The Great Albums
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Two indie rock musicians, Bill Lambusta and Brian Erickson, discuss great rock and pop music through the lens of the medium they care for most, the album.
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David Bowie: An Appreciation | Brian has recorded a special episode to honor the passing of David Bowie. In it, he explains how a simple soda ad brought the man into his life. It was during this time that Bowie's career was on the wane, coloring Brian's earliest memories... | 1/12/2016 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Elvis Costello - My Aim Is True (w/ guest Jesse Elliot) | Singer, songwriter, and musician Jesse Elliot (jesseelliot.com) joins Brian and Bill to discuss Elvis Costello's My Aim Is True (1977, Stiff/Columbia) as we continue to highlight debut albums in January's First Month of First Albums! Incorporating an... | 1/10/2016 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Bonus Song Thursday - Those Pretty Wrongs "Lucky Guy" | It's Bonus Song Thursday! Bill and Brian follow up their episode on Big Star's seminal #1 Record by taking a listen to Those Pretty Wrongs' "Lucky Guy." A teaming of Big Star's Jody Stephens and LA-based singer songwriter Luther Russell, the song... | 1/6/2016 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Big Star - #1 Record | Brian and Bill ring in the new year and kick off the First Month of First Albums with one that has the number "one" in the title: Big Star's #1 Record (1972, Ardent/Stax). Having grown tired of "the biz" after he helped bring his teen rock group, the... | 1/3/2016 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Bonus Song Christmas | It's Bonus Song Christmas! Wait, what? Didn't we say that the last Bonus Song Thursday was the last episode of the year? Well, it turns out Bill and Brian don't understand how calendars work and we didn't get our releases and recording days lined up... | 12/24/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Bonus Song Thursday - The Vaughns "Mr. Skully" + Listeners' Lists! | It's Bonus Song Thursday! Brian and Bill cap off the year by reading and discussing the lists sent to us by the listeners of the podcast. Before we get to that, we take a listen to local favorites the Vaughns (thevaughns.bandcamp.com). Then we make... | 12/23/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Top 10 Albums of 2015 | Bill and Brian (really just Brian) count down their favorite albums from the 2015 calendar year! First we talk about why Adele didn't make the year end list and which pop artist could release the next great album. Then we discuss Brian's... | 12/20/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Bonus Song Thursday - Terrible Christmas Songs | It's Bonus Song Thursday! On our previous episode, Brian and Bill were joined by their awesome photo taking significant others, Amanda Guthrie (amandaguthriephtography.com) and Beanie Zee (beaniezee.com), to share some holiday cheer and talk about... | 12/16/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The 12 Songs of Christmas | Bill and Brian celebrate the season by having their significant others Beanie Zee (beaniezee.com) and Amanda Guthrie (amandaguthriephotography.com), both very talented photographers, join them to count down their favorite Christmas songs. We discuss... | 12/13/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Bonus Song Thursday - The Horrible Crowes "Behold the Hurricane" | It's Bonus Song Thursday! And Bill and Brian welcome indie rocker Andrew Kolbenschlag of Small Planet Radio (smallplanetradio.com) to continue talking about some Gaslight Anthem-adjacent music--namely, primary singer-songwriter Brian Fallon's side... | 12/9/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Gaslight Anthem - The '59 Sound (w/ guest Andrew Kolbenschlag) | Small Planet Radio's Andrew Kolbenschlag (vocals, guitar, and keys) joins Brian and Bill as our first guest in a month (!) to talk about New Jersey natives The Gaslight Anthem and their album The '59 Sound (2008, Side One Dummy). On their sophomore... | 12/6/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Bonus Song Thursday - The Monkees "Porpoise Song" | It's Bonus Song Thursday! And Brian and Bill are here to continue talking about Carole King's long and immensely successful career as a songwriter for other artists throughout the '60s. We take a listen to the Monkees' "Porpoise Song" written by King... | 12/2/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Carole King - Tapestry | Bill and