage name […]
Read More Revisited : Justin Sweatt’s ‘Say Your Goodbyes’Well if there is something that I’m truly lacking(besides a home gym and wheatgrass smoothies in the morning) it would be my butt in a theater seat on the semi-regular. I’ve got no problems with keeping up on music as it’s been a habit since I was a pre-teen. It’s second nature. I used to […]
Read More Cinema in 2018New Year’s Eve, 2018. Well this is the day where everyone lays it all out, counts their chips, and looks at how they did in the current year of our Lord. “How’d I do? Did I live up to those resolutions from last year? Was I successful enough? Creative enough? Did I meet new people […]
Read More For Auld AnxietyI’m not much of a believer in the mystical and magical. I don’t look at fantastical events and think of some divine intervention, or a prayer was answered. For all the good and bad that happens, and happens in a miraculous way, I see it as either good luck or bad luck. Yes, I view […]
Read More Miracle On U.S. 30It’s been a long road, but we’ve made it. Revisiting, revising, re-thinking, and rediscovering a good portion of what I listened to this year in order to find a reasonable order of importance(to me, anyways.) My top ten albums were pretty obvious to me, as most of them were in constant rotation from the moment […]
Read More Complex Distractions Presents : JHubner’s Top 10 Albums of 2018I rather enjoy talking about the passions in my life. Whether it be books that inspired me or films that rewired my brain or records that changed me for the better, I can get lost in the prose. Obsessing over the details has been my modus operandi since I was in short pants. I’ve always […]
Read More Complex Distractions Presents : JHubner’s Favorite Albums of 2018 Part ThreeIt’s been an equally exciting year at the cinema as its been in the record shop. I’ve seen some amazing films(either at the theater or at home.) Honestly, it’s been a pretty amazing year for films and the scores written for them. Of course I find myself wishing I could get to the theater more […]
Read More Perfect Score : Favorite Film Soundtracks of 2018Before I get to my top 20 I wanted to mention a few albums, that while they didn’t make my top 50, I did enjoy them quite a bit. With so much music hitting my ears this year, there’s always a handful of great records that I just don’t spend as much time with. Revisiting […]
Read More Honorable MentionsAs I revisit the music of 2018 I’m pretty amazed at the quality of the long players this year. Albums are becoming more and more of an experience. It’s not just the music(though that is a major factor.) Albums overall this year have become and all-encompassing world where we can get lost in. Solid compositions, […]
Read More Complex Distractions Presents : JHubner’s Favorite Albums of 2018 Part TwoI was never the kind of music listener that could sit down at the end of the year and compile lists of records that I loved. I could tell you I loved this record and that record, and that one I listened to a hell of a lot, but to sit down and break it […]
Read More Complex Distractions Presents : JHubner’s Favorite Albums of 2018 Part One