Vinyl: is it really for douchebags? Music lovers and audiophiles can argue for days about sound quality, but what's the absolute best format for listening to music (and in the end, does it even matter)? This week, Chris gets buzzed and tackles the ins and outs of how we listen to music.

One of the most interesting things about music is how national identity weaves its way through the sound of the pieces. Without even thinking about it, we can clearly tell the difference between a piece by a Russian composer and one by an Italian one. But what exactly is making these pieces sound different? Drink along with us this week as we dig into why this music sounds the way it does.

We all have this image in our heads of the stuffy, classical composer who takes his work very seriously. Realistically, though, many of them had great senses of humor that worked their way into their music. This week we drink some music-themed beer and go through some of our favorite examples.

The 27 Club is one of those weird phenomena that some people swear is a curse, while others chalk it up to just eerie coincidences. This week we toss back some drinks and talk about a few of the musicians who are part of this infamous group.

We're all pretty familiar with the idea of birds singing, but can animals really make music? This week, we take a dive into the niche field of zoomusicology and learn about the sounds created by everything from tiny Asian corn borer moths to enormous humpback whales.

This week, we take a dive into a topic we knew almost nothing about before this episode: K-Pop. Pour a cocktail with us while we explore this genre that seems like it exploded onto the scene and is riding a major wave of popularity.

We can all name a bunch of hit songs off the tops of our heads, but how did they even become hits to begin with? This week we pour a couple of cocktails and look at the journey to radio stardom, as well as what makes a chart-topping song.

A pandemic, quarantine, and toilet paper shortages? Sounds like the perfect time for an episode on apocalypse music. From megalomaniac composers trying to bring about the end of the world to anti-war allegorical songs, we talk about some of our favorites and knock back a couple of beers while sheltering-in-place from our homes.

A lot of people's first thoughts when it comes to parody music is "Weird Al" Yankovic, the modern-day king of this genre. However, it has a history that dates far earlier with roots in classical music. Ride out the COVID-19 quarantine with us while we toss back a couple of beers and talk some musical comedy.

There are so many pieces of music out there that we've all heard tons of times, but have no idea what the lyrics actually are. We go through a few of our favorites, drink some music-themed beer, and have an argument about Beethoven.