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In an uncharacteristic instance of somewhat timely podcasting, we put together a Deep Dive on Taylor Swift's new surprise release, folklore.

"Betty" by Taylor Swift Review | Pitchfork

Taylor Swift 'folklore' Review: An Indie Record Unconcerned With Being Cool - Stereogum

The National's Aaron Dessner Talks Taylor Swift's New Album folklore | Pitchfork

In this episode, with nothing to deep dive, your hosts become bored and essentially just start talking about the upcoming 2020 year-end list anyway.

All aboard Lou Reed's Time Travelin' Dirigible! It's time to invent The Beatles!

DEEP DIVES:

Bob Dylan – Rough and Rowdy Ways

Phoebe Bridgers – Punisher

LIGHTNING ROUND:

Jessie Ware – What's Your Pleasure?

Maya Hawke – Blush

Arca – KiCk i

MIKE – Weight of the World

Lamb of God, – Lamb of God

CeeLo Green – CeeLo Green Is Thomas Callaway

LINKS:

Community Justice Exchange — Donate via AB Charities

Stereogum – The 50 Best Albums Of 2020 So Far

Paste – The 25 Best Albums of 2020 (So Far)

Bob Dylan in the 2004 Victoria's Secret ad, "Angels in Venice"

Bob Dylan: Modern Times Album Review | Pitchfork

"Murder Most Foul" by Bob Dylan Review | Pitchfork

Phoebe Bridgers in a 2015 Apple Watch ad

Phoebe Bridgers's Frank, Anxious Music | The New Yorker

"Garden Song" by Phoebe Bridgers Review | Pitchfork

Do you have a personal relationship with Stephen Malkmus?

DEEP DIVES:

Moses Sumney – græ

Perfume Genius – Set My Heart on Fire Immediately

Car Seat Headrest – Making a Door Less Open

LIGHTNING ROUND:

Built To Spill – Built To Spill Plays The Songs Of Daniel Johnston

Kelly Lee Owens – Inner Song

Man Man – Dream Hunting In The Valley Of The In-Between

Surfer Blood – Carefree Theatre

The Psychedelic Furs – Made Of Rain

The Sounds – Things We Do For Love

Alanis Morissette – Such Pretty Forks In The Road

The Killers – Imploding the Mirage

Woods – Strange To Explain

Badly Drawn Boy – Banana Skin Shoes

Weezer – Van Weezer

Bon Jovi – Bon Jovi 2020

Charli XCX – How I'm Feeling Now

Magnetic Fields – Quickies

Hayley Williams – Petals For Armor

Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit – Reunions

Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith – The Mosaic Of Transformation

Drake – Dark Lane Demo Tapes

LINKS:

XTC: Skylarking Album Review | Pitchfork

Fiona Apple: Fetch the Bolt Cutters Album Review | Pitchfork

Moses Sumney Is Ready to Claim His Spotlight | Pitchfork

Moses Sumney - Cut Me (Official Video) - YouTube

Moses Sumney - Virile (Official Video) - YouTube

Moses Sumney - Polly - YouTube

KEXP: Perfume Genius on Dance, Hyper-Physicality, and Upcoming Album Set My Heart On Fire Immediately

Perfume Genius - "On The Floor" (Official Music Video) - YouTube

Perfume Genius - "Describe" (Official Music Video) - YouTube

P4K: Car Seat Headrest Share New Song "Hollywood": Listen

Car Seat Headrest – Statement from Will Toledo/Trait

25: The Taco Bell Concert Hole

In retrospect, a lot of the concerts we've been to could or should have been live streams.

Note: You may notice that Mike's audio in the final segment is...weird. We hate to lean on the old "technical difficulties" crutch, so let's just say that his laptop spontaneously became haunted and we'll do our best to arrange for a priest or other clergy member to look into the matter before the next episode.

DEEP DIVES:

The 1975 – Notes on a Conditional Form

Fiona Apple – Fetch the Bolt Cutters

LIGHTNING ROUND:

DaBaby – Blame It On Baby

dvsn – A Muse In Her Feelings

Willie Nelson – First Rose Of Spring

RJD2 – The Fun Ones

Other Lives – For Their Love

LINKS:

P4K: Kid Cudi "Leader of the Delinquents" Track Review

The 1975 – "The Birthday Party" Music Video

The New Yorker – Fiona Apple's Art of Radical Sensitivity

Fiona Apple at the 1997 MTV VMAs

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In which we discuss how very concerned music journalists are about artists being derivative. Sometimes. Except when they aren't at all.

