Complex Distractions Presents : Favorite Albums Of 2022 Part I

Well here we are, at the end of another year. As far as the last couple years have gone I’d say this one was mildly more successful in not driving me to the brink. 2020 was, well, 2020. Isolation, pandemic, masks became a thing, and the truly stupid made their presence known(and continue to.) 2021, […]

Preoccupations : Arrangements

Preoccupations, formerly Viet Cong, are a Canadian four-piece that rose from the ashes of indie rock darlings Women. Where Women was more in the vein of bands like Deerhunter and Pavement, Preoccupations went for a more darker, propulsive sound. From their ‘Cassette’ ep debut to their self-titled full-length as Viet Cong to name change to […]

Friday Picks : Scattered Songs For The Scattered Brain

Hello Kiddos. Been a long week so the writing hasn’t been substantial. Lots of wheels in motion, both under our roof and in my head so concentrating on making time for the thing I love to do has been difficult. We’ll get it back on track. Promise. Anyways, on this holy day we call Friday […]

Complex Distractions Presents : JHubner’s Favorite Albums of 2018 Part Three

I 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 […]

Preoccupations : New Material

I’ve been known to feel a bit down from time to time. I can be a bit hard on myself when I feel I’m not doing enough or trying hard enough in this crazy thing called life. But I don’t think I’ve ever been clinically depressed. I carry my share of anxiety and self-imposed guilt, […]

JHubner73 Presents: Favorite Albums of 2016 Top 10

You know, I never thought I could look forward to a year ending as much as I’m looking forward to 2016 ending. It’s been a pretty lousy year; political bullshittery, musical geniuses passing on before their time, so many tragedies worldwide(too many to name here), and just a general feeling of existential malaise that at […]

Preoccupations : Preoccupations

Preoccupations is the band formerly known as Viet Cong. Viet Cong was a band that put out one of my favorite albums of 2015. Preoccupations is a band that may have put out one of my favorite albums of 2016. Not only for the fact that their self-titled album is a beautifully dark concoction of […]