Why do new Christmas songs fail?
Why are there no new Christmas songs? One one hand, there's more holiday songs than we’ll ever need. Every year pop stars drop countless holiday-themed album. But despite the annual glut of Christmas...
21 Des 202126min
Tai Verdes TikTok-ed his way to a breakout hit
Whether you’re a TikTok fanatic, or the app’s K-hole-inducing stream of content has forced you to delete it from your phone, its influence on music is undeniable. In 2020 the platform bragged that ove...
14 Des 202131min
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss Raise The Roof
Robert Plant is in his own words “cold” and “prickly” while speaking about his new album with Alison Krauss, Raise The Roof. First thing upon joining the Zoom call from London, Plant jovially launches...
7 Des 202131min
The Beatles get back to their roots
2021 marks the 50th anniversary of the release of the Beatles’ final album, Let it Be. To commemorate the occasion, the remaining members of the band have remixed the album and unleashed an eight-hour...
30 Nov 202140min
Taylor, Adele & Silk Sonic’s broken hearts club (with Brittany Luse)
This week we are having a blast feeling really sad. Guest Brittany Luse, cohost of the acclaimed podcast For Colored Nerds, joins Nate and Charlie to dig into this fall's slate of breathtaking breakup...
23 Nov 202141min
Snotty Nose Rez Kids on hip hop and Indigenous protest
Merging hip hop and Indigenous culture, rap duo Snotty Nose Rez Kids are creating a sound that goes hard for a cause. On tracks like “War Club” with DJ Shub, Yung Trybez and Young D connect Indigenous...
16 Nov 202126min
The State of the Pop Union
From time to time, it is our constitutional duty to provide an update to the people on the current state of pop. What are the sounds? Who’s making the hits? What are they singing about? We take the mu...
9 Nov 202135min
Why ABBA songs just hit different
Swedish supergroup ABBA is releasing their first album in forty years, making this the perfect time for Nate and Charlie to investigate what makes their music so beloved and reviled in equal measure. ...
2 Nov 202134min
