Encore

This week's episode looks at the backstory, the creation, and the founding of chorus.fm.

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We start by talking a little about the Academy Awards, do some follow-up on last weeks "best 10 albums of the last 15 years," and then tackle some reader questions. Thomas recounts his history with Set Your Goals, we give some updated thoughts on The Wonder Years' last album, and we look at how we've changed or matured how we handle conversations on the forums. We talk a bit about "where to start" with different forms of art by well known musicians or authors or filmmakers and then get into some of the big news over the last week: Transit have broken up, Yellowcard are back with Hopeless, and The Hotelier have released the track listing and album art for their new album. We end with some talk of Rolling Stone's top 40 emo albums and The 1975 aiming for that number one spot on two charts. And there's the return of the siren. Rejoice.

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Sunray Recording Studio: Sunray Recording Studio is owned and operated by producer Adam Sliger and engineer David Whitmore. The studio is based in Central Florida, just a few minutes outside of Orlando. Their main focus is on getting the best songwriting and performances from their artists. They offer songwriting and production, recording, mixing, and mastering services. The song clip played in today's episode is "Haunt" by the band Secret Keeper. It was produced, recorded, mixed and mastered at Sunray Recording Studio.

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If you like our show, please rate it in iTunes, recommend it in Overcast, and tell some friends about it -- it really does help! Thank you so much for listening. If you have any questions you'd like us to talk about on air, please use the hashtag #askEncore on Twitter.

We start by talking a little about the Academy Awards, do some follow-up on last weeks "best 10 albums of the last 15 years," and then tackle some reader questions. Thomas recounts his history with Set Your Goals, we give some updated thoughts on The Wonder Years' last album, and we look at how we've changed or matured how we handle conversations on the forums. We talk a bit about "where to start" with different forms of art by well known musicians or authors or filmmakers and then get into some of the big news over the last week: Transit have broken up, Yellowcard are back with Hopeless, and The Hotelier have released the track listing and album art for their new album. We end with some talk of Rolling Stone's top 40 emo albums and The 1975 aiming for that number one spot on two charts. And there's the return of the siren. Rejoice.

Sponsor:

Sunray Recording Studio: Sunray Recording Studio is owned and operated by producer Adam Sliger and engineer David Whitmore. The studio is based in Central Florida, just a few minutes outside of Orlando. Their main focus is on getting the best songwriting and performances from their artists. They offer songwriting and production, recording, mixing, and mastering services. The song clip played in today's episode is "Haunt" by the band Secret Keeper. It was produced, recorded, mixed and mastered at Sunray Recording Studio.

Show Notes:

Hosts + More:

If you like our show, please rate it in iTunes, recommend it in Overcast, and tell some friends about it -- it really does help! Thank you so much for listening. If you have any questions you'd like us to talk about on air, please use the hashtag #askEncore on Twitter.

So what are your ten favorite albums of the last fifteen years? That's the question that makes up the main topic of this week's episode of Encore. The rules are simple: favorite albums, 2001-2015, there can be only ten. We'd love to see your lists in the replies and you'll find our super-sized episode goes into detail on how we picked the albums on our own lists. This was way harder than I expected. This week's episode also covers some news on Kanye West and his new album, some first impressions of The Hotelier's new album, and a discussion around walking into a very anticipated album or band for the first time. Oh, and of course there's our usual random banter about life and things. We went long on this one to make up for last week! Hope you enjoy it. You'll find show notes, ways to subscribe, and links to stream and/or download this episode in the replies.

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The Lost Weekend: The Lost Weekend is a new comedic web series about the daily life of a struggling indie band.

Bay Faction: Bay Faction put out a debut LP which is free to download, available on all streaming platforms, and 12" vinyl is being sold in 2 variants for $10 a copy via Counter Intuitive Records.

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Hosts + More:

If you like our show, please rate it in iTunes, recommend it in Overcast, and tell some friends about it -- it really does help! Thank you so much for listening. If you have any questions you'd like us to talk about on air, please use the hashtag #askEncore on Twitter.

So what are your ten favorite albums of the last fifteen years? That's the question that makes up the main topic of this week's episode of Encore. The rules are simple: favorite albums, 2001-2015, there can be only ten. We'd love to see your lists in the replies and you'll find our super-sized episode goes into detail on how we picked the albums on our own lists. This was way harder than I expected. This week's episode also covers some news on Kanye West and his new album, some first impressions of The Hotelier's new album, and a discussion around walking into a very anticipated album or band for the first time. Oh, and of course there's our usual random banter about life and things. We went long on this one to make up for last week! Hope you enjoy it. You'll find show notes, ways to subscribe, and links to stream and/or download this episode in the replies.

