Summer Variety Show
It's a grab bag episode to celebrate the start of summer 2019! We'll discuss the annoying similarities between Taylor Swift's new branding and the one Kacey Musgraves has long been curating, King Crim...
18 Juni 201930min
Alanis Morissette, "Jagged Little Pill"
With "Jagged Little Pill," Alanis Morissette found a way to use her anger as a vehicle for personal and social change, contributing to a world in which we all - not just women - feel supported and und...
11 Juni 20191h 9min
The Wallflowers, "Bringing Down The Horse"
"Bringing Down The Horse" is a fresh Americana album that somehow avoids the trendy sounds of the mid-90s while also not sounding like a 60s or 70s throwback. It's exactly what frontman/songwriter Jak...
4 Juni 201955min
Song Stories: "Tiny Dancer"
Elton John's "Tiny Dancer" is one of those songs that seems like it's always been popular, but it hasn't always been that way. Its use in an iconic film scene brought it back to the forefront in 2000 ...
28 Maj 201932min
Arcade Fire, "The Suburbs"
"The Suburbs" is about a place and time that can now only exist in our memories - our childhood. As Win Butler says, the album "is neither a love letter to, nor an indictment of, the suburbs – it's a ...
21 Maj 20191h 17min
Musical Instrument Highlight: The Theremin
The theremin is one of the most unique instruments in the world, and the only one that is played without touching it. In today's episode, we'll talk about Russian inventor Leon Theremin, and how he pu...
7 Maj 201927min
The Beach Boys, "Pet Sounds" Pt. II
In Part II of our "Pet Sounds" series, we finish out the tracks on Side 2, discuss how the cover photo with the goats came to be, and how they came up with "Pet Sounds" for the title of such a sophist...
30 Apr 201958min
The Beach Boys, "Pet Sounds" Pt. I
After years of constantly touring with The Beach Boys, massive anxiety and stress, and a lifetime of abuse, Brian Wilson finally attempted to put into music the hopelessness, pain, and confusion he co...
23 Apr 201958min
