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Huntsman Hill: A Music Retrospective

by Huntsman & Hill

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A track by track breakdown of our favorite records to determine whether or not they still hold up today.

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  1. EP294: Social Distortion "Born to Kill"

    More songs about hot rods, hard times, outlaws and missing your baby. Do we really need a new Social Distortion record in 2026? Maybe not but if we were gonna get one, we could have done a lot worse than Born to Kill. Mike, Rod & Glenn reconvene to discuss their history with the band, how Social...

  2. EP293: Fugazi "The Albini Sessions"

    *]:pointer-events-auto scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]" dir="auto" data-turn-id= "request-WEB:f83965aa-9919-45bd-b69f-99551c59d623-76" data-testid= "conversation-turn-2" data-scroll-anchor="true" data-turn= "assistant"> In 1993, Fugazi spent a weekend in Chicago...

  3. EP292: Naked Raygun - All Rise

    The Chicago legends sophomore LP is celebrating it's 40th anniversary this year and our power trio has reassembled to deep dive into it's eleven tracks as well as individually rank the bands six studio albums. Free shit indeed! RIP Pierre Kezdy Naked Raygun Album Rankings Mike 1. All Rise 2.…

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  4. EP291: The Best of 2025

    We're back! In our first episode since the Best of 2024, exactly 12 months ago, we've regrouped to talk about our favorite songs, albums, bands and music ephemera of the otherwise shitty year of 2025. We hope to record new episodes more regularly in the new year but if we can't get our acts...

  5. EP290: Best of 2024

    We're back to say goodbye to 2024. Our annual best of the year episode is chalk full of everything you've come to expect from the HHPP, excited exaggeration, mild disagreements and ten punk selections from Glenn (some of which he's actually heard). See you in '25! Recommended Listening Songs of…

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  6. EP289: Anti-Government Songs

    After an extended hiatus we're back for Glenn to host a somber conversation about our feelings after the 2024 presidential election as well as a discussion about some great music to listen to during these dark days. Recommended Listening Propagandhi "Resisting Tyrannical Government"...

  7. EP288: The Scariest Songs of All Time

    What's a good horror movie without a terrifying score? A simple Google search will show you that The Shining can be marketed as a romantic comedy with the right music. Our Halloween episode has Mike, Rod & Glenn talking through the songs that have scared them the most throughout their lives.…

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  8. EP287: Peter Murphy "Deep"

    This is the third episode we've dedicated to the Bauhaus frontman's solo work but only the second album we've discussed (we inexplicably recorded two episodes about his sophomore LP "Love Hysteria"). Both are chock full of excellent songwriting and of course Murphy's chill-inducing baritone but...

  9. EP286: NOFX "Punk in Drublic"

    With the LA punk institution NOFX recently calling it a career, we look back at their breakthrough 1994 release and discuss whether it's a pop punk classic or a steaming pile of crap. Maybe it's both. Recommended Listening HHPP Playlist Track: "Linoleum"...

  10. EP285BS: Black Sabbath "13"

    Ozzy is back and not a second too soon. We wrap our Sabbath Series with their 2013 reunion LP. The album saw the return of two thirds of the original quartet and while drummer Bill Ward is certainly missed, the magic that Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler had way back when things all...

  11. EP284: J. Robbins "Basilisk"

    J. Robbins legacy in the punk/indie rock world was cemented years ago. As the driving creative force behind Jawbox, Burning Airlines, Channels and Office of Future Plans as well as the producer of some of the best records of the early aughts including classics by Jets to Brazil, The Dismemberment...

  12. EP283BS: Black Sabbath "Forbidden"

    The penultimate episode of our Black Sabbath series and the last before we get to return to the soothing voice of Ozzy Osbourne. Geezer Butler has again departed and as we have learned, that means a significant dip in quality. It does nothing to diminish the legacy of the Birmingham greats as…

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  13. EP282: Chat Pile "God's Country"

    Mike introduces the boys to one of his favorite records of 2022, a light listen through topics ranging from homelessness, drug addiction and serial killers. The album closes with suicidal thoughts prompted by a beloved McDonald's mascot and the episode was appropriately recorded on Friday the…

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  14. EP281: Against Me! "New Wave"

    Glenn hosts our lively conversation about the Naples Florida punk band's major label debut. The hooks are big and the messages are clear (maybe too clear) but how does this breakthrough LP hold up almost twenty years after its release? We discuss. HHPP Playlist Track: "Up the Cuts"...

