Pick A Vinyl

By complete coincidence, we've released our episode on Kendrick Lamar's To Pimp A Butterfly just a day after it's anniversary. Jason and Kate sit down to discuss the layers of devotion to black music that appear in this album, Dr. Dre's influence as executive producer on this album and his overall legacy, proper usage of samples, and so much more. 

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How do you summarize an episode based on Dark Side of The Moon? Highly regarded as the greatest studio album ever (and Jason's favorite!), this album brought us back to the dangerous constraints of genres, music's ability to help us escape/find catharsis, the challenges of writing great songs as a group, and so so much more.

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As one of the most consistent metal bands of all time, the Deftones gave Jason and Kate a lot of albums to choose from! Both hosts were blown away by their most recent effort, Ohms, which led to a conversation about how music is released (singles and full albums), keeping a signature sound but still evolving as an artist, what it means to really be a metal band, and so much more. 

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Kate and Jason were excited to switch gears into a modern artist this week, taking on Billie Eilish's "When We Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?"

This week's discussion centered around music consumption in the world of streaming, the definition of being a "new artist," the absolutely incredible production on this album, and so much more.

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In episode 3, we take a look at Peter Gabriel through his iconic album "So." It was difficult to choose just one album with such an incredible body of work, but this album is very representative of who he is as an artist for its depth, diversity, and timelessness. This led to a conversation about not using production to overcompensate for mediocre (or bad) songwriting, the importance of listening to albums in their entirety (even if it's not a "concept album"), great songs sounding great no matter how much you "dress them down," and so much more. 

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Following our broad discussion about The Beatles, we take a more focused look at Billy Joel through the eyes of The Stranger. This album guides our conversation into sincerity in songwriting, dimension in telling stories, dispelling the myth that Billy Joel isn't "technically sound," and so much more. Follow @pickavinyl for updates and new episodes, and @warrenmusicpro and @ondeckic to find out more about Jason and Kate.