Sonic Ventures

Sonic Ventures' season two premiere episode is a rich dive into Kate Bush's 1985 album "Hounds of Love."
Conceived as two suites, Rob and Joël explore the album's expository and cinematic structure, along with Kate Bush's extensive vocal palette and her lush, mesmerizing song craft.
"Hounds of Love" is ripe with symbolism, and takes the listener through highly nuanced depths of psyche and rich emotional landscapes. Rob and Joël openly venture into these sonic realms and bring their own experiences of the album to light.
 

Rob and Joël go further into their listening experiences of Kate Bush's "Hounds of Love," and come out with what they call an "Aftercast."
 
An Aftercast is a recorded continuation after the conclusion of a regular podcast conversation. In these conversations, Rob and Joël are freed from the structural necessities of building the conversation and introducing ideas that they normally consider in their episode discussion. They can explore tangents or dig deeper into ideas or points of interest already raised that they wish to explore further. They can also break rules and open up things a bit more, even about themselves or their lives that might not make it into the regular episode format.

This recording is featured as a free introduction to this format. All future Aftercasts will be accessible on Patreon for supporters.

Rob and Joël reflect on the completion of the first season of Sonic Ventures, discussing their respective processes, some of the most memorable moments and their future plans for the podcast.

Rush's "2112" has been heralded by many as one of their most compelling and significant albums. Rob and Joël take a close look at the title track, discussing the implications of its concepts and the band's powerful performance. 

Rob and Joël discuss The Beatles "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band," a profoundly influential album for the pop/rock genre.

In this fifth episode, Rob and Joël discuss John Coltrane's "A Love Supreme," exploring the music and symbolism of this highly influential album for jazz and beyond.

Listen to Rob and Joël delve into what many consider to be rock's first concept album, The Mothers of Invention's "Freak Out!"

In this episode, Robert and Joël discuss the term Rock Opera with its stylistic and historical implications for the concept album format.

In this episode, Robert and Joël discuss Pink Floyd's "The Dark Side of the Moon."

In this episode, Robert and Joël begin their conversational journey as they discuss what is a concept album and their motivations for creating this podcast.