May 31, 2016
Since May gave us a bonus Tuesday to post an episode, we decided to try something new, as in new album reviews. We gathered up some of our roundtable regulars and Patreon subscribers, and put together a bunch of reviews for new albums released in the winter and spring of 2016.
May 24, 2016
This week John Davis (Superdrag, Epic Ditch) returns to chat about the second soon-to-be-released album by The Lees of Memory. We go track-by-track through Unnecessary Evil, talk song origins, recordings, influences, instrumental and mix choices, album artwork and much, much more.
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Songs in this Episode:
Intro - Unnecessary Evil
13:17 - Any Way But Down
29:12 - XLII
1:04:18 - Artifical Air
1:17:22 - Squared Up
Outro - Stay Down
May 10, 2016
After our chat about the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion last week, we decided to go a little further down the 1990s garage rock rabbit hole and check out a band we had both seen live, Zen Guerrilla, and their 1999 album Trance States in Tongues. Whereas JSBX took a more stripped down and deconstructed take on the blues, ZG amps up the tempo and volume to eleven for a high energy brand of rock. But does that come at a cost to the songwriting? Tune in to find out.
Songs in this Episode:
Intro - Moonage Daydream (David Bowie cover)
3:01 - History of the Band
8:14 - Preacher’s Promise
12:58 - Ghetto City Version
Outro - Heart Attack
May 3, 2016
This week Jim Hanke of the Vinyl Emergency podcast joins us to revisit the 1996 album Now I Got Worry by the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion. We explore the unique sound and place JSBX has in the overall landscape of 90s music. We also spend the first half of the show reminiscing about our personal recollections of Prince and his impact on our music listening history.
Songs in this Episode:
Intro - Wail
24:27 - 2Kindsa Love
37:32 - Skunk
Outro - Can’t Stop