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59: Live Reading - The 50 Best Albums of 2023

Sat, 09 Dec 2023 01:41:00 +0000

Who will take Beyoncé's crown? Whose album will be deemed the best of 2023 by pitchfork dot com, the music website? Well, if you've visited the site recently, you likely already know the answer, but what our podcast presupposes it...what if you didn't?

Join us as we read you an article and fight amongst ourselves over last episode's draft.

Noname Responds To Jay Electronica 'Antisemitic' Verse Backlash | HipHopDX

The 100 Best Albums of 2023

The 50 Best Albums Of 2023 | Stereogum

The 50 Best Albums of 2023 | Pitchfork

Barq's | Barq's Has Bite!

RUSH Roll The Bones Official Video - YouTube

58: Draft - Best Albums of 2023

Mon, 04 Dec 2023 01:10:00 +0000

We wouldn't leave you out in the cold during The Season of Lists, no matter how less-than-prolific we've been in podcasting as of late. We're drafting in anticipation of Pitchfork's 50 Best Albums of 2023 and you're currently anticipating listening to said draft. Love you.

57: Feist

Thu, 13 Apr 2023 05:08:00 +0000

It's just Feist this time, folks. Maybe that's all it needs to be.

Jai Paul Posts Note Ahead of His Live Debut at Coachella 2023 | Pitchfork

100 gecs: 10,000 gecs Album Review | Pitchfork

Yves Tumor: Praise a Lord Who Chews but Which Does Not Consume; (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds) Album Review | Pitchfork

Lana Del Rey: Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd Album Review | Pitchfork

Wednesday: Rat Saw God Album Review | Pitchfork

Boygenius: The Record Album Review | Pitchfork

Arooj Aftab / Vijay Iyer / Shahzad Ismaily: Love in Exile Album Review | Pitchfork

Yaeji: With a Hammer Album Review | Pitchfork

Guardian Profile on Feist

Feist: "In Lightning" Track Review | Pitchfork

56: Caroline Polachek | Gorillaz

Sun, 12 Feb 2023 20:13:00 +0000

Will Caroline Polachek finally make whatever album The Website's been apparently disappointed in her for not making yet? Can you teach an old cartoon band new tricks? Is there any good reason to spend twenty minutes talking about The Grammys in 2023?

Who cares! Listen to podcast. Love podcast.

Måneskin: Rush! Album Review | Pitchfork

Pitchfork Reviews: Rescored | Pitchfork

Caroline Polachek: Pang Album Review | Pitchfork

Caroline Polachek's quest for gut-hitting pop clarity | The FADER

Gorillaz Wiki | Fandom

Gorillaz: Plastic Beach Album Review | Pitchfork

Gorillaz - Cracker Island ft. Thundercat (Official Video) - YouTube

Gorillaz - Silent Running ft. Adeleye Omotayo (Official Video) - YouTube

Gorillaz Moved To Los Angeles And Singer 2D Is Fitting Right In

Gorillaz Retain Their Edge as Damon Albarn Takes Aim at the "Echo Chamber for the Alt-Right" | Exclaim!

Taylor Swift to Damon Albarn: "It's Really Fucked Up to Try and Discredit My Writing" | Pitchfork

55: Mac DeMarco

Wed, 18 Jan 2023 03:00:00 +0000

We're looking at the most anticipated albums of 2023. We're making a return trip to the vibe known as Mac DeMarco. And somewhere in the middle we're continuing our extremely scientific project of distilling the entirety of the 1990s into a one-song playlist.

The 34 Most Anticipated Albums of 2023 | Pitchfork

The Global Music Vault Wants to Safeguard the World's Songs—But Who Decides What's Preserved? | Pitchfork

Mac DeMarco: Here Comes the Cowboy Album Review | Pitchfork

54: Live Reading - The 50 Best Albums of 2022

Thu, 08 Dec 2022 07:09:00 +0000

Join your Best New Hosts as they read through The Website's 50 Best Albums of 2022 list and, more importantly, discover the winner of last episode's draft. Do this with us. You simply must.

The 100 Best Songs of 2022 | Pitchfork

The 50 Best Albums of 2022 | Pitchfork

Best Albums 2022: See The List

53: Draft - Best Albums of 2022

Mon, 05 Dec 2022 02:07:00 +0000

Now knee-deep in the Season of Lists, we're drafting for The Website's Best Albums of 2022 and we're not afraid to say so. But first, we find ourselves in a bit of jeopardy....

Exclaim!'s 50 Best Albums of 2022 | Exclaim!

Best Albums of 2022: Beyoncé, Rosalía and More - The New York Times

Alvvays: Blue Rev Album Review | Pitchfork

The 39 Best Albums of 2022: Our Favorite Music of the Year So Far | Pitchfork

The 1975 - Wintering - YouTube

52: Weyes Blood

Fri, 18 Nov 2022 07:25:00 +0000

Continuing our newer habit of secondary and tertiary deep dives, we're going back to Weyes Blood! But first, we kick off a multi-episode project that's very hard to explain but it involves Mack probably hiding a CD-R in some bushes in Griffith Park. Or something.

Editor's note: Apologies for the late posting here. We had hoped to get the episode out before The Website's Weyes Blood review. However, I ended up getting my foot stuck in a large hole. Now, you may think that the largeness of the hole would make it easy to get one's foot out. You don't know this hole. Anyways, that delayed things somewhat. Best New Podcast regrets the error.

