Beats on Repeat Podcast

Hello friends! For this special episode of BORP we give you a project called Lluvia en la Carretera. This is a project that co-host Mickey Mcleod put together with contributor Daniel Thomas Williams. It is a wonderful short story to great music. We hope you enjoy!

Hello Friends and welcome to EP 43 of BORP! Our show has settled comfortably into middle age by now. We are no longer sure of what is hip in music anymore or even what day it is really, although that may be quarantine related. Lots to cover in this episode, including why exactly Mickey has a case of Caribous in his fridge. Elsewhere, Tristan has let his hair grow out and let's just say its a good thing you can't see what it looks like. As we try out some beers (7:00) we learn where Modern Times Brewery gets it's name from and a selection from Deep Cove Brewing segues into learning about which countries produce the most beer hops. For our album pick (29:00) we listened to the early 2000s indie dance, disco electronica debut album from Metro Area. We spend some time discussing how their pioneering efforts helped pave the way for underground dance music as know it today. For our film pick (1:32:56) we watched, not Judge Dredd, but the 2012 reboot Dredd, in all of it's brutally efficient glory. In the discussion, Tristan accidentally admits to enjoying the original 1995 version and almost gets himself fired from the show, again. For New and Noteworthy (2:25:20) we check out new music from Deeper, Half Waif, Ariane Roy, and Nicolas Jaar.  For Three questions for Tristan (2:50:27), we somehow end up extolling the virtues of a tire swing, but you'll have to listen to find out why. Find the show on Spotify, iTunes or on our website Midrange. You can also find all of the tracks we discuss on our EP43 playlist on Spotify or Apple Music. Thanks for listening mates! 

Hello friends and welcome to EP 42 of BORP! It's gonna be a long one, but we figured you've got time these days. As we adjust to our new isolated reality we've endeavoured to not make the show entirely Covid related, but we do check in with Tristan and Mick to see how things have shaken out for them (hint- both unemployed). Not that they've worked very hard to earn it but there were some fun beers to try out these week (9:00). Mick brought a very interesting dry hopped lager by Container Brewing and Tristan brought a sour white IPA by Mariner beer, and it's about as intriguing as the name in implies. For album time (30:45) Tristan picked one of the most unique albums of 2018, the distorted and devastating Double Negative by Low. Mick and Tristan dive real deep into this one so strap in, it's gonna get traumatic. For movie time (1:39:10) Mick thankfully picked something way more uplifting and went with the untouchable Pixar classic Wall-E. rather than discuss the film in any meaningful way, Tristan and Mick just imitate the robot voices as that's about all they had left in them at that point. For New and Noteworthy (2:25:32) we feature Porridge Radio, Squarepusher, Empress Of, and Better Person. For Three Questions (2:53:32) Mick ponders Tristan's place in a post apocalyptic waste land, mostly to consider the fashion options. Find the EP on Spotify or iTunes. Find our EP42 playlist featuring all the songs we discussed on Spotify or Apple Music. Thanks for listening and stay safe out there crew!

Hello fellow isolators and welcome to the Midrange Group Chat. Today, some of the members of the Midrange team got together remotely to talk about pretty much whatever came to mind. This round we are joined by Mickey, Jamie, Dan, and Tristan. While there is some unavoidable speculation regarding what will come from this new way of life, the team tries to focus on some potential silver linings of what the world will look like on the end of the quarantine. How will we behave around each other, what standards will we hold our leaders to, how will we view the role and context of the economy? Elsewhere the team discusses the joys of making mixtapes, our ideal dream team of fellow quarantine buddies, and Dan's plants. They are great. find the episode on the Apple Music and Spotify pages for both Beats on Repeat and Track and Food, as well as on Midrange. Thanks friends!

