This week is full of throwbacks and smokestacks as we get down to the brassiest of tacks with the steampunk stylings of Steam Powered Giraffe, and their latest full-length, The 2¢ Show. Then we talk a little about music’s therapeutic capabilities, while gauging the polar extremes of musical receptivity.

This episode is fondly dedicated to Scott Levine.

Next week’s album review:

Swing Lo Magellan by Dirty Projectors