The Music Digest

"Special guest, Music Director Lottie, is back again to join us and to ring in the new year with our first new music episode of 2020! We check out new tunes from Yumi Zouma, Gladie, Praises, Aoife Nessa Frances, and YlangYlang, but for some reason do quite a bit of talking about Angel Olsen, Eleanor Friedberger, and a band whose music video we watched today and hated, but refuse to name. It's a real hot start to the year.

00:00 - // Sponsor + Intro

01:41 - // No millennial whoop

13:22 - “Right Track / Wrong Man” - Yumi Zouma

16:12 - // We love a good pro-fesh-un-al record label

24:36 - “A Place Far Different” - Gladie

28:30 - // Leap year baby record

35:12 - “I Don't Want To Ask” - Praises

38:57 - // Bringing torment back to the piano

43:35 - “Here In The Dark” - Aoife Nessa Frances

48:51 - // Zoë Kravitz, wow

57:36 - “Limitless” - YlangYlang

62:12 - // January mood

65:06 - // outro

65:44 - // END

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"Not every song needs to fit the mold of a 3 minute pop song - this week, to start 2020, we're checking out some of the longer (5 minutes +) music from 2019 that we hadn't gotten around to listening to yet!

 

00:00 - // Sponsor + Intro

02:37 - “Alpine Star” - William Tyler

07:54 - “Faithful Lights” - Leem of Earth

16:14 - // Long songs can offer another side

17:11 - “The Point” - Agouti

22:55 - “The Ever Turning Wheel” - The Soft Cavalry

29:46 - // Psych jams and shoegaze drones

31:13 - “The Lightness of Being” - Samana

36:20 - “Kuku Ree” - Longriver

41:59 - // Meditative and sparse

43:15 - “Boy and Girl” - Unloved

48:55 - “Don't Forget Me” - E.B. The Younger

54:49 - // Let it go a little longer

55:52 - // Outro

56:27 - END!

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"This week we’re taking a look back at some of the guests we’ve had on the show in 2019 - including J’s chats with Isaac Gillespie, Day & Dream, Yoni Gordon, Annie Pichan, and Ilithios. 

The music you hear in this episodes mic breaks is the song “Quilts” by Tigue.

00:00 - // Sponsor + Intro

01:16 - // We’ll hear 5 interviews from 2019 by J!

01:41 - “Tropical Climes” - Isaac Gillespie

05:07 - // J chats with Isaac Gillespie

26:19 - // love those shoutouts

26:44 - “We’re Gonna Need Some More Coffee” - Day & Dream

30:08 - // J chats w/ Abby and Peter from Day & Dream

44:07 - // They just released another new track...

44:56 - “Song of the Summer” - Yoni Gordon

47:59 - // J chats with Yoni Gordon

64:54 - // Check out Fearless Moral Inventory

65:26 - "My Lover, I Don't Need You" - Annie Pichan

70:11 - // J chats with Annie Pichan

80:04 - // One more to come...

80:37 - "August Shadows" - Ilithios

84:20 - // J chats w/ Manny Nomikos, aka Ilithios

98:31 - "Will We Get Married" - Ilithios

101:57 - // Until 2020...

102:46 - // OUTRO

103:23 - // END!

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"J returns to the show - all the way from Austin! In this two-part mega-episode, we're catching up on the music he missed in the months since departing the show (and, ultimately, NYC).

As we continue our adventure through the tracks that J missed, we hit new music from Very Good, Anna Meredith, Levitation Room, The High Dials, Black Marble, Girl Ray, FRANKIIE, Hana Vu, Long Beard, and The Paranoyds!

00:00 - / Sponsor + Intro

01:11 - // Are you spying on me?

05:07 - /“Adulthood” - Very Good

11:14 - // Like a one man Beatles?

13:22 - “Calion” - Anna Meredith

18:23 - // Sci - fi polyrhythm

20:35 - “Mr. Polydactyl Cat” - Levitation Room

24:03 - // They just have more love to give

27:19 - “The future Prospects of your Ego” - The High Dials

30:33 - // Why am I talking about Cheekface again?

34:28 - “Shoulder” - Black Marble

38:33 - // It’s just nice and pleasant

40:11 - “Show Me More” - Girl Ray

43:31 - // It was all you

46:25 - “Funny Feelings” - FRANKIIE

49:54 - // It just kinda fits a vibe

52:59 - “Everyone in the room” - Hana Vu

56:12 - // I think she’s just really talented.

58:50 - “In The Morning” - Long Beard

61:32 - // Picking sides with vinyl

67:48 - “Courtney” - The Paranoyds

70:29 - // New to me but...

73:58 - // OUTRO!

74:37 - // END.

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"J returns to the show - all the way from Austin! In this two-part mega-episode, we're catching up on the music he missed in the months since departing the show (and, ultimately, NYC).

This episode features music from Battles, The Nunnery, HXXS, Broen, Squid, Shana Falana, and Ghost Funk Orchestra, as well as a healthy does of tangents!

00:00 - // Sponsor + Intro

07:51 - “Ambulance” - Battles

12:05 - // Were you air drumming? I was air drumming.

16:32 - “Take A Walk” - the Nunnery

19:32 - // Do you miss music?

25:42 - “Last Of Magic” - HXXS

29:02 - // That was some real witchy stuff

33:35 - “Bring It Closer” - Broen

37:39 - // Let it pulsate through your body

40:55 - “The Cleaner” - Squid

48:23 - // This is squelchy

52:32 - “Everyone Is Gonna Be Okay” - Shana Falana

57:20 - // Rhythm and darkness

62:26 - “Walk Like A Motherfucker” - Ghost Funk Orchestra

65:27 - // This song is magic.

68:09 - // OUTRO!