Ok Team welcome to EP41 of BORP! We usually record about two weeks before each episode goes live. It's often a bit odd to write about things that we're going down two weeks in the past but it's never that much of a big deal. Of course in the last two weeks the world has been irrevocably changed, to the point where anything prior to the coronavirus breaking the world seems sadly irrelevant. On the flip side, after a week or so of being inundated like never before with one single unrelenting topic, hopefully it'll be a nice change to listen to something that's not related to our rehearsal for the end of the world. Tristan and Mick touch upon the Wet'suwet'on protests- and an artist named Black Belt Eagle Scout that might have something to say about it- that occupied much our our minds in February during less surreal times. Tristan threatens to start the political podcast that literally no one wants. There's beer too (8:24)! Mick brings out a surprisingly great IPA from Foamers Folly, and Tristan tests out a just plain surprising cranberry and red currant ale from Temporal Artisan Ales. Consider Mick's album pick (26:50) as one of the last bits of respite you may get for a while- we listened to the lovely album by Victoria's (ahem) Loving, If Only I Am My Thoughts. For movie time (1:22:13) Tristan picked one of the low key sleeper hits of the dark fantasy horror genre from recent years, Tigers Are Note Afraid. New and Note Worthy (2:06:23) features tracks from Calvin Love, Waxahatchee, Durand Jones, and Christine and The Queens. Between the last episode and now a heck load of great music has come out so this was just about the hardest round of picks to narrow down we've ever done. We wind down with three questions for Tristan (2:34:25) with a look back on the music of 2020 so far, and a quick peak into his thoughts on rom coms. Find the Episode on iTunes or Spotify or our sister website Midrange. You can also find our EP41 playlist featuring every track discussed at length on Apple Music or Spotify. Be sure to follow us at beatsonrepeatpod to stay up to date on our new episodes. Thanks for listening and enjoy quarantine! 

G'day mates! Welcome to EP 40 of BORP! Good lord we've made it to 40 episodes, congratulations to you for sticking with us this far. It's a special one for us so worked hard for you- the listener- to make it a heckin' good one. Mick explains the economic values of a boxed wine diet while Tristan retreats into the 90s for yet another Fraiser reference- so off to a good start. For the beers (7:07) we both take a trip to New Westminster for inspiration. Tristan got his hands on the much coveted Blush Rose Saison by Steel & Oak where as Mick introduces us to an India Pale Kolsch by one of the newest, coolest breweries in the area, Another Beer Company. Our album pick (30:44) is one of Tristan's all time favourites, The Electric Lady by Janelle Monáe. We dive into its exceptionally ambitious sci fi concept, funk and soul inspired bangers, incendiary guitar solos, and what it's future dystopian story of a subjugated class of androids has to say about our world today. It's a lot to examine but we had a blast going for it. Things take a decidedly darker (literally) turn with our film pick (1:37:42), the 2019 cosmic brain melter of film, The Lighthouse. If one's initial impression of this film is a black and white pretentious attempt at Oscar bait, good lord is it ever not. The depths of madness and mental trauma inflicted upon the characters of this story by the paranormal elements of the island and simply by themselves is downright morbid. It goes in fascinating, hallucinogenic and reality breaking directions, with an ending as disorienting as it is visually spectacular. Plus- ye olde sailor talk! For New and Noteworthy (2:21:35) we bang out new material from the first MVP of 2020 070 Shake, one of Mick's favourite tracks of the year so far by TOPS, Real Estate returns with a wonderful single for their new album, and just who is Konduku? Find out with us! We wrap things up with 3 questions for Skinny T (3:03:10) where Mick brings out the dreaded list question again. Listen to the show on iTunes or Spotify, or our sister site Midrange, where you can also find lots of other fun content. Find all the of the tracks we discuss at length in this episode on our EP40 playlist on Apple Music and Spotify- Search Beats On Repeat. Follow us on IG to stay up date on new episodes. Thanks for listening, now let's do another 40!

Ok friendos welcome to EP39 of BORP! we have survived the New Years winter Armageddon to bring you, the listener (!), yet another round of Mick and Tristan's inane banter. When we are on point we discuss a wide range of interesting music and film, however the conversation does at a couple points devolve into discussing Mickey's beard. Again. Elsewhere Tristan goes on a rueful, weather related rant regarding his woefully inadequate garbage service. Don't Get him started! Lets dig in.

For our beverage picks (11:15) Mick and Tristan take a deep look into the still emergent co-op/ contract brewing industry and how it is changing our perspective of how craft beer can work. To that end we try two beers from the Vancouver based Craft Collective: The Paper Cup Navigating Darkness Stout, and the Phantom Brewing Remembering Tomorrow IPA. We had a ton of fun checking out two of the newest kids on the block.

Mickey picked the album (30:23) this week and went with one of his all time favourites and influential albums of his formative years: the incendiary and political thrasher of a punk album, Less Talk More Rock by Manitoba hooligans Propagandhi. We look back on the rise and fall and evolution of the punk band that never fit in, their fearless antagonizing of neo facism, and their apoplectic furor against, not only all the perceived wrongs in the world, but how little their community actually cared. Rest assured they had an answer to it all.