Sponsor:

The Lost Weekend: The Lost Weekend is a new comedic web series about the daily life of a struggling indie band.

Bay Faction: Bay Faction put out a debut LP which is free to download, available on all streaming platforms, and 12" vinyl is being sold in 2 variants for $10 a copy via Counter Intuitive Records.

Show Notes:

Hosts + More:

If you like our show, please rate it in iTunes, recommend it in Overcast, and tell some friends about it -- it really does help! Thank you so much for listening. If you have any questions you'd like us to talk about on air, please use the hashtag #askEncore on Twitter.

This week we discuss Thomas going on a cruise, some about the Super Bowl and the half-time show, and the internet's reaction to the half-time show, and some about the commercials. We then tackle the main topic this week: Discussing albums we don't like in the most productive way, how our feelings on an album may be swayed by someone else's passioned defense or take-down of an album, and how this may or may not be related to the new Say Anything album. We finish up with a few questions about long distance relationships, noise-canceling headphones, and Thomas being in early on The Front Bottoms.

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Thomas Nassiff
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This week we discuss Thomas going on a cruise, some about the Super Bowl and the half-time show, and the internet's reaction to the half-time show, and some about the commercials. We then tackle the main topic this week: Discussing albums we don't like in the most productive way, how our feelings on an album may be swayed by someone else's passioned defense or take-down of an album, and how this may or may not be related to the new Say Anything album. We finish up with a few questions about long distance relationships, noise-canceling headphones, and Thomas being in early on The Front Bottoms.

Show Notes:

Discuss this episode.
Show notes, links talked about in this episode, and extra information.

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Jason Tate
Thomas Nassiff
@encorepodcast

If you like our show, please rate it in iTunes, recommend it in Overcast, and tell some friends about it -- it really does help! Thank you so much for listening. If you have any questions you'd like us to talk about on air, please use the hashtag #askEncore on Twitter.

This week's episode starts with a discussion about fostering creativity and how we try to stay sharp and inspired and not fall into a rut. It's hard. We want to be better at it. Then we look at the RIAA changing up how they certify albums, Brand New selling out MSG and announcing some kind of release this year, and looking at the difference between huge stadium like shows versus the small venues we're used to. We then answer some questions about favorite movies about music, the idea that bands should feel obligated to play "fan favorites" on tours, favorite bands from the UK, and the first albums we ever really anticipated. This week once again (fingers crossed) has chapter marks, so if you subscribe in a podcast player that supports those you should be able to jump right to a topic you want to hear about -- if you so desire.

Show Notes:

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If you like our show, please rate it in iTunes, recommend it in Overcast, and tell some friends about it -- it really does help! Thank you so much for listening. If you have any questions you'd like us to talk about on air, please use the hashtag #askEncore on Twitter.

This week's episode starts with a discussion about fostering creativity and how we try to stay sharp and inspired and not fall into a rut. It's hard. We want to be better at it. Then we look at the RIAA changing up how they certify albums, Brand New selling out MSG and announcing some kind of release this year, and looking at the difference between huge stadium like shows versus the small venues we're used to. We then answer some questions about favorite movies about music, the idea that bands should feel obligated to play "fan favorites" on tours, favorite bands from the UK, and the first albums we ever really anticipated. This week once again (fingers crossed) has chapter marks, so if you subscribe in a podcast player that supports those you should be able to jump right to a topic you want to hear about -- if you so desire.

Show Notes:

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If you like our show, please rate it in iTunes, recommend it in Overcast, and tell some friends about it -- it really does help! Thank you so much for listening. If you have any questions you'd like us to talk about on air, please use the hashtag #askEncore on Twitter.

This week's episode of Encore looks at quite a bit of the news that broke over the past week. We talk about Kanye West releasing information about what is now 'Waves,' Brand New and Modest Mouse going on a huge tour, Yellowcard's 'Lights and Sounds' turns 10, and Brian Wilson is doing a 50-year tour for 'Pet Sounds.' We also do some follow-up on last week's great "wrong tracklistings" discussion and all sorts of other fun stuff.

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If you like our show, please rate it in iTunes, recommend it in Overcast, and tell some friends about it -- it really does help! Thank you so much for listening. If you have any questions you'd like us to talk about on air, please use the hashtag #askEncore on Twitter.