Jan 17, 2024
My brother Sam is here to talk about the 1990 Depeche Mode album "Violator" with me! I talked about that I should listen to this album on the previous episode, and then I did and I freaked out all week. Sam and I go through the album, which somehow includes me playing songs by two artists who are in no way related to...
Jan 10, 2024
Synth-based songs that sound sinister! Incorporating sounds of various genres including darkwave, synthwave, industrial, and probably others, but I genuinely don't understand how to categorize these things. The songs are all good, I'll say that.
Songs discussed in this episode:
The Faint - Your Retro Career Melted...
Oct 11, 2023
I'm joined today by my friend Grace Spelman to talk about HORNS! Big ones, wet ones, stabbing ones, etc. You know, horns.
Songs featured in this episode:
The Beatles - Good Morning Good Morning (1967)
Love - Alone Again Or (1967)
Steely Dan - My Old School (1973)
Genesis - No Reply At All (1981)
Frank Zappa - Peaches...
Aug 30, 2023
Another episode! Continuing our discussion of groove, but this week we're somewhat less groovy and significantly more rocky and clocky.
Songs featured in this episode:
They Might Be Giants - Ana Ng (1988)
The Cars - Just What I Needed (1978)
The Strokes - Is This It (2001)
Built to Spill - Distopian Dream Girl...