Album Consumers

The Album Consumers are back again three strong, and have a lot of ground to try to cover this week. When you have such a plethora of options to choose from, how do you keep things organized? This week Greg, Scott, and Chris go deep on four very different records, and then quick digest and dissect a group of LPs so dynamic they might make your head spin.

This week's Album Consumers album discussion lineup includes (but is not limited to): Dropper - Don't Talk To Me My Bloody Valentine - Loveless Moses Sumney - Aromanticism Buffalo Nichols - s/t Arab Strap - As Days Get Dark Deftones - White Pony The Capes - Hello Foreigner - 4 Steely Dan - Aja Ludacris - Word of Mouf Big Pun - Capital Punishment

Music: "Two Dollar Beer," courtesy of Dropper

Three minus One equals...fun! Scott was forced to take a PTO day from the podcast, so Greg and Chris decided to use the time to take a look back at Album Consumers history. Specifically, the pair took a moment to review the 60+ albums they have each presented to the group and each came up with a list of their 10 favorites. Which of their own records did they enjoy the most? Which have they developed a greater affinity for through this exercise, and which dropped off their respective radars? It's a great Album Consumers version of TL:DR, and a good starting point for anyone just hopping on board now.

The records that are being selected in the Album Consumers Project are getting more eclectic and more varied as the weeks and months roll on. Which is a very good thing for a podcast where discussing the albums you listen to is your primary sum and substance. This week Greg, Scott, and Chris weigh in on the merits of Afrobeat, late 70s/early 80s guitar rock, and the pros and cons of certain singers and vocal stylings. 

This week's Album Consumers album discussion lineup includes: Gang of Four - Entertainment! Fela Kuti and Afrika 70 - Zombie Aaron Frazer - Introducing... Psychedelic Furs - Talk Talk Talk Ugly Casanova - Sharpen Your Teeth Pete Yorn - Nightcrawler

This week's Album Consumers album discussion lineup includes: Soul Rebels - Unlock Your Mind 2Pac - All Eyez on Me Tool - Ænima The Marias - Cinema St. Paul & the Broken Bones - The Alien Coast

Call it a fresh start, call it a new beginning, but the Album Consumers podcast is back? Is it AC Season 2, or AC 2.0? Regardless, Greg, Scott, and Chris return and pick right up where they left off. They have a lot of avenues to pull from, as this week's listening features a diverse group of albums. 

This week's Album Consumers album discussion lineup includes: Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs Ducks Ltd - Modern Fiction The Sundays - Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic Selah Sue - Reason System of a Down -Toxicity Hans Zimmer - Live in Prague Dijon - Absolutely

Season 9 of the Album Consumers project kicks off with a batch of albums that can only be described as emotional. These six records cover a spectrum of feelings: from dark and ominous to jovial and sugary, and just about everything else in between. While everything that Greg, Scott, and Chris discuss on this episode were presented with the best of intentions, the question nevertheless arises: what happens when someone picks the wrong album from an artist?

This week's Album Consumers album discussion lineup: The Cure - Disintegration Mariachi El Bronx - Mariachi El Bronx (II) Boy Kill Boy - Civilian Tinted Windows - Tinted Windows Daft Punk - Random Access Memories Snoop Dogg - Doggystyle

It's the very end of season 8 for the Album Consumers, and Greg, Scott, and Chris have a lot of miles to travel in order to cover the last of the round. But as Greg says during the course of the episode, this is a batch of albums where "mileage may vary.' The result is another week that covers just about everything: rock, soul, grunge, and...whatever, and another week of high energy discussion from the group. 

This week's Album Consumers album discussion lineup: The Bug - London Zoo Al Green - I'm Still in Love With You Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings - Soul of a Woman The Hold Steady - Boys and Girls in America Bush - Sixteen Stone Queens of the Stone Age - Songs for the Deaf

This episode of the Album Consumers Podcast may only have five albums on tap, but that does not mean there is any less ground to try and cover. The group offers analysis of a batch of records that includes everything from rock to rap, and blues to...whatever. But passions run highest when Greg, Scott, and Chris define and defend some of their choices. 

This week's Album Consumers album discussion lineup: Nipsey Hussle - Victory Lap Brody Dalle - Diploid Love Muddy Waters - Hard Again Tune-Yards - Whokill Sampha - Process

Perhaps we should have titled this episode "Whiplash," because that's what this batch of albums might just give you. Fleetwood Mac? Christine & the Queens? Loretta Lynn? Diddy?? All in the same week?? The guys have a lot of ground to cover this week as usual, and as Greg so succinctly put it: "most of it unintended."

This week's Album Consumers album discussion lineup: The Living Blue - Fire, Blood, Water Christine & the Queens - Chris Loretta Lynn - Don't Come Home A Drinkin' (with Lovin' on Your Mind) Puff Daddy & the Family - No Way Out Fleetwood Mac - Tusk Feist - Metals