Super Sonic Chat

We bravely tackle what some have called 'the worst album of all time' and dissect what the hell happened!

In 2011 two colossal icons of rock spent time jamming together.  Birthed from these sessions was Lulu: an album by Metallica and Lou Reed. Pitchfork called it 'especially repellent', NME called it 'baffling' and 'gruelling' yet David Bowie called it 'a masterpiece'.

At the core of this episode is a chat about the merits and necessity of artistic collaboration even when the result is divisive at best!

Collaboration is more important than just shifting units and gaining streams from a fresh fanbase.

There's much more at play here.... and we discuss both the great, and the not so great collaborations.  We delve into why all collaborations are potentially useful in the broad spectrum of music appreciation.   It's compelling stuff! 

Please.... subject yourself to as much Lulu as you can handle prior to listening to this episode.  Leon's reaction to the album is worth the price of admission alone!

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What are the most provocative lyrics you know?

When an artist seeks to deliberately provoke, how much is too much? Is there a line that should not be crossed? And what happened when teenaged Ade found his Mum reading the booklet to his Red Hot Chili Pepper's 'Blood Sugar Sex Magik' CD?

Join in as we start by playing a game of "guess how Kidz Bop turned this extremely risque pop sing into wholesome, parent approved content". 

We then kick around some serious philosophical ideas on lyrics, meta-physical poetry and the mirror that artists hold up to society.

Fair warning:  there's some explicit content and adult themes in this episode.

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When walking down the street why the hell does Leon wear noise cancelling headphones to block out noise only to listen to music that is pure noise? 

There is beautiful noise in the distortion of rock music, but what about music that only consists of noise? Is this still music? Even without obvious structure? 

Can a jackhammer make music? Why do we not enjoy the sound of an interrupting lawn mower, however we can enjoy noisy music? 

Today, this episode wrestles with these conundrums. 

Listen as we chat all things experimental, noise art, ambient, neo-classical, performance art, Dada, Music for Airports, The Futurists art movement and the paradox of white noise.

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This episode is about musical awakenings and to be more specific, it’s about our own musical awakenings with the birth of grunge. 

We try to hash out who the three big names are and why.  As always, hit us up on the socials and tell us who you think the big three names in grunge are.  

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Musician's want more fans right?

Can fandom be broken down scientifically?

If so, can musicians use that information to move people to a deeper support and appreciation of their music?

In this wide ranging chat Adrian poses a theory on how casual music fans can become super fans.

The boys take you on a journey down a winding road past Damien Rice's special intimate fan experiences,  to Marina Abramovic's provocative performance art and on to the famous psychological study on intimacy that suggests anyone can fall in love if they use these 36 Questions with a special finishing twist. 

Is there a link between being a super fan and falling in love?

Take a listen and let us know what you think.

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We imagine the most drool-worthy, incredible, sometimes impossible, hypothetical covers.

Naturally this leads us to a chat about cover songs that are better than the original.

What makes a good cover version?

Why do established artists make cover songs at all?

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This is a community service announcement for you dear listener.  In the near future when the pandemic apocalypse is upon us and the internet is fried, when we need to seek shelter in our lockdown bunkers and isolate for 12 to 24 to 36 months we will all be required to select five, and only five physical albums to accompany us and sustain us through tough times.

This is our take on the classic desert island discs discussion with a contemporary twist.  Lets get prepared.

Consider this our gift to you, dear listener!  A sweet bonus episode full of the best new music we experienced in 2020. Adrian and Leon have each selected the top 10 albums that knocked on their door and followed them around this year leaving you, dear listener, with 20 albums worthy of your attention. To accompany this episode we have curated a sweet playlist that is compiled of two songs from each album for your listening pleasure. You can find it on Spotify and Apple Music. It bounces from indie rock, garage psych, space jazz, bent electronica, post-disco beats, experimental electronica, indie folk, post-rock, industrial noise and metal with a strong Australian music flavour. That's 20 + 20 songs to sum up our 2020 audioscape.  

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