Welcome to Off the Beaten Clef! We continue Metal March with a thrash / hardcore crossover band, Dead Heat, and their 2021 effort World at War! Kev and Dil discuss background on the album, their thoughts going in, album construction, favorite / least favorite tracks, and much more! Let us know what you think of the Dead Heat album on social media or discord!

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Welcome to Off the Beaten Clef! This week, we are beginning our Metal March month with an esteemed album picked by Kevin, Mesmerize by System of a Down - the chart topping album from 2005. We take a different approach to doing an album by mixing it up a little bit, we hope you enjoy the listen! We discuss the background of the band, facts about the production of the album, the legacy of the album, then discuss our thoughts on the construction of it.

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Welcome to Off the Beaten Clef! This week, we squeeze in a playlist to pay homage to our favorite gender & their music that we love. We cover a wide variety of artists and time periods, so check out the playlist and let us know your thoughts!

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Welcome to Off the Beaten Clef, our return after six weeks away! In this episode, we discuss what we have been up to, what we have planned for the future, and a review of the album listening party we attended for Harbour as they plan to release their album “To Chase My Dreams, Or To Just Lie Down” coming this Friday, 2/24. We are so excited to get back to weekly shows, thanks for all the support!

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Welcome to Off the Beaten Clef! We are excited to start 2023 off with Jaded January- our look at the beginnings of emo and chronologically going through the waves of the subgenre. Each week will cover a new wave of emo, all the way to the current day. We start this week by going to the humble beginnings of emo in Washington D.C. in the 1980’s, and work our way through 1999. 

Next week we shall cover the third wave of emo, spanning from 2000-2009. Follow us on social media and submit your picks for next week (or what was left off this week)!

To listen to Jaded January: The Emo Mixtape (1980’s - 1999) on Spotify // Apple Music

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Welcome to Off the Beaten Clef! This week, we take a little time to reflect on what we’ve done this year and our plans for 2023. As always, it’s going to be something a little different and fun to start the year - with Jaded January. Throughout the month we will be covering the five waves of emo, with our first week being over Waves 1 & 2 from the 80’s and 90’s. Thanks for a great 2022 and we look forward to another year of music!

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Welcome to Off the Beaten Clef! This week, we continue our end of year tradition by having spiritual third & fourth members Louie and Ben on to speak about each of our top five songs of 2022! This is a longer episode and the audio quality is not what it normally is- only because we did it live in person with mics we do not normally use. So we apologize for some of the audio hiccups, but overall it is good vibes all around! Thank you to everyone who sent in audience submissions, and a special thanks to Ben & Lou for joining us this week. Let’s do this all again in 2023!

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Welcome to Off the Beaten Clef! We are in the holiday spirit and talking about our favorite holiday tracks, which also end up being most of our anti-holiday tracks! We welcome our good friend and artist Cody Garrett back on the show to guest host, as we each pick five songs and discuss. We also have some great audience submissions that we discuss as well. Check out our playlist, listen along, and get in the holiday spirit! 

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Welcome to Off the Beaten Clef! This week, Kev brings an album near and dear to him- Adrenaline by Deftones, their debut album from 1995. While they have been labeled a nu-metal band, Kev and Dil discuss their genre classification, some fun facts surrounding the album, and do a song by song analysis of the 11 tracks. What are your thoughts on the album? Let us know on social media!

Next week, we will be bringing back our Holiday Playlist from last year, for the Holiday Playlist II. We will have our friend and country artist Cody Garrett joining us! If you have submissions for the episode, send it to us via email or Instagram.

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Welcome to Off the Beaten Clef! As Kev and Dil get back into album reviews, they decided to discuss the sophomore album from the New York Hardcore band Regulate. The album was released in September 2022, so it is a fresh album that both are excited to dissect. It was a great time getting to spend some time with the album, and we cannot wait to hear your reaction to it as well. Let us know your thoughts on social media!

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