Beats on Repeat Podcast

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!

Ok friends welcome back to BORP! In this episode we are relived as all heck to have Mickey back safe and sound from his adventures down in California at Dessert Daze. Think Lord Of The Rings meets Hunter S Thompson by way of Mick's quirky mannerisms. In between finding his in inner katra (inner dharma?) he saw some pretty great bands and he's gonna talk about them something fierce. Else where in the show Tristan has found his new favourite brewery from across the pond, Toøl Brewing out in Denmark, and they are out for blood. We try their sour pale ale its a heck of a thing that's for true. Mick keeps the cider train rolling from Soma Craft Brewing (they have an alpaca farm!). We checked out their cherry wood aged apple cider and hell if it didn't taste like bbq sauce. Our album pick for this round was the devastatingly raw industrial drone folk biopic Past Life Martyred Saints by EMA. For movie time with Tristan and Mick things only get weirder as we watch the 1973 cult film The Holy Mountain. The bizarre tale of a group of individuals trying to overthrow a corrupt oligarchy that secretly controls the world was billed 45 years ago as the first film that was beyond criticism. It's not! New and noteworthy from Floating Points, SASAMI, Destroyer, and Healing Gems. Tristan, for some reason, regals us in a tale of his favourite bar in LA where he almost went blind and possible beat up by a biker who may have also been the bouncer; for some reason Mickey wants to go? California has changed him! As always you can find the episode on itunes or Spotify. To listen to all the tracks we discus at length search on Apple Music and you'll find all of our episode playlists. To stay up to date on the show follow us on IG (sorry its so boring right now, we are getting some staff in place to spice it up soon!). thanks mates, happy listening!

Ok friends welcome to EP 35 of BORP. We go through some wild mood swings in this one, everything from the existential malaise of being lost in the Canadian wilderness to nerding the damn hell out over the purest if sci fi fun. But first- some beers. We try some premium content from Four Winds, the Edna Crabapple sour, and a lovey cider from Naramata Cider Co. (8:56) Our album pick of the week is the folk-core, sad-core, Canadian-as-hell-core 2001 album Sky Scrapper National Park by Hayden (25:18) Mickey gets lost it its vast, ambient vibes and we're still looking for him. For our film pick we go with the best of all the Star Trek films, sorry Wrath of Khan, but its First Contact (1:21:20) Mickey is not quite sold on some of the technical choices while Tristan jettisons pretty much all analytical intentions and just goes into full on hype mode. Elsewhere in the show we have new and   noteworthy music (2:01:30) from Carl Anderson, JPEGMAFIA, Boys Age, and Angel Olsen Mickey extols us on the virtues of a gluten free diet because apparently this is a health blog now. Tristan contemplates if we are approaching a reckoning upon which consider that Nickleback might actually be good? So he's fired. As always find all the tracks we discuss on our Apple Music playlist and listen to the show on iTunes or Spotify. To stay update to date on when new episodes are out follow us on instagram. Thanks pals!

ok friendos, WE'RE BACK! Summer has been real heck' crazy and due to just no damn time we had to take a couple months of recording new episodes. We are very sorry and we missed you all and we will never leave you again. We hope you're all itching for good old fashion episode of BORP cause this one is boarding on obnoxiously long- but also really fun. In this round we break down the vital necessity in the modern hell scape that is reality of an album like the inscrutably outraged Run The Jewels 2. Its one of the best hip hop albums of the last decade and we dig real deep into it. We also try and figure out just what the hell was going on when the made the 1986 Transformers animated film. Optimus Prime dying part way through (spoiler alert) is the least of the weird choices that went down here. Mick no longer even knows if he likes the music he picks, and nerds out real hard on how cool Unicorn was. Tristan goes on a Trump rant so feel free to tune for a couple minutes. We also bang out some great beers from Powell Brewing and Dead Frog. New and noteworthy from Blood Orange, French Vanilla, Brad Stank, and Chance the Rapper. be sure to check out our Apple Music playlist to listen to all the tracks we feature in the episode. follow us on IG or facebook for more content from the show. Thanks mates!