Brian have finally reached the end of Massive November, and we close it out with the classic Tapestry (1971, Ode) by legendary songwriter Carol King. Having written many hits for artists like the Shirelles, the Monkees, and Aretha Franklin... | 11/29/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Bonus Song Thanksgiving - Fleetwood Mac "Hypnotize" | It's Bonus Song Thanksgiving! Bill and Brian revisit the pre-Buckingham/Nicks era of Fleetwood Mac in a little more detail by discussing the Bob Welch penned "Hypnotize" off the band's 1973 album Mystery to Me. We discuss Welch's jazz influenced style... | 11/25/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Fleetwood Mac - Rumours | Bill and Brian continue the Massive Month of Massive Albums That We Also Call Massivember by talking about Fleetwood Mac's Rumours (1977, Warner Bros.) The band's second album with its most well known lineup (and 11th overall!), found them flourishing... | 11/22/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Bonus Song Thursday - Nirvana "The Man Who Sold the World" | It's Bonus Song Thursday! And Bill and Brian delve a little deeper into Nirvana's catalog by discussing the band's cover of David Bowie's "The Man Who Sold the World" from their MTV Unplugged performance. The guys talk about the elegiac nature of the... | 11/18/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Nirvana - Nevermind | Bill and Brian continue "Massivember" (?) this week by delving into the watershed alternative album Nevermind (1991, DGC) by Nirvana. With their second album and major label debut, the band was launched into superstardom by the iconic hit single... | 11/15/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Bonus Song Thursday - Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson "Say Say Say" | It's Bonus Song Thursday! And Bill and Brian return to discuss some more about Michael Jackson and his collaborations with Sir Paul McCartney. Released on McCartney's album, the poorly received Pipes of Peace (1983, Parlophone/Columbia). The guys talk... | 11/12/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Michael Jackson - Thriller | Bill and Brian start off the month of massive albums with the biggest and bestselling album of all time, Michael Jackson's Thriller (1982. Epic). Following up on the success of his collaboration with Quincy Jones on 1979's Off the Wall, Jackson... | 11/8/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Bonus Song Thursday - Led Zeppelin "Stairway to Heaven" | It's Bonus Song Thursday! Bill and Brian are once again joined by musician and songwriter Eric Nelson (thelightsbeneath.com) to discuss some music by the legendary blues rockers Led Zeppelin. We tackle the behemoth tune "Stairway to Heaven" off the... | 11/4/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy (w/ guest Eric Nelson) | Brian and Bill are joined by musician and music aficionado Eric Nelson, guitarist of the Lights Beneath (thelightsbeneath.com), to discuss Led Zeppelin's Houses of the Holy (1973, Atlantic). Hot on the heals of their massive arena rock success with... | 11/1/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Bonus Song Thursday - Say Anything "Judas Decapitation" | It's Bonus Song Thursday! We didn't want to burden you with twice over 2 hour long podcasts in the same week, so we take a slice out of an album and discuss a single song on this episode. Following up on our episode on Say Anything's ...Is a Real Boy,... | 10/28/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Say Anything - ...Is a Real Boy (w/ guest Rhonette Smith) | Singer, songwriter, and musician from the band Centennials (centennials.bandcamp.com), Rhonette Smith, joins Bill and Brian to discuss one of her favorite albums, Say Anything's ...Is a Real Boy (2006, J Records). Written and recorded during a period... | 10/25/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Bonus Song Thursday - Willie Nelson "Blue Hotel" | It's Bonus Song Thursday! We jump 30 years into the future after discussing Willie Nelson's Stardust on the previous episode to talk about his 2006 collaboration with Ryan Adams, "Blue Hotel" from the album Songbird. We discuss who Ryan Adams is, if... | 10/21/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Willie Nelson - Stardust (w/ guest Joe Galuppo) | Musician and podcaster Joe Galuppo (check out his NJ indie rock radio podcast at diningroomradio.net) joins Bill and Brian to discuss Willie Nelson's Stardust (1978, Columbia). Having abandoned Nashville in favor of the so-called "outlaw country"... | 