  15. EP280: X "Smoke & Fiction"

    The latest (and apparently last) studio album from the LA legends is a worthy addition to their catalog. It's filled with everything we've come to love from the band since their debut almost forty years ago. John and Exene's autobiographical lyrics, Billy Zoom's unmistakable tempo drenched…

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  16. EP279: Fugazi

    We love Fugazi. "Yeah, it's totally cool." Recommended Listening: EP59: Fugazi "Repeater" https://huntsmanhill.com/2018/04/19/ep59-fugazi-repeater/ HHPP Playlist Tracks: "Suggestion" https://open.spotify.com/track/6eD7yC9Z7pLlmF3D0cdBdE?si=9c046854cbfc4cce "Glue Man"...

  17. EP278: Top Graduation Year Albums

    This episode takes us back to the late eighties to discuss our favorite albums from the years that we each graduated from high school. It's a fun conversation about the records that have held up all these later and how our musical tastes have evolved over the subsequent years. It's also a stark...

  18. EP277: Bad Religion "How Can Hell Be Any Worse"

    Our old pal Patrick joins us to discuss how well the SoCal band's debut holds up 42 years after its release. Recommended Listening: EP60: Bad Religion "Suffer" https://huntsmanhill.com/2018/04/29/ep60-bad-religion-suffer/ HHPP Playlist Track: "In the Night"...

  19. EP276: The Cure "Pornography"

    Dave Lutes returns for part three of the Cure's original "Dark Trilogy." A great conversation about how Pornography (so to speak) introduced Dave to his wife and may have been a precursor to both the Industrial and Shoegaze subgenres of Alternative Rock. Recommended Listening: HHPP EP189:...

  20. EP275: One Hit Wonders

    Glenn returns from Columbia for Take two for our One Hit Wonders lost episode. It's a highly entertaining conversation about some bands that are long forgotten and their songs that never will be. RIP Mr. Polanco HHPP Spotify Tracks: Fastball "The Way,"...

  21. EP274BS: Black Sabbath "Cross Purposes"

    Just as soon as Ronnie James Dio returned to Black Sabbath for the Dehumanizer record, he just as quickly departed again to make room (also again) for the return of Tony Martin. Given the spottiness (to be generous) of previous Martin led Sabbath albums we were skeptical and not necessarily…

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  22. EP273: Modest Mouse "The Lonesome Crowded West"

    While Seattle had Nirvana and Olympia had Sleater-Kinney, Issaquah Washington had it's own great 90's power trio in Modest Mouse, a band of weirdos who had a kick-ass rhythm section with chops for days and a singer/songwriter in guitarist Issac Brock, that had the perfect lisp-ridden voice to...

  23. EP72: Joy Division "Closer"

    As a follow up to episode 264 when we discussed "Unknown Pleasures," Rod hosts a conversation about Joy Division's sophomore and final release. One of very few bands to release back to back classics and to have a perfect .1000 batting average. As amazing as their first record is, one could argue...

  24. EP271: R.E.M. "Murmur"

    We finally got to Athens! Recommended Listening HHPP Spotify Track: "Radio Free Europe" https://open.spotify.com/track/46dGFTD918NMz1IP1rPJXO?si=8608658638b040cb Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/user/1298220429/playlist/4gy1wWwypkoFS2lUztvZ44?si=waSq07DBQlq3x9G1_nK0pg Contact us at:...

  25. EP270BS: Black Sabbath "Dehumanizer"

    Ronnie James Dio returns and Sabbath is Black again! Recommended Listening: San Frannsicso Motorcycle Club https://www.sf-mc.org/ HHPP Playlist Track: Buried Alive https://open.spotify.com/track/5wpU8C6ImThofG0J7C9cXU?si=e793163f449f4d57 HHPP Spotify Playlist:...

  26. EP269: Remembering Steve Albini

    Steve Albini was one of a kind. As a songwriter and musician in his bands Big Black, Rapeman and Shellac he made aggressive, uncompromising music with biting songs about the darkest side of the human experience. As an audio engineer he recorded pivotal albums for the likes of Nirvana, Pixies and…

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  27. EP268BS: Black Sabbath "Tyr"

    While still nowhere near the sound of classic Sabbath, "Tyr" is the closest we've been since "The Mob Rules." If nothing else, the 1990 sound of the band was unique from what other guitar driven bands were doing at the time. It's not the Pixies or Jane's Addiction or Bad Brains or Alice in Chains...

