Know Your Writes!

Vampires, Zombie Brides, and...Liza Minnelli? It's a creep-tacular Halloween edition of Know Your Writes! Join Robb the Reaper and Coffin Colton as they throw on their eye-liner and two-step into the goth-emo nightmare that is My Chemical Romance.
 
Other topics include:
- why black cats hate Halloween 
- how best to initiate Rock, Paper, Scissors
- what were the best rock albums of 2010? 

Bands mentioned in this episode: 
- Vendetta Red
- Siouxsie and the Banshees
- Jet
- Say Anything 

Happy Halloween!  

Another Friday, another episode of Know Your Writes! This week, Robb and Colton discuss the troubling legacy of Long Island's Brand New. Our hosts work through what first drew them to the band before diving into the difficult challenge of how to remember their work following the allegations against Jesse Lacey. What begins as a difficult conversation about how to reconcile musical influences with ethical concerns turns into a meditation on the nature of artistic expression.  

TW: Brief mentions of sexual assault 

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Push up the fader, bust the meter, and shake the tweeter: it's Know Your Writes! This week, Robb and Colton discuss the queen of neo-soul, Erykah Badu, in a conversation that covers all five of her albums. Other topics include:
- the correct way to drink out of a Juicy Juice 
- why organic almond milk foams better (seriously, we actually talk about this)
- Colton vs The Beatles, Part 2
- And more! 

Bands mentioned in this episode:
- The Beatles
- Gifted Hands
- Sparklehorse 
- Minus the Bear (yes, again, mainly to throw shade at "White Mystery" a little more)
- Garth Brooks 
- Dead Prez 
- Jessie Williams

Do you have the time to listen to us whine? If so, then bite your lip, close your eyes, and jump into Know Your Writes! This time around, Robb and Colton discuss the pop-punk perfection of Green Day. They'll talk through the band's releases from Dookie to American Idiot in order to better understand Green Day's evolution from Bay Area start-ups to rock opera juggernauts. 

Other topics include: 
- Beer! 
- Colton vs The Beatles, Part 1 (featuring Robby Coleman)
- The politics of covering "Fast Car" 

Bands mentioned in this episode:
- Lil Dicky
- The Beatles
- Tracy Chapman
- Aaliyah 

Man your battle stations because it's time for Know Your Writes! In this very special episode, Robb and Colton take on the first five albums of prog-rock statesmen Coheed and Cambria. Other topics include:
- Sports! (3:15-9:26) 
- How Robb used to listen to music "back in the day"  
- The genius of Josh Eppard 

Bands mentioned in this episode:
- Natalie Prass
- Ryan Adams 
- Tool  

Don't cry, it's Know Your Writes! This week, Robb and Colton engage in a spirited debate involving Seattle's Minus the Bear. Listen as they spar over the band's second and third albums (Menos el Oso and Planet of Ice). Other topics include:
- 00's rock singles 
- Colton's salty history with MTB
- Do lyrics actually matter? 

Other bands mentioned in this episode:
- Muse
- Queens of the Stone Age
- Circa Survive
- Pinback 
- Jimmy Buffet

Where are you?! Hopefully, you're ready to tune in to a very special edition of Know Your Writes! This week, Robb and Colton switch things up by deep diving into the pop punk opus that is Blink-182's Blink-182. Joining them is Alex Periera aka Birthday Dad, whose new record The Hermit is out now!
 
Other topics include:
- How to say Alex's last name correctly
- Brunch, Part III: The Brunchening
- The beauty and the terror of Hot Topic

Order Birthday Dad's The Hermit here: https://www.refreshrecs.com/products/730402-birthday-dad-the-hermit

Thursday's in the rear-view mirror, which must mean it's time for Know Your Writes! This week, Robb and Colton conduct a deep dive of Eagle Rock's own The Milk Carton Kids. Other topics include: 
- "Coastal Elite" hip hop 
- problematic depictions of Anne Frank 
- people vs. landscape

Bands mentioned in this episode:
- Outkast
- Birthday Dad
- The National
- David Rawlings 
- Randy Newman

Wait, they don't know it's Friday? Must be time for Know Your Writes! This week, Robb and Colton dive into the art rock fury that is Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Other topics include:
- The Write A Record weekend challenge
- Colton's Top Gun: Maverick mini-review
- Jazz!

Bands mentioned in this episode:
- The Dirty Nil
- The Oscar Peterson Trio
- Fall Out Boy (featuring Jay-Z)
- The National
- The Hives
- Blood, Sweat, and Tears
- Weezer (yes, we did it again)

Ahoy, it's time for Know Your Writes! This week, Robb and Colton are two songwriting podcasters looking to dive into the belly of The Decemberists in all their folk-prog glory. Other topics include:
- Great concept albums
- The proper way to say Colin Powell 
- The pitfalls of music videos
- And more! 

Bands mentioned in this episode:
- The Dirty Nil
- Jack Johnson 
- Tool (yup, we did it again)
- Dredge