Discord and Rhyme: An Album Podcast

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Yellow Pills: Prefill - Disc 2, Tracks 10-17 Mar 16, 2021

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Finishing up the Yellow Pills series! We hope you've enjoyed our discussion of great power pop songs no one has ever heard of.
Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/67MbIIImCx9MRdYZuel6MG?si=wdezwl38ReuBtYAb36rgZw
Co-hosts: Rich Bunnell, Amanda Rodgers, Dan Watkins
• The Trend - She's Hi-Fi
• LMNOP - Forever Through the Sun
• Jack Stack a Track - Good Time Music
• Randy Winburn - Sunshine USA
• The Toms - House of Horrors
• Brat - Long Time Away
• The Kids - There Goes My Heart Again
• The Trend - (I Feel Like A) Dictionary
Support these artists:
The Toms (Bandcamp):
https://thetomspowerpop.bandcamp.com/
The Trend (Amazon Music):
https://www.amazon.com/Trend-Explicit/dp/B002CKB5U0
LMNOP (Bandcamp):
https://donw7.bandcamp.com/
Jack Grochmal (of Jack Stack a Track) on Lessonface:
https://www.lessonface.com/instructor/jack-grochmal
Get early access to bonus episodes! https://www.patreon.com/discordpod
Opening music: 20/20 - Yellow Pills
Closing credits music: Kenneth Kraylie
https://kennethkraylie.bandcamp.com/
https://casinos.bandcamp.com/

068: David Bowie - Station to Station (1976) Mar 09, 2021

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One day in September 1976, fueled by cocaine, peppers, and milk, David Bowie entered a Los Angeles recording studio, and then emerged a couple months later remembering nothing about what had just happened. Discord & Rhyme is here to fill in the blanks for you: He spent those two months recording Station to Station, a transitional album between his funk and experimental art rock periods that may be his all-time greatest work. The only album from Bowie’s Thin White Duke persona is only six songs long, but they’re so colorful and dense that Producer Mike and co-hosts John, Rich, and Ben spend nearly two hours talking about them. There’s so much going on in this music that it could fill a movie or book (and Ben even wrote one about him), but for today, a really enthusiastic podcast episode will suffice. And unlike your television set, there is no evidence that your podcatcher of choice will try to eat you!
Cohosts: Mike DeFabio, Rich Bunnell, Ben Marlin, John McFerrin
Complete show notes: https://discordpod.com/listen/068-david-bowie-station-to-station-1976
Support the podcast! https://www.patreon.com/discordpod

Yellow Pills: Prefill - Disc 2, Tracks 1-9 Mar 02, 2021

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Finishing up the Yellow Pills comp, this is the first batch from disc 2.
Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/67MbIIImCx9MRdYZuel6MG?si=wdezwl38ReuBtYAb36rgZw
Co-hosts: Rich Bunnell, Mike DeFabio, Dan Watkins
• The Toms - (I Wanna Be A) Teen Again
• The Bats - Not Easy For Me
• Treble Boys - Julie-Anne
• Tommy Rock - Dream Rocker
• The Sponsors - Love I Can't Wait
• The Colors - Growing Up American
• Finns - Hello Mr. Jenkins
• Tactics - Things I Am
• Treble Boys - One Kiss
Other links:
Treble Boys YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/user/TrebleBoys
Between the Liner Notes podcast on Disco Demolition Night:
http://www.betweenthelinernotes.com/episodes-1/disco02
Tommy Rock radio promo:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hCjuB2Yx0s
Support these artists:
The Toms (Bandcamp):
https://thetomspowerpop.bandcamp.com/
Treble Boys, Real Life in the Red LP (Neon Waste):
https://www.neonwaste.com/new-music-12-punk-rz/7xixfp55m2jrb4pbb8tuxblzwvew8m
The Colors, Teenage Furniture (Apple Music):
https://music.apple.com/us/album/teenage-furniture/1153880134
The Handgrenades (Bandcamp):
https://handgrenadesny.bandcamp.com/
The Finns (Bandcamp):
https://thefinnsstlouis.bandcamp.com/
Support the podcast! https://www.patreon.com/discordpod
Opening music: 20/20 - Yellow Pills
Closing credits music: Kenneth Kraylie
https://kennethkraylie.bandcamp.com/
https://casinos.bandcamp.com/

067: Guided by Voices - Bee Thousand (1994) Feb 23, 2021

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This week, Dan, Mike, and Rich take a break from the usual state-of-the-art Discord & Rhyme studio, dust off the four-track, and head down to the basement with a case of beer for a no-frills chat about Guided by Voices. After percolating as 37-year-old school teacher Robert Pollard’s side hustle for over a decade, GBV (as we refer to them for 99% of the episode) suddenly found themselves on the radar of hip indie-rock tastemakers. 1994’s Bee Thousand captures this turning point for the band with a gloriously messy patchwork of 20 home-recorded songs that incorporate influences of what Pollard calls the Four P’s of Rock: prog, psych, pop, and punk. Jam along with us to these lo-fi anthems, and try to not pull a muscle while imitating Pollard’s signature stage kicks. (Rated Explicit for occasional naughty language.)
Cohosts: Dan Watkins, Rich Bunnell, Mike DeFabio
Complete show notes: https://discordpod.com/listen/067-guided-by-voices-bee-thousand-1994
Support the podcast! https://www.patreon.com/discordpod