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Ok Crew welcome to EP32 of the show! This one's a heck of a ride as we listen to one of Tristan's favourite recent albums and watch one of Mick's all time favourite films. The two discuss the pop media god that is Keanu Reeves, struggle with beer related segues, talk about the recent Chromatics show, and probably some more stuff. Tristan crashes and burns worse than usual with the three questions segment, but at least there is some darn good beer. We try the Yellow Dog Squirrel Chaser pale ale, and the Breakside pilsner. Our album pick is the unrelenting sugar high of an album, II by Vancouver's very own The Courtneys. For movie time with Tristan and Mick we watch the divisive 1997 film Contact. As Mick dives into its cerebral and dramatic contrasts, Tristan just gets livid about the religious content in the film, so good times for all. New and noteworthy from Shura, Ginger Root, GoldLink, and Faye Webster. You can listen to the show on iTunes or Spotify. Please subscribe and rate us while you're at it. You can also find all the tracks we discuss on our EP 32 Apple Music playlist. Just search 'beats on repeat'. Follow us here for more content from the show if you like what you hear. Thanks friends!

Ok Crew Welcome to EP 31 of BORP. After featuring possibly one of our weirdest intro songs to date we dive right into the Fraiser deep cut references just for kicks. Mick accidentally coins a new millennial term and we are pretty happy about it. Once Tristan and Mick actually get to work they try out some beers from the wonderful teams at Parkside Brewery and Townsite Brewing. For both the album and film pick we select some of the very best content of 2015. The album pick is the brilliant RnB/soul (don't call it neo soul) record Ego Death by The Internet. For movie time we watched the stunningly vivid Mad Max: Fury Road. New and Noteworthy from Dehd, Steve Lacy, Sault, and Albert Hammond Jr. Tristan gets one of his toughest three questions to date but comes out only slightly humiliated, so good times all around. Find the EP on iTunes or Spotify- be sure to rate and subscribe. You can also find all of the tracks we feature on our Apple Music Playlist- just search 'Beats on Repeat'. Be sure to follow us on instagram and facebook for more content from the show. Thanks for listening and have a great day!

Ok crew, welcome to EP 30 of BORP- can't believe we made it this far! This one's a super extra special fun time episode and we've got the swag to prove it. To celebrate EP 30 Mick and Tristan both got a little something special for each other. Mick, having just checked out the wicked Julia Jacklin show at The Fox, got Tristan a wicked cool concert shirt of hers. Tristan gifted Mick with a DFA records coffee mug and its a beauty. We try out some beers from Collective Arts Brewery and the main street OGs Brassneck. Our album deep dive is the stunningly theatrical and atmospheric tech house masterpiece Unpatterns by Simian Mobile Disco. For movie time we watch the James Cameron pioneering special effects film The Abyss. For new and noteworthy we check out Holy Herndon, Crumb, Girl In Red, and Mac DeMarco. find the show on iTunes or Spotify, if you like what you hear rate and subscribe please! You can also find all of the tracks we discuss on our Apple Music playlist. For more content from the show follow us on instagram and facebook. Thanks to everyone that's been following the show so far- we appreciate you!

Ok friendos welcome to EP 29 of the show! This one is a real ripper and we've got the scars to prove it. To start off with we try two wildly different beers: A märzen from Red Collar brewing and wild ale blend from Bellwoods Brewery out in Toronto. Our album deep dive is the 2012 debut album from Brooklyn hipsters Hospitality. We chat about it's charming as heck pop constructions and articulated millennial angst. Tristan gets the name of one of the songs wrong pretty much every single time and he begs forgiveness. For movie time with Tristan and Mick we take a stroll down memory lane and watch the anime masterpiece Macross Plus. We don't so much as analyze its themes or narrative choices as we do gush about how awesome it still is. New and noteworthy from Jakob Ogawa, Kelsey Lu, Haley Heynderickx, and Kindness. Find the show on itunes or spotify. rate and subscribe to stay up to date on all of our EPs and let us know what you think. To listen to all the tracks we discuss find our EP29 playlist on Apple Music. For more content from the show follow us on Instagram and Facebook. Thanks for listening and have a great day!

Ok Crew, welcome to EP 28 of Beats on Repeat. Heck of a ride this one is, that's for damn true. In this round we go full on 90s with our album and film picks. We listen to Beck's 1999 album Midnight Vultures, in all of its ridiculous and hedonistic glory. For our album retrospective we watch the 1997 colourful and silly as hell sci fi classic The Fifth Element. Unbelievably Tristan doesn't spill the beer this time however Micky does once again get a touch drunk. There is a lively discussion regarding hover boards, but then aren't they all?We also try some beers from Holy Mountain out in Washington as well as local champs Parallel 49. New and noteworthy from Anderson Paak, Michael Seyer, Flying Lotus, and Goosetaf. Listen to us on iTunes or Spotify, don't forget to rate and subscribe. Find all of the tracks we discuss on our Apple Music playlist. For more content from the show listen follow us on Instagram or Facebook. Happy listening!