Author: Jason Gross

Comedy Punk Remembrance Rock 

Twinkle, Twinkle Uncle Floyd

January 29, 2026 Jason Gross 0 Comments Bon Jovi, Bruce Springsteen, Floyd Vivino, New Jersey, RIP, The Ramones, Uncle Floyd

Remembering the local TV legend and his music legacy

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Music Journalism 

Best Music Journalism 2025

December 23, 2025December 23, 2025 Jason Gross 0 Comments 2025, Alice Coltrane, Art Fein, Autechre, Best Music Journalism, Consequence of Sound, Hearing Things, Music Journalism, Offbeat Magazine, Sacha Jenkins, Stanley Booth, Stereogum, The Atlantic

Two dozen articles and plenty of blogs to keep the faith in an AI world

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Video 

Rock & Roll Globe’s 20 Great Music Videos of 2025

December 21, 2025December 27, 2025 Jason Gross 0 Comments Atmosphere, Charli XCX, Dan Deacon, Deltron 3030, Drive-By Truckers, Fiona Apple, Jason Isbell, John Cale, Marshall Allen, Neneh Cherry

Some much-needed distractions and a little resilience to recap this trying year

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Films Rock Soundtracks and Film Scores Synth 

John Carpenter Escapes to New York

October 15, 2025 Jason Gross 0 Comments 2025, Assault on Precinct 13, Big Trouble in Little China, Christine, Halloween, John Carpenter, Knockdown Center, Lost Themes, New York, Queens, They Live

Septuagenarian horror master brings his film music to life in Queens

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Alternative Rock Noise Pop Post-Hardcore Post-Punk Psychedelics Punk Rock 

The Butthole Surfers: Fly in Leather 

May 12, 2025May 12, 2025 Jason Gross 0 Comments 2025, Gibby Haynes, Jeff Pinkus, King Coffey, Live at the Leather Fly, Paul Leary, Sunset Blvd. Records, The Butthole Surfers, The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt

Their savage punk glory on display in a new doc and live album

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Music Journalism 

Rock & Roll Globe Presents the 32 Great Music Videos of 2024

December 24, 2024December 24, 2024 Jason Gross 0 Comments A$AP Rocky, Armand Hammer, Billy Idol, FKA Twigs, Kendrick Lamar, Kim Deal, Knocked Loose, Lady Gaga, Les Savy Fav, Louis Armstrong, Magdalena Bay, Music videos, Stevie Nicks, Sturgill Simpson, SZA

Yes, Virginia, videos still exist despite the gutting of MTV

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Music Journalism 

The Best Music Journalism of 2024

December 14, 2024December 15, 2024 Jason Gross 1 Comment Billboard, Conde Nast, Hearing Things, Medium, Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, Sports Illustrated, Substack, Ted Gioia, Vice

Our political lives suck, so how about some great music writing?

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Films Hip Hop Irish Rap 

Kneecap: Luck of the Linguists

August 7, 2024August 7, 2024 Jason Gross 0 Comments Beastie Boys, Belfast, JJ "DJ Próvaí" Ó Dochartaigh, Kneecap, Liam Óg "Mo Chara" Ó hAnnaidh, Madman Films, N.W.A, Naoise "Móglaí Bap" Ó Cairealláin, Northern Ireland, Public Enemy, Sony Pictures Classics

Will the Irish rappers and their biopic overtake the States?

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Blues Folk Indie Rock 

Beck and the Blues

June 26, 2024June 26, 2024 Jason Gross 0 Comments 1994, 30th Anniversary, Beck, Beck Hansen, Calvin Johnson, K Records, Love As Laughter, Mellow Gold, One Foot in the Grave, Sam Jayne

30 years ago, the slacker icon took a sideways turn with One Foot in the Grave

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Films Records 

The Upside of Flipside

June 10, 2024June 10, 2024 Jason Gross 2 Comments Chris Wilcha, Flipside, Flipside 2, Ira Glass, New Jersey, Pompton Lakes, Reverend Don Diego, Station 1, The Feelies, Uncle Floyd

Toasting a small, legendary New Jersey record store

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Funk Fusion Hip Hop jazz 

Kamasi Washington Crafts Jazz Boldly and Spiritually

May 25, 2024May 25, 2024 Jason Gross 0 Comments 2024, Cameron Graves, Fearless Movement, Flying Lotus, George Duke, Jazz, Kamasi Washington, Kendrick Lamar, Patrice Quinn, Ronald Brunner Jr., Ryan Adams, Snoop Dogg, Stanley Clarke, Stephen "Thundercat" Brunner, Twilight Singers, Young Records

A deep dive into his latest album, Fearless Movement 

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Indie Rock Rock 

Second Guessing: R.E.M.’s Reckoning at 40

April 11, 2024April 11, 2024 Jason Gross 0 Comments 1984, 40th Anniversary, 7 Chinese Bros, Bill Berry, Harborcoat, I.R.S. Records, Lynda Stipe, Michael Stipe, Mike Mills, Oh-OK, Peter Buck, Pretty Persuasion, R.E.M., Reckoning, Second Guessing, So. Central Rain, The B-52's, The Byrds

What makes the band’s sophomore set better than Murmur

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Hardcore Punk Rock 

The Battle Scars of Black Flag

March 26, 2024March 26, 2024 Jason Gross 2 Comments 1984, 40th Anniversary, Black Flag, Chuck Biscuits, Chuck Dukowski, Dez Cadena, Greg Ginn, Henry Rollins, Keith Morris, My War, Robo, The Minutemen

Was Greg Ginn testing our patience with My War?

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Country and/or Western Rock 

Brass Buttons: Gram Parsons’ Grievous Angel at 50

January 30, 2024January 30, 2024 Jason Gross 2 Comments $1000 Wedding, 1974, 50th anniversary, Brass Buttons, Emmylou Harris, Gram Parsons, Grievous Angel, The Byrds, The Everly Brothers, The Flying Burrito Brothers, The Rolling Stones

Reflecting on the fated country rock icon’s final studio album

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Video 

Our 30 Favorite Music (and Music Related) Videos of 2023

December 22, 2023February 19, 2024 Jason Gross 0 Comments aja monet, Amon Tobin, Caterina Barbieri, Chase Dobson, Danny Brown, Doja Cat, Hamell On Trial, Jesse Malin, Jimi Hendrix, Joell Ortiz, Kate Davis, Kosha Dillz, L'Orange, Lucy Dacus, Marshall Allen, Mega Ran, Megan Thee Stallion, Metallica, Nandi Bushnell, Ólafur Arnalds, Pussy Riot, Robert Fripp, Sparks, Sun Ra Arkestra, Tay627, The Hives, The Last of Us, Thelonious Monk, Vera Farmiga, Young M.A.

Looking back on a visual year of hip-hop realism, nature porn and Oz cosplay rules

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