The Global Music Vault Wants to Safeguard the World's Songs—But Who Decides What's Preserved? | Pitchfork

Arctic Monkeys: The Car Album Review | Pitchfork

Taylor Swift: Midnights Album Review | Pitchfork

51: Arctic Monkeys | Taylor Swift

Wed, 19 Oct 2022 04:07:00 +0000

We talk about the Best of the 1990s lists. We talk about Arctic Monkeys. We TALK about Taylor Swift. You're truly not going to find this much talking, about these specific topics, in this specific order anywhere else in Podcastland. That's the Best New Podcast guarantee!

Disclaimer: Due to some unfortunate technical problems, the audio on the Arctic Monkeys segment is...not up to our usual standards. Apologies. Best New Podcast regrets the error.

The 250 Best Songs of the 1990s | Pitchfork

The 150 Best Albums of the 1990s | Pitchfork

50: Built to Spill | Death Cab for Cutie | Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Thu, 08 Sep 2022 01:42:42 +0000

Look, it's episode 50. We were feeling reflective. The only natural course of action was to construct a set of millennial midlife crisis deep dives.

Built to Spill: Live Album Review | Pitchfork

The 50 Best Indie Rock Albums of the Pacific Northwest | Pitchfork

The Postal Service - Wikipedia

Death Cab for Cutie: We Have the Facts and We're Voting Yes Album Review | Pitchfork

Why Michael referred to The Website as being "cruel to Muse"

The album cover for Yeah Yeah Yeahs' Mosquito

The Mosquito poster that Duff snuck onto Mike's wall, as well as a reminder of what Instagram filers looked like in 2013

Yeah Yeah Yeahs: Yeah Yeah Yeahs EP Album Review | Pitchfork

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Spitting Off the Edge of the World ft. Perfume Genius (Official Video) - YouTube

Fuggedabuddies Part 1 - YouTube

Fuggedabuddies Part 2 - YouTube

49: Beyoncé

Wed, 20 Jul 2022 01:31:36 +0000

Come for the overanalysis of one of the year's biggest event albums, stay for the multiple failed attempts at pronouncing "beabadoobee."

Pharrell Williams - Cash In Cash Out (Official Video) ft. 21 Savage, Tyler, The Creator - YouTube

The 39 Best Albums of 2022: Our Favorite Music of the Year So Far | Pitchfork

Amy Phillips | Staff | Pitchfork

Black Country, New Road - 'Concorde' (Official Video) - YouTube

Ryan Schreiber's 2022 mid-year top 10

Pitchfork | "Break My Soul" by Beyoncé Track Review

British Vogue's Beyoncé Cover Story

48: Soccer Mommy

Sun, 12 Jun 2022 19:34:31 +0000

We're talking top 5's (of a sort). We're talking about the legendary "C Trilogy". We're talking about...LiveJournal for some reason.

Beth Orton: "Weather Alive" Track Review | Pitchfork

Soccer Mommy Slays Her Demons | Pitchfork

Soccer Mommy: Collection Album Review | Pitchfork

Soccer Mommy: "Shotgun" Track Review | Pitchfork

McG - Wikipedia

Duffy's Pitchfork quote regarding regarding the Future Islands singer's unusual voice

Oneohtrix Point Never - Wikipedia

47: Kendrick Lamar | Arcade Fire

Tue, 03 May 2022 00:44:49 +0000

This episode we're deep diving into two of The Website's all-time heavy hitters, two artists known for speaking to the current moment who've been largely absent since 2017, two artists given to bold, ambitious statements. They're essentially indistinguishable, really, but we'll do our best to...distinguish...them. K bye.

Soccer Mommy Slays Her Demons | Pitchfork

Report: Kendrick Lamar Exploring Rock Sound on New Album | Rap-Up

Kendrick Lamar – nu thoughts

Early 2000's Kendrick on the "Family Ties" single cover art

Arcade Fire - We Used to Wait (Official Lyric Video) - YouTube

Stereogum - Arcade Fire 'WE' Review: Now This Is More Like It

46: Wet Leg | Father John Misty | Belle & Sebastian

Mon, 04 Apr 2022 21:48:45 +0000

Today we investigate the power of indie rock myth via three different artists, from three different generations, and how they've construct their narratives (or how those narratives get constructed for them.) Kind of. Okay, that might be a bit of retroactive continuity — really it's just three bands with records coming out and we wanted to talk about them.

Ugh, tax season, right?

Duffy's Debuts Slides - Wet Leg

Duffy's Wet Leg playlist on YouTube

Wet Leg's bio on Domino

YouTube: Father John Misty - Bored in the USA Live on David Letterman

YouTube: Father John Misty - Only Son Of The Ladies' Man (Live on David Letterman)

YouTube: Future Islands - "Seasons" @ Letterman 3/3/14

"the as yet uncanceled agitator Father John Misty"

Sheryl Crow - All I Wanna Do (original music video)

Stealers Wheel - "Stuck in the Middle With You"

Album Review: Father John Misty's 'Chloë and the Next 20th Century' | The New Voice

Father John Misty: "Funny Girl" Track Review | Pitchfork

Belle & Sebastian - The Boy With the Arab Strap - Original Pitchfork review

Belle and Sebastian: Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like a Peasant Album Review | Pitchfork

Pitchfork's documentary on If You're Feeling Sinister

Top 100 Albums of the 1990s | Pitchfork

Belle & Sebastian's Stuart Murdoch interviewed on Bullseye with Jesse Thorn

YouTube: Belle and Sebastian- "If They're Shooting at You" (Visual Collage)

45: Rosalia | The Weather Station

Tue, 01 Mar 2022 21:56:00 +0000

Two artists following up on massive breakthrough albums, as well as a bright, brand new, soon-to-be-hit opening segment that you'll have to hear to believe. It's all happening, and it's all a podcast. Play ball!