  28. EP267: Go Ahead and Die "Unhealthy Mechanisms"

    Max Cavalera has been audibly pissed since the 1985 release of Sepultura's debut EP "Bestial Devastation" (and probably before). His mood has not improved in the years since. From Nailbomb to Soulfly, Cavalera Conspiracy to Killer Be Killed, every project the Brazilian…

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  29. EP266: Rollins Band "Life Time"

    Today, Henry Rollins is a humorous spoken word performer and author but the Henry Rollins of old was mostly just angry. Very, very angry. First with DC punk outfit SOA and then as Black Flag's fourth singer, Mr Rollins could barely contain his testosterone fueled rage and both bands benefitted....

  30. EP265: Motörhead "Another Perfect Day"

    The first Motörhead release without Fast Eddie Clarke and the only to include his replacement, ex-Thin Lizzy guitarist Brian Robertson could have been a disaster. Instead, it's Another Perfect Day. Lemmy's rasp and bass roar remain in tack as does Filthy Phil's frenetic pounding, and while Fast...

  31. EP264: Joy Division "Unknown Pleasures"

    The shadow(play) of this band and this record in particular, looms large. From its iconic cover to the deification of singer Ian Curtis after his suicide shortly after the albums release to their transformation into the stadium filling New Order afterward, everything about Joy Division feels big...

  32. EP263: Wire "Pink Flag"

    Outside of Black Sabbath and the Ramones, it's hard to imagine a band more influential to Alternative music than Wire. Without their first three albums, 80's Post Punk & College Rock, 90's Shoegaze & Brit Pop and the indie rock of 2000's would have all sounded completely different and early 80's...

  33. EP262BS: Black Sabbath "Headless Cross"

    Unbeknownst to us, this long unavailable album would be remastered and made available on all your notable music streaming services only a week or two after we recorded this episode. That means that you can now hear it with Apple Music or Spotify clarity as opposed to the less than desirable...

  34. EP261: Wugazi "13 Chambers"

    The best mashups are like Reese's Peanut Butter Cups and the worst play like an 11 years olds YouTube channel. So what happens when you put Chocolate City's favorite sons into the Brooklyn Zoo? An Emo motherfucking ruckus!!! DC killa bees y'all! LINK TO EPISODE IN BIO Recommended Listening Wugazi...

  35. EP260: Mclusky "Mclusky Do Dallas"

    Fuck This Band Recommended Listening EP78: Voivod "Killing Technology" https://huntsmanhill.com/2018/09/30/ep78-voivod-killing-technology/ HHPP Spotify Track: "To Hell With Good Intentions" https://open.spotify.com/track/6voBjlyjKJ51YmsuOhVxmM?si=ec2a0acccc71476c Spotify Playlist:...

  36. EP259: SNFU "If You Swear You'll Catch No Fish"

    We're not getting older, we're getting bitter RIP Mr Chi Pig Recommended Listening EP5: "…And No One Else Wanted to Play" https://huntsmanhill.com/2016/12/21/ep-5-snfu-and-no-one-else-wanted-to-play/ HHPP Spotify Track: "The Devil's Voice"...

  37. EP258: Spiritworld "Deathwestern"

    Essentially Hatebreed w/ a dash of Slayer. It's not the most original formula but that doesn't mean it isn't a fun listen. Recommended Listening Videos Deathwestern https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lSSzMZg0oE&list=RDEMUxm5PCua3VxOjzHA5MlaGg&start_radio=1 TV Show Preacher...

  38. EP257BS: Black Sabbath "The Eternal Idol"

    Our journey through uncharted Sabbath waters continues with the band's thirteenth studio album. Released in 1987, at this point more of a Toni Iommi solo project than a band. This one features Tony Martin, their fifth singer and a solid contribution from ex-Uriah Heep, Rainbow & Blizzard of Oz...

  39. EP256: X "More Fun in the New World"

    EP256: X - More Fun in the New World - Beginning with their debut "Los Angeles" in 1979, X put out four consecutive nearly perfect records culminating with "More Fun in the New World" in 1983. It would be their last album produced by Ray Manzarek and the bands sound would more overtly incorporate...

