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The Story Behind: The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs, Ep 224
Episode 224
Musicians recount the strange and unexpected story behind the making of your favorite albums. Stephin Merritt set out to write a songbook's worth of…
1 year ago
The Story Behind: Television - Marquee Moon, Ep. 223
Episode 223
Musicians recount the strange and unexpected story behind the making of your favorite albums. Television helped kick off the New York music scene of…
1 year, 1 month ago
The Story Behind: The Pogues - Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash, Ep. 222
Episode 222
Musicians recount the strange and unexpected story behind the making of your favorite albums. The Pogues were born out of the Irish diaspora in Lond…
1 year, 1 month ago
BONUS: Song Battle: 90s 1 Hit Wonders - Ep. #1
On our Patreon-only bonus show Song Battle - we pick 16 songs to enter a bracket competition, write tweets about each one while telling a short backs…
1 year, 1 month ago
The Story Behind: Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul, Ep. 221
Episode 221
Musicians recount the strange and unexpected story behind the making of your favorite albums. Isaac Hayes was a back-of-house songwriter who got thr…
1 year, 1 month ago
The Story Behind: Blue Cheer - Vincebus Eruptum, Ep 220
Episode 220
Musicians recount the strange and unexpected story behind the making of your favorite albums. Blue Cheer were innovators of the noise and loudness a…
1 year, 1 month ago
The Story Behind: Brian Eno - Before and After Science, Ep 219
Episode 219
Musicians recount the strange and unexpected story behind the making of your favorite albums. Brian Eno broke away from Roxy Music and began a proli…
1 year, 2 months ago
The Story Behind: Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention - We're Only in it for the Money
Episode 218
Musicians recount the strange and unexpected story behind the making of your favorite albums. Frank Zappa assembled the Mothers to make anti-authori…
1 year, 2 months ago
The Story Behind: Slayer - Reign in Blood, Ep. 217
Episode 217
Musicians recount the strange and unexpected story behind the making of your favorite albums. Slayer was birthed from the bowels of hell (Orange Cou…
1 year, 2 months ago
The Story Behind: Lloyd Cole and the Commotions - Rattlesnakes, Ep. 216
Episode 216
Musicians recount the strange and unexpected story behind the making of your favorite albums. Lloyd Cole started the Commotions as a soul band in Gl…
1 year, 2 months ago