Duffy's Debuts Side Deck - caroline
Duffy's caroline YouTube playlist
Pitchfork's caroline review, posted a few days after we recorded the segment
ROSALÍA - SAOKO (Official Video) - YouTube
Motomami - Wikipedia
The Weather Station - Endless Time (Official Video) - YouTube
The Weather Station – Fat Possum Records
The Weather Station - How is it That I Should Look at the Stars - Vinyl LP – Rough Trade

44: Beach House | Spiritualized

Thu, 03 Feb 2022 22:33:22 +0000

Dream Pop...Space Rock.... Frankly, I'm stunned by how little the topic of drugs came up on this episode.

Black Country, New Road Announce New Album, Share New Song: Listen | Pitchfork

Black Country, New Road Frontman Isaac Wood Departs Band Days Before New Album Release | Pitchfork

Beach House Announce New Album Once Twice Melody and 2022 Tour | Pitchfork

Migos, Drake, Future: Why Are Albums So Long Right Now? - Rolling Stone

Beach House: Bloom Album Review | Pitchfork

Spiritualized Announce New Album Everything Was Beautiful, Share New Song "Always Together With You": Listen | Pitchfork

43: Earl Sweatshirt | Mitski

Thu, 13 Jan 2022 04:06:59 +0000

Deep dives on Earl Sweatshirt and Mitski. Also, the 2021 Best New Podcast Year in Review. Or is it the inaugural Best New Podcast Awards? We didn't quite work that out.

Anyways, how've you been?

The 45 Most Anticipated Albums of 2022 | Pitchfork

Did Chromatics' Album Dear Tommy Ever Exist in the First Place? | Pitchfork

What Mack was trying to refer to when he said "Atlas Thugged"

Billy Ocean - Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car (Official Video) - YouTube

Earl Sweatshirt Announces Sick! Project, Shares New Song: Listen | Pitchfork

Mitski Laurel Hell album announcement on Dead Oceans

Mitski Interview: New Album 'Laurel Hell,' Quitting, Return to Music - Rolling Stone

42: Live Reading - The 50 Best Albums of 2021

Thu, 09 Dec 2021 07:28:58 +0000

The time has come. The results are in. Join your Best New Hosts as they read through The Website's Best Albums of 2021 list and, more importantly, discover the winner of last episode's draft.

The 100 Best Songs of 2021 | Pitchfork

The 50 Best Albums of 2021 | Pitchfork

Give me fuel, give me fire, etc.

NPM packages

James Blunt - You're Beautiful (Official Music Video) 4K - YouTube

The results have been...increbidle.

41: Draft - Best Albums of 2021

Sun, 05 Dec 2021 03:51:36 +0000

At long last your Best New Hosts have returned for a good old fashioned draft in anticipation of The Website's 2021 year end list(s).

Pitchfork Reviews: Rescored | Pitchfork

Puja Patel's song of the year tweet

40: Lorde | Deafheaven

Wed, 18 Aug 2021 03:28:47 +0000

This episode, two artists taking left turns. Also, we debut a new segment in which one of the worst modern US presidents becomes a kind of Carmen Sandiego-like figure, traveling mysteriously through time, space, and Pitchfork interviews.

"Hold U" by Indigo De Souza Review | Pitchfork

Clairo: Sling Album Review | Pitchfork

Lorde Releases 'Solar Power' and Announces New Album of the Same Name

"Solar Power" by Lorde Review | Pitchfork

"Stoned at the Nail Salon" by Lorde Review | Pitchfork

How Deafheaven Made Their Least Metal Album Yet | Pitchfork

Blackgaze - Wikipedia

Justin Meldal-Johnsen - Wikipedia

39: Billie Eilish | Jack Antonoff

Thu, 15 Jul 2021 01:22:26 +0000

We're talking pop and you can't stop us.

Billie Eilish: When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? Album Review | Pitchfork

https://web.archive.org/web/20200225234101/https://themusicnetwork.com/becoming-billie-how-apple-music-and-spotify-helped-make-billie-eilish-musics-new-gen-z-superstar/

Bleachers' Jack Antonoff Is Your Favorite Pop Star's Secret Weapon | Pitchfork

38: Modest Mouse | Lucy Dacus | Tyler, the Creator

Thu, 24 Jun 2021 04:07:21 +0000

Three artists that we feel The Website is a little scared to admit they don't quite know what to do with.

Note: At one point in the show we inaccurately claim that Tyler, the Creator's 2019 album IGOR won a Grammy in the "Urban" category. It in fact won the Best Rap Album Grammy and, for the record, we did know that. We simply forgot it for about 30 minutes. Best New Podcast regrets the error.

