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Musicians recount the strange and unexpected story behind the making of your favorite albums. Sonic Youth set out to reinvent rock music by merging avant garde art world ideas with noisy guitars. By doing so they set a template for indie bands that came after them. The guys welcome a special guest and talk about prepared instruments, car crashes, and Ferris Bueller.
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Intro music: When the Walls Fell by The Beverly Crushers
Outro music: After the Afterlife by MEGA
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Next week's album: Paul McCartney and Wings - Band on the Run
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Musicians recount the strange and unexpected story behind the making of your favorite albums. Pantera transitioned from a glam metal band into the sludgy groove pioneers we know them to be today and tried to scrub the record of their previous KISS-like excess. The guys get together to discuss Dimebag's precision, Phil Anselmo's growling, and how Rob Halford figures into the Pantera story.
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Listen to Vulgar Display of Power here:
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Intro music: When the Walls Fell by The Beverly Crushers
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Next week's album: Sonic Youth - EVOL
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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 material and record it in his bedroom in Manhattan with the help The Magnetic Fields. He never expected it would become an indie darling. The guys meet to discuss the final listener pick of the summer and touch on universal truth via zither.
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Listen to 69 Love Songs here:
https://open.spotify.com/album/2GuROKcqyHdpIDcgxml1C7?si=gJEuFcR4RiKWpIorJRKOpA
Intro music: When the Walls Fell by The Beverly Crushers
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Next week's album: Pantera - Vulgar Display of Power
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Musicians recount the strange and unexpected story behind the making of your favorite albums. Television helped kick off the New York music scene of the 1970s by building the stage bands played on - literally. The guys get together live in Wilmington Delaware to discuss a complete lack of choruses, Jimi Hendrix's only guitar student, and Tom Verlaine's connection to the complainers' beloved home state.
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Listen to Marquee Moon here:
https://open.spotify.com/album/630o1rKTDsLeIPreOY1jqP?si=v6OuVf10Q6KSCcx2DxTqUQ
Intro music: When the Walls Fell by The Beverly Crushers
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Next week's album: The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs
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Musicians recount the strange and unexpected story behind the making of your favorite albums. The Pogues were born out of the Irish diaspora in London and out of Shane McGowan's love of the downtrodden. The guys welcome a special (and very relevant) guest to discuss gritty vocals, the ulian pipes, and punk energy filtered through traditional music.
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Listen to Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash here:
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Intro music: When the Walls Fell by The Beverly Crushers
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Next week's album: Television - Marquee Moon
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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 backstory about how they were made, then vote on who should advance. This is episode 1 of 5 in total in the series.
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Musicians recount the strange and unexpected story behind the making of your favorite albums. Isaac Hayes was a back-of-house songwriter who got thrust to the front of a struggling record label called Stax Records. The guys are live together in the room and talk about 70s funk innovations, massive amounts of confidence, and Phil's spoken word album coming in 2026.
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Listen to Hot Buttered Soul here:
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Intro music: When the Walls Fell by The Beverly Crushers
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Next week's album: The Pogues - Rum. Sodomy, and the Lash
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Musicians recount the strange and unexpected story behind the making of your favorite albums. Blue Cheer were innovators of the noise and loudness approach to rock music in the San Francisco 1960s. The team get together to discuss cover songs getting a modern makeover, bass cabinets rattling in the studio, and terrible mixing decisions.
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Listen to Vincebus Eruptum here:
https://open.spotify.com/album/3dAjO3dyUP7edWoE1OeB7b?si=2wT_HgeXSBWrDJp-KGaztg
Intro music: When the Walls Fell by The Beverly Crushers
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Next week's album: Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul
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Musicians recount the strange and unexpected story behind the making of your favorite albums. Brian Eno broke away from Roxy Music and began a prolific solo career both as a solo artist and a highly sought after producer. The boys welcome a special guest and discuss hyper visual audio, anagrams, and 80s British stop motion kids programming.
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Listen to Before and After Science here:
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Intro music: When the Walls Fell by The Beverly Crushers
Outro music: After the Afterlife by MEGA
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Next week's album: Blue Cheer - Vincebus Eruptum
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Musicians recount the strange and unexpected story behind the making of your favorite albums. Frank Zappa assembled the Mothers to make anti-authoritarian, anti-hippie, anti-commercial music. This record is unlike anything else you will hear. The boys discuss the avant garde, skewering 60s culture while it's at its peak, and of course, pretentiousness in music.
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Listen to We're Only in it for the Money here:
https://open.spotify.com/album/0L8n5dW0KfoNnLuYfyOFPg?si=swkpsp2jSrilJt60h5UnMw
Intro music: When the Walls Fell by The Beverly Crushers
Outro music: After the Afterlife by MEGA
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Next week's album: Brian Eno - Before and After Science
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