Encore

This week's topics include: How does album artwork set the tone or mood for an album? Does it matter at all? We explore where we think it works and where we think it fails (looking at you Set it Off). Then it's time to tackle the big news of the week: Hostage Calm's break up. We touch a little on Jason's thoughts on the new Andrew McMahon album, a little on Drew's thoughts on the new Transit, and then we get some director's commentary on Thomas's New Found Glory review. He explains his thought process and the other hosts ask questions. The episode can be streamed and/or downloaded below.

Show Notes: absolutepunk.net/podcast/54

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This week the main discussion topic is centered around growing up with bands and their musical progression versus growing out of bands as you get older and your tastes change. We use the upcoming release of two albums, Yellowcard and New Found Glory, as sort of the backdrop to this talk. This then leads us into talking about bands having to compete with their past albums for attention, the editorial by Talib Kweli posted earlier this week, and, of course, a brief foray into the whole stage diving thing.

Show Notes: absolutepunk.net/podcast/53

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This week the main discussion topic is centered around growing up with bands and their musical progression versus growing out of bands as you get older and your tastes change. We use the upcoming release of two albums, Yellowcard and New Found Glory, as sort of the backdrop to this talk. This then leads us into talking about bands having to compete with their past albums for attention, the editorial by Talib Kweli posted earlier this week, and, of course, a brief foray into the whole stage diving thing.

Show Notes: absolutepunk.net/podcast/53

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Topics include: Revisiting the entire "U2 on your phone" thing after it became a much larger story than we anticipated. We then look at the idea of having a "collection" of music and how or why that plays a role with digital files, streaming, and the rise of vinyl. Then we discuss the pretty awesome new Manchester Orchestra album and release method, and then talk a little bit more about Yellowcard's new one as well. We finish up with a discussion about Senses Fail signing with Pure Noise Records and thinking aloud about why bands still sign with records labels. The episode can be streamed and/or downloaded below.

Show Notes: absolutepunk.net/podcast/52

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Hosts:
Jason Tate
Drew Beringer
Thomas Nassiff

Topics include: Revisiting the entire "U2 on your phone" thing after it became a much larger story than we anticipated. We then look at the idea of having a "collection" of music and how or why that plays a role with digital files, streaming, and the rise of vinyl. Then we discuss the pretty awesome new Manchester Orchestra album and release method, and then talk a little bit more about Yellowcard's new one as well. We finish up with a discussion about Senses Fail signing with Pure Noise Records and thinking aloud about why bands still sign with records labels. The episode can be streamed and/or downloaded below.

Show Notes: absolutepunk.net/podcast/52

If you like our show, please rate it in iTunes, it really does help! Thank you so much for listening.

Hosts:
Jason Tate
Drew Beringer
Thomas Nassiff

This week we look at the recent Apple event and the surprise release of U2's new album. Kind of weird that just a few years ago the industry was against free music and now it's a race to almost see who can do it 'best.' We talk a little about the announced devices and the demise of the iPod Classic. Then we dive into discussing Fall Out Boy's latest single, the new New Found Glory tracks, Yellowcard's new songs and if we should judge albums based on just a couple of songs or not, and then finish it off with a lot of praise for Have Mercy.

Show Notes: absolutepunk.net/podcast/51

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Hosts:
Jason Tate
Drew Beringer
Thomas Nassiff

This week we look at the recent Apple event and the surprise release of U2's new album. Kind of weird that just a few years ago the industry was against free music and now it's a race to almost see who can do it 'best.' We talk a little about the announced devices and the demise of the iPod Classic. Then we dive into discussing Fall Out Boy's latest single, the new New Found Glory tracks, Yellowcard's new songs and if we should judge albums based on just a couple of songs or not, and then finish it off with a lot of praise for Have Mercy.

Show Notes: absolutepunk.net/podcast/51

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Hosts:
Jason Tate
Drew Beringer
Thomas Nassiff

This week we look at the tech issues AP.net has faced (and my potential liver failure as a result), the possibilty of Fall Out Boy releasing a new single and if it's even possible for big bands to keep secrets, and then we dive into the main event: fall albums. We talk about what makes an album specifically a fall album, what we look for in our favorites, and then we start talking about a whole bunch of different bands and albums that we love as the leaves start to change. We may still be a few weeks away until it is definitely we can really break out all these albums -- but now's a great time to start building those playlists. I tried to go through and write down all the bands mentioned in the podcast and include them in the show notes, but I know I missed some. And last, but not least, thank you to you, the listeners, for spending an hour or so listening to us each week. Here's to 50 more.

Show Notes: absolutepunk.net/podcast/50

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This week we look at the tech issues AP.net has faced (and my potential liver failure as a result), the possibilty of Fall Out Boy releasing a new single and if it's even possible for big bands to keep secrets, and then we dive into the main event: fall albums. We talk about what makes an album specifically a fall album, what we look for in our favorites, and then we start talking about a whole bunch of different bands and albums that we love as the leaves start to change. We may still be a few weeks away until it is definitely we can really break out all these albums -- but now's a great time to start building those playlists. I tried to go through and write down all the bands mentioned in the podcast and include them in the show notes, but I know I missed some. And last, but not least, thank you to you, the listeners, for spending an hour or so listening to us each week. Here's to 50 more.

Show Notes: absolutepunk.net/podcast/50

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Due to some stupid technical issues Drew wasn't able to join us for our recording and so you'll have to deal with just Thomas and Jason on this week's episode. This week we look at a variety of topics: Follow-up from last week and looking at a few questions and comments we saw. Things like do we love music based on merit or past love for an artist? Does all music from our formative years hold up or does it get more of a critical "pass" as we get older? Then we talk a little about Thomas' prediction in last week's episode that Tim had left Transit -- only to see it come true just hours after releasing the podcast. From there we dive into one of our favorite topics: growth of a band's career and longevity. Why do similar bands see different outcomes from similar situations? How did All Time Low survive 'Dirty Work' when Boys Like Girls never really recovered? Does social media savvy give some bands the upper hand in this regard? We finish the conversation with a discussion about live shows and what we are looking for from a live performance these days. Yes, Blink-182 'suck' live and don't sound like their albums -- is that really a bad thing though? We offer a few different opinions on the matter.

Show Notes: absolutepunk.net/podcast/49

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