Jimmy Eat World: Clarity Album Review | Pitchfork

All Eyes On Me | Bo Burnham

Modest Mouse's Lonesome Crowded West | Pitchfork Classic Documentary

Lucy Dacus | "Thumbs" Official Audio | YouTube

The /b/ Boys: Odd Future and the Swag Generation | Pitchfork

Parents Music Resource Center - Wikipedia

Grammys problem with black artists like Lizzo, Tyler the Creator - Chicago Tribune

YouTube | HipHopDX | Tyler, The Creator Says 'Urban' Is Just Another Way To Say The N Word

NME | The Grammys have dropped the 'Urban' music term. What took so long?

37: black midi | St. Vincent

Thu, 13 May 2021 01:43:25 +0000

In this episode we discuss two artists with origins in very prestigious music schools, where they presumably do very prestigious music things. Does all this prestige guarantee a BNM? Absolutely not. That's ridiculous and, frankly, I'm embarrassed for having suggested it.

Flock of Dimes | "Hard Way" | Official Music Video

Korn - Wikipedia

Concept album - Wikipedia

Black MIDI (music genre) - Wikipedia

black midi - John L - YouTube

black midi - Full Performance (Live on KEXP) - YouTube - 2018

black midi - Full Performance (Live on KEXP at Home) - YouTube - 2021

St. Vincent : Bullseye with Jesse Thorn : NPR

St. Vincent Told Me To Kill This Interview

St. Vincent Doesn't Have to Give Interviews

36: Julien Baker | The Hold Steady

Sun, 14 Feb 2021 21:38:17 +0000

Have you ever showed up to what you assumed would be the physical manifestation of a pop album, only to find out it was just a regular old theme park?! If so, you're not alone and this class action lawsuit may be for you.

The Weeknd Says to Expect "No Special Guests" at Super Bowl 2021 Halftime Show | Pitchfork

Taylor Swift Sued by Utah Theme Park Evermore Over Trademark | Pitchfork

New Spotify Patent Involves Monitoring Users' Speech to Recommend Music | Pitchfork

Watch Death Cab for Cutie Cover TLC's "Waterfalls" on Kimmel | Pitchfork

Drake Says New Album Certified Lover Boy Isn't Coming This Month | Pitchfork

The Wrens' New Album: "Plans Are Afoot," Says Charles Bissell

Julien Baker: Turn Out the Lights Album Review | Pitchfork

boygenius: boygenius EP Album Review | Pitchfork

Listen to Julien Baker's New Song "Favor," Featuring Lucy Dacus and Phoebe Bridgers | Pitchfork

The Hold Steady: Almost Killed Me Album Review | Pitchfork

The Hold Steady: Boys and Girls in America Album Review | Pitchfork

Hipster (contemporary subculture) - Wikipedia

35: Drake

Wed, 13 Jan 2021 03:18:06 +0000

We've long known Drake claims to be a lover boy, but we've yet to see any real credentials to back that up. However, that may soon change. Join us as we discuss one of the new year's most anticipated albums, Certified Lover Boy.

2021 Music Preview: Our Most Anticipated New Albums

The 41 Most Anticipated Albums of 2021: Kendrick, Rihanna, Adele, and More | Pitchfork

Julien Baker "Faith Healer" - YouTube

Colon Blow - SNL - YouTube

(2) Arcade Fire - We Used to Wait (Official Lyric Video) - YouTube

The Wrens Album Is Being Mastered | Pitchfork

Drake Announces New Project 'More Life' | Complex

34: Live Reading - The 50 Best Albums of 2020

Thu, 10 Dec 2020 06:29:19 +0000

The time has finally come. Listen along as we read through The Website's year-end top albums list and determine the winners of this year's draft. That's about 10% of it. The rest, as usual, is mainly us mispronouncing things.

The 100 Best Songs of 2020 | Pitchfork

The 50 Best Albums of 2020 | Pitchfork

33: Draft - Best Albums of 2020

Sat, 05 Dec 2020 22:26:30 +0000

With the year slowly starting to fade and with the release of The Website's year-end lists imminent, your Best New Hosts gather to do what they do just fine: draft. This episode we pick the albums we think will top the 50 Best Albums of 2020.

First, however, with judgement in our hearts we take a look back in a year-end installment of "Stuck It or Suck It."

And, yes, you saw that runtime right, Listener. This is an obscenely long one. Pour a drink, get to work.

32: Adrianne Lenker | Jeff Tweedy

Thu, 22 Oct 2020 01:28:23 +0000

A cabin album! 😱 A quarantine album! 😱 Two singers toss their Big bands to the side and get contemplative. Or remain contemplative. I dunno, just listen to the podcast.

Big Thief's Adrianne Lenker Announces 2 Albums, Shares New Song: Listen | Pitchfork

Wilco's Jeff Tweedy Announces New Album Love Is the King, Shares New Songs: Listen | Pitchfork

31: Fleet Foxes

Wed, 23 Sep 2020 04:44:31 +0000

A Fleet Foxes scramble-cast, for Shore.

