Finding Equanimity In 'No Tears Left To Cry'
Ariana Grande has returned with a track that is jarring yet simultaneously catchy. She uses sophisticated musical techniques to tell a story of healing, resiliency, and hope after the attack at her co...
17 Mai 201837min
Can AI 'Algorhythms' Write Pop Songs? (With Taryn Southern)
There is a lot of scare about the impending future of artificial intelligence making humans irrelevant. Musician Taryn Southern examines this narrative through her song “Life Support,” written with th...
3 Mai 201854min
Listening Differently to Lorde | with MARIAN HILL
Samantha Gongol and Jeremy Lloyd are songwriting duo Marian Hill and they are here to share their annoyingly sharp insights on music. They come bearing the wistful pop of Lorde's "Ribs," and we decons...
19 Apr 201844min
Kacey Musgraves Gives Us Butterflies
On her single 'Butterflies,' Kacey Musgraves demonstrates a tour de force of songwriting. This song is a wild success because it incessantly reinforces one core emotional concept: that queasy anxious ...
5 Apr 201828min
Gucci Gang and the Neural Substrate of Subjective Time Dilation
In which Nate tries to convince Charlie that Lil Pump's SoundCloud Rap hit "Gucci Gang" warps the perceptual present. Featuring: Lil Pump - Gucci Gang Gustav Mahler - Der Abschied / Das Lied von der E...
22 Mar 201827min
How to 'Make Me Feel' with Lizzo
"Make Me Feel," is the first hit from Janelle Monáe's upcoming album Dirty Computer. It is a sensual song about the fluidity of desire. In the pre-chorus, the singer proudly expresses that she is a "s...
8 Mar 201851min
808s & Havana Heartbreak
In Camila Cabello's "Havana" we hear both her Cuban roots and the modern sounds of Atlanta. Though the singer and featured guest Young Thug reference these two geographic identities, the song says so ...
22 Feb 201856min
My My My! Troye Sivan + Queer Pop (w Gina Delvac, Darryl Bullock)
Gina Delvac of the Call Your Girlfriend podcast and Darryl W Bullock, author of David Bowie Made Me Gay, join Nate and Charlie to dig into the poetry of Troye Sivan's "My My My!", the history of LGBT ...
8 Feb 201857min
