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Welcome to The Music Corner “Riffs to 808s,” the podcast where Nate, Trent, and Sebastian listen to new music and give their takes on whether it’s worth checking out or not! Filled with shenanigans, hot takes, and biased opinions, see what the boys have to say about new music in 2021. Hope you all enjoy the episode! ALBUMS IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE Tigers Jaw - I Won't Care How You Remember Me Epica...

Another week, another set of albums!! Join Nate, Trent, and Sebastian on this week’s episode of The Music Corner “Riffs to 808s!” Find out why Sebastian loathes almost all of the albums for this week, Nate’s first positive review of a thrash metal album, and more opinions of new music in 2021. Hope you all enjoy the episode! ALBUMS IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE Pale Waves - Who Am I? Melvins - Working Wi...

Welcome to another installment of The Music Corner “Riffs to 808s!” Today is Nate’s Album a Day review for the month of February. Find out all the albums he listened to, ranging from a wide range of artists and bands! Included in this episode are Red Hot Chili Peppers, Vampire Weekend, Selena Gomez & The Scene, Sleeping With Sirens, and many more!! Hope you guys enjoy Follow The Music Corner o...

Welcome to a new episode of The Music Corner “Riffs to 808s!” Today the boys go over more new albums of 2021! Find out our thoughts on slowthai’s hard-hitting yet emotional new rap album, Ohio’s latest chaotic metal band, and the evolving sounds from Architects on their new album. Hope you guys enjoy! (ALBUMS IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE) Black Coffee - Subconsciously Humanity’s Last Breath - Välde MOD...

Welcome to a new episode of The Music Corner “Riffs to 808s!” Today more albums of 2021 are being reviewed. Find out about another sad boy emo rap album for the 3rd week in a row, what Loathe has cooked up that is far from metal music, and Nate’s pure hatred towards the new Sleaford Mods album. All that and then some are on this episode, so don’t miss out! Hope you all enjoy the episode. (ALBUMS I...

Another week has come for more album reviews here on The Music Corner “Riffs to 808s!” Find out our thoughts on what we thought were our favorites for this week, as well as our least favorites. Hope you all enjoy this episode! (ALBUMS IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE) You Me At Six - SUCKAPUNCH Shame - Drunk Tank Pink Annisokay - Aurora Cult of Luna - The Raging River BONES - Burden The Pretty Reckless - De...

Welcome back to the return of album reviews here on The Music Corner "Riffs to 808s!" After about a month break, we are back again to talk about new tunes for the people like you. On this review episode we go over albums from a variety of different genres, from hard rock to emo rap to metal! Check out below what albums we talk about specifically. Hope you all enjoy! (IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE ON THE...

Today on The Music Corner, Nate and Sebastian interview a local Cleveland rapper known as LOGVN! The three of them discuss Logan's career thus far, from how he was influenced to become a rapper, to what he will be working on in the distant future. Find out about this talented artist and what he has in store for everyone, as well as other conversational topics! Hope you all enjoy, and make sure to...

Welcome to another episode of The Music Corner "Riffs to 808s!" Today Nate goes over albums he listened to for the first time ever in the month of January. This year he will be listening to a new album every day (excluding 2021 albums, which will be reviewed with the boys) and report back his discoveries. Featured in this episode include albums from Paramore, Kid Cudi, The Weeknd, Dua Lipa, Job Fo...

On today's episode the boys discuss some of the unfortunate repetition found in metal music that makes it come off as boring and uninteresting. Specifically, we go over subgenres of metal music, such as djent and metalcore, that are found to be the most repetitive subgenres in music. Hear what we have to say about that, along with what we think should change in the genre! Hope you enjoy this episo...

Welcome back to a new installment of The Music Corner "Riffs to 808s!" Today we interview a good friend of Sebastian and Trent, Dylan Drazdik. He is a local artist who just released his debut album, Dreams Are Scattered Across the Sea, which can be streamed on Spotify! Hear about his biggest influences on the album, the progression of writing the album, the future for his music, and much more!! Ho...

It is no mystery that a lot of us are missing concerts more than we ever imagined. We here at The Music Corner would do anything to just get a solid minute to be at a live show and enjoying live music once again. Nevertheless, today we thought we would go over some of our biggest concert moments! From our first ever shows, favorite and least favorite concerts, and more, find out what it was like f...

Welcome back to The Music Corner "Riffs to 808s!" Today the boys discuss some of their biggest metal influences that helped shape their music taste. From angsty nu metal to raw deathcore, find out what we started out listening to at a young age to what we now know and love today!  Follow The Music Corner on these platforms: Facebook @themusiccornerriffsto808s Instagram @themusiccornerriffsto8...

