Caesura: The Music Explorer's Podcast

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Our Favorite Discoveries of 2020 Dec 08, 2020

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We begin our end of the year lists with Discoveries: albums that came to our attention during 2020—all of which can be read below if you're interested. Enjoy!

Scott:

Johnny Cash—At Folsom Prison
Arlo Guthrie—Alice’s Restaurant
Elton John
Jukebox the Ghost
The National
Mr. Bungle
Bruce Springsteen—Nebraska
Video Age—Pop Therapy
Volcano Choir—Unmap (Bon Iver/Justin Vernon and Collections of Colonies of Bees)
Malady—Toinen toista / Sammal—Suuliekki

Elaine:

Allman Brothers Band—At Fillmore East
Fiona Apple—When the Pawn
Beach Boys—Pet Sounds
Bon Iver—22, A Million
Four Tet—There Is Love In You/Rounds
Grouper—AIA
Hasidic New Wave—Complete Recordings
Steve Reich—Different Trains/Electric Counterpoint
Sonic Youth—EVOL
Squarepusher—Feed Me Weird Things

Weeknd Uzumaki Nov 30, 2020

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No, no, the title of our episode isn't about our Weeknd/Naruto crossover fanfic, but, rather a discussion about the Weeknd's trilogy of mixtapes, followed by a rare occurrence of something not musical at all: a brief talk about Junji Ito's horror masterpiece Uzumaki. We get off track, and we talk about David Lynch, and it's all good. Enjoy!

Albums of the Week:

Scott: Jesu—Terminus
Elaine: Four Tet—Rounds

November 2020 Album Reviews & Anniversaries Nov 23, 2020

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This week we get down and jiggy with it, and talk about two albums that have "birthdays" this month (GZA's Liquid Swords and Bauhaus's In the Flat Field) and review two new albums (William Basinski's Lamentations and Aesop Rock's Spirit World Field Guide). And we get pretty stupid and off the rails almost immediately, so yay! Enjoy!

Albums of the Week:

Scott: Matmos—A Chance to Cut is a Chance to Cure
Elaine: Iglooghost—Neo Wax Bloom

CD Buy 8 Nov 15, 2020

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It's been a long time, but we're back talking about our recent excursion to Bull Moose in Salem NH and our buys! Enjoy.

Albums of the Week:

Scott: The Microphones—The Glow, Pt. 2
Elaine: Dizzee Rascal—E3 AF

Yet Again, Freeform Bullshit Nov 09, 2020

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This week we chill. We relax. We talk about whatever...and whatever happens to include, among other things: the "new" Mr. Bungle "album", the talent of projecting emotion through art, contrast in music, and how elitist we've become as music listeners. Enjoy!

Albums of the Week:

Scott: Black Sabbath—Master of Reality
Elaine: Stars of the Lid—And Their Refinement of the Decline

Obligatory Kid A Episode Nov 03, 2020

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This week we celebrate 20 years of Radiohead's Kid A, by talking about our experiences with the album, and Steven Hyden's recently published book about the album, This Isn't Happening.

Albums of the Week:

Scott: Atoms For Peace—Amok
Elaine: Tim Hecker—Harmony in Ultraviolet

October 2020 Album Reviews & Anniversaries Oct 26, 2020

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This week we get down and dirty with some old albums and some new ones. Our anniversaries include Electric Wizard's seminal Dopethrone album and Lightning Bolt's Hypermagic Mountain, while we review the new Autechre album Sign, as well as Greg Puciato's solo debut Child Soldier: Creator of God.

Albums of the Week:

Scott: The Mountain Goats—Getting Into Knives
Elaine: Squarepusher—Feed Me Weird Things

Book Club: The Rest Is Noise by Alex Ross Oct 19, 2020

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This week we talk about Alex Ross's book on twentieth-century classical music, The Rest is Noise, and our thoughts and findings. And also R. Kelly, for some reason.

Albums of the Week:

Scott: Anti-Scrunti Faction—Damsels in Distress
Elaine: Henry Kaiser—Problems are just opportunities in work clothes

Listening to The Residents Oct 05, 2020

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This week we take a dive into the weirdness, and finally listen to a few Residents albums, with some interesting results.

Albums of the Week:

Scott: Mayhem—Grand Declaration of War
Elaine: Ken Ikeda/Eddie Prevost—The Whole Moon Rests in a Dewdrop on the Grass

September 2020 Reviews & Anniversaries Sep 28, 2020

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This week we're getting all Janus-faced with it yet again, and talking about two albums that both turn 10 this month (by Nails and Swans), and some new albums that just came out (Anna Von Hausswolff and Deftones).

Albums of the Week: