Don't Feed the Artists

This week we listened to the four albums by one of the most influential artists of his generation, Pulitzer Prize winner Kendrick Lamar.

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This week we get through some technical trouble to bring back the Freeform format, catching up on some music and revisiting the impact of COVID-19 on live music.

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Dave Franco to rock the mic like a vandal in Vanilla Ice biopic To The Extreme

Metallica’s Lars Ulrich defends ‘St Anger’ snare sound: “I stand behind it 100%”

Spotify CEO To Artists: “You Can’t Record Music Once Every Three To Four Years And Think That’s Going To Be Enough”

Dawes

Billie Eilish - My Future

Dirty Dancing (Soundtrack)

The Notebook (Soundtrack)

Muzz - Muzz

Haken

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This week on the show, we talk about an album you probably already know all about, but we listened to it anyways.

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Following our discussion about Hamilton, we turn to Musical Theatre in general covering some of the history, film adaptations, musical episodes of TV shows, and of course mention our favorite musicals.

Do Go On: Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark

Hamiton - Satisfied Demo - HAMILDEMOS

Metric

Sufjan Stevens - My Rajneesh

Mike Viola - The American Egypt

Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

Little Voice

David Ramirez - My Love is a Hurricane

Hamilton

In the Heights

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This week on the show, we sat down and watched the recording of the original broadway production of Hamilton. Don't worry, the episode is not as long as the musical.

Lin-Manuel Miranda Performs at the White House Poetry Jam

Lin-Manuel Miranda on The Graham Norton Show

Broadway Carpool Karaoke ft. Hamilton & More

Cumulative Broadway Grosses by Show

BroadwayForBrokePeople.com

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After covering one of the biggest concept albums of the last 20 years, we chat about what makes an album a "concept album", after catching up on some very important news.

Sufjan Stevens - America

Owen - The Avalance

Stand Atlantic

Ben Platt - Sing to Me Instead

Mahalia

Norah Jones - Pick Me Up Off the Floor

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Nnamdi - Krazy Karl

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In the latest Deep Dive, we take a look at Green Day's American Idiot in a feature-length episode, with a runtime of over twice the length of the album we're talking about.

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This week, we cover some news before we sell out to our corporate overlords.

Bandcamp and Juneteenth

Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher

Bob Dylan - Rough and Rowdy Ways

"Tick Tock Singers"

Soccer Mommy - Color Theory

Sure Sure

Make Them Suffer

Dawes

Anderson Paak - Lockdown

Perfume Genius - Set My Heart on Fire Immediately

Anderson Paak - Ventura (instrumentals)

Run The Jewels - RTJ4

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This week on the show, we catch up with Hagen and Dave's return to gigs in the age of COVID-19 before getting into cover songs, including a few of our favorite ones.

Equal Justice Initiative

Ways You Can Help

Anguish and Action - The Obama Foundation

AJJ

Covet

Jonathan Barber - Legacy Holder

Christian Lee Hudson - Beginners

Wallows - Nothing Happens

Charli XCX - How I'm Feeling Now

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We're joined by listener and friend of the show Alex for a Deep Dive into Metallica's first five albums, which resulted in our first too long episode, so we split it into a double episode.

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