The Gideon and Hubcap Show
This episode marks something of a departure from the norm. With Charlie away, host Nate, aka "Hubcap," takes us on a home-show tour of the Scottish Highlands with his traveling minstrel act, The Gideo...
15 Aug 201626min
Breaking Down The House
The fingerprints of house music are all over mainstream pop, but much of its sound has been whitewashed. That ubiquitous four-to-the-floor kick and synth bass sound draws from Chicago's queer, black a...
1 Aug 201639min
Around The World With Drake
How do you create a hit that both breaks sound barriers and chart records? Drake has done this with a unique mix of international sounds from Africa, the Caribbean, the U.K. and Canada. But is his cha...
14 Jul 201642min
When Good Music Happens To Bad People
We have more information about pop stars lives than ever before, but this transparency is not always uplifting for music lovers. Just as we may enjoy following the intimate lives of celebrities on Ins...
30 Jun 201638min
Justin Timberlake Goes Medieval
Summer heat is upon us and so are the jams. Our ears are hooked on Justin Timberlake's "Can't Stop The Feeling." What you may not know is that this song leans on the success of mononymous giants: Phar...
16 Jun 201635min
All About Those Baseline Assumptions About Femini$m in Pop
With Meghan Trainor's new singles "No" and "Me Too" ubiquitous on the radio dial, a larger discussion about the uneasy relationship between social movements and selling records takes a feminist bent. ...
6 Jun 201633min
Jonas vs. Jonas: Or How We Learned to Stop Worrying and Love a Boy Band
A battle between brothers is playing out on the pop charts, a sibling rivalry the likes of which the music industry hasn't seen since 1987, when Michael and Janet Jackson's 1987 "Bad" and "Let's Wait ...
19 Mai 201635min
Purple Lemonade: Prince & Beyoncé
It has been a period of musical loss and celebration. On the same week we lost Prince, the world was gifted Beyoncé’s Lemonade. Both artists contain multitudes of musical traditions, collaborators and...
5 Mai 201644min