Yellow Pills: Prefill - Disc 1, Tracks 9-16 Feb 16, 2021

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Continuing our series on the Yellow Pills compilation, featuring returning special guest Dave Weigel!
Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/67MbIIImCx9MRdYZuel6MG?si=wdezwl38ReuBtYAb36rgZw
Co-hosts: Rich Bunnell, John McFerrin, Dave Weigel
• Randy Winburn - Somebody Else's Girl
• Luxury - One in a Million
• The Toms - Sun
• Luxury - Countdown
• The Colors - Rave it Up
• The Speedies - 1-2-3
• The Kids - Hey Little Girl
• The Bats - Mr. Peculiar
Opening music: 20/20 - Yellow Pills
Closing credits music: Kenneth Kraylie
https://kennethkraylie.bandcamp.com/
https://casinos.bandcamp.com/

066: The Mothers of Invention - Freak Out! (1966) Feb 09, 2021

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Frank Zappa is an awfully difficult man to summarize. He recorded dozens and dozens of albums with numerous different bands in countless different genres. He was a relentless innovator, never sticking with one style for long and always pushing forward into completely new musical territory, whether he thought his audience would be willing to follow him or not. Where do you even start discussing a man whose work consistently defies categorization and lacks a single album that stands as a “representative” work? Well, when all else fails, start at the beginning! On this episode, Phil is leading the Frank Zappa superfan contingent of Discord And Rhyme (consisting of John, Dan, and Mike) through a discussion of Frank Zappa’s wildly innovative 1966 debut double album, Freak Out!. Come for the doo-wop, stay for the musique concrète. NOTE: We put the explicit tag on this episode because we yelled some bad words, also it's Frank Zappa, of course it's explicit.
Cohosts: Phil Maddox, Mike DeFabio, John McFerrin, Dan Watkins
Complete show notes: https://discordpod.com/listen/066-the-mothers-of-invention-freak-out-1966
Support the podcast! https://www.patreon.com/discordpod

Yellow Pills: Prefill - Disc 1, Tracks 1-8 Feb 02, 2021

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Time for a new comp series! This time around we're tackling Yellow Pills: Prefill, a collection of overlooked power pop songs. Come for the insightful commentary, stay for the catchy pop music.
Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/67MbIIImCx9MRdYZuel6MG?si=wdezwl38ReuBtYAb36rgZw
Cohosts: Rich Bunnell, Mike DeFabio, Chris Willie Williams
• Luxury - Green Hearts
• The Tweeds - I Need That Record
• The Colors - All I Want
• The Speedies - You Need Pop
• Shoes - Like I Told You
• The Sponsors - In and Out of Love
• The Bats - Not My Girl Anymore
• The Tweeds - She's the Girl (Who Said No)
Get early access to bonus episodes on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/discordpod
Opening music: The Hector Collectors
https://thehectorcollectors.bandcamp.com/
Closing credits music: Kenneth Kraylie
https://kennethkraylie.bandcamp.com/
https://casinos.bandcamp.com/

065: Sugar - Copper Blue (1992) Jan 26, 2021

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Can you hear those towering walls of amped-up guitars in our latest episode, accompanied by aching lyrics you can barely hear? That’s because we’ve loaded it with Sugar! After pioneering alternative rock in the hardcore punk band Hüsker Dü, frontman and guitarist Bob Mould briefly went solo, then formed a new power trio named after a stray packet of sugar that caught his eye while eating at a Waffle House. (This naming convention would not be repeated until the 2000 Hootie & the Blowfish covers album Scattered, Smothered and Covered.) Sugar’s high-decibel, disarmingly sincere brand of power pop has always made the band Will’s preferred branch of the Mouldverse, and this week he’s joined by Ben, Will, and special guest Scott Floman to discuss their 1992 masterpiece Copper Blue.
Cohosts: Chris Willie Williams, Rich Bunnell, Ben Marlin, Scott Floman
Complete show notes: https://discordpod.com/listen/065-sugar-copper-blue-1992
Support the podcast! https://www.patreon.com/discordpod

064: Elle King - Love Stuff (2015) Jan 12, 2021

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Elle King is a tough, scrappy, incredibly talented musician who doesn’t get nearly as much attention as she should. Rather than being dismissed as a “one-hit wonder,” which has unfairly (and inaccurately) already happened, she should be appreciated as a versatile artist who can rock your face off with enormous guitars and drums one minute, then turn around and break your heart with a banjo ballad the next. Today we’re here to tell you why her enormous voice, her gift for both melody and lyrics, and her love of really loud percussion make her an artist you should love. If you don't get it right away, just turn up the volume. NOTE: This one contains a few bad words and some adult topics. If your kids are around, you may want to be prepared to cover their ears.
Cohosts: Amanda Rodgers, Chris Willie Williams, Rich Bunnell, Mike DeFabio
Complete show notes: https://discordpod.com/listen/064-elle-king-love-stuff-2015
Support the podcast! https://www.patreon.com/discordpod

Motown: The Complete No. 1's - Disc 4, Tracks 14-19 Jan 05, 2021

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Happy New Year! In the last episode of this round of Motown tracks, Stevie Wonder steals a song from Jeff Beck, Gladys Knight & the Pips get done wrong again, and Rich attempts to seduce Ben and John.
Stevie Wonder - Superstition
Gladys Knight & the Pips - Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)
The Temptations - Masterpiece
Stevie Wonder - You Are the Sunshine of My Life
Diana Ross - Touch Me in the Morning
Marvin Gaye - Let's Get it On
Cohosts: Rich Bunnell, Ben Marlin, John McFerrin
Theme music: "The Motown Song" by Rod Stewart feat. the Temptations
Closing credits music by Kenneth Kraylie, originally composed by Andy Partridge with new lyrics by Adam Smith of the Hector Collectors
https://kennethkraylie.bandcamp.com/
https://casinos.bandcamp.com/
https://thehectorcollectors.bandcamp.com/

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