Desert Island Discourse

Like a rickshaw being pulled around by another rickshaw, we have arrived, slowly, painfully, awkwardly, to our promised destination: an episode on the discography of Modest Mouse. It’s 2 and a half hours long and took us nine months to make. I think it’s our best episode yet. I know that Cover magazine editor/man about town Ryan Shea is in it. This is a band that saves lives. Let’s kick this season off with a bang.

Wow, has it really been nine long, excruciating months since we completely dropped the ball on our passion project? Good lord. Well, we're back, baby. Or adult. Or whoever is reading this lone missive in the maelstrom of internet detritus.

We remember the lives and musical legacies of Talk Talk’s Mark Hollis and Jackie Shane.

To those of you who think of us as Indie Hipsters who refuse to break out of our safe zones, we say HA! You’re only mostly right, because on this episode we’re doing something we’ve never attempted before–an episode on a jazz artist, namely, Bill Evans. Not that we don’t love jazz music–the subject of…

Philip Larkin called him "the elephant on the keyboard." Everyone else with even an ounce of taste calls him one of the most idiosyncratically joyful jazz pianists/composers of all time. That's right, this week we're covering Thelonious Monk--specifically, his 1964 masterpiece Solo Monk. Slam your keys in celebration!

This week, Caroline Rayner is back on the island to help us talk about the devastating folk-rock stylings of Jason Molina’s first project, Songs: Ohia. For some reason, it’s our most contentious episode yet. Music: PassCabwaylingoHot Black SilkBlack CrowLionessLightning Risked it AllOceans NerveTwo Blue LightsFarewell TransmissionJohn Henry Split My HeartCherubs – Arab StrapHold On MagnoliaHow…

On our latest Nostalgia Check episode, we talk Our Lady Peace’s Spiritual Machines (AKA Diet OK Computer) and blink-182’s 2003 self-titled “classic.” FEATURED SONGSAsthenia – blink-182 Right Behind You (Mafia) – Our Lady Peace In Repair – Our Lady Peace Feeling This – blink-182 Always – blink-182 The Wonderful Future – Our Lady Peace

Happy Jews Year! Is what I would be saying, except that a combination of terrible illness and just bad timing ended up delaying this episode for like, two weeks. It’s been 2019 for ages now. But that’s ok, because if anything’s worth the wait, it’s the world’s best band (fight me): Silver Jews. Music: Self…

We conclude our review of 2018’s musical output with a rundown of our favorite songs and albums of the year, along with a guest appearances by past and future guests, the Carolines Rayner and Belle Stewart. FEATURED SONGSNew Year – The Breeders Sugar and Spice – Hatchie Heat Wave – Snail Mail Old Town –…

Join us as we begin to dissect the year that was! In this episode: our disappointments and surprises, plus a very special appearance by one of our most very special guests. Part 2 forthcoming on December 26th, a.k.a. Boxing Day.