Weekly Drive-By

This week's albums: Nicholas Britell - L to the OG (feat. Kendall Roy) [5/20/20], billy woods & Kenny Segal - Maps [5/5/23]*, Jessie Ware - That! Feels Good! [4/28/23], The Defiants - Drive [6/9/23], Lars Fredrik Frøislie - Fire fortellinger [6/2/23], and Gezebelle Gaburgably - Gaburger [7/4/23]. An asterisk means this is our second review.But really, this is the TV episode. We give some final thoughts on the underappreciated Boardwalk Empire, preliminary thoughts on Telemarketers, and a quick review of Jury Duty. We also spend a chunk of time on the recent Pokémon VGC scandal and give our underinformed opinions on injecting, realize how YouTube is enshittifying itself, and give a quick shoutout to raicilla.

This week's albums: Junior Brother - Junior Brother's Favourite [4/11/23], Carly Rae Jepsen - The Loveliest Time [7/28/23], venturing - Arizona [5/15/23], billy woods & Kenny Segal - Maps [5/5/23], JPEGMAFIA & Danny Brown - Scaring the Hoes [3/24/23], and Witch Lungs - There's Nothing Out There, What're You Worried About? [6/2/23]A day late on the upload, but hey, sometimes greatness takes time. We're heading around the world this week. Alabama's in the news again, but at least this time it's Montgomery. There's also been some political drama in Pakistan that we scratch the surface of. And finally, there's a completely harmlessly crazy guy in Japan, and there was a potentially harmful crazy guy in Utah.

This week's albums: Witch - Zango [6/2/23], Truculent - A Worker's Guide to Transfiguration [6/6/23], and George Clanton - Ooh Rap I Ya [7/28/23].We also review Christopher Nolan's new film Oppenheimer (but one of us refuses to watch it), and Ari Aster's old film Hereditary. And outside of that, we're talking about a recent cross-state bootlegging run, how life changes when you break your phone, and complaining about 2FA/MFA.

This week's albums: Gabe Lee - Drink the River [7/14/23] and leroy - Grave Robbing [7/20/23].We're feeling old this week, but also realizing kids are actually terrible with computers. Piracy might be coming back thanks to streamers ripping their own popular content out of the ether (R.I.P. Westworld). And, uh, you ever have that coworker?

A little bit of a delay on this one but hey, life happens.No new albums to review this week, but we're halfway+ through the year, so we're digging into the playlist we've been working on this year. Which songs have grown on us? Which have soured? Which ones do we like that we hadn't heard yet? What are our least favorites, and what are our favorites?But earlier on, with one us living in Birmingham we had to talk a little bit about the Carlee Russell story, and we also get into the weird hazing at Northwestern, some sip reviews (Monster's Papillon, Ultra Strawberry Dreams, and Ultra Paradise), working in this heat, and a RIP to a musician we appreciate who passed away recently.

This week's albums: Mentalt Syk - The Death of Cupid [1/1/23], Bloody Butterflies - Mutations and Transformations [7/1/23], Tainy - DATA [6/29/23], and Swans - The Beggar [6/23/23].We're back after a quick break for the 4th with a lot to talk about. There's home server updates, some mixology, a little Christology, strategies on how to defend yourself from a moose attack, and how Zuck and Musk are proving that we really are the Romans, but worse.

This week's albums: elliebell - Epiphanies Tore Through [4/14/23], Giobia - Acid Disorder [4/28/23], Nenagenix - Lo más cercano a caer [5/26/23], Parasite Jazz - Parasite Jazz [4/14/23], Dozer - Drifting in the Endless Void [4/21/23], Ella Zirina - Intertwined [3/10/23], Bongzilla - Dab City [6/2/23], Sarmat - Determined to Strike [6/16/23], and Sarmat - Dubious Disk [4/19/23].Lava sauce is back at Taco Bell, and to commemorate it, we almost started a fire and had some Baja Blast Zero Sugar. We got burnt out anyway though. Outside of that, there's some people watching, a quick shoutout, softball, and a Yo La Tengo show review.

This week's albums: Protomartyr - Formal Growth in the Desert [6/2/23], Amaarae - Fountain Baby [6/9/23], Pest Control - Don't Test the Pest [2/10/23], Squid - O Monolith [6/9/23], and Mammal Hands - Gift from the Trees [3/31/23].We're talking about the submarine that everyone's talking about, Radical Red, the return of an enemy, moles, different styles of pizza, and a little Congress.

This week's albums: Foo Fighters - But Here We Are [6/2/23], Le Cri du Caire - Le Cri du Caire [1/27/23], Squid - O Monolith [6/9/23], and MSPAINT - Post-American [2/20/23].Long time listeners will note that two of these albums have been reviewed previously, but this time, they're being reviewed by the other host. We're also digging into the Reddit blackout some more and giving some quick thoughts on the online Linux community, talking about the Zion Williamson situation, uncovering one of the greatest betrayals in modern history, and letting the listers know about a new mortal enemy. Bonus topics after the break this time, too.

This week's albums: Liturgy - 93696 [3/24/23], Beach Fossils - Bunny [6/2/23], Victory for the Sun - Dance You Monster to My Soft Song! [5/26/23], Thantifaxath - Hive Mind Narcosis [6/2/23], and Kostnatění - Úpal [5/26/23].Did anything happen in 2006? Is Tim Scott still a virgin? How are this year's Republican presidential candidates looking so far? What's going on with the enshittification of Reddit and their new API policy? Will Vegas buy the A's? All of these questions, and more, will be answered on this week's show.