We begin our end of the year lists with Discoveries: albums that came to our attention during 2020—all of which can be read below if you're interested. Enjoy!

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Elaine:

No, no, the title of our episode isn't about our Weeknd/Naruto crossover fanfic, but, rather a discussion about the Weeknd's trilogy of mixtapes, followed by a rare occurrence of something not musical at all: a brief talk about Junji Ito's horror masterpiece Uzumaki. We get off track, and we talk about David Lynch, and it's all good. Enjoy!

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This week we get down and jiggy with it, and talk about two albums that have "birthdays" this month (GZA's Liquid Swords and Bauhaus's In the Flat Field) and review two new albums (William Basinski's Lamentations and Aesop Rock's Spirit World Field Guide). And we get pretty stupid and off the rails almost immediately, so yay! Enjoy!

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It's been a long time, but we're back talking about our recent excursion to Bull Moose in Salem NH and our buys! Enjoy.

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This week we chill. We relax. We talk about whatever...and whatever happens to include, among other things: the "new" Mr. Bungle "album", the talent of projecting emotion through art, contrast in music, and how elitist we've become as music listeners. Enjoy!

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This week we celebrate 20 years of Radiohead's Kid A, by talking about our experiences with the album, and Steven Hyden's recently published book about the album, This Isn't Happening.

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This week we get down and dirty with some old albums and some new ones. Our anniversaries include Electric Wizard's seminal Dopethrone album and Lightning Bolt's Hypermagic Mountain, while we review the new Autechre album Sign, as well as Greg Puciato's solo debut Child Soldier: Creator of God.

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This week we talk about Alex Ross's book on twentieth-century classical music, The Rest is Noise, and our thoughts and findings. And also R. Kelly, for some reason.

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This week we take a dive into the weirdness, and finally listen to a few Residents albums, with some interesting results.

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This week we're getting all Janus-faced with it yet again, and talking about two albums that both turn 10 this month (by Nails and Swans), and some new albums that just came out (Anna Von Hausswolff and Deftones).

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