10/18/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Bonus Song Thursday - Tom Tom Club "Genius of Love" | It's Bonus Song Thursday! Bill and Brian talk about the Talking Heads side project of Tina Weymouth and Chris Frantz, Tom Tom Club, and their song "Genius of Love" off their self titled debut album (1981, Sire). Brian and Bill discuss the band's... | 10/14/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Talking Heads - Remain in Light (w/ guest Alex Gomory) | Podcaster Alex Gomory, of the Riff n Ralk Music Tock podcast (riffnralk.com), joins Bill and Brian to discuss Talking Heads' Remain in Light (1980, Sire). The band's fourth release in as many years found them trying to work as a cohesive band and... | 10/11/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Bonus Song Thursday - Paul Westerberg - Stereo | It's Bonus Song Thursday, and Brian is still missing! Bill takes this opportunity to fill in some blanks left from when he talked about Mono (the album, not the disease) by talking about Paul Westerberg's Stereo (2002, Vagrant). Bill shares some of... | 10/8/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Grandpaboy (aka Paul Westerberg) - Mono | With no guest and Brian taking the week off, Bill decided to talk to himself for an hour about one of his favorite artists and one of his favorite albums. Credited to Paul Westerberg's alias Grandpaboy, Mono (2002, Vagrant) was paired with the release... | 10/4/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Bonus Song Thursday - Ryan Adams/Taylor Swift "Blank Space" | It's Bonus Song Thursday! Drew Novelli (actor, writer, videographer, musician) joins Bill and Brian to talk about a single song in conjunction with our previous episode. Earlier this week, we discussed our 12 favorite guilty pleasure songs, so... | 9/30/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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12 Guilty Pleasures (w/ guest Drew Novelli) | You know you have a few of these, too. Songs that you don't want to admit to friends, especially the cool record collecting types, that you know you'll crank up every time you're in a car by yourself. Even here at the Great Albums podcast, we have a... | 9/27/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Bonus Song Thursday - Al Green "You've Got the Love I Need" | It's Bonus Song Thursday on the Great Albums podcast and our friend from Roy Orbitron, Conor Meara, is back to talk about Al Green's "You've Got the Love I Need." Released in 2008 on the album Lay It Down, produced by ?uestlove, the music showcases... | 9/23/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Al Green - I'm Still in Love with You (w/ guest Conor Meara) | Singer/songwriter and musician from Roy Orbitron (royorbitron.org) joins Bill and Brian to talk about Al Green's I'm Still in Love with You (1972, Hi). Recorded at the hieght of his fame and creative output with producer Willie Mitchell, with this... | 9/21/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Bonus Song Thursday - Ben Folds "In Between Days" | It's Bonus Song Thursday! But wait, what's this? It's a cover of the Cure's "In Between Days" from their 1985 album The Head on the Door. Brian and Bill discuss Fold's career, chart success, striking while the iron is hot, and heat stroke. They also... | 9/16/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Cure - Disintegration (w/ guest Jack Sullivan) | Bill and Brian welcome Jack Sullivan as a guest to talk about the Cure's Disintegration (1989, Elektra/Asylum). Released after a series of songs that helped the band break into the mainstream, principal songwriter and poorly-applied-makeup enthusiast... | 9/14/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Bonus Song Thursday - Rod Stewart "Corrina Corrina" | It's Bonus Song Thursday, which means Brian and Bill tackle a single song from the artist featured on the previous episode! This week, we take a look at Rod Stewart's version of "Corrina Corrina," a bonus track from his 2013 album Time. A traditional... | 9/9/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells a Story | Bill and Brian get together to discuss Rod Stewart's third in a series of five wonderful solo albums for Mercury records that he released early in his career, Every Picture Tells a Story (1971, Mercury). After working with the Jeff Beck Group and... | 9/6/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Bonus Song Thursday - The Eagles "Ol' 55" | It's Bonus Song Thursday on the Great Albums Podcast! In our previous episode we talked about Tom Waits and the impact he's