  40. EP255: Big Star "#1 Record"

    If you have heard Big Star's music, chances are that you're a fan. If you haven't but love Cheap Trick or REM or the Replacements or the Plimsouls or the Go-Go's or Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers chances are that you're a fan but just don't know it yet. They were that good. In this, our first...

  41. EP254: The Adolescents

    EP254: The Adolescents. Inspired by our Orange County lineage, we discuss this classic debut LP from 1981 and how it stacks up against the rest of the OC Punk canon. It's the rare episode recorded with all three amigos together in the same room, coming to you live and direct from Venice Beach CA!...

  42. EP253: Godspeed......A Tribute to Pierre Kezdy

    Pierre Kezdy was a staple of the Chicago Punk scene for more than 25 years. Beginning in the early 80's with Strike Anywhere Kezdy made his mark with his distinctive bass playing and melodic songwriting. His work with Naked Raygun across classic albums from 1986's "All Rise" through 1990's...

  43. EP252: Fucked Up "One Day"

    How does a band stay interested in making music together when they're 20+ years into their recording career and their creative forces have competing sensibilities? If you're Fucked Up you indulge every whim, throw everything into a blender and see what comes out. Results vary on their 2023…

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  44. EP251: Probot

    BABYLON FALL!!!!! Recommended Listening Venom "Welcome to Hell" https://open.spotify.com/album/72v57SJxlkhi5ALoBTBGH0?si=Q0IBE9oKQHyumWHTxyxFyw Sepultura "Chaos A.D." https://open.spotify.com/album/5r4qa5AIQUVypFRXQzjaiu?si=QuThihZCTnybx43JfWwmJQ Motörhead "Overkill"...

  45. EP250: Best of 2023

    We're a little late to the Best of the Year party but better late than never, here's our annual top tens from the year of our lord 2023. RIP Bob Nalbandian Contact us at: [email protected] Spotify Playlist:...

  46. EP249: The Pogues "Rum, Sodomy & the Lash"

    The boys of the HHPP Choir still singing Galway Bay and the bells are ringing out for Christmas day as we celebrate the life of the great Shane MacGowan. Rest in peace good sir. RIP Shane MacGowan RIP Bob Nalbandian Recommended Listening EP21: The Pogues "If I Should Fall From Grace With God"...

  47. EP248BS: Black Sabbath "Seventh Star"

    The fabled question posited by Neil Young, "is it better to burn out than to fade away?" looms large when considering Sabbath's 12th studio album. It makes a strong argument for the former. The prior quality of Tony Iommi's work and his indelible influence on every single piece of heavy music…

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  48. EP247: INXS "The Swing"

    INXS had a TON of hits during their 80's heyday and you'd instantly recognize all of them, The Swing's "Original Sin" included. The rest of the album is filled with deep cuts that only the diehards will recognize. Results may vary but if you want to know what 1984 sounded like, you could do a lot...

  49. EP246: Soulside "Hot Bodi Gram"

    Part 2 of our Soulside series, this one focusing on their incredible third LP, which not only served as a sonic transition into the equally great Girls Against Boys but also unknowingly proved to be the inspiration for the HHPP outro music. RIP Bob Nalbandian Recommended Listening: EP67: Hall &...

  50. EP245: Lard - The Power of Lard

    We love to eat we love to prey mold over mind hooray! Recommended Listening: Skatenigs "Chemical Imbalance" https://open.spotify.com/track/0OMvirjF7mCSoGnf4uIpol?si=366f045eaaf646d6 Waritme "Fast Food For Thought" https://www.discogs.com/master/141468-Wartime-Fast-Food-For-Thought Lead into Gold...

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About this show

A track by track breakdown of our favorite records to determine whether or not they still hold up today.

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Huntsman & Hill

Produced by Michael Huntsman

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How many episodes does Huntsman Hill: A Music Retrospective have?

Huntsman Hill: A Music Retrospective has 100 episodes on PodParley. The most recent episode was published on December 29, 2024.

What is Huntsman Hill: A Music Retrospective about?

A track by track breakdown of our favorite records to determine whether or not they still hold up today.

How often does Huntsman Hill: A Music Retrospective release new episodes?

Huntsman Hill: A Music Retrospective publishes weekly, based on its 100 episodes since September 2022.

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