The Next Track

By Doug Adams and Kirk McElhearn

Doug Adams and Kirk McElhearn discuss music and musicians, and how we listen to music, whether it be analog or digital, downloaded or streamed, audio, or video.... more

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The Next Track episodes:

July 30, 2025Episode #313: More Thoughts on AI Music and Podcasts
We discuss AI music, and how most musicians don't make money. Then we have some thoughts about podcast listening.
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‌Show notes
An AI-generated band got 1m plays on Spotify. Now music insiders say listeners should be warned
Who Is Watching All These Podcasts?
The Next Track on YouTube
Our next tracks:
Franz Schubert: Complete Songs, Graham Johnson
Deep Sea Diver: Billboard Heart
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July 16, 2025Episode #312: 1975
It was 50 years ago, and as years for popular music go, 1975 was a doozy.
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Sight and Sound: 1975
1975 in music - Wikipedia
Our next tracks:
Al Pacino: Sonny Boy
Dusty Rose Gang: A-One From Day One
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July 02, 2025Episode 311: Triple Albums
After our previous episode discussing double albums, we wondered where to go next. We decided to turn the podcast up a notch, and discuss triple albums; much rarer than double albums, but many of them are landmarks in the history of rock music.
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The Next Track: Episode #310: Double Albums
List of triple albums - Wikipedia
Our next tracks:
Duo Ruut: Ilmateade
Fleetwood Mac: Live in Boston Vols 1-3
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34min
June 18, 2025Episode #310: Double Albums
We talk about double albums, which used to be a thing back in the LP day. They were special, because having an album with twice the music was (almost always) great. But they disappeared starting with the CD era and, now with digital, they don't exist any more. We talk about great double albums.
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Rolling Stone Readers' Poll: The 10 Greatest Double Albums of All Time
The Next Track: Episode #191 - Exile on Monday
Blinded by the Light (2019 film)
Our next tracks:
Blinded By the Light
Echo & The Bunnymen: Porcupine
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32min
June 04, 2025Episode #309: Shouting at Clouds
Doug and Kirk discuss some of the things they like and dislike about the current state of audio equipment and the music industry.
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RIAA equalization - Wikipedia
Cable sheathing
Our next tracks:
Traffic: The Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys
Sonic Youth: Rather Ripped
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31min
May 21, 2025Episode #308: Playing Games
Video games are one of the most popular forms of entertainment. Doug has been a gamer for a long time, but Kirk only recently converted. We talk about how gaming is part of our leisure activity.
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Batman: Arkham Asylum
Assassin’s Creed Shadows
Escape from Tarkov
The Long Dark
Stardew Valley
Stray
Our next tracks:
Pink Floyd At Pompeii - MCMLXXII
Guided by Voices: Universe Room
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May 07, 2025Episode #307: AI Is Everywhere
AI is everywhere. It hasn't really affected music yet, or has it?
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Perplexity
Microsoft made an ad with generative AI and nobody noticed
How Daydreaming Can Enhance Creativity for Fiction Writers
The Next Track: Episode #305: Timo Andres on Steve Reich's Collected Works
Sonatas and Interludes - Wikipedia
Our next tracks:
John Cage, Sonatas and Interludes, James Tenney
Corey Harris: Greens From the Garden
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April 23, 2025Episode #306: Displacement and the Long Tail
Wired editor Chris Anderson came up with the idea of "the long tail" in 2004, suggesting that older books, music, and other creative works would continue to sell in small amounts, making enough money over time for these creators to survive. He was wrong. Very wrong.
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‌Show notes:
Chris Anderson, The Long Tail (Wired)
Darkside at Coachella (unfortunately, the full video is no longer available; here's one song that's on YouTube)
Very Seldom Casual, on uncertain.fm
Our next tracks:
Yasunori Imamura: J.S. Bach: Cello Suites, Vol. 2
Joe Strummer 002: The Mescaleros Years
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April 09, 2025Episode #305: Timo Andres on Steve Reich's Collected Works
Composer and pianist Timo Andres wrote extensive listening notes for the new box set of Steve Reich's Collected Works. We talk with him about this composer whose work over the past five decades has been incredibly influential.
"I went everyone to listen to music in a more abstract way."
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‌Show notes:
Timo Andres
Timo Andres on The Next Track
Steve Reich: Collected Works
Will Hermes
Our next tracks:
Grateful Dead: Reckoning
Ron Wood: I've Got My Own Album To Do
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Special Guest: Timo Andres.
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March 26, 2025Episode #304: Box Sets
The Grateful Dead released a big box set that Kirk will not buy, leading Doug and Kirk to discuss box sets of CDs.
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‌Show notes:
Enjoying The Ride, Grateful Dead
Grateful Dead Complete Europe ’72 Box Set
New Live Release from Yes: Progeny, Seven Concerts from 1972
Why Box Sets Are Stuck in the Past
Vinyl and packaging manufacturer, Key Production Group, reveals its predictions for vinyl and physical music releases in 2025
Steve Reich: Collected Works
Our next tracks:
J.S. Bach: The Art of Fugue — Phantasm Viol Consort
Mose Allison: The Best of Mose Allison
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30min

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