had on others' careers thanks to their covers of his songs. So Bill and Brian take a closer look at the Eagles version on "Ol'... | 9/2/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Tom Waits - Rain Dogs (w/ guest Moksha Gren) | Bill and Brian welcome cohost of the Pruning Session podcast (from audiobonsai.com) Moksha Gren to help us talk about Tom Waits' Rain Dogs (1985, Island). The successor to the album where Waits left his balladier days behind him, the experimental... | 8/30/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Bonus Song Thursday - The Weakerthans "Virtute the Cat Explains Her Departure" | Get ready to be sad on this week's Bonus Song Thursday as Brian and Bill welcome back singer-songwriter, musician, and podcaster Brian Rothenbeck (rothenbeck.com) to talk about the Weakerthans' "Virtute the Cat Explains Her Departure" from their 2007... | 8/26/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Weakerthans - Reconstruction Site (w/ guest Brian Rothenbeck) | Bill gets to play the "Hey, Brian!" game as Brian returns from touring with his band, the Paper Jets, and welcomes singer-songwriter, musician, and podcaster Brian Rothenbeck (rothenbeck.com) as a guest. In this episode, we discuss the... | 8/23/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Bonus Song Thursday - Bright Eyes "Poison Oak" | Bonus! Song! Thursday! It's what it is! Brian is still away, touring the Northeast with his band The Paper Jets (thepaperjets.com), so Bill enlists the help of his own bandmate, Andrew Kolbenschlag of Small Planet Radio (smallplanetradio.com), to fill... | 8/19/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Bright Eyes - Digital Ash in a Digital Urn (w/ guest host Andrew Kolbenschlag and guest Eric Nelson) | While Brian is out on tour with his band, The Paper Jets, Bill invites friend of the podcast, musician, and songwriter Andrew Kolbenschlag to fill in as guest co-host! Joining us is musician/songwriter Eric Nelson from The Lights Beneath (hear their... | 8/16/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Bonus Song Thursday - Ryan Adams "Wonderwall" | It's bonus song Thursday! Bill and Brian discuss a Ryan Adams' version of "Wonderwall" from his 2004 album Love is Hell. Originally recorded and written by 90s British rockers Oasis, Adams turns the song into a haunting ballad. While delving into the... | 8/12/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitRyan Adams - Rock n Roll | Brian and Bill sit down to talk about Ryan Adam's first foray away from alt-country and into the world of rock and roll with his appropriately titled album Rock n Roll (2003, Lost Highway). Following the success of his previous album and its single... | 8/9/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Bonus Song Thursday - U2 "Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses" | It's Bonus Song Thursday! And it finally happened. We had a technical glitch and the audio is terrible on this episode. Regardless, we forged ahead and decided to release the episode. Bill and Brian talk about U2's "Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses"... | 8/5/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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U2 - The Joshua Tree | This week, Bill and Brian go sans guest to talk about U2's super-massive-megadon hit The Joshua Tree (1987, Island). Recorded after the band had spent years touring the US, alternately falling in love with its ideals and becoming outspoken critics of... | 8/2/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Bonus Song Thursday - Beck "Cold Brains" | It's Bonus Song Thursday! We listen to Beck's "Cold Brains" off his 1998 follow up to Odeley, Mutations and discuss Beck's transformation as an artist, how the aging of a listener helps one appreciate the music of an artist over the years, the... | 7/29/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Beck - Odelay | With his sophomore effort, Beck quieted the critics and pundits who thought he may be a one trick pony by collaborating with production team the Dust Brothers. Known for their work in sampling, the producers helped Beck combine elements of hip... | 7/26/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Bonus Song Thursday - Them "Gloria" | On this week's Bonus Song Thursday, Bill and Brian take a deeper dive into Van Morrison's early career and listen to Them's garage rock classic "Gloria." Along the way, they talk about what the sound of the British invasion entailed, "nuggets," the... | 7/22/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Van