Chorus Vs. Chorus

We pluck notes out of the air and give them a lick, analyzing music for all its gustatory and epicurean delight: (1) Salty (2) Sweet (3) Sour (4) Bitter (5) Umami. Featuring songs from The Waterboys, Frank Ocean, and more.

Joining us is ⁠Jim Vendiola⁠: filmmaker, music connoisseur, and – as a former Floridian – refugee from the Margaritaville compound. In this episode, we stage an intervention for fans of four widely-derided musicians, offering alternatives to these artists that we hope will either open doors to new discoveries, or at least supplement your midnight cry-sessions to the DMB's "Crash Into Me”: (1) Nickelback (2) Dave Matthews Band (3) John Mayer (4) Jimmy Buffet. Featuring music from Link Wray, Rodrigo Amarante, Allen Toussaint, and more.

Singer/songwriter/producer/multi-instrumentalist Katie In joins us to explain not only what the seasons are, but in what order they go. Is it Summer, Winter, Fall, and Spring? Or is it Spring, Winter, Fall, and Winter II? No one actually knows for sure, but you can tune in to hear the latest findings! Featuring music from Blind Willie Johnson, Pastor T.L. Barrett, Anna Wise, and more.

We examine five legendary artists and trace the lineage of their influence, exploring how these particular musicians – and their artistic visions, songwriting styles, and relationships with culture – inspired and opened doors for later generations: (1) Chuck Berry (2) David Bowie (3) Talking Heads (4) Prince (5) Kendrick Lamar. Featuring music from Roy Orbison, Remi Wolf, The Go-Go-s, and more.

The histories, mechanics, and exemplary uses of the following instruments: (1) Harpsichord (2) Mellotron (3) Theremin (4) Accordion (5) A non-instrument. This episode features music from Fiona Apple, Walt Dickerson, Nine Inch Nails, Luiz Gonzaga, and more.

A metrical manifesto on time signatures, a music theory concept we attempt to wrest from the hands of haughty musicology professors and prog rock bands that dress in chain mail, back into the ears – and hearts – of the common man. We discuss songs in the following: 3/4, 5/8, 7/8, 9/8, and multiple time signatures. Featuring music from CAN, Andrew Huang, XTC, and more.

We’re joined by A.J. Johnson, a Seattle-based immigrants' rights advocate now, a Chuck-Taylor-white-outing, circle-pit-slamming punk forever. We discuss concepts of justice, with songs about: (1) Prisoners (2) Police brutality (3) Immigration (4) A U.S. president.

We all know the feeling: you're in an amazing band but the lead guitarist is holding you back, naysaying your idea to incorporate medieval hurdy-gurdy into your latest EDM song. Take a page from the alumni of the following groups, who broke off to form solo careers: (1) The Beatles
 (2) Wu-Tang Clan 
(3) Outkast 
(4) NWA 
(5) The Mickey Mouse Club.

Gaze into the abyss as Dane pitches an episode based on literary devices, confuses and angers Ethan, and then confuses and angers himself as he realizes he doesn't understand this stuff either. This week's theme: songs that use the tools in the novelist's and poet's toolkit!

While you wait to see if the abyss stares back, don't forget to check out the full songs on the official Spotify playlist through https://linktr.ee/chorus.vs.chorus

This episode features Weyes Blood, Aretha Franklin, Pulp, Viktor Vaughn, and more.

Songs that use the literary tools in the author’s toolkit. On the syllabus is: (1) Metaphor; (2) Onomatopoeia; (3) Assonance / Consonance; (4) Volta; (5) Synecdoche / Metonymy. Featuring songs by Weyes Blood, Aretha Franklin, and more.