Talking Music! Podcast

YEE-HAW! Another month, another trip down to the Record Rodeo, where Josh and Connor round up the best and worst albums they have listened to in the last 30 days.

Josh is wearing his fanciest pair of spur boots and is dressed in his most distressed jeans. Why? Because he had a great month of music listening! Hear him hollering and yelling about some overlooked 2018 albums that you need to check out, as well as records by Bell Witch and Playboi Carti.

Connor, on the other hand, has run out of tobacco to chew on and he's fallen off his horse multiple times. YEE-HAW? More like YEE-NAH. Although he discusses The Hotelier and the emo genre as a whole, hear him rant about the most overrated album of the year, and whether the new Smashing Pumpkins record lives up to expectations.

Get your lassos ready. Bust out your bolo ties. Come on down to this month's Record Rodeo! Let the boys know what you think of the albums they discussed, and what records you listened to this month. Giddy up, pard'ner!

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Hey there, fancypants! Welcome to the first episode of STAFF PICKS, a brand new series where Josh and Connor discuss an album they both love, one that you MUST check out. And what better way to kick off the series than talking about Ween and their sentimental masterpiece, 'Quebec'.

Released in 2003, 'Quebec' tends to get overshadowed by their most conceptual work five years earlier, 'The Mollusk'. Y'know, the one with Ocean Man on it. Despite that album deserving all the praise it gets, the boys wanted to draw attention to the softer, more serious side of Ween. Let them take you by the hand and lead you to the land to find out why today's Staff Pick is their favourite in the band's discography, and how much the album tickles them pink while breaking their hearts.

Although recorded before his passing, this episode is in dedication to Stephen Hillenburg (1961-2018). May he rest in peace.

Bleep boop bleepy boop boop beep. The machines have taken over. Two electronic juggernauts, in particular, are fighting for total supremacy over the human race: Aphex Twin and The Postal Service. One plays an unwinnable game of chess with a sickening grin on its computer screen. The other simply wants love, with its battery depleted and circuits ripped out. Only one can win. Who will stand tall and who will suffer at the hands of Ctrl+Alt+Del?

In this episode, Josh and Connor are giving albums a second chance. Aphex's 'The Richard D. James Album' gets re-evaluated by Josh after many months of trying and failing to understand the hype behind the IDM legend. And after only a single listen way back when, Connor revisits The Postal Service's seminal 'Give Up'.

You may not like what Josh has to say about Aphex, but will you agree with Connor when he says The Postal Service is emo? They are very interested to see if you do. Tune in to find out what they had to say about these records on the latest episode of Rate or Hate, brought to you by the Talking Music! Podcast.

"Ever has it been that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation" - Khalil Gibran

This week, Josh and Connor could not be together to record a new episode. Sad emojis and violin music, please. But that did not stop them from talking about music with you.

Individually, they share their thoughts on their most recent listens in a new segment called: RECORD RODEO! In this album round-up, Josh discusses whether the new Daughters record is worth all the hype and he gushes over Sun Kil Moon's old man ramblings. Afterwards, Connor talks about a classic Sonic Youth record, an overlooked release from Gouge Away, and counts the number of dick jokes on the new Tenacious D.

The boys hope you guys like the new segment. YEEEEE HAWWWW!

As Winter approaches, the nights are getting longer and the sunlight is dwindling. Thankfully, the boys are discussing an album for these dark times ahead, as well as an album for those short mornings and bright afternoons. Need party jams for 1 PM and foggy soundscapes for 1 AM? They've got you covered.

This week, Connor makes Josh listen to Coil's classic ambient/drone/darkwave/whatever-the-fuck-this-is album, 'Musick To Play In The Dark'. Josh, on the other hand, makes Connor listen to the polar opposite of Coil: the wild, sassy glam rock of Sparks' 'Kimono My House'.

This town ain't big enough for the both of these albums... or is there? Tune in to find out what the guys thought of their recommendations, what albums they recommend for next week's episode, and for your daily reminder to eat your greens, especially broccoli.

The air is tense. No friendly love is being shared tonight. Episode 2 of the Talking Music Podcast is defined by one word only: pain.

Josh had to listen to Kero Kero Bonito's 'Bonito Generation', an experimental J-Pop album. He was not looking forward to it. Connor, on the other hand, had to listen to Sean Kingston's self-titled debut album, featuring hits such as 'Beautiful Girls' and 'Take You There'. He was definitely not looking forward to it.

But will they like what they hear? Anything can happen. Will they love these records or will they leave the boys suicidal... suicidal...

DAMN ALL DEESE BEAUUUUUUUUUUUUUUTIFUL albums.

On the debut episode of the Talking Music! Podcast, nostalgia is in full bloom. For Josh, The National's 'High Violet' is a dark magnum opus rich with angst - a Godsend during his moody teenage years. And for Connor, Smashing Pumpkin's double album 'Melon Collie and the Infinite Sadness' is a cathartic experience in both beauty and anger. Until now, they had only listened to their respective albums. But Josh making Connor listen to 'High Violet', and Connor is making Josh listen to 'Melon Collie'. An indie rock gloom-fest versus a two-hour grunge epic... Will the guys RATE their albums or will they HATE them?

On the debut episode of the Talking Music! Podcast, nostalgia is in full bloom. For Josh, The National's 'High Violet' is a dark magnum opus rich with angst - a Godsend during his moody teenage years. And for Connor, Smashing Pumpkin's double album 'Melon Collie and the Infinite Sadness' is a cathartic experience in both beauty and anger. Until now, they had only listened to their respective albums. But Josh making Connor listen to 'High Violet', and Connor is making Josh listen to 'Melon Collie'. An indie rock gloom-fest versus a two-hour grunge epic... Will the guys RATE their albums or will they HATE them?