Morrison - Moondance (w/ guest Amanda Guthrie) | Photographer and artist Amanda Guthrie (amandaguthriephotography.com) joins Bill and Brian to talk about Van Morrison's Moondance (1970, Warner Bros.). With his third (second, depending on who you ask) release, Van "the man" found himself finally... | 7/19/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Bonus Song Thursday - Otis Redding "I'm a Changed Man" | Bill, Brian, and special guest Colin McDonough continue this week's topic, Otis Redding, by taking a listen to a deep cut from his posthumous releases, "I'm a Changed Man." The guys talk about Otis Redding's evolving sound, what something "swampy"... | 7/15/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Otis Redding - the Immortal Otis Redding (w/ guest Colin McDonough) | Musician/guitarist Colin McDonough joins Brian and Bill to talk about Otis Redding's second posthumous release, The Immortal Otis Redding (1968, Atco). Recorded shortly before the soul and R&B singer's death at the end of 1967, the album shows off... | 7/12/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Bonus Song Thursday - Iggy Pop "The Passenger" | It's Bonus Song Thursday, and Renee Maskin and Jim McGee are back to talkabout Iggy Pop's "The Passenger." In his second collaboration with David Bowie, Iggy decided to have a little more fun than the dour The Idiot. In this episode we discuss how we... | 7/8/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Iggy Pop - The Idiot (w/ guests Renee Maskin and Jim McGee) | Singer, songwriter, and musician Renee Maskin, solo artist and member of Lowlight and the Roadside Graves (soundcloud.com/reneemaskin, lowlightnj.bandcamp.com, and roadsidegraves.tumblr.com), joins Brian and Bill along with guitarist Jim McGee... | 7/5/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Bonus Song Thursday - The Hooters "And We Danced" | It's Bonus Song Thursday! Unfortunately, Brian couldn't make it for this episode, but we got friend of the show and Hooters afficionado Jeff Fiedler (singer, songwriter, and musician for sleepingsatellites.bandcamp.com) to come on and share his... | 7/1/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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11 Great Songs (w/ guest Mike Virok) | Musician and luthier Mike Virok (of the Paper Jets and Bordentown Guitar Rescue, bordentownguitarrescue.com, respectively) joins Bill and Brian to discuss some great songs off of some not-so-great albums. In a reprise of the format we introduced back... | 6/28/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Bonus Song Thursday - The Beach Boys "Forever" | It's bonus song Thursday! In our follow up to Monday's Pet Sounds episode, we examine The Beach Boys' (or is it Jesse and The Rippers'?) "Forever" off of their 1970 album Sunflower. Featuring drummer Dennis Wilson's lead vocals after he took pen to... | 6/24/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds | If we're talking about great albums of music, it's hard to escape the influence of The Beach Boys' Pet Sounds (1966, Capitol). Part of a group of LPs that helped usher in the "age of the albums" (c. 1964-2007), The Beach Boys' 11th studio album in... | 6/21/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Bonus Song Thursday - The Beach Boys "Til I Die" | The Beach Boys are once again our subject of conversation, this time discussing Brian Wilson's song, "Til I Die," from the Surf's Up album (1971, Brother). Set toward the end of this democratic-to-a-fault LP, "Til I Die," remains a post "Good... | 6/17/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Beach Boys - Smiley Smile | Brian flies solo this week to talk about one of rock's most misunderstood albums, Smiley Smile (1967, Brother) by The Beach Boys. He attempts to recontextualize the album's importance in music's "back to basics" movement of the late 60s as... | 6/14/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Bonus Song Thursday - Q-Tip "Billy Joel v. Phil Collins Tangent" | While Bill and Brian come in and quickly cover Tip's song, "Let's Ride," from the album Amplified (1999, Arista), things suddenly go awry as the audience is treated to a little bit of the outtakes that don't always make the final cut. We touch on the... | 6/10/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Q-Tip - The Renaissance (w/ guest host Jim McGee and guest "Iron" Mike Bacon) | Brian and guest host Jim McGee (from our Neil Young episode) lead a tangent-filled podcast exploring the difference between "rap" and "hip hop," the ins-and-outs of