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Episode 026: A Tribe Called Quest's "Midnight Marauders"
Most artists would’ve crumbled under the pressure of following up an instant classic like The "Low End Theory", but Tip, Phife, and Shaheed dug even …
6 years, 9 months ago
Episode 025: Can's "Tago Mago"
We launch Season 4 by blasting off toward Inner Space, exploring the wild dimension that one German-based collective occupied all on its own. Enjoy t…
6 years, 9 months ago
BONUS TRACK: How We Got Here
We got a bunch of interesting listener feedback in our off-season, and it encouraged us to shed some light on why we do things the way we do ‘em. Als…
6 years, 9 months ago
Season 4 Trailer
This one’s simple: we run down the next batch of albums we’re covering. Check out the song clips and get psyched!
First episode of season 4 drops Fri…
6 years, 9 months ago
Episode 024: Prince and the Revolution's "Purple Rain"
Dearly Beloved, we are gathered here today to celebrate a precious moment. This moment in history "Purple Rain" made is an electric thing — it’s musi…
7 years ago
Episode 023: Queens of the Stone Age's "Rated R"
Y’all lookin’ for freedom? Boy, do we ever have the pill for you. Slip on your boogie shoes, put this episode on your tongue, and slither out into th…
7 years, 1 month ago
Episode 022: Frank Ocean's "Channel Orange"
We tune into an Oceanic innervision of crystal-clear Criterion Collection F E E L I N G, frequency after frequency for 55 minutes. Like us, you won’t…
7 years, 1 month ago
Episode 021: Sturgill Simpson's "Metamodern Sounds in Country Music"
One cowboy’s journey to clean out the darkest corners of his mind led him through a wormhole and into the light. The result is "Metamodern Sounds in …
7 years, 2 months ago
Episode 020: Converge's "Axe to Fall"
"Axe to Fall" finds one of heavy music’s most consistent, celebrated bands transcending into the legends they’re known as today, calling on friends t…
7 years, 2 months ago
Episode 019: Run the Jewels's "Run the Jewels 3"
What happens when, after years grinding underground solo, two hip-hop heavyweights discover they make a perfect team? They strike G-O-L-D, finally st…
7 years, 3 months ago