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Episode 018: Janelle Monáe's "The ArchAndroid"
Picasso said that “art is a lie that makes us realize truth.“ Grand artistic statements like "The ArchAndroid" reveal intimate ideas beneath layers o…
7 years, 3 months ago
Episode 017: Björk's "Homogenic"
For an artist as creative as Björk, finding the essence of her sound meant pushing farther out than ever before. Ideas, sounds, and approaches that s…
7 years, 4 months ago
Episode 016: Lauryn Hill's "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill"
There’s little doubt at this point that "Miseducation" is a great album, but after really spending time with it, we came away with a deep belief that…
7 years, 6 months ago
Episode 015: The Mars Volta's "Frances the Mute"
"Frances the Mute" is a sonic séance, conjuring spirits buried beneath stories left behind by lost souls. The album finds restless living spirits wal…
7 years, 6 months ago
Episode 014: BADBADNOTGOOD's "IV"
If you’re worried about kids these days and/or the pitfalls of technology, we’d like to point to an antidote to all those fears. Meet BADBADNOTGOOD, …
7 years, 7 months ago
Episode 013: Cream's "Wheels of Fire"
Clapton. Bruce. Baker. This supergroup was a strange brew that was simply too potent for the world (not to mention the band themselves), and we see t…
7 years, 7 months ago
Episode 012: Mono's "You Are There"
File "You Are There" under evidence for Huxley’s thesis that, “after silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.“ We …
7 years, 8 months ago
Episode 011: Rage Against the Machine's "Rage Against the Machine"
On the eve of an opportunity for Americans to lift their voices in demand of a more perfect union, we seek wisdom for this moment from the uncompromi…
7 years, 8 months ago
Episode 010: Kanye West's "The College Dropout"
The Kanyepalooza™ of the past few months made us question if Ye ever actually made anything that made him worth all this fuss. (SPOILER: He did.) Thi…
7 years, 9 months ago
Episode 009: Norma Jean's "Bless the Martyr and Kiss the Child"
Local scenes are forces of nature, catching fire and burning out as people come and go. We kick off season 2 close to home, looking back at a scene s…
7 years, 9 months ago