hip hop culture and one thing you NEVER do while DJing a party. "Iron" Mike... | 6/7/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Bonus Song Thursday - Green Day "21 Guns" | Brian, Bill, and special guest Ryan Hanratty forget about the podcast's "fans-not-critics" criteria of content for a little bit as they talk about Green Day's "21 Guns" from the album 21st Century Breakdown (2009, Reprise). Before that though, they... | 6/3/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitGreen Day - American Idiot (w/ guest Ryan Hanratty) | Guitarist, singer-songwriter, and videographer Ryan Hanratty of Wolfasaurus Rex, Catch Me If You Can, and Frosted Green Interviews (respectively) travels down from Long Island to discuss Green Day's American Idiot (2004, Reprise) with Brian and Bill.... | 5/31/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Bonus Song Thursday - Pearl Jam "Crown of Thorns" | It's another Bonus Song Thursday! Bill amd Brian take a weekly break from going in depth and overlong on a whole album to instead focus on a single song. This week, we discuss Pearl Jam's cover of Mother Love Bone's "Crown of Thorns." As we discussed... | 5/27/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Pearl Jam - Ten (w/ guest Frank Lettieri) | Multi-instrumentalist and singer/songwriter Frank Letteiri of The Paper Jets (thepaperjets.com) and Dust of Days (dustofdays.com) joins Bill and Brian to help us talk about what makes Pearl Jam's Ten (1991, Epic) so great! After the tragedy that led... | 5/24/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Bonus Song Thursday - Guns'n'Roses "Street of Dreams" | It's another Bonus Song Thursday! Bill amd Brian take a weekly break from going in depth and overlong on a full album to instead focus on a single song. On Monday, podcaster and DJ Ralph Sutton gave us some great analysis on what should have been an... | 5/20/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Guns'n'Roses - Appetite for Destruction (w/ guest Ralph Sutton) | Podcaster and DJ Ralph Sutton (of theSDRshow.com and The Tour Bus) helps Bill and Brian get out of their comfort zone of indie rock and college radio by discussing the hardrocking debut album from Guns'n'Roses, Appetite for Destruction (1987, Geffen).... | 5/17/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Bonus Song Thursday - The New Pornographers "War on the East Coast" | It's another Bonus Song Thursday! Bill amd Brian take a weekly break from going in depth and overlong on a single album to instead focus on a single song. Monday's episode saw us breaking down indie-pop supergroup the New Pornographer's twin Cinema,... | 5/13/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The New Pornographers - Twin Cinema | Brian and Bill take a listen to one of their favorite albums, Twin Cinema (2005, Matador), a power pop masterpiece from that Vancouver, BC indie supergroup the New Pornographers. Bill waxes nostalgic about his days of driving a rusty old Jeep Cherokee... | 5/10/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Bonus Song Thursday - Steely Dan "My Old School" | It's Bonus Song Thursday! We follow up the deep dive on Steely Dan's Aja with their track "My Old School." Ed Pratico (bassist for Jesse Elliot and His Band) joins Bill and Brian once again as they discuss their own old schools and more! | 5/6/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitSteely Dan - Aja (w/ guest Ed Pratico) | Let's get ready for some weird and cool music because gun for hire and highly skilled bassist Ed Pratico (Jesse Eliot and His Band) joins Bill and Brian to discuss Steely Dan's Aja (1997, ABC). With their sixth studio album, Steely Dan finally... | 5/3/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Bonus Song Thursday - Ben Folds "You Don't Know Me" | Bonus Song Thursday! Sarah Donner (singer/songwriter/creative type) is back! And, wait a minute, aren't we supposed to be bonusing (that's a word, right?) Regina Spektor? Well, she makes a special guest appearance on this Ben Folds song off his 2008... | 4/29/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Regina Spektor - Soviet Kitsch (w/ guest Sarah Donner) | Singer, songwriter, cat enthusiest, creative type Sarah Donner (sarahdonner.com) joins Bill and Brian on the podcast to talk about Regina Spektor's Soviet Kitsch (2004, Sire). We talk a little bit about Sarah's music and Settlers of Catan before... | 4/26/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Bonus Song Thursday - Neutral Milk Hotel - "Engine" | It's another bonus song Thursday! It gets late into the