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 […]

Afterthought Part Two : Pinkish Black’s ‘Bottom of the Morning’

Pinkish Black’s Bottom of the Morning is one of those albums you need a few listens with before you can start to truly appreciate what they’ve created. I’m not familiar with their previous records, but this one is a full-on synth/drum goth album. Bottom of the Morning also includes vocals from keyboardist Daron Beck, which […]

Soundtracks ‘n Such : Jhubner73’s Favorite Albums of 2015

Seems like only yesterday I was saying “Man, it’s about time to tally up all my favorite albums of the year.” In fact, it was just yesterday. Now that I’m sitting here going back and looking over all the albums I’ve bought and enjoyed over the course of 2015 I realize I don’t have it […]

Favorite Albums of 2014

It’s been a long time coming(nearly a year by my count) since we’ve done a favorite album of the year list. Upon looking back on the year I’m pretty astounded by how many great records came out. When I first started thinking about it, I was struggling to remember more than a handful of albums. […]

My Favorites…2014…Coming Soon

Can you believe we’re almost through with 2014? It’s nearly gone, my friends. And like all of you know, that means music, movie, book, etc obsessives like myself will be pouring over their favorite things of 2014 and compiling massive lists for the masses to completely ignore because they will already be bombarded with plenty […]

jhubner73 presents: My favorite albums of 2013

It’s that time of year again where I put on my thinking cap, revisit many albums I’ve bought and listened to over the year, and figure out which ones I loved the most. This is always so hard as I know there are records I haven’t had a chance to listen to enough or didn’t […]

Honorable Mention Part IV: Deafheaven ‘Sunbather’

I’ve never been a fan of the screaming. Even as a child, when I was around another tot that found it necessary to scream and bark to get attention from other tots, a teacher, adult, or the like I felt that I needed to get away from this banshee in OshKosh B’gosh as quickly as […]

Honorable Mention Part III : Besnard Lakes ‘Until In Excess, Imperceptible UFO’

psychedelic adjective —used to describe a drug (such as LSD) that affects your thinking and causes you to see things that are not real : caused by the use of psychedelic drugs : suggesting the effects of psychedelic drugs by having bright colors, strange sounds, etc. I’ve never actually looked up the definition of psychedelic. […]

Honorable Mention Part II : Earthless ‘From The Ages’

Another band I discovered this year that have been around for a few years is Earthless. A San Diego three-piece that consists of guitarist Isaiah Mitchell, bassist Mike Eginton, and drummer Mario Rubalcaba and play what most folks call psych rock. Psych rock, space rock, stoner rock…all are things that have been said when speaking […]

Honorable Mention Part I : The Knife’s Shaking The Habitual

It’s that time of year again. Yes, it’s the “My Favorite Albums of 2013” list time of year. I’ve been feverishly working on mine, and I’m nearly done. It’s probably the most detailed and agonizing list I’ve made yet. Before I started this page I loathed those lists. I felt they were pretentious, overzealous, and […]