Let It Roll

Hosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of Simon Reynolds' "Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture" with a look at how hardcore breakbeat evolved into Jungle in London in the early 1990s, changing the sound and bringing more Black dancers into the scene. GO TO THE LET IT ROLL SUBSTACK TO HEAR THE FULL EPISODE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ -- The...

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Host Nate Wilcox and Mark Doyle discuss Ray Davies and the Kinks and their unique status among British Invasion artists. Let It Roll is proud to be part of Pantheon Podcasts. Have a question or a suggestion for a topic or person for Nate to interview? Email letitrollpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter. Follow us on Facebook. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Nate and Ryan discuss Pirate Radio in the UK in the 1990s. The discussion is based on Simon Reynolds' chapter "This Sound Is For the Underground" from "Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture." ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠GO TO THE LET IT ROLL SUBSTACK TO HEAR THE FULL EPISODE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ -- The final 15 minutes of this episode are exclusivel...

Host Nate Wilcox welcomes Black Flag biographer Stevie Chick to discuss the band's emergence from the suburbs of Los Angeles and the vicious resistance they faced every step of the way. Let It Roll is proud to be part of Pantheon Podcasts. Have a question or a suggestion for a topic or person for Nate to interview? Email letitrollpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter. Follow us on Facebook. Learn...

This week hosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness talk about the second wave of Detroit Techno -- artists like Underground Resistance, Richie Hawtin’s +8 label and Carl Craig. Based on Simon Reynolds' "Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture." ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠GO TO THE LET IT ROLL SUBSTACK TO HEAR THE FULL EPISODE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ -- The final 15 min...

Host Nate Wilcox welcomes Ted Gioia back to the show to discuss the latest edition of his "History of Jazz." The conversation is focused on the origin of jazz in New Orleans, the key influences and some of the important musicians who created this new music. Let It Roll is proud to be part of Pantheon Podcasts. Have a question or a suggestion for a topic or person for Nate to interview? Email letit...

As Ecstasy lost its charm for many in the UK dance scene, some producers and DJs led an evolution that saw the music's themes get grimmer and the sounds get stranger. Hosts Nate Wilcox & Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of Simon Reynolds' Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠GO TO THE LET IT ROLL SUBSTACK TO HEAR THE FULL EPISODE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Host Nate Wilcox welcomes back Joel Selvin to discuss the short but eventful life of Bert Berns, one of the greatest Brill Building songwriter/producers. Let It Roll is proud to be part of Pantheon Podcasts. Have a question or a suggestion for a topic or person for Nate to interview? Email letitrollpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter. Follow us on Facebook. Learn more about your ad choices. Vis...

Hosts Nate Wilcox & Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of "Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture" with a focus on chapter called “Feed Your Head: Intelligent Techno, Ambient and Trance” and the attempt by some producers and DJs to push the music into a serious album-oriented music made for listening rather than dancing. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠GO TO THE LET IT ROLL S...

Nate and Brooks talk about Ritz’ biography of Aretha Franklin: "Respect" and the autobiography he wrote with Aretha “From These Roots”. Let It Roll is proud to be part of Pantheon Podcasts. Have a question or a suggestion for a topic or person for Nate to interview? Email letitrollpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter. Follow us on Facebook. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/ad...

Hosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of Simon Reynolds' "Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture" with a talk about The Spiral Tribe, the 1992 Castlemorton Common Festival and the crusty-raver alliance that saw the last gasp of mass illegal raves in Britain. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠GO TO THE LET IT ROLL SUBSTACK TO HEAR THE FULL EPISODE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Frank Sinatra biographer James Kaplan returns, to discuss “The Chairman” which covers the peak years of Sinatra’s career, his incredible run of albums for Capital Records, the Rat Pack, and how he was the connection between a President and the mob. Let It Roll is proud to be part of Pantheon Podcasts. Have a question or a suggestion for a topic or person for Nate to interview? Email letitrollpodca...

Hosts Nate Wilcox & Ryan Harkness continue their conversation about Simon Reynolds' "Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture " with a look at the chapter titled "'Ardkore, You Know the Score: The Second Wave of Rave 1990-92." Nate and Ryan talk about the Northern bleep and bass sound of Warp and Unique 3, the hip-house and ragga sound of Shut Up and Dance, the anthemic pop of...

