Jams and Tea

For this week's episode of Jams & Tea NOW we're excited to dig into some of our all-time favorite film soundtracks (not scores!) and to discuss how a great soundtrack can elevate not just the movie in question but also the songs themselves. We also briefly talk through new releases from Kelela and Liv.e, we discuss the new Lana Del Rey single, acknowledge Rihanna and the Kinks' ongoing twitter beef with Elon Musk, pay tribute to the late great Trugoy from De La Soul, and Jake highlights some essential Americana listens that have been dominating their week.  

Let us know your favorite soundtracks in the comments on YouTube!  

0:00 Intro 1:41 We acknowledge Rihanna 5:17 The Kinks vs. Elon Musk 9:37 Amanda Shires on Fallon 11:52 The New Lana Del Rey Song Is Really Good? 17:34 RIP Trugoy the Dove 21:34 New Albums from Kelela & Liv.e 26:10 The New Caroline Polachek Album 31:42 Jake's Black Metal Corner 34:58 Jake-son Isbell and the Great Album Unit 46:33 Wovenhand and the Music of David Eugene Edwards 50:26 Our Favorite Movie Soundtracks

For this week's new release reviews, we're excited to dig into the long-awaited return of Paramore with the galvanizing THIS IS WHY, as well as the dense and gorgeous drones of indie legends Yo La Tengo's stunning 17th album THIS STUPID WORLD. Join us as we discuss what makes these records stand out and let us know what you think in the comments on YouTube!  

0:00 Paramore - This Is Why 

33:51 Yo La Tengo - This Stupid World

This week on Record Club, Ryley and Jakob are discussing the latter's favorite band, the eclectic, irreverent, and always fun They Might Be Giants, zeroing in on their sophomore record, 1988's masterful Lincoln. They break down many of the band's biggest songs and talk about everything that makes the writing of John Linnell and John Flansburgh so exciting and emotional, and why they're such an easy band to love if you're a music nerd.  

Let us know what this album (and band!) means to you in the comments on YouTube.

For this week's NOW episode we're celebrating Valentine's Day by counting down our all-time favorite love songs - the songs that help us to express and understand the world's most powerful feelings. We also talk the latest in music news including the Grammys, the latest developments in a torrid beef saga between Roger Waters and David Gilmour, Steve Albini's Steely Dan comments, David Guetta's Eminem deepfake, the stark and stunning new Depeche Mode comeback single, and much more!  Let us know your favorite love songs in the comments on YouTube!  

0:00 Intro 1:41 Grammys 2023 Were... Not Terrible 12:58 The Pink Floyd Beef Saga 25:40 Steve Albini Steely Dan Diss 31:21 David Guetta Eminem Deepfake 37:15 The New Depeche Mode Song is Great 40:16 RIP Tom Verlaine & Burt Bacharach 48:16 Jake's Elton John Deep Dive 55:29 Our Favorite Love Songs

For our latest set of new release reviews, Jake and Ryley are catching up on two of the year's most jubilant, intensely exciting, original, and addictive albums so far: Young Fathers' incandescent banger collection HEAVY HEAVY, and The Go! Team's diverse, funky, and exuberant GET UP SEQUENCES PART TWO. Let us know what you think of either or both of these albums in the comments on YouTube!

0:00 The Go! Team - Get Up Sequences Part 2 30:51 Young Fathers - Heavy Heavy

We're finally back with new release reviews every week starting right now, as we dive into the momentous and magnificent new album from Parannoul, AFTER THE MAGIC, as well as Lil Yachty's auspicious psych-rock pivot with the captivating and colorful LET'S START HERE.  Let us know what you think of these albums over on YouTube!  

0:00 Lil Yachty - Let's Start Here. 33:13 Parannoul - After the Magic

On this week's NOW episode, Jake, Morgan, and Ryley are embracing the cringe as they each share embarrassing 'guilty pleasure' songs they secretly love. They also discuss the latest in music news, including the new Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nominees, Matty Healy's comments about Oasis, Ozzy Osbourne's retirement announcement, the tenth anniversary of My Bloody Valentine's MBV and much more. We also shout out new releases from Panda Rosa and Smashing Pumpkins, Morgan recaps his recent experience seeing Jason Isbell live, and Ryley goes to bat for Seal's 1994 classic self-titled album.  

TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 3:20 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Nominees Announced 8:13 We Address Matty Healy's Oasis Comments 11:55 The Walkmen Frontman Human Remains Incident 14:54 Zara Larsson Burzum Dress Kerfuffle 17:57 Ozzy Osbourne Retirement Announcement 19:51 MBV Turns 10 23:26 Billy Corgan's Latest Bowel Movement (ATUM Part II Review) 33:25 Morgan's Jason Isbell Concert Review 37:50 Jake's Bandcamp Shoegaze Breakdown (Longinus Recordings) 52:26 Jake Finally Listens to Fiona Apple's The Idler Wheel 58:50 Panda Rosa's New Album is Unique and Arresting 1:04:30 Seal's 1994 Album is a Modern Classic 1:10:41 Our Guilty Pleasure Songs

For this week's Record Club, Ryley and Connor are celebrating (a couple weeks early) the 20 year anniversary of one of the most pivotal intersections of the indie world with mainstream success in the auspicious collaboration between Death Cab for Cutie's Ben Gibbard and Dntel's Jimmy Tamborello as The Postal Service, GIVE UP. Join them as they break down what makes this album so immediately captivating, what has ensured its continually expansive legacy, and why we consider it a perfect album.  Let us know what the record means to you over on YouTube!

For this week's (shorter) NOW episode, Jake, Morgan and Ryley are reflecting on the earliest albums that shaped them and defined their record purchasing beginnings as the channel celebrates the momentous milestone of 2000 subscribers. Thanks to every single one of you - let us know in the comments what were the first records you remember owning and how they shaped your tastes and love of music.

For this week's Record Club, the gang are breaking down one of the biggest 'career-killer' albums in rock history, Oasis' gargantuan BE HERE NOW - a record that sold millions of copies and represented the logical endpoint of the band's titanic ascendance, but also proved to burst the bubble of Britpop and send its most beloved figures into a downward spiral. Jake, Morgan, and Ryley are somewhat divided on whether this exercise in excess fully works, but it's intense ambition and coke-fuelled bloat are fascinating to examine within the narrative of rock's biggest believers, and the album is a fascinating testament to the problem of where to go next when you reach the top of the world.

Let us know what you think of this album in the comments on YouTube!