My Favorite Album with Jeremy Dylan

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192. Kingswood on The Beatles 'Magical Mystery Tour' (1967) Mar 10, 2017

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Kingswood are one of Australia's hottest rock bands, and I sat down with frontman Fergus and axeman Alex on release day for their new album 'After Hours, Before Dawn', to talk about why "everything comes back to the Beatles", studio experimentation, finding their own George Martin, mellotrons, the music teacher that made them appreciate the Beatles and the art of the album and translating dreams into songs, with horrifying results.

My Favorite Album is a podcast unpacking the great works of pop music. Each episode features a different songwriter or musician discussing their favorite album of all time - their history with it, the making of the album, individual songs and the album's influence on their own music. Jeremy Dylan is a filmmaker, journalist and photographer from Sydney, Australia who has worked in the music industry since 2007. He directed the the feature music documentary Jim Lauderdale: The King of Broken Hearts (out now!) and the feature film Benjamin Sniddlegrass and the Cauldron of Penguins, in addition to many commercials and music videos.

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191. Comedian Becky Lucas on Michael Jackson 'Bad' (1987) Mar 07, 2017

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Standup comic, writer and self-described 'hateful rat' Becky Lucas on her childhood infatuation with the music of Michael Jackson, and arguably MJ's last classic album, 1987′s 'Bad'.

We talk about how Jackson still managed to connect to people through music when isolated from the everyday world, I tell a bizarre MJ studio story (courtesy of bass legend Guy Pratt), the death of mass culture in the modern world, why Becky bailed on a MJ gig mid-way through and our memories of the day MJ died.

My Favorite Album is a podcast about how the music you love influences you, and unpacking what makes a great album. Each episode features a different songwriter or musician discussing their favorite album of all time - their history with it, the making of the album, individual songs and the album's influence on their own music. Jeremy Dylan is a filmmaker, journalist and photographer from Sydney, Australia who has worked in the music industry since 2007. He directed the the feature music documentary Jim Lauderdale: The King of Broken Hearts (out now!) and the feature film Benjamin Sniddlegrass and the Cauldron of Penguins, in addition to many commercials and music videos.

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189. PVT on Brian Eno 'Another Green World' and how you can use his oblique strategies to fire the creative process Mar 05, 2017

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PVT drummer Laurence Pike joins me to discuss the iconic British producer, singer-songwriter, self proclaimed 'non-musician' and mad professor Brian Eno and his classic album Another Green World (1975).

We use Eno's classic 'Oblique Strategies' cards, we try to find insight into Eno's creativity, PVT's musical process and different ways of overcoming creative stumbling blocks and barriers.

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189. Middle Kids on My Brightest Diamond 'Bring Me The Workhorse' (2006) and the debt MK owe to Bach and Chopin Feb 22, 2017

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Middle Kids frontwoman and chief songwriter Hannah Joy on the marriage of emotional indie folk and sophisticated classicism that is My Brightest Diamond's debut LP and how it has influenced her own approach to pop music.

Why are all modern rockers in debt to Bach and Chopin (and where does ABBA fit in)? What does it mean to see yourself as only a part of the greater story of pop music? What's with all the animal metaphors on this album? What is the most embarrassing thing Middle Kids drummer Harry Day has done on tour?

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188. Bitter Script Reader on 'That Thing You Do', Tom Hanks' classic rock film and soundtrack Feb 20, 2017

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Film author and blogger the Bitter Script Reader joins me to celebrate Tom Hanks' classic 1996 film That Thing You Do, the best rock'n'roll biopic to only feature fictional pop bands.

We talk about how the film embodies the spirit of early 60s rock, as well as the spirit of Tom Hanks, how Hanks used his leverage as the biggest movie star on earth to get this idiosyncratic little film made, how the original songs in the film feel authentic to the period without feeling like parodies of real 60s rock, the trick of creating fake historical stars in films set amongst real history, how Fountains of Wayne's Adam Schlesinger was responsible for the title song and how the film morally diverges from almost all other rock'n'roll movies.

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187. Carly Rae Jepsen 'Emotion' (2015) with CRJ Dream Team Jess Gleeson, Adam Lewis and Geordie Gray Feb 13, 2017

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How does the woman behind one of the biggest mainstream pop singles of the decade follow it up with a cult album beloved by critics and hipsters alike? I assembled a dream team of Carly Rae Jepsen fans, from photographer and record company staffer Jess Gleeson to Secret Garden music festival programmer Adam Lewis and emo social media influencer (and my flatmate) Geordie Gray.

Sit back and listen as we unwind the story of one of the most unexpectedly beloved records of recent years, why it didn't achieve the mainstream success it deserved, the differences between CRJ and other more controversial pop stars, what's behind the emotional relationship we all have with this album - and much more...

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Legendary rock photographer Danny Clinch on Bruce Springsteen 'Greetings from Ashbury Park NJ' (1973) and how he became Bruce's go to photographer (REPOST) Feb 11, 2017

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Note: This episode originally aired in March 2016.

Danny Clinch, harmonica player and the greatest rock photographer of the past 25 years, joins me to talk about the debut album of his idol and frequent collaborator Bruce Springsteen - 'Greetings from Ashbury Park NJ'.

Danny talks about the parallels between his NJ upbringing and the characters on the album, why Springsteen's managers have also produced his records, the album's youthful energy, how he went from Bruce fan to his go-to photographer, jamming with the Boss on stage, introducing Bruce to Jason Isbell and how he manages to capture so many intimate, iconic moments with Springsteen and other legendary artists.

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Jake Clemons on Sarah McLachlan 'Surfacing', Springsteen songwriting advice and balancing his solo work with the E Street Band (REPOST) Feb 10, 2017

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Reposting this episode on request from two lovely fans of the pod I met at a Bruce Springsteen gig last night.

Singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and E Street Band saxophonist Jake Clemons joins host Jeremy Dylan to chat about his love for Sarah McLachlan's 1997 album "Surfacing".

Why did this album inspire Jake to become a songwriter? How did McLachlan and producer Pierre Marchand create a unique sound for the album? Why doesn't Jake play all the instruments on his own records? Does Jake think his and Sarah McLachlan's classical training is an asset or hindrance in creating great pop music? What key piece of songwriting advice that Bruce Springsteen gave Jake is reflected in this album?

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186. Sarah Belkner on Peter Gabriel 'So' (1986) Feb 07, 2017

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Sydney singer-songwriter makes music that's complex, compelling and controlled, and bathed in the influence of 80s new wave pop. Today she joins me to talk Peter Gabriel's solo album 'So', the 1986 juggernaut that dominated MTV and established his commercial resilience after a series of acclaimed, less populist records.

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Neil Finn (Crowded House) on Beatles, Bowie, Neil Young & Radiohead (REPOST) Jan 31, 2017

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Reposting this episode on request to compliment the most recent chat with fellow Crowded House member Mark Hart.

The first Kiwi on the podcast waxes lyrical on four of the most influential albums in his record collection.

Neil and host Jeremy Dylan delve into The Beatles' "Beatles for Sale" and Neil Young's "After the Goldrush" and along the way talk about their shared memories of a bizarre Crowded House gig in Hyde Park, covering the Beatles with Paul Kelly, the Finn family record collection circa 1964, Neil's planned first name-based supergroup, singing in falsetto and why he's a self-described "perverse bastard".

They delve in to David Bowie's "Hunky Dory" and Radiohead's "In Rainbows", try to resolve the Bowie vs. Bowie debate, why Bowie is as important to Neil as the Beatles, what Radiohead's favorite card game is, the time and place to be methodical in rock'n'roll and Neil reveals his next musical project.

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