Nate and Yuri look back at Nate's discussion with Ted Gioia and what we learned about the uncontrollable, dangerous power of music, music as magic and how authorities always try to tame musical revolutions and never quite succeed. Let It Roll is proud to be part of Pantheon Podcasts. Have a question or a suggestion for a topic or person for Nate to interview? Email letitrollpodcast@gmail.com Follo...

Hosts Nate Wilcox & Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of ⁠Simon Reynolds' A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture⁠ with a look at the second summer of love hit particularly hard in Manchester and the North of England where bands like the Stone Roses, Happy Mondays, Inspiral Carpets, the Shamen and Primal Scream attempted to fuse rave and rock. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠GO TO THE LET IT R...

Nate and Joel discuss the tightly interconnected LA pop scene of the early and mid-60s, an era when R&B was superseded by surf music and then folk rock. Let It Roll is proud to be part of Pantheon Podcasts. Have a question or a suggestion for a topic or person for Nate to interview? Email letitrollpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter. Follow us on Facebook. Learn more about your ad choices. Visi...

This week Nate and Ryan discuss Reynolds' chapter "Living A Dream: Acid House and UK Rave 1988-1989." Let It Roll is proud to be part of Pantheon Podcasts. Have a question or a suggestion for a topic or person for Nate to interview? Email letitrollpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter. Follow us on Facebook. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Nate Wilcox asks Joan Jett's biographer about Kim Fowley, the rise and fall of the Runaways, the metal vs punk split that divided the band, her alliance with bubblegum creator Kenny Laguna and how she rode that partnership to fame and fortune. Let It Roll is proud to be part of Pantheon Podcasts. Have a question or a suggestion for a topic or person for Nate to interview? Email letitrollpodca...

Today Nate and Ryan take a look at the Techno scene in Detroit, the House scene in Chicago and the garage scene in New York and New Jersey and how African-Americans in those three cities invented and perfected EDM as we know it today.  Let It Roll is proud to be part of Pantheon Podcasts. Have a question or a suggestion for a topic or person for Nate to interview? Email letitrollpodcast@gmail.com...

Nate and Tony talk Col. Tom Parker, Hank Snow, the songwriting team behind Elvis’ first #1 and the murder mystery behind the song. Let It Roll is proud to be part of Pantheon Podcasts. Have a question or a suggestion for a topic or person for Nate to interview? Email letitrollpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter. Follow us on Facebook. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoic...

In this episode we introduce the new series, discuss author Simon Reynolds' background and perspective and why his book “Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture“ is a definitive take on the UK dance scene of the 1990s. Let It Roll is proud to be part of Pantheon Podcasts. Have a question or a suggestion for a topic or person for Nate to interview? Email letitrollpodcast@gmail....

Host Nate Wilcox returns with cohorts Eugene S. Robinson, lead singer of the art-punk band Oxbow and veteran entertainment attorney Alexei Auld to continue their discussion of Netflix’ Hip Hop Evolution. This week, they look at the mix tape phenomenon and artists like 50 Cent, TI and Lil Wayne who thrived in the medium. GO TO THE LET IT ROLL SUBSTACK TO HEAR THE FULL EPISODE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Host Nate Wilcox & music writer James Porter continue discussing Ken Burns' Country Music with a look at the emergence of country music's neo-traditionalists like Randy Travis and Ricky Skaggs, and the brief golden period they kicked off before the economics of superstars like Garth Brooks changed the game. GO TO THE LET IT ROLL SUBSTACK TO HEAR THE FULL EPISODE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Host Nate Wilcox returns with cohorts Eugene S. Robinson, lead singer of the art-punk band Oxbow and veteran entertainment attorney Alexei Auld to continue their discussion of Netflix’ Hip Hop Evolution. This week, they look at a new generation of producers who emerged in the late 1990s and early 2000s: Virginia's The Neptunes and Timbaland & Missy Elliott, Chicago's Kanye West and Detroit's J Dil...