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:

April 10, 2024Episode #279: Lyrics
We discuss lyrics in popular music. Have they become simpler and angrier over the years?
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‌Show notes:
Billie Eilish Clarifies Comments About ‘Wasteful’ Vinyl Variants: ‘I Wasn’t Singling Anyone Out’
Song lyrics have become simpler and more repetitive over the last five decades
Genius
Our next tracks:
Timo Andres: The Blind Banister
The Hanging Stars: On a Golden Shore
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March 27, 2024Episode #278: Gear Acquisition Syndrome
Gear Acquisition Syndrome, or GAS, affects people with many interests: musicians, photographers, and audiophiles. We discuss how this syndrome can affect people, and why people just want to keep buying more gear.
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‌Show notes:
Cambridge Audio: EVO 150 DELOREAN EDITION All-in-One Player
The 7 key stages of Gear Acquisition Syndrome
Kyusu
Our next tracks:
Max Richter: Sleep (Piano Edition)
Little Village: Little Village
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March 13, 2024Episode #277: The Rise and Fall of the Rock Star, Part 2
This time, Kirk chose three rock stars to discuss from David Hepworth's book Uncommon People: The Rise and Fall of the Rock Stars 1955-1994.
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‌Show notes:
Uncommon People: The Rise and Fall of the Rock Stars 1955-1994
Our next tracks:
Vega Trails: Tremors in the Static
Pan•American: The Patience Fader
Gustaf: Package, Pt. 2)
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February 28, 2024Episode #276: The Rise and Fall of the Rock Star
We didn't all do our homework, but Doug discusses three chapters from David Hepworth's book Uncommon People: The Rise and Fall of the Rock Stars 1955-1994.
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‌Show notes:
Uncommon People: The Rise and Fall of the Rock Stars 1955-1994
Black Sabbath: The Ballet review
Introducing the Violoncello Da Spalla
Our next tracks:
Sigiswald Kuijken: Solo
New Order: Substance 1987 (2023 Expanded Reissue)
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February 14, 2024Episode #275: Dead at the Sphere, Vision Pro, Grammys, Taylor Swift, the Superb Owl, and More
We have a “two guys in a pub” episode, in which we talk about the next musical artist to perform at The Sphere: Dead & Company. We also discuss Apple’s new Vision Pro, the Grammys, Taylor Swift, the Superb Owl, and more.
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‌Show notes:
Dead & Company, Dead Forever, at The Sphere
Apple Vision Pro review: magic, until it’s not (The Verge)
Taylor Swift, QAnon, and the Political Weaponization of Fandom
Monte-Carlo Summer Festival
Our next tracks:
The Passions: Thirty-Thousand Feet over China
The Rolling Stones: A Bigger Bang
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January 31, 2024Episode #274: OMD
We discuss the first album by Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark, aka OMD, called Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark. This was a foundational album in the synth-pop movement that started in the late 1970s and early 1980s in the UK.
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‌Show notes:
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark: Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
Synth Britannia
Our next tracks:
Brian Eno: 77 Million Paintings
Dr. Feelgood: Down by the Jetty
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January 17, 2024Episode #273: Sheik Yerbouti
Doug has long been a fan of Frank Zappa’s music, yet we’ve never spent an episode discussing it. In our irregular series looking at individual albums, we look at Zappa’s best-selling record, the 1979 Sheik Yerbouti.
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‌Show notes:
Frank Zappa: Sheik Yerbouti
Episode #268: Miles Davis, Bitches Brew
Robert Christgau on Sheik Yerbouti
Zappa (documentary)
Our next tracks:
Genesis: Wind and Wuthering
Frank Zappa: Sheik Yerbouti
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January 03, 2024Episode #272: Keef
Keith Richards is still alive. We recorded this episode on his 80th birthday, and we discussed how he is one of the most important guitarists in rock music, and the backbone of The Rolling Stones
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‌Show notes:
@officialKeef - Keith Richards an Twitter
Keith Richards Shows Off His Guitar Skills by Playing Some Rolling Stones Hits | The Tonight Show
Keith Richards: A life in guitars
Keith Richards: “They haven't really improved the electric guitar since Les Paul and Leo Fender put their touch to it. Everything else is trying to sound like them”
Peter Gabriel - Here Comes The Flood video
Our next tracks:
Peter Gabriel: I/O
X-Ray Spex: Germfree Adolescents
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December 20, 2023Episode #271: New in Apple’s Music App
Apple’s recent operating system updates have added some changes to the Music app. We look into these features and how they affect the way you manage your music.
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‌Show notes:
Take Control of Mac Media Apps
Patreon
Doug’s Apple Scripts
Our next tracks:
The Cure: Three Imaginary Boys
Red Devils & Mick Jagger: The Blues Session
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December 06, 2023Episode #270: Timo Andres on Philip Glass’s Piano Études
Composer and pianist Timo Andres worked on a new edition of Philip Glass’s piano études. He talks about these works, about what piano études are, and about Glass’s music.
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Guest:
Timo Andres
Timo Andres’s YouTube channel
‌Show notes:
Timo Andres’s other episodes of The Next Track
Philip Glass Piano Etudes: The Complete Folios 1-20 & Essays from 20 Fellow Artists
Philip Glass: Complete Piano Études, Maki Namekawa
Our next tracks:
Brian Eno: Ambient 1:Music For Airports
Carla Olson & Mick Taylor - Sway: The Best of Carla Olson & Mick Taylor
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Special Guest: Timo Andres.
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