Albums Anonymous

We finish the second half of the acclaimed 2007 album, reveling in Maynard's creative prowess while also swapping our favorite baby poop stories.

Ryan and Troy listen through the first half of Band of Skulls' 2009 album Baby Darling Doll Face Honey. The album is ripe with fuzzy guitar licks, clever vocal harmonies, and catchy blues-rock rhythms.

This week Troy and Ryan explore the debut album of Maynard James Keenan's eccentric side project, Puscifer. After 15+ years of serious music with highly acclaimed bands Tool and A Perfect Circle, Puscifer's V is for Vagina showcases Maynard's whimsical side, experimenting with ambient, industrial, trip-hop, and electronic sounds while playing around with comically brilliant lyrics defined by sexy sacrilegious themes, headlined with bassy vocal expressions. Troy also gains insight, realizing he's completely misinterpreted the name of the band since he started listening to Puscifer way back in the late 2000s (Pussy/Pacifier? Oh, Lucifer!? That makes more sense). We'll see you on the other side of this "Vagina Mine"!!

Troy and Ryan wrap up the second half of The Devil and God are Raging Inside Me, admiring the extreme dynamic range, analyzing the deep but depressing lyrics, and trading stories about getting hit in the nuts.

Ryan and Troy finish the second half of the 2004 album How It Ends, also DeVotchKa's live show they caught earlier in the week at the Wonder Ballroom. The album (and live performance) showcases an incredible group of multi-instrumentalists playing a ridiculously eclectic mix of genres, with lyrics in more than a few different languages. In the end, if we could only use one word to sum up How It Ends, it would be: fun. Crazy good fun.

Ryan introduces Troy to DeVotchKa this week, with the 2004 album How It Ends. On this album the Denver-based indie band showcases a very eclectic range of musical influences from mariachi-like riffs to soundtrack-style scores reminiscent of Ennio Morricone compositions.

Troy brings one of his Top 10 favorite albums of all time to Ryan for this week's show.Brand New stepped way outside their original genre with the band's third studio album,The Devil and God are Raging Inside Me, released in 2006. The album's lyrical themes deal with complex philosophical concepts and highly thought-provoking prompts on death and existence as part of the human experience. The instrumentation is highlighted with extreme swings in intensity and volatile dynamic swells throughout the album. It's highly emotional, but far from emo. Enjoy the sonic journey!

Troy and Ryan wrap up the second half of the iconic 2001 album. Looking back, Troy recognizes Toxicity as his "gateway to good music."

Troy and Ryan pick up where they left off listening through Black Sabbath's iconic 1970 album 'Paranoid'.

Ryan and Troy spend the first 20 minutes creating the opening theme to the podcast with AI. Then they dive into Toxicity by System of a Down, which Troy credits as being his gateway to good music.