Kris and Alex are joined by special guest Cotton Park to discuss our "comfort albums", albums we go to when we need to recover from crazy music or just make us feel nice and safe. Listen in as we review

Sugar - Copper Blue

Sambomaster - Sambomaster Wa Kimi Ni Katari Kakeru

Frankie Reyes - Boleros Valses y Mas

The round-up #2 for 2018.  Alex reviews a bunch of Kraut and Prog albums.  Y'know, relevant stuff.

You will hear Alex review:

Amon Düül II - Wolf City

Ange - Au-Delà Du Délire

Cybotron - Implosion

Gila - Gila

Gong - Angel's Egg

Gong - Camembert Electrique

Hawkwind - Hall Of The Mountain Grill

Magma - Ëmëhntëhtt-Rê Trilogie

Popol Vuh - Aguirre

Popol Vuh - Einsjäger & Siebenjäger

Popol Vuh - Hosianna Mantra

Popol Vuh - Nosferatu

Popol Vuh - Seligpreisung

Van Der Graaf Generator - H To He, Who Am The Only One

Back in early 2018 Kris asked Alex for some episode ideas and he wisely suggested to do a trio of noise-rock albums. Well, here we are with one album that would definitely count as noise-rock and two that maybe count for something vaguely noise-rock like. In other words, in typical fashion Alex goofed up, but on the plus side you get an episode where we review some great albums for annoying your neighbors.

Lightning Bolt - Oblivion Hunter

Melt-Banana - Cel-Scape

Pneu - Highway To Health

For 2018 I'm going to be doing something different with The Round-up.  I will be making mini episodes where I do small reviews for a few albums, much like I did with The Round-Up for the past few years.  On this Round-Up you will hear brief reviews about

Phillip Glass - Einstein On The Beach

Verckys Et L´Orchestre Vévé - Congolese Funk, Afrobeat & Psychedelic Rumba 1969-1978

Die Antwoord - Mount Ninji and da Nice Time Kid

deadmua5 - W:/2016ALBUM/

Fourt Tet - Rounds

Oval - 94 Diskont

Seriously, can you we quit 2017?  No, not just yet.  Kris, Alex, and Pete talk about three more releases from 2017 that they just needed to muse about.

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Gumboot Soup

Big Walnuts Yonder - Big Walnuts Yonder

The Yardbirds - Yardbirds '68

Welcome to Part 3 of 3 of our 2017 year-end round-up.  Ryan, TeAngelo, and Alex are here to present the annual Riff 'N Rockies, our awards for the best albums, songs, and artists, and the worst as well.  Who will win this years coveted (and loathed) awards?  Listen and find out!

Part 2 of 3 of our 2017 round-up!  Corey, Kris, and Alex talk about their favorites and least favorites of the year.  What did they love?  What did they hate?  Find out on this episode of Music Talk!

Welcome to episode 1 of our 3 episode 2017 year end round up.  Kris and Alex are joined by classic guest host Corey to discuss some albums of 2017 that we really dug, but didn't get a chance to discuss previously.  Apologies for the audio quality.  Kris and Corey had some technical issues.

TeAngelo is donating platelets and he still has time to discuss three more albums from 2017.  Ryan and Alex, meanwhile, sit in the comfort of their homes and help unpack a few more albums before the wrap-ups and rewards happen here.

LCD Soundsystem - American Dream

Ty Dolla $ign - Beach House 3

Björk - Utopia

One more before the New Year's wrap-ups.  Kris and Alex decide to cover a few releases from their favorite artists that sneaked in before 2017 came to a close.

At The Drive-In - Diamante EP

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Polygondwanaland

Kamasi Washington - Harmony of Difference.