evening as Brian, Bill, and Andrew Kolbenschlag of Small Planet Radio (smallplanetradio.com) talk about Neutral Milk Hotel's "Engine." They also listen to a little bit of Jeff Goldblum's sultry... | 4/22/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea (w/ guest Andrew Kolbenschlag) | In an attempt to go for the title, singer/songwriter/musician Andrew Kobenschlag of Small Planet Radio (smallplanetradio.com) joins Bill and Brian for a record tying second time to talk about Neutral Milk Hotel's In the Aeroplane Over the Sea (1998,... | 4/19/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Bonus Song Thursday - Pearl Jam "The Fixer" | It's the very first bonus song Thursday on the Great Albums podcast! Bill and Brian talk even more about Pearl Jam, focusing on the song "The Fixer" from 2009's Backspacer. Songwriting, making positive music, new wave influences, and Matt Cameron are... | 4/15/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Pearl Jam - Vs. (w/ guest Jason Wallace) | Podcaster and music expert Jason Wallace joins Bill and Brian on the latest, greatest episode of the Great Albums podcast to discuss Pearl Jam's sophomore effort Vs. (1993, Epic). As an extra treat, Joe Galuppo, Jay's partner in crime on Live From the... | 4/12/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Guster - Lost and Gone Forever | In another exciting episode of the Great Albums podcast, Bill shares one of his all-time favorite albums from one of his all-time favorite artists with Brian! Bill travels down memory lane as he explains how Guster helped him discover music that... | 4/5/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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6 Woman 6 Pack | As was correctly pointed out to us, here on the Great Albums podcast, we have not featured much music that has been made by women. This was certainly in no way on purpose, and we want to rectify that. We have some great albums from female artists... | 3/29/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Neil Young - On the Beach (w/ guest Jim McGee) | Guitarist extrodinaire and all around wonderful person Jim McGee joins Brian and Bill to share his exceptionally well told stories about his experiences with Neil Young and as a fan of On the Beach (1974, Reprise). No lie, this is one of our favorite... | 3/25/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The National - Boxer (w/ guest Lisa Grosso) | Bill and Brian are charmed by "music business big wig" Lisa Grosso (you can check out her PR outfit, Effective Immediately, at ei-pr.com) as we talk about one of The National's long list of critically acclaimed albums, Boxer (2007, Beggar's Banquet).... | 3/22/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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U2 - War (w/ guest Nando) | War! Huh! What is it good for? Talking about U2, that's what! Brian and Bill welcome on Nando of the Mad Bracket Status podcast (madbracketstatus.com) and writer for pop-break.com to discuss his overall love for U2 and specifically this album. The... | 3/18/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Weezer - Pinkerton (w/ guest Jesse Elliot) | In revisiting another one of our favorite artists, Brian and Bill welcome singer, songwriter, and musician Jesse Elliot (jesseelliot.com) to talk about Weezer's Pinkerton (1996, DGC). We address honesty, heartbreak, and the stigma of being labeled a... | 3/15/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run (w/ guest Christian Madera) | Go big or go home, boys. So we went with one of the biggest albums, both sonically and in legacy, that has ever existed. Writer and director of The Once and Future Nerd (onceandfuturenerd.com) Christian Madera skypes in to help Bill and Brian tell you... | 3/11/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Arcade Fire - Funeral (w/ guest Jaime Parker) | Bill and Brian welcome musician, songwriter, and singer Jaime Parker (of the Timid Roosevelts and Physical Thing) to the podcast to discuss Arcade Fire's Funeral (2004, Merge). We find these Montreal natives had quite a bit to say about growing up,... | 3/8/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Oasis - (What's the Story) Morning Glory (w/ guest Beanie Zee) | Bill and Brian welcome photographer, videographer, and Bill's wife Beanie Zee (beaniezee.com) to the podcast to talk about influential Britpop band Oasis (who also achieved massive worldwide success with this album). Former crushes, the evolution... | 3/4/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Wrens - The