OP Music League

After a mid-season hiatus, the Oak Park Music League podcast is back by popular demand! In Week Seven, Nate joins Duncan, Mike & Rich to travel back to 1993 and analyze the OPML playlist. Don't look for Nirvana, The Breeders, Pearl Jam, Liz Phair or Smashing Pumpkins. Instead get ready for Steel Pole Bathtub, Madder Rose, Fastbacks and the legendary Trashcan Sinatras. And did Duran Duran a...

It’s Label week - music from Sire Records - and the 11 League contenders compete in a 22 song playlist that explores the legacy of legendary Sire Records. More importantly, SPECIAL GUEST Dan (2x League Champion, 1x Silver, 2x Bronze) joins Duncan, Mike & Rich to analyze the playlist, discuss the Sire sound, argue about the definition of Britpop, and debate the highlights and lowlights of the w...

In Week 4 the League must create a Surf playlist. A fairly straightforward task but at the 11th hour a fear of 22 instrumentals blurring into an hour of indistinguishable drippy reverb prompts a new request: submit one instrumental surf & one vocal surf. But is there such a thing as a true Surf song with a vocal, or are the purists correct? It’s a perfect topic for Mike & Rich to get worke...

In Week 3, everyone has to submit two songs with the same title. All three of us are pretty damned proud of our submissions, but what are they? Duncan & Mike have a blast getting into the “Mannequin Man” songs. Meanwhile, Rich is particularly excited about the pair of “Cold Lips”. But can two songs named “Mannequin Man” & “Cold Lips” really be that good? Also, most of us are dreading that...

In this week’s podcast, Duncan, Mike & Rich dive into the Men at Work playlist – “songs about and for the working stiff.” As league participants continue to color outside the lines, Rich verges on trolling, but then heartily eats his words. Mike is bewildered by the winning submission and the league’s propensity to fall for a particular kind of “ok, mediocre song.” Duncan is well rested from a...

Welcome to the all new first episode of the the OP Music League podcast. In the inaugural episode, Duncan, Mike & Rich dissect the Natural Disasters playlist. Nobody is very pleased but Rich is clearly the most frustrated. Be sure to listen to the companion playlist ⁠ here⁠ . And visit our website at opmusicleague.com ⁠ to play along. Follow us on social media at: Twitter | Instagram