Deep Dives

• HAIM - Women in Music Pt. III

• The Strokes - The New Abnormal

Lightning Round

• Hamilton Leithauser - The Loves Of Your Life

• Laura Marling - Song for Our Daughter

• Shabazz Palaces - The Don of Diamond Dreams

• Rufus Wainwright - Unfollow The Rule

• Braids - Shadow Offering

Links

• HAIM - November 2019 NME Interview

• Valli Girls - "Perfect Girl" Music Video

• Valli Girls - "It's a Hair Thing" Music Video

• Nick Hakim - "QADIR" - Pitchfork Track Review

• The Strokes - Is This It - Pitchfork Album Review

• Pitchfork | Pavement Releasing New 7" for Wowee Zowee's 25th Anniversary

• Pitchfork | Dr. Dre's The Chronic Coming to All Streaming Services on 4/20

• Pitchfork | The Weeknd Co-Writes American Dad Episode

• Pitchfork | Kesha Dropped a New Song About Nicolas Cage: Listen

Your Best New Hosts blow off some Super Tuesday steam and then proceed to spend about ninety percent of the show unraveling the mystery of why one would title an album Kiss Land.

DEEP DIVES:

• U.S. Girls - Heavy Light

• The Weeknd - After Hours

• Waxahatchee - Saint Cloud

LIGHTNING ROUND:

• Megan Thee Stallion - Suga

• Mandy Moore - Silver Landings

• 21 Savage & Metro Boomin - Savage Mode 2

• Big Freedia - Louder EP

• Lil Uzi Vert - Eternal Atake

• Porches - Ricky Music

• Various Artists - TROLLS World Tour (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

• Yumi Zouma - Truth or Consequences

• Alicia Keys - ALICIA

• Morrissey - I Am Not A Dog On A Chain

• Half Waif - The Caretaker

• Pearl Jam - Gigaton

• J Balvin - Colores

• J Electronica - A Written Testimony

• Little Dragon - New Me, Same Us

• Stephen Malkmus - Traditional Techniques

• Four Tet - Sixteen Oceans

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Rolling Stone - Waxahatchee Interview

As we once sang on our now-legendary 2014 performance on The Late Show with David Letterman: "Podcasts change / But you know some podcasts never do."

So, anyway, here's another episode.

DEEP DIVES King Krule - Man Alive! Real Estate - The Main Thing Tame Impala - The Slow Rush Grimes - Miss Anthropocene

LIGHTNING ROUND Green Day - Father of All… La Roux - Supervision Huey Lewis & the News - Weather Justin Bieber - Changes Tennis - Swimmer Best Coast - Always Tomorrow BTS - Map of the Soul: 7 Guided by Voices - Surrender Your Poppy Field Soccer Mommy - Color Theory Caribou - Suddenly

Pitchfork: The Explosive Grammys 2020 CEO Scandal, Explained King Krule - "(Don't Let the Dragon) Draag On" (Music Video) Allegations of Sexual Misconduct by Ex-Real Estate Guitarist Matt Mondanile Detailed by Seven Women | SPIN Real Estate - "Paper Cup" (Music Video)

Breaking in the (still somewhat) new year by getting back to basics with some deep dives. Also discussed: some of your hosts' most eagerly awaited albums of 2020 and Duffy's nuanced take on the announcement of a new Bright Eyes record.

• Wolf Parade - Thin Mind
• Torres - SIlver Tongue
• Destroyer - Have We Met

• Halsey - Manic
• Mac Miller - Circles
• Of Montreal - UR FUN
• Pinegrove - Marigold
• Andy Shauf - The Neon Skyline
• Frances Quinlan - Likewise
• Kesha - High Road
• Squarepusher - Be Up A Hell
• Polica - When We Stay Alive
• ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead - X: The Godless Void and Other Stories

We have a website!

"Life Is Good" by Future / Drake Review | Pitchfork

Destroyer: Destroyer's Rubies Album Review | Pitchfork

20: LIVE READING - The 50 Best Albums of 2019

After a brief delay due to wintertime sniffles, your Best New Hosts have emerged from their NyQuil haze to finish what they started and read The Website's long-anticipated year-end best albums list. More importantly, the winner of the previous episode's draft is revealed! "Revealed" makes it sound like it was some kinda secret though. We just didn't know until we read the list, obvs. Anyway, enjoy!

Pitchfork | The 50 Best Albums of 2019

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