The Carpenters, "Carpenters"
Karen Carpenter's voice is one you know instantly, and makes you feel like the only one listening. Though on the surface the Carpenters seemed like a squeaky clean brother-sister duo, their story is w...
10 Sep 20191h 19min
Ween, "The Mollusk"
Ween can feel very overwhelming to get into. Their discography is endless, their music odd, and there's an intimidating amount of vocabulary words, culture, and backstory related to these two best fri...
3 Sep 20191h 42min
Why Songs Get Stuck In Your Head
We've all had those songs that lodge themselves into our brains and refuse to get out. Why are we so prone to this happening, and what certain types of songs are more commonly sticky? We'll discuss a ...
20 Aug 201925min
Jason Isbell, "Southeastern"
"Southeastern" is a stunningly beautiful album, one that will grow with me as I go through life. In this episode, we talk about Jason's upbringing in Muscle Shoals, living hard in the Drive-By Trucker...
13 Aug 20191h 39min
The Kinks, "The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society" Pt. II
In Pt. II of our series, we talk about all the new characters and concepts introduced on Side B of "Village Green" and how the album became so popular after commercially failing upon release (on the s...
6 Aug 201942min
The Kinks, "The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society" Pt. I
In the two years Ray Davies took to write this album, the Kinks went from global stars to has-beens. By 1968, focus had shifted to Jimi, The Stones, and the Beatles, and there was no place for the twe...
30 Juli 201952min
Song Stories: "Old Town Road"
In this episode, we dive deep into the viral hit "Old Town Road" and how it has become the most popular song of 2019. We'll discuss the artist, Lil Nas X, how he used the power of internet memes to ge...
23 Juli 201924min
Tool, "Lateralus"
Today, we're opening our third eye and covering one of my all-time paradigm shifters, "Lateralus" by the progressive metal band Tool. In this episode, we'll talk about frontman Maynard James Keenan's ...
16 Juli 20191h 36min
