Do you like Christmas music? Well, how about you eat all the Christmas music? Ryan, Rachel D, and Matt ruin Christmas for 2017.

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Episode 294: Nativity Bangerz originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Ryan and Matt down a Jack and Clark as they consider St. Vincent’s Masseducation.

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Episode 293: Jagged Little Pills Pills Pills originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Ryan, Matt, and Rachel stick the unused Beretta in the Fendi as they consider cities in transition: Milan in the late 70s, New York in the late nineties, and contemporary Los Angeles, home to Daniele Luppi, the host of the theme party that is 2017’s Milano, featuring playing by Parquet Courts and some singing by Karen O.

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Episode 292: The Music of Cities in Transition originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Ryan, Matt, and Rachel D show Björk some emotional respect as they consider the purified Utopia of her new album Utopia, wondering why a flute has to play a flute, and whether the self-described “Tinder album” is actually like online dating.

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Episode 291: The Bird-y Flutes and the Flute-y Synths and the Synth-y Flute Birds originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Matt is joined by Jordan (you’re not him!) to discuss Miley Cyrus’s return to country-ish music.

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Episode 290: You Can’t Step into the Same Miley Cyrus Twice originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Ryan and Matt are joined by Rachel D to discuss Taylor Swift’s reputation and Taylor Swift’s reputation.

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#reputaylurking #reputation  pic.twitter.com/JhZNUZ7MxK

— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) November 14, 2017

#reputaylurking #reputation  pic.twitter.com/pOEpn6Dk5p

— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) November 14, 2017

Episode 289: We Have Always Been at War with Kanye originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Ryan and Matt are joined by Rachel D to consider Kesha’s return to recording on Rainbow, and wonder if this is the most Kesha Kesha album that Kesha can Kesha. They also offer a typology of piano ballads, and a diagnosis of karaoke pathologies.

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Episode 288: I’m a Mother-Having Woman originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Ryan and Matt wonder if they’ve been stealth Antonoffed, but the answer is decidedly no: They are listening to Native Invader, the latest from Tori Amos, and the album that brings her into the Three Episode Club, an honor she shares with The Mountain Goats. They talk about the album’s delightful lyrics, its distinctive sound, it’s sneakily paradoxical politics. They’re wide awoke, it’s morning.

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Episode 287: The Plato Form Factory originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Ryan and Rachel D lace up their plimsolls and head into the dream punk mosh pit with Antisocialites, the sophomore album by Alvvays.

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Episode 286: Circle of Malcontents originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Wolfman Ryan and Wolfman Matt survey the Wolf Band landscape, and settle upon Wolf Parade’s latest album, Cry Cry Cry, an exploration of dreams and kings.

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Episode 285: Pretty Tame for a Wolf Band originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]