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Episode 008: John Coltrane's "A Love Supreme"
All paths led to this. Season 1 closes on a sublime note, exploring the profound power of one of the most important albums in American history, full …
7 years, 11 months ago
Episode 007: Hüsker Dü's "Zen Arcade"
The antagonistically long, spastically eclectic Zen Arcade is about growing out of where you’re from and into a form you don’t yet fit. For better or…
8 years ago
Episode 006: Childish Gambino's "Awaken, My Love!"
Consider this our RT of FX’s John Landgraf, who warned the world to “underestimate Donald Glover at your own peril.” This episode finds us talking a …
8 years ago
Episode 005: Soundgarden's "Superunknown"
The spirit of Superunknown perhaps is best captured by an offhand press quote from Kim Thayil: “Human beings are a wild composite of temporal events …
8 years, 1 month ago
Episode 004: Sleep's "Dopesmoker"
It’s easy to make a punchline out of this “album” (read: single 63-minute song) and the circumstances surrounding it, but as we explore the music tha…
8 years, 1 month ago
Episode 003: Portishead's "Dummy"
Portishead’s dark, timeless mystique is hard to capture, so instead we mostly meditate on “the air around the thing.” Venture into the fog with Brist…
8 years, 1 month ago
Episode 002: Led Zeppelin's "Houses of the Holy"
Led Zeppelin's follow-up to "IV" arrived as they were becoming the biggest rock band in the world—but they didn't choose to play it safe. We discuss …
8 years, 2 months ago
Episode 001: Outkast's "Stankonia"
We kick off the podcast with one of our all-time favorite records, embedded deeply in our hometown. It turns out the south did have something to say,…
8 years, 2 months ago