EP293: Fugazi "The Albini Sessions"
Huntsman Hill: A Music Retrospective
In 1993, Fugazi spent a weekend in Chicago recording 12 songs with Steve Albini—intended as the follow-up to Steady Diet of Nothing. But when the two sides independently agreed the sessions fell short, they scrapped them. Later that year the band re-recorded the material with Ted Nicely, released it as their third studio LP, In on the Kill Taker. The original “Albini sessions” became legend—until now, twenty three years later, they have finally been released as a digital, pay-what-you-want album, with proceeds supporting the Albini...
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EP292: Naked Raygun - All Rise
Huntsman Hill: A Music Retrospective
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. Throb Throb 3. Understand? 4. Jettison 5. Over the Overlords 6. Raygun…Naked...
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EP291: The Best of 2025
Huntsman Hill: A Music Retrospective
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 together, we’ll see you in December 2026! ...
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EP290: Best of 2024
Huntsman Hill: A Music Retrospective
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! ...
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EP289: Anti-Government Songs
Huntsman Hill: A Music Retrospective
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” The Specials “Nelson Mandela” ...
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EP288: The Scariest Songs of All Time
Huntsman Hill: A Music Retrospective
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. Don’t listen in the dark. ...
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EP287: Peter Murphy "Deep"
Huntsman Hill: A Music Retrospective
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 they are not without their flaws and some definitive signs of carbon dating. We discuss. ...
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EP286: NOFX "Punk in Drublic"
Huntsman Hill: A Music Retrospective
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...
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EP285BS: Black Sabbath "13"
Huntsman Hill: A Music Retrospective
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 began in 1970 is absolutely still very much in tact. The atmosphere, the riffs, the wonderful doom and gloom are all present. In short, Black Sabbath is Black Sabbath again. ...
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EP284: J. Robbins "Basilisk"
Huntsman Hill: A Music Retrospective
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 Plans, Shiner and The Promise Ring, he has left an indelible mark on the guitar-driven rock of the past thirty+ years. His second solo outing leans more heavily into keyboards than he ever has before but the results are no less impactful. The record is eleven songs of exactly the musical quality and...
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