Weekly Drive-By

Weekly Drive-By

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Weekly Drive-By episodes

  • WDB 36) The Succession of Succession

    This week's albums: London Brew - London Brew [3/31/2023], and Aindulmedir - Star Lore [2/17/23].


    Music takes a backseat this week to our final Succession discussion, where we talk about the last three episodes of the fourth season (America Decides, Church and State, and With Open Eyes) and how we'll remember and rank the show in TV history.

    2 hr 13 min
  • WDB 35) South Carolina Is a Testicle of a State
    This week's albums: 2hollis - 2 [5/11/23], Kash Krabs - The Krusty Pack [5/3/23], Spring 2005 - Ellie Kemper [5/12/23], The Canyon Observer - Figura [1/9/23], Colin Stetson - When We Were That What Wept for the Sea [5/12/23], and Angel Olsen - Forever Means [4/14/23].HBO's streaming service got another name change, the writers are striking, flying is a terrible experience, and airports deserve to be ranked.
    2 hr 20 min
  • WDB 34) Arabic Jazz Came Through
    This week's albums - Softcult - See You in the Dark, Kara Jackson - Why Does the Earth Give Us People to Love, Le Cri du Caire - Le Cri du Caire, Alfa Mist - Variables, Avalon Emerson - And the Charm, EABS Meets Jaubi - In Search of a Better Tomorrow, Animal Collective - A Night at Mr. Raindrop's Holistic Supermarket, Cacola - Alive, Jards Macalé - Coração bifurcado, Takeshi's Cashew - Enter J's Chamber.Absolute fact that we're the only show talking about George Santos and yellow watermelon in the same episode. That and more in the first hour, then the rest for the music on one of the longest drive-bys we've ever done.
    2 hr 46 min
  • WDB 33) Computers Are Stupid
    If you stick around to the end, we pre-review some of the albums we'll be talking about next week, but the rest of the show is more or less a reminder to podcast responsibly while we rediscover Steve Albini's thoughts on Odd Future from 2011, talk about food analogies, go over Utah's role as the newest battleground in the Woke Wars, read way too much of Cory Doctorow's essay "The Enshittification of TikTok," hit some major themes from episodes 6 and 7 of Season 4 of Succession, give some more thoughts about the 40 hour work week, and even talk a little MATLAB. So we're sort of all over the place here, but isn't that why you're listening?
    2 hr 21 min
  • WDB 32) Bulgarian Shopping Ads and Cool Synths
    This week's albums: 凛として時雨 [Ling Tosite Sigure] - last aurorally [4/12/23], BRAIDS - Euphoric Recall [4/28/23] ,ТДК [TDK] - Nemesta [3/8/23], Bill Orcutt - Jump On It! [4/28/23], OZmotic & Fennesz - Senzatempo [4/14/23].On the front half, we quickly mention another recent bank failure, check in on a Drive-By alumni, give a review of Adult Swim's animated show Ballmastrz: 9009, give an extremely late take on MILF Manor, and do some more job talk.
    2 hr 9 min
  • WDB 31) The Only Good Part of a Car Is the Radio
    This week's albums: Covet - Catharsis [4/7/23], Maruja - Knocknarea [3/17/23], Megumi Acorda - Silver Fairy [3/17/23], Dødheimsgard - Black Medium Current [4/14/23], Zorn - Zorn [3/10/23], Lankum - False Lankum [3/24/23].Music's all on the back half this week, but on the front half, we get into the temptations in working from home, sip reviews centered on a single brand, and call us Click and Clack cause we got some car talk.
    2 hr 18 min
  • WDB 30) Kendall Roy Listens to Shabazz Palaces When Plotting to Lead Waystar Royco
    This week's albums: Wednesday - Rat Saw God [4/7/23], chini.png - El día libre de Polux [3/31/23], Lavarr the Starr - Illusions Ago [4/12/23], and Black Magick SS - Burning Bridges [3/15/23].More of us doing Roycast better than Roycast with the front half dedicated to the episodes 3 and 4 of Succession. Quick chats about some classic cocktails, and the Fox News / Dominion case's end. One of the most mundane Utah laws that thankfully no longer exists. All this week, on the Weekly Drive By.
    2 hr 4 min
  • WDB 29) WinCo and The Pig Underrate Fall Out Boy in 2023, Kroger Hates Them!
    This week's albums: Tim Hecker - No Highs [4/7/23], Dispirited Spirits - The Redshift Blues [3/10/23], Depeche Mode - Memento mori [3/24/23], Fall Out Boy - So Much (for) Stardust [3/24/23], and Andrea - Due in Color [3/23/23].Porters vs stouts. The absolute state of Italy. Bee sentience. The ecological niche of mosquitos. The experience of WinCo. Channeling our inner Roycast. All the ingredients to make a great drive-by.
    1 hr 56 min
  • WDB 28) Connor Roy Was Interested in Hardcore Punk and/or Video Game Sequencers From a Young Age

    This week's albums: Graphic Nature - A Mind Waiting to Die [2/17/23] and MSPAINT - Post-American [3/10/23].


    We also get into a couple handfuls of bonus reviews, including debut albums from on4ward (In Rainbow Roads, 1/13/23) and Black Button (Rejoice, 1/13/23). That's all on the back half, while we spend most of the front half talking about the Season 4 premiere of HBO's Succession and jumping onto Untappd to check out beer reviews.

    2 hr 11 min
  • WDB 27) Tim Hecker Is Officially Ducking Utah
    This week's albums: LOVEBITES - Judgement Day [2/22/23], slowthai - UGLY [3/3/23], Avey Tare - 7s [2/17/23], and Turpitude - Une interprétation de la dissolution glaciale en quatre mouvements [1/6/23].Music's on the back half, but in the front half we have the return of the Mocca Shots plus some other caffeine talk, a date story, and more Utah talk. We also check in on some Drive-By alumni, give a special shoutout, and process our disappointment in the structure of the Oblivion Access festival in real time.
    2 hr 6 min

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The Weekly Drive-By is a music review podcast hosted by two friends who've known each other for about a decade now. The first half of the show is usually free discussion with nothing out of bounds, and the second half is built around reviews of new(ish) LPs and EPs that are either trending in the online music community or unknown picks we'd like to let people know about. We don't take ourselves too seriously, and you probably shouldn't either.