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Episode 58: TLC's "CrazySexyCool"
Episode 58
Vision. Bravery. Originality. The 30th anniversary of the ATL-exported opus — by the highest-selling girl group of all time — offered us a chance to …
1 year, 8 months ago
Episode 57: Kendrick Lamar's "good kid, m.A.A.d city"
Episode 57
Before the Super Bowl, the super beef, the Pulitzer, or PGLang, one good kid and king-to-be sojourned from South Central to the height of the America…
1 year, 8 months ago
Episode 56: Cocteau Twins's "Heaven or Las Vegas"
Episode 56
Dream of ethereal waves of sound swirling around you—and words you can’t make out saying more than you could imagine—as you float back upstream with …
1 year, 10 months ago
Episode 55: Jeff Buckley's "Grace"
Episode 55
Once upon a time, “your favorite artist’s favorite artist” wasn’t a Midwest princess, but a “mystery white boy” beloved by Bob Dylan and Adele alike.…
1 year, 10 months ago
Episode 54: Botch's "We Are the Romans"
Episode 54
If you like heavy music in 2024 (or want to try), all roads lead back to We Are the Romans. Botch is the Eno-on-Velvet trope of hardcore, the band th…
1 year, 11 months ago
Episode 53: Ravi Shankar's "Three Ragas"
Episode 53
Ravi Shankar lived one of the twentieth century’s most extraordinary lives, bearing witness to—and making—history all around the world. To many (espe…
2 years, 1 month ago
Episode 52: Alain Goraguer's "La Planète Sauvage"
Episode 52
Gather ’round, sommeliers of the strange and crate-digging boogie children, for something “Strange! Frightening! Fascinating!” awaits. The soundtrack…
2 years, 2 months ago
Episode 51: Marvin Gaye's "I Want You"
Episode 51
Marvin Gaye’s well of soul power ran mighty deep, and deep into his career, he pulled up a bucket of ice-cold, silky smooth champagne called “I Want …
2 years, 2 months ago
Episode 50: Funkadelic's "Maggot Brain"
Season 6
Before uniting one nation under a groove, the lysergic lords of chaos in Funkadelic harnessed wild lightning into an amulet called "Maggot Brain", be…
4 years ago
Episode 49: Alice Coltrane's "Journey in Satchidananda"
Season 6
The story of Alice Coltrane — an accomplished bebop pianist from Detroit who transcended into something far greater before walking away from public l…
4 years, 1 month ago