For our film pick (1:22:47) we watched the 2014 nocturnal thriller Nightcrawler. Set upon a beautifully shot LA underbelly at night illuminated by sirens and fraught with tension. The film is a disturbing depiction of moral relativism and how the qualities we associate with heroism can be co-opted by the most insidious of individuals. In an industry already wreaking of corruption, a mysterious Lou Bloom, with his undeleting drive for transactional success, somehow makes everything- and everyone- worse.

For New and Noteworthy (2:00:37) we listen to new stuff from Hether, Wild Nothing, Datach'i, and U.S. Girls.

As we reach the end with Three Questions (2:36:00) Mickey checks in on Winter Tristan and we look back on some early work of Jake Gylenhall. Find the EP on iTunes, Spotify, or our own site Midrange. Find all the tracks we discuss at length on our EP 39 playlist on Spotify or Apple Music. Be sure to follow us on instagram to stay up to date when new episodes are out. Thanks crew!

Ok friendos welcome to EP38 of BORP! In our last episode of 2019 we take some time to chat about our top 100 tracks of the year and very nearly come to blows on repeated occasions; mostly just slap fights, really. We pay little service to the notion of dark heavy holiday beers for this round and instead pretend its summer for beverages picks. Mickey is still on the cider train (it's a long train!) with a selection from Brickers Cider. Tristan went purely  which beer had the nicest label and went with a lavender gruit ale from Moody Ales. For our album pick we dive into the tangled web of psychedelic indie folk Americana that was Rocket by (Sandy) Alex G. Our movie pick is the noir sci fi thriller classic Gattaca and we have a heck of time discerning what the film got right and wrong about the future. New and noteworthy music from M83, Kaytranada, Caribou (yes!) and Battles. Find part 1 and 2 of the episode on iTunes and Spotify. Also check out our Apple Music and Spotify play list for all the tracks we discuss in detail for this round. Be sure to follow us on IG to stay up to date on new episodes. Thanks mates!

Ok friendos welcome to EP38 of BORP! In our last episode of 2019 we take some time to chat about our top 100 tracks of the year and very nearly come to blows on repeated occasions; mostly just slap fights, really. We pay little service to the notion of dark heavy holiday beers for this round and instead pretend its summer for beverages picks. Mickey is still on the cider train (it's a long train!) with a selection from Brickers Cider. Tristan went purely  which beer had the nicest label and went with a lavender gruit ale from Moody Ales. For our album pick we dive into the tangled web of psychedelic indie folk Americana that was Rocket by (Sandy) Alex G. Our movie pick is the noir sci fi thriller classic Gattaca and we have a heck of time discerning what the film got right and wrong about the future. New and noteworthy music from M83, Kaytranada, Caribou (yes!) and Battles. Find part 1 and 2 of the episode on iTunes and Spotify. Also check out our Apple Music and Spotify play list for all the tracks we discuss in detail for this round. Be sure to follow us on IG to stay up to date on new episodes. Thanks mates!

ok crew welcome to EP 37 of BORP! we tweaked the format a little for this one based on feedback that the show is just too damn long. This is fair! Are we going to cut back on the content? Hell heckin' no! What we did do however is split the episode into two parts. Part 1 will feature one of beverage choices, and our album & film analysis. Part 2 will have the second beverage choice, new and noteworthy and three questions for our man T. Let us know what you think! In this round Mickey and Tristan are both recovering or in the middle of flu season. Tristan's body is basically the temple of doom so makes sense but Mick's been on the healthy life style so what the hell? Mick talks about his recent experience at the Vancouver Pod Fest while Tristan wonders if they have pets and our beer at The Pitchfork offices. Speaking of beer, we have none of that this time. What we do have is some Cider. We try not one, not three, but two(!) ciders from Left Field Cider and Dominion Cider. Mickey's taste buds were a little wonky but Tristan assured him they were delicious. For our album picked we listen to the electronic deep cut by never quite well known producer, Casino Vs Japan and his album Go Hawaii. Our film pick is the seminal 1993 thriller The Fugitive. Tristan praises the film's elegant handling of the relationship between Harrison Ford's and Tommy Lee Jones' characters while Mickey mostly just comments on how ripped Ford was, and honestly we are here for that too. New and noteworthy from Men I Trust, Best Coast (great name!), Huck, and FKA Twigs (terrible name!). find the EP on iTunes or Spotify, search Beats on Repeat. You can also find our EP37 playlist featuring all of the tracks we discuss at length on Apple Music or iTunes. Thanks friends!