Meadowlands | Bill and Brian talk about indie kids' favorite sons of New Jersey, the Wrens, and their early aughts comeback/first-time-most-of-our-generation-heard-them album The Meadowlands (2003, Absolutely Kosher). Upside down guitars, lo-fi production, and... | 3/1/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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10 Great Songs | Bill and Brian take a break from going deep on a single album (because, you know, the holidays...) and instead bring you 10 great songs from some not-so-great albums. Bill shows you exactly how uncool he is by sharing 5 of his favorite tracks from... | 2/25/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Hold Steady - Boys and Girls in America | Bill and Brian return to the classic dynamic duo format to discuss The Hold Steady's Boys and Girls in America (2006, Vagrant). Listen for Bill having issues with a stupid cable as we talk about every song on this album. But mostly, this episode can... | 2/22/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Our Lady Peace - Spiritual Machines (w/ guest Erin Lamy) | Bill and Brian have Erin Lamy, Bootstrap Bandits' vocalist (bootstrapbandits.com), come on to talk about one of her favorite albums, Our Lady Peace's Spiritual Machines (2000, Columbia). As it turns out Bill loves this album too! And Brian found... | 2/18/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitThe Replacements - Tim (w/ guest Jeff Fiedler) | Brian and Bill welcome Jeff Fiedler (sleepingsatellites.bandcamp.com) back onto the podcast to revisit one of our favorite bands The Replacements with their major label debut Tim (1985, Sire). The guys get serious and straightforward because there's... | 2/15/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitBen Folds Five - Whatever and Ever Amen | Bill and Brian are solo again as they delve into one of Brian's favorite albums by one of his favorite artists. This here is the music that got adolescent, turtle-neck wearing Brian out of the Jazz LPs section of his local Borders and turned him into... | 2/11/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Green Day - Dookie (w/ guest Drew Novelli) | Bill and Brian are joined by writer, actor, comedian, musician, friend, and lover Drew Novelli (check out his web series Just a Cop, Just a Surgeon, and How To With Drew!) to discuss Green Day's breakthrough album Dookie (1994, Reprise). All three... | 2/8/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (w/ guest Andrew Kolbenschlag) | Bill and Brian hang out with Small Planet Radio's (smallplanetradio.com) Andrew Kolbenschlag and discuss Wilco's Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2002, Nonesuch). The finer points of pressing vinyl, the then-timely Cosby scandal, and Wilco's inner turmoil are... | 2/1/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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REM - Murmur (w/ guest Jeff Fiedler) | Bill and Brian discuss REM's Murmur (1983, I.R.S.) with Mr. Jeff Fiedler--musician, songwriter, singer, producer extrodinaire (sleepingsatellites.bandcamp.com). Jeff shares his near encyclopaedic knowledge of all things pop music related and helps us... | 1/25/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Weezer - The Blue Album | Bill and Brian dissect Weezer's first album, as well as some bonus material, in another wonderful episode of the Great Albums podcast! This also turns into our longest episode (for an album with only 10 tracks???) thanks to lengthy discussions about... | 1/18/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Polaris - Music From the Adventures of Pete and Pete | In this episode Bill and Brian discuss the soundtrack to one of our favorite children's programs, the Adventures of Pete and Pete. Masterminded by singer/songwriter Mark Mulcahy, the semi-fictitious Polaris released this single album, which just so... | 1/11/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Replacements - Let It Be | Welcome to the first episode of the The Great Albums podcast. In our debut, Brian and Bill discuss and listen to The Replacements' Let It Be (1984, Twin Tone). A seminal work for sure. Seminal of what? We're not sure--punk, indie, alt, etc. Thanks for... | 1/4/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Weezer, The Replacements, and REM? Great music and great podcast!
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In Depth Music Talk
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Nirvana, pixies, and radiohead
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