68:50 - // END.

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"For the last full new music episode of the year, our first special guest since the departure of J - another J named Jeanette D. Moses - joins us once again to listen to and react to new singles! We're getting into it about songs from albums that will be released in February, March, and April of 2020 - way in the future! While you listen, why not check out the new photoblog featuring some of the band portraits Jeanette has taken for us in 2019? Later, scope out the music video we mention for the single by The Naked and Famous that you'll hear in this episode!

00:00 - // Sponsor + Intro

01:20 - // Music from the future

04:35 - “Surprise” - Kevin Krauter

08:17 - //Antidepressants for the ears

11:21 - “Sunseeker” - The Naked and Famous

15:09 - // Another summer jam?!

20:20 - “Limbs” - Fassine

24:29 - // Cinematic is the word

31:15 - “Migration of Souls” - M. Ward

34:42 - // Stumbling towards the grave

46:37 - “Slumlord (Clean Edit)” - Baxter Dury

49:58 - // murder shoes?!

56:44 - “Cyrano De Berger’s Back” - X

59:46 - // sounds so fresh

62:55 - // OUTRO!

63:32 - // END.

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"Our esteemed music director Lottie is back for another guest spot on the show, checking out new tunes from Arbor Labor Union, Libel, Caroline Says, Girl Ray, Tuff Sunshine, Luke Lalonde, and Varsity!

00:00 - Intro

01:14 - // Lottie is becoming an alien

10:26 - “Flowerhead” - Arbor Labor Union

14:40 - // Should we just stop here?

18:50 - “In the Abstract” - Libel

21:58 - // The drums go in the basement

27:11 - “Ohio River” - Caroline Says

30:27 - // Lottie and The Might Ohio

35:04 - “Girl” - Girl Ray

38:32 - // We’re on an 80’s vibe

44:10 - “Dig Deeper, Peanut” - Tuff Sunshine

47:52 - // Slide on in, peanut

52:17 - “The Perpetual Optimist” - Luke Lalonde

55:10 - // The oughts are going country?

59:18 - “Second Act” - Varsity

63:19 - // Jangly guitars!

64:10 - // OUTRO

64:47 - // end.

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"We have our first returning guest! Gabriel Birnbaum visited the show back in August of 2018 around the release of his band Wilder Maker’s album, Zion, and now he’s back with a solo record, Not Alone (Arrowhawk Records), so he’s sitting down to talk a bit about that project and to check out some other new music with us. We get into brand new tracks from Kate Teague, Black Grapefruit, Drakulas, HOOPS, Wye Oak, Hurt Valley, and Ryan Egan along the way!

00:00 - // Sponsor + Intro

01:25 - // Introducing Gabriel Birnbaum

08:20 - “Blue Kentucky Mile” - Gabriel Birnbaum

12:59 - // About “Not Alone”

15:54 - “Gilly” - Kate Teague

19:06 - // Never go to the 1

22:01 - “Waist” - Black Grapefruit

25:00 - // So, so dense

29:55 - “Level Up” - Drakulas

32:21 - // Consoles and tonsils and streaming numbers

38:30 - “THEY SAY” - HOOPS

43:00 - // More vibraslap!

48:01 - “Fortune” - Wye Oak

51:49 - // A new album coming, we hope?

54:48 - “Geology Dreamer” - Hurt Valley

59:18 - // You may also like...

62:14 - “I Feel Like Crying” - Ryan Egan

64:47 - // Where do you find these people?

68:17 - // outro

68:55 - // end.

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"Matt Heart Spade and Jinners take a break from their awesome nostalgia-tinged podcast about music, Mixtape Memories, to join me this week and listen to and react to new music from Chartreuse, Erin Anne, Panda Bear, The Good Ones, Camp Howard, and Cate Le Bon/Bradford Cox.

00:00 - // Sponsor + Intro

01:39 - // We’re starting things off correct

06:23 - “Midnight Oil” - Chartreuse

10:33 - // Is this for a coffee commercial?

16:29 - “Life Soup” - Erin Anne

19:13 - // Matt was the gatekeeper!

26:53 - “Flight (Digital Mix)” - Panda Bear

32:31 - // Who do the Do do voodoo good crew poo poo?

40:00 - “Will You Be My Protector?” - The Good Ones

42:44 - // That’s some real stuff

47:07 - “Out Of The Blue” - Camp Howard

50:01 - // Believe in me

54:36 - “Canto” - Cate Le Bon and Bradford Cox

58:58 - // Your eyes?

64:58 - // outro

65:32 - // END!

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"Jesse Rifkin, of Walk On The Wild Side NYC Tours, drops by to join in on the listening-and-reacting-to-music fun. We get into new stuff from Illuminati Hotties, Toro Y Moi, Frend, The Nunnery, Thomas Mudrick, Charly Bliss, and Flora Hibberd, and find plenty of time to get in some good tangents along the way!

00:00 - // Sponsor + Intro

01:20 - // You can take my personal rock n roll music tour, too

06:17 - “ppl plzr” - Illuminati hotties

08:56 - // Thank you, goodnight.

13:05 - “drip bounce _ 7_24_18” - Toro y Moi

15:38 - // Good vibes only

19:06 - “Freak” - Frend

25:07 - // Did I just see Marilyn Manson die?

32:34 - “Under Mission” - The Nunnery

35:16 - // From China to Mars

39:59 - “Shania” - Thomas Mudrick

43:41 - // Why not both?

47:41 - “Supermoon” - Charly Bliss

50:41 - // Warner Herzog eats his shoe

56:10 - “As Long As There Is Night” - Flora Hibberd

59:16 - // Finally found a way to bring up Nico.

63:39 - // outro!

64:13 - // END.

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