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 podcast currently has 310 episodes available.

The Next Track episodes:

January 15, 2025Episode #299: The Normalization of Apple's Media App; Songs in Movies
With the release of Kirk's new book, Take Control of Apple Media Apps, we discuss how Apple has normalized their media apps and, perhaps, finally made them easier to use. We also discus the use of songs in movies.
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‌Show notes:
Take Control of Apple Media Apps
Obsidian
Casino
Megalopolis
Oppenheimer
Wonder Boys
Our next tracks:
Dance Craze
Andy Pratt: Andy Pratt
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December 31, 2024Episode #298: Fake Music
Streaming services - mostly, but not only, Spotify - are filling their playlists with fake music.
"If everyone is a content creator, who's left to be the audience?"
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‌Show notes:
Take Control of Apple Media Apps
The Ghosts in the Machine, Liz Pelly
Max Richter: Sleep
Our next tracks:
Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band: Almost Acoustic
Pixies: The Night the Zombies Came
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December 18, 2024Episode #297: 1984
1984 wasn't like 1984.
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‌Show notes:
Episode #235 - 1973
Episode #79 – 1977
Episode #98 - 1981
1984: The Year Pop Stardom Got Supersized
Synth Britannia
Our next tracks:
Philip Glass: Einstein on the Beach
Guadalcanal Diary: Walking in the Shadow of the Big Man
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December 04, 2024Episode #296: Nostalgia Concerts, 74 Albums from 1974, Interstellar Soundtrack
Apparently "nostalgia concerts," where bands play full albums, have become common; not everyone likes this idea. Rolling Stone made a list of the "best" 74 albums of 1974. And we discuss movie soundtracks, with specific reference to Hans Zimmer's music for Interstellar.
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‌Show notes:
No More Nostalgia Concerts, Please
The Cure: live stream of Songs of a Lost World
The 74 Best Albums of 1974
Intersteller
Hans Zimmer
Our next tracks:
Kraftwerk: Autobahn
David Byrne: The Catherine Wheel
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November 20, 2024Episode #295: Selling Records with Pete Morgan of Burning Shed
We talk about selling records with the unique Burning Shed, the British online record store that offers a curated selected of progressive rock, new wave, ambient, and electronic music.
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‌Show notes:
Burning Shed
Our next tracks:
The Durutti Column - A Life of Reilly, by James Nice
Sponge: 1994
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November 06, 2024Episode #294: Desert Island Bass Players
With the passing of Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh, we talk about the bass players we would take to a desert island.
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‌Show notes:
Phil Lesh obituary
Our next tracks:
Grateful Dead: Fallout from the Phil Zone
Stanley Clarke: School Days
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October 23, 2024Episode #293: Desert Island Discs Redux
We discuss desert island discs as a thought experiment, though we didn't agree on the ground rules.
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‌Show notes:
Episode #130 - Desert Island Discs, Part 1
Episode #133 - Desert Island Discs, Part 2
Schubert: Winterreise, Ian Bostridge & Thomas Adès
Bach: Goldberg Variations, Glenn Gould 1981
Morton Feldman: Piano and String Quartet, Kronos Quartet and Aki Takahashi
Hume: Musicall Humours, Jordi Savall
Elastica: Elastica
The Who: Quadrophenia
Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros: Streetcore
Gustaf: Package, Pt.2
The Rolling Stones: Get Yer Ya-Yas Out
The Clash: London Calling
Brian Eno: Music for Airports
Bang on a Can: Music for Airports
Grateful Dead: American Beauty
Bill Evans: The Complete Village Vanguard Recordings, 1961
Bob Dylan: Blonde on Blonde
King Crimson: Red
Castaway
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October 09, 2024Episode #292: Music as Product
Music is a product. We discuss how music is sold and promoted.
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‌Show notes:
On the State of the (Book)World, with Lauren Groff and Neel Mukherjee
MUBI
BFI Player
Nightsleeper - iPlayer
Our next tracks:
Philip Glass, String Quartet No. 1 - Tana Quartet
Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers: L.A.M.F. (The Lost '77 Mixes)
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September 25, 2024Episode #291: Why Can't Concerts Be More Interesting?
Kirk attended a unique concert recently, and Doug and Kirk discuss how concerts could be more interesting.
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‌Show notes:
Episode #178 - Lieder and Opera Singer Ian Bostridge
Winterreise review - agony and ecstasy as Bostridge and Drake bring Schubert’s song cycle to dramatic life
Palladium
Lone Star Cafe
The Bottom Line
Our next tracks:
La Folia 1490-1701: Jordi Savall
X: Smoke & Fiction
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September 11, 2024Episode #290: Why Most People Have Better Audio on Their TV Systems
People are more likely to have good audio for their TV, to watch movies and films, than for music these days.
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‌Show notes:
Panasonic Streaming 4K Blu Ray Player DP-UB820-K
Our next tracks:
2001: A Space Odyssey (4K Ultra HD)
Kiss: Alive
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