New Fleet Foxes Album Picks Up Literally Where Last One Ended, Robin Pecknold Says | Pitchfork

Premature Evaluation: Fleet Foxes Crack-Up - Stereogum

Robin Pecknold | Stereogum

30: Sufjan Stevens | Matt Berninger

Wed, 09 Sep 2020 18:02:53 +0000

For an episode nominally about Sufjan Stevens and Matt Berninger, we sure do spend a lot of time talking about Wilco and "Big Mamas."

29: Taylor Swift

Sun, 26 Jul 2020 01:27:53 +0000

In an uncharacteristic instance of somewhat timely podcasting, we put together a Deep Dive on Taylor Swift's new surprise release, folklore.

"Betty" by Taylor Swift Review | Pitchfork

Taylor Swift 'folklore' Review: An Indie Record Unconcerned With Being Cool - Stereogum

The National's Aaron Dessner Talks Taylor Swift's New Album folklore | Pitchfork

28: 2020 Half-Year Contenders

Mon, 20 Jul 2020 01:50:49 +0000

In this episode, with nothing to deep dive, your hosts become bored and essentially just start talking about the upcoming 2020 year-end list anyway.

27: Bob Dylan | Phoebe Bridgers

Wed, 17 Jun 2020 19:14:15 +0000

All aboard Lou Reed's Time Travelin' Dirigible! It's time to invent The Beatles!

DEEP DIVES:

Bob Dylan – Rough and Rowdy Ways

Phoebe Bridgers – Punisher

LIGHTNING ROUND:

Jessie Ware – What's Your Pleasure?

Maya Hawke – Blush

Arca – KiCk i

MIKE – Weight of the World

Lamb of God, – Lamb of God

CeeLo Green – CeeLo Green Is Thomas Callaway

LINKS:

Community Justice Exchange — Donate via AB Charities

Stereogum – The 50 Best Albums Of 2020 So Far

Paste – The 25 Best Albums of 2020 (So Far)

Bob Dylan in the 2004 Victoria's Secret ad, "Angels in Venice"

Bob Dylan: Modern Times Album Review | Pitchfork

"Murder Most Foul" by Bob Dylan Review | Pitchfork

Phoebe Bridgers in a 2015 Apple Watch ad

Phoebe Bridgers's Frank, Anxious Music | The New Yorker

"Garden Song" by Phoebe Bridgers Review | Pitchfork

26: Moses Sumney | Perfume Genius | Car Seat Headrest

Tue, 05 May 2020 00:20:44 +0000

Do you have a personal relationship with Stephen Malkmus?

DEEP DIVES:

Moses Sumney – græ

Perfume Genius – Set My Heart on Fire Immediately

Car Seat Headrest – Making a Door Less Open

LIGHTNING ROUND:

Built To Spill – Built To Spill Plays The Songs Of Daniel Johnston

Kelly Lee Owens – Inner Song

Man Man – Dream Hunting In The Valley Of The In-Between

Surfer Blood – Carefree Theatre

The Psychedelic Furs – Made Of Rain

The Sounds – Things We Do For Love

Alanis Morissette – Such Pretty Forks In The Road

The Killers – Imploding the Mirage

Woods – Strange To Explain

Badly Drawn Boy – Banana Skin Shoes

Weezer – Van Weezer

Bon Jovi – Bon Jovi 2020

Charli XCX – How I'm Feeling Now

Magnetic Fields – Quickies

Hayley Williams – Petals For Armor

Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit – Reunions

Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith – The Mosaic Of Transformation

Drake – Dark Lane Demo Tapes

LINKS:

XTC: Skylarking Album Review | Pitchfork

Fiona Apple: Fetch the Bolt Cutters Album Review | Pitchfork

Moses Sumney Is Ready to Claim His Spotlight | Pitchfork

Moses Sumney - Cut Me (Official Video) - YouTube

Moses Sumney - Virile (Official Video) - YouTube

Moses Sumney - Polly - YouTube

KEXP: Perfume Genius on Dance, Hyper-Physicality, and Upcoming Album Set My Heart On Fire Immediately

Perfume Genius - "On The Floor" (Official Music Video) - YouTube

Perfume Genius - "Describe" (Official Music Video) - YouTube

P4K: Car Seat Headrest Share New Song "Hollywood": Listen

Car Seat Headrest – Statement from Will Toledo/Trait

25: The Taco Bell Concert Hole

Thu, 16 Apr 2020 19:27:18 +0000

25: The Taco Bell Concert Hole

In retrospect, a lot of the concerts we've been to could or should have been live streams.

Note: You may notice that Mike's audio in the final segment is...weird. We hate to lean on the old "technical difficulties" crutch, so let's just say that his laptop spontaneously became haunted and we'll do our best to arrange for a priest or other clergy member to look into the matter before the next episode.

DEEP DIVES:

The 1975 – Notes on a Conditional Form

Fiona Apple – Fetch the Bolt Cutters

LIGHTNING ROUND:

DaBaby – Blame It On Baby

dvsn – A Muse In Her Feelings

Willie Nelson – First Rose Of Spring

RJD2 – The Fun Ones

Other Lives – For Their Love

LINKS:

P4K: Kid Cudi "Leader of the Delinquents" Track Review

The 1975 – "The Birthday Party" Music Video

The New Yorker – Fiona Apple's Art of Radical Sensitivity

Fiona Apple at the 1997 MTV VMAs

Best New Podcast Dot Com

24: I'm The Dog Man

Sun, 12 Apr 2020 21:02:44 +0000

In which we discuss how very concerned music journalists are about artists being derivative. Sometimes. Except when they aren't at all.