Welcome back to The Music Corner "Riffs to 808s!" Today is a much more unorthodox as Nate and his girlfriend, Shawna, discuss the cultural significance of The Black Eyed Peas's most recent album, Translation. While the album may seem generic in terms of the music, there is much more to the album as a whole. Find out about the group's background, the use of Spanglish on almost every song,  and...

Welcome to the FIRST episode in 2021 of The Music Corner “Riffs to 808s!” Today we are joined by a former guest and good friend of ours, Jordan, AKA WË$T. The four of us discuss the R&B genre, and go in detail on some of our favorite artists, the darker side of the genre, and more! If you are a fan of R&B, then this episode is just for you! Hope you guys enjoy, and make sure to check out J...

Welcome to the FINAL 2020 episode of The Music Corner "Riffs to 808s!" Today we wrap up the year with a final interview segment with the blackened deathcore band Worm Shepherd! We talk about the new album they just released, titled In The Wake Of Sol, as well as the band's next album that is in the works, stories from shows, favorite music from this year, and much more!! Hope you guys enjoy this e...

Welcome back to The Music Corner “Riffs to 808s!” Today’s episode is going to be our most laid back episode yet. Join us as we talk about how our holidays went, along with some music talk and even talking about some of our personal lives. Hope you all had a happy holiday, and we look forward to having you all join us next year in 2021! Follow The Music Corner on these platforms: Facebook @themusic...

Here we are: The top 10 albums of 2020!! Join Nate, Trent, and Sebastian on this episode as the music trio go over their favorite albums of 2020, as well as a little encore presentation of album reviews on Kid Cudi and Taylor Swift. What albums impressed us the most? What albums deserved at least an honorable mention? Find out on this episode of The Music Corner “Riffs to 808s!” Follow The Music C...

Welcome ladies and gentlemen to The Music Corner “Riffs to 808s!” It is finally the time of the year to discuss our “Best of 2020” lists, starting today with our top 10 songs of 2020! Hear what we believed was some of our personal favorites from this year, and what we deem to be our own personal song of the year. So sit back and enjoy the episode! Follow The Music Corner on these platforms: Facebo...

Welcome one and all to the final 2020 album review episode on The Music Corner "Riffs to 808s!" Today we talk about the latest albums from Busta Rhymes, Yung Gravy, Within the Ruins, and more!! In the coming weeks now, we will be giving you guys are top 10 songs of the year and, of course, our top 10 albums of the year. So sit back and enjoy our last review episode in 2020! WE HAVE OUR OWN OFFICIA...

Welcome back to another installment of The Music Corner "Riffs to 808s!" Today Nate and Sebastian interview the band Reflections, a metalcore band from Minnesota who just came out with their new album, Willow, earlier this year (of which we discussed in an earlier episode as well). In the interview the band talks about their biggest influences, themes behind Willow, tour stories, and much more! Ho...

Welcome to the second to last album review episode of 2020 on The Music Corner “Riffs to 808s”! Today the boys discuss another variety of music, ranging from the 90s alternative rock legends The Smashing Pumpkins, to the hip-hop/R&B sound coming from the latest Trippie Redd album. We also go over what is easily one of the heaviest albums of 2020, Chapter 3: The Last Selection by Paleface, and...

On today’s episode of The Music Corner “Riffs to 808s,” the boys discuss the results of the underwhelming AMAs, as well as the ever so controversial 2021 Grammy Awards. This year’s Grammys has sparked some of the most negative reactions in its entire history, with one of the biggest snubs being The Weeknd receiving ZERO nominations this year. Not to mention the overwhelming amount of the same arti...

Hello one and all, and welcome to the newest installment of The Music Corner “Riffs to 808s!” Today the boys go over some more tunes for the people like you. Expect to hear us discuss the new album from metal supergroup Killer Be Killed, the psychedelic pop group Glass Animals, and more!! This is one of the final three episodes remaining for our 2020 album reviews, so sit back and enjoy our though...

Welcome to The Music Corner “Riffs to 808s!” On today’s episode, the boys decide to do something a little different and talk about progressive rock/metal. From a list of bands created by Nate, they discuss which bands are prog and which ones are a separate subgenre. Hear our takes on bands like Tool, Gojira, Pink Floyd, and many more!! Hope you guys enjoy this episode! Follow Trent's Twitch accoun...