Deep Dives

HAIM - Women in Music Pt. III
The Strokes - The New Abnormal

Lightning Round

Hamilton Leithauser - The Loves Of Your Life
Laura Marling - Song for Our Daughter
Shabazz Palaces - The Don of Diamond Dreams
Rufus Wainwright - Unfollow The Rule
Braids - Shadow Offering

Links

23: The M. Night Shyamalan of Sexy

Fri, 06 Mar 2020 03:13:44 +0000

Your Best New Hosts blow off some Super Tuesday steam and then proceed to spend about ninety percent of the show unraveling the mystery of why one would title an album Kiss Land.

DEEP DIVES:

U.S. Girls - Heavy Light
The Weeknd - After Hours
Waxahatchee - Saint Cloud

LIGHTNING ROUND:

Megan Thee Stallion - Suga
Mandy Moore - Silver Landings
21 Savage & Metro Boomin - Savage Mode 2
Big Freedia - Louder EP
Lil Uzi Vert - Eternal Atake
Porches - Ricky Music
Various Artists - TROLLS World Tour (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Yumi Zouma - Truth or Consequences
Alicia Keys - ALICIA
Morrissey - I Am Not A Dog On A Chain
Half Waif - The Caretaker
Pearl Jam - Gigaton
J Balvin - Colores
J Electronica - A Written Testimony
Little Dragon - New Me, Same Us
Stephen Malkmus - Traditional Techniques
Four Tet - Sixteen Oceans

Best New Podcast: The Website

Rolling Stone - Waxahatchee Interview

22: A Sub-Bachelor Level of Entertainment

Thu, 06 Feb 2020 04:43:58 +0000

As we once sang on our now-legendary 2014 performance on The Late Show with David Letterman: "Podcasts change / But you know some podcasts never do."

So, anyway, here's another episode.

DEEP DIVES
King Krule - Man Alive!
Real Estate - The Main Thing
Tame Impala - The Slow Rush
Grimes - Miss Anthropocene

LIGHTNING ROUND
Green Day - Father of All…
La Roux - Supervision
Huey Lewis & the News - Weather
Justin Bieber - Changes
Tennis - Swimmer
Best Coast - Always Tomorrow
BTS - Map of the Soul: 7
Guided by Voices - Surrender Your Poppy Field
Soccer Mommy - Color Theory
Caribou - Suddenly

Pitchfork: The Explosive Grammys 2020 CEO Scandal, Explained
King Krule - "(Don't Let the Dragon) Draag On" (Music Video)
Allegations of Sexual Misconduct by Ex-Real Estate Guitarist Matt Mondanile Detailed by Seven Women | SPIN
Real Estate - "Paper Cup" (Music Video)

21: Where's Waldo-ing Himself

Mon, 20 Jan 2020 03:30:40 +0000

Breaking in the (still somewhat) new year by getting back to basics with some deep dives. Also discussed: some of your hosts' most eagerly awaited albums of 2020 and Duffy's nuanced take on the announcement of a new Bright Eyes record.

Deep Dives

Wolf Parade - Thin Mind
Torres - SIlver Tongue
Destroyer - Have We Met

Lightning Round

Halsey - Manic
Mac Miller - Circles
Of Montreal - UR FUN
Pinegrove - Marigold
Andy Shauf - The Neon Skyline
Frances Quinlan - Likewise
Kesha - High Road
Squarepusher - Be Up A Hell
Polica - When We Stay Alive
...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead - X: The Godless Void and Other Stories

Hyperlinks of Interest

We have a website!

"Life Is Good" by Future / Drake Review | Pitchfork

Destroyer: Destroyer's Rubies Album Review | Pitchfork

20: LIVE READING - The 50 Best Albums of 2019

Tue, 17 Dec 2019 04:10:07 +0000

20: LIVE READING - The 50 Best Albums of 2019

After a brief delay due to wintertime sniffles, your Best New Hosts have emerged from their NyQuil haze to finish what they started and read The Website's long-anticipated year-end best albums list. More importantly, the winner of the previous episode's draft is revealed! "Revealed" makes it sound like it was some kinda secret though. We just didn't know until we read the list, obvs. Anyway, enjoy!

HYPERLINKS OF INTEREST

Pitchfork | The 50 Best Albums of 2019

Best New Podcast: The Website

Send Us a Note

19: Draft - Best Albums of 2019

Tue, 03 Dec 2019 03:54:56 +0000

The Season of Lists cannot be stopped. The Season of Lists soldiers on with another draft. The Season of Lists will soon provide The Website's Top 50 Albums of 2019, one presumes. Listen as your Best New Hosts scramble and bicker in preparation for this.

Also, another rousing round of "Do We Give a Shit?"

HYPERLINKS OF INTEREST

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18: Mom, I Know You, Man

Fri, 01 Nov 2019 01:24:14 +0000

A lovely, classic Deep Dives episode before we round out the year by diving back into the Season of Lists. We discuss two artists with similarly lengthy discographies and...well, the similarities pretty much end there! Plus, the return of a classic fan-favorite segment: Bowers or Burroughs.

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17: Live Reading - Best Albums of the 2010s

Sun, 13 Oct 2019 20:00:00 +0000

Your Best New Podcasters read through the The Website's list of the Best Albums of the 2010s and find out the winner of the previous episode's draft. Much, much yelling ensues.

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16: Draft - Best Albums of the 2010s

Tue, 08 Oct 2019 01:44:29 +0000

The Season of Lists kicks into high gear with perhaps the biggest list of them all. Join us for a good old fashioned draft in anticipation of The Website's ranking of the Best Albums of the 2010s.

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15: The Jacuzzi

Sun, 06 Oct 2019 01:50:39 +0000

Better late than never? I sure hope so because, while we recorded this one over a week ago, The Website beat us to the punch, reviewing one of our Deep Dives while our all-star post production team was still hard at work fine-tuning the episode. Ah, such is life in podcasting's fast lane.

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DEEP DIVES

FKA twigs - MAGDALENE
Angel Olsen - All Mirrors

LIGHTNING ROUND

Devon Walsh - True Love
Swans - Leaving Meaning
Big Thief - Two Hands
SUNN O)))- Pyroclasts
Mikal Cronin - Seeker
Danny Brown - uknowhatimasaying?
That Dog - Old LP
Michael Kiwanuka - Kiwanuka
DIIV - Deceiver
Anna Meredith - FIBS
Rex Orange County - Pony
Jeff Goldblum - I Shouldn't Be Telling You This

14: The Biggest Potato

Sun, 15 Sep 2019 23:10:55 +0000

It's all Lucy with the football with diamonds all over again.

DEEP DIVES

M83 - DSVII
The New Pornographers - In the Morse Code of Brake Lights
Vagabon - Vagabon

LIGHTNING ROUND

Frankie Cosmos - Close It Quietly
Vivian Girls - Memory
Chelsea Wolfe - Birth of Violence
Pixies - Beneath the Eyrie
Devendra Banhart - Ma
Tegan And Sara - Hey, I'm Just Like You
Kanye West - Jesus is King

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13: I Podcast With My Whole Body

Tue, 03 Sep 2019 04:06:07 +0000

Part seven of a twelve-episode special investigation into Whitney's beer hacks.

DEEP DIVES

Charli XCX - Charli
Bat For Lashes - Lost Girls
(Sandy) Alex G - House of Sugar

LIGHTNING ROUND

Jenny Hval - The Practice Of Love
Lower Dens - The Competition
Death Cab - The Blue EP
Laurie Anderson - Songs from the Bardo
Blink-182 - Nine

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12: Midnite Diapers in the Moonlight Barking

Tue, 30 Jul 2019 03:54:10 +0000

This month we were so excited about our one year anniversary that we didn't actually check when it was.

DEEP DIVES

Bon Iver - i,i
Taylor Swift - Lover
Clairo - IMMUNITY
Sleater-Kinney - The Center Won't Hold

LIGHTNING ROUND

Tool - Fear Inoculum
Jay Som - Anak Ko
G Flip - About Us
!!! - Wallop
Ride - This Is Not a Safe Place
The Hold Steady - Thrashing Thru The Passion
Whitney - Forever Turned Around

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11: That'll Get You in Some Chinos

Wed, 03 Jul 2019 04:24:01 +0000

This month two artists move on from the mixtape and two more move into new band names. But first, your hosts take you on a tour of the 2013 BNM that almost was, as they spend about 20 minutes probably mispronouncing Jai Paul's name.

DEEP DIVES

Chance the Rapper - TBA
Cuco - Para Mí
The Soft Cavalry - s/t
Purple Mountains - s/t

LIGHTNING ROUND

Maxo Kream - Brandon Banks
BJ the Chicago Kid - 1123
Big K.R.I.T. - K.R.I.T. Iz Here
Ed Sheeran - No. 6 Collaborations Project

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10: Sir Luscious Lefty Son of Left Foot

Sun, 02 Jun 2019 00:07:15 +0000

Join us this month in dissecting the music careers of a big ol' pack of aging dudes. How does one age gracefully in dance music? How does one age gracefully in rock music? How long can we go without referencing either Chillwave or Sandinista! by The Clash? Some say we'll never know….

DEEP DIVES

Bruce Springsteen - Western Stars
Titus Andronicus - An Obelisk
Bill Callahan - Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest
Hot Chip - A Bath Full of Ecstasy

LIGHTNING ROUND

Baroness - Gold & Grey
The Raconteurs - Help Us Stranger
The Black Keys - Let's Rock
Hatchie - Keepsake

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9: Legalize It, Slowly

Thu, 02 May 2019 03:15:18 +0000

How much consistency is too much? Are capital letters inherently more effective than lowercase? Should an artist's non-musical antics influence their album reviews?

Who knows. Here's another episode of Best New Podcast!

DEEP DIVES

Carly Rae Jepsen - Dedicated
Holly Herndon - PROTO
Jamila Woods - LEGACY! LEGACY!
Mac DeMarco - Here Comes The Cowboy

LIGHTNING ROUND

The National - I Am Easy to Find
Tim Hecker - Anoyo
Lil Kim - 9
Flying Lotus - Flamagra

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8: Five Panda Bears and a Deerhoof

Tue, 02 Apr 2019 03:49:27 +0000

Duffy is off tending to his very own best new small human child, so Mike and Mack take the opportunity to really stretch out and luxuriate in the sound of their own voices. Will they successfully keep on track? Will they even attempt to? Don't look at the episode runtime, JUST HIT PLAY.

DEEP DIVES

Weyes Blood - Titanic Rising
The Mountain Goats - In League With Dragons
Anderson .Paak - Ventura
Vampire Weekend - Father of the Bride

LIGHTNING ROUND

The Flaming Lips - King's Mouth
Khalid - Free Spirit
Kevin Morby - Oh My God
Kelsey Lu - Blood

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Episode 7: Tickled & Pickled

Tue, 05 Mar 2019 03:54:59 +0000

How many synths must a Malkmus use, before you stop talking about his old band? How many vocals must be autotuned, in order to Chop & screw a Lamb?

These questions and more will go unanswered in this action-packed edition of Best New Podcast!

Deep Dives

Stephen Malkmus - Groove Denied

American Football - S/T

Jenny Lewis - On The Line

Lambchop - This (is what I wanted to tell you)

Lana Del Rey - Norman Fucking Rockwell

Lightning Round

These New Puritans - Inside The Rose

Avey Tare - Cows on Hourglass Pond

Andrew Bird - My Finest Work Yet

Karen O & Danger Mouse - Lux Prima

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Scoring Criteria Reference

As you all know by now, Best New Podcast isn't about fun. It's about beating each other at a made-up game. For fun.

We award ourselves points based on the accuracy of our predictions. Those points are awarded as follows.

Deep Dives

Closest to the actual rating gets 3 points, unless it's a tie – then each get 1.5 points. In the event of a 3-way tie, each player receives 1 point.

A Perfect Pitch (a guess that ends up exactly matching Pitchfork's rating) awards the winner an additional 4 points. If, on the other hand, there is a tied Perfect Pitch each pitcher gets 2 points, or 1.33 points each for a triple Perfect Pitch.

Finally, an accurately guessed "Best New Music" designation yields an additional 1.5 points, while an inaccurately guessed BNP removes 1.5 points from the player's total.

Lightning Round

Same as above, but all point values are cut in half.

Note: This scoring criteria will eventually reside in an assumedly much more pleasing-to-the-eye form on an honest-to-goodness Internet Web Site. At some point soon. The haunted Roomba that writes these show notes simply hasn't gotten around to the task of building it yet. (It's caught in a corner.)

Episode 6: Bridge With Grandma

Wed, 30 Jan 2019 04:16:12 +0000

A large, content-rich episode awaits you this month, featuring Deep Dives into new releases from Ariana Grande, Jessica Pratt, Panda Bear, HEALTH, and Cass McCombs.

Up top we discuss the recent dry spell in Best New Tracks and what it might mean in terms of the 'Fork's evolving digital strategery. (Then, a few days after recording, they posted a new BNT, ending said dry spell. Is this all part of a larger conspiracy on the part of The Website to foil our segments? Likely. We're looking into it. Meanwhile we're confident that our larger points still stand.)

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Episode 5: Pump and Dump

Thu, 03 Jan 2019 03:39:38 +0000

New year, new BNP! We kick off 2019 discussing a host of old favorites, as well as a newer soon-to-be-favorite. Plus, a brand new hit segment is born. What a time to be alive!

Deep Dives:
Girlpool - What Chaos is Imaginary
Deerhunter - Why Hasn't Everything Already Disappeared?
Toro Y Moi - Outer Peace
Sharon Van Etten - Remind Me Tomorrow
Beirut - Gallipoli

Lightning Round:
FIDLAR - Almost Free
Pedro the Lion - Phoenix
Maggie Rogers - Heard It in a Past Life

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Episode 4: Jeremih Was a Bullfrog

Fri, 14 Dec 2018 03:40:15 +0000

We couldn't wait a whole month this time! In this very special episode your valued hosts gather to count down Pitchfork's 50 Best Albums of 2018 and reveal the winner of last episode's fantasy draft. We hope you're not averse to a healthy dose of gloating, 'cause the draft champ sure wasn't.

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Episode 3: Full Umbrage

Tue, 04 Dec 2018 05:01:51 +0000

The holiday season is well underway and we are in a celebratory mood as we prepare for what is unquestionably the most important event of the year: Pitchfork's Top 50 Albums of 2018! And there is of course no better way to prepare than a good old fashioned fantasy draft. In this episode we choose from a pool of the year's most highly-rated albums and each try to put together a roster that best reflects the themes of 2018. Oh, and yell. We yell quite a bit.

Episode 2: Laundry Dad Phase

Wed, 31 Oct 2018 03:34:22 +0000

In this episode we discuss upcoming releases from Sun Kil Moon, Kanye West, Jeff Tweedy, Moonface, and Smashing Pumpkins. Also discussed: clunky album titles, our poor pronunciation skills, and the varying states of Mack's kimono.

Current standings, as of this recording:

1st - Michael, 3 points

2nd - Mack, 1.5 points

3rd - Duffy, -1.5 points

Best New Podcast Episode 1: Old Man Steam

Fri, 28 Sep 2018 04:52:19 +0000

In this, our inaugural episode, we discuss upcoming albums for October 2018. Other topics include: guitar solos, string quartet tributes, and Australians talking over music.