You Should Check It Out

It’s that time of the year and we’ve spared no expense, it’s the Annual YSCIO Holiday Extravaganza!! This year we spend the first 20min of the show revisiting the epic World Cup Final between Argentina and France and then we’re back to the holiday stuff. For 2022, we’re not sure why they made it, here’s our incomplete list of Inexplicable Christmas Albums. Hope you enjoy, thanks for listening and,...

Welcome to "You Should Check It Out," a podcast where friends come together to share their passion for music. Today's episode is a special one, as we are joined by the talented Gabe Noel, the mastermind behind the new jazz album "The Randy Paserntes Trio." Gabe sits down with the guys to discuss his latest project, a collaboration with friend and saxophonist Sam Gendel & singer Inara George. T...

Jay has some history for us this week. In 1942, musicians, led by James C. Petrillo, went on strike. For the two years and three months there was no new recorded music. Jay brings us the details… Song: The Bronx - “Sore Throat” Nick’s song last week was from a new group called The Randy Paserntes Trio, Sam Gender & Gabe Noel that released “now at last,” a very different sounding vocal jazz alb...

Greg presents the sales data for the debut studio album of American Rapper Saweetie, as her success in acquiring 13 million Instagram stands in stark contrast to her meager 2000 total copies sold in the album’s first week out. Is this because everyone listens to it on streaming or an issue with the quality of the content? We join an ongoing internet debate… Then some followup to a discussion regar...

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone! Thank you for listening! This year we’re sharing the artists that we’re most thankful for: Nick’s Artists Arie Hoenig Arie Hoenig - “Child’s Prey (feat Gadi Lehavi & Ben Tiberio)” Morgan Simpson Black Midi - “27 Questions” Michael Cavanagh King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - “Change” for his endurance Greg’s Artists Rage Against the Machine - “Bulls on Parade (L...

Jay brings us three things worth checking out this week. “Blockhead” by Ghost Funk Orchestra “Weird: The Al Yankovic Story” began as a spoof trailer on Funny or Die that became so popular it was made. The entire movie, which was filmed in less than 3 weeks, stylistically fits Weird Al perfectly as it continuously parodies movie tropes old and new. The Philosophy of Modern Song is a book by Bob Dyl...

Relieved to make it in time for the show, Greg joins us from Florida where he’s been playing some live shows and recording in the studio with The Resilient . We hear about his week past and get him to promise to premiere their latest music on the show (when the time comes). Song: Tony Williams - “Pro-Cosmos” (Featuring Allan Holdsworth) Nick has finished “The Beatles: Get Back” and is ready to giv...

Jay runs us through the short-lived rock & long-lived country career of Jerry Lee Lewis, who passed last week at the age of 87. He was a true pioneer of rock n’ roll and continued making music well into his 80s. His contributions to music will always be appreciated. Thanks Killer! Songs: Jerry Lee Lewis - “Crazy Arms” Jerry Lee Lewis - “Rock & Roll Time” Next up, we have our latest edition...

**Warning** Some of these songs are legit disturbing, we’re not playing anything inappropriate…but we’re not talking about Thriller either. Also, Jay has a great time with his sound effects & Greg’s got reverb. Thanks for all the suggestions on Facebook. If scary or disturbing music isn’t your thing, you might stay for the laughs…if not, we totally understand! Greg’s Picks Leviathan - “VI - XI...

Nick kicks things off with a case from the current docket of the Supreme Court. “Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. v. Goldsmith” is the case of the photographer Lynn Goldsmith, whose photograph of Prince was licensed by Conde Nast exclusively for a cover photo (she kept the rights for any other licensing opportunities). Years later, Conde Nast commissioned Andy Warhol to do a series...

First up, Jay presents a lovely retrospective of Loretta Lynn’s impressive career. She was 30 and had six kids before directing her time and energy into her music. The daughter of a coal miner, Lynn’s authenticity became a feature of her music and story. She embraced her roots, wrote and sang about her life and never shied away from taking a stand on issues, regardless of whether they were popular...

Greg has some fun updates from the past week and brings us an amazing new album. Keith Jarrett has released his 2016 live improvised concert in Bordeaux and it is incredible. Jarrett retired in 2018 due to health issues, so this may be one of his last shows. It’s very different than his Köln Concert from 1975, highlighting his classical influences as much, if not more than, jazz. For anyone seriou...

Nick is back on the King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard train, this time he’s bringing Polygondwanaland, the fourth album they released in 2017 called. With a band this prolific, Nick’s chosen to slow walk the courtship and is happy to report it’s going quite well so far. Songs: King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard - “Ice V” King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard - “Crumbling Castle” King Gizzard &am...

Keith Grasso, owner of Island Music Company in La Plata, MD, is back to talk about the return of Rocktoberfest LP! Back in 2013, Keith was frustrated by the local school boards repeated cuts to the county’s music program, so he decided to raise money by holding a concert at a bar near his store. Overwhelmed by the response, the event grew year over year and now takes over main street La Plata for...

Black Midi came to Rams Head Live! last week in Baltimore, Maryland. Nick & Jay caught the show and bring us another Tales From The Concert! Jay’s Song: Norah Jones (feat. Bill Frisell) - “Steer Your Way” Nick’s Clips: Black Midi - “953” Black Midi - “Slow” Meanwhile, Greg just returned from a weekend tour in Nashville and some East Coast cities and he shares his stories from the road! Songs:...

Nick found a wild piece in ProPublica about an Instagram verification scheme that relied on Google’s criteria for identifying trending musicians as a short cut to verification. It’s a wild ride! [ ProPublica ] Song: Bitchin Bajas - “Amorpha” Greg gives us a rundown on the first of two Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concerts. The one, from this past week, happened in London and featured an All Star list of...

Jay brings us a new bit…. Let’s say it’s a slow music news week and/or you went away for a golf weekend in the sun with your brother. You do a casual music podcast with your friends and you need to come up with something for the show. Might I pose a question for you in this hypothetical scenario, have you listened to any new releases or reissues lately? If so, you are in luck my friend, we recomme...

We are delighted to introduce this week’s very special guest, Greg’s 7-year old son Jackson! Before jumping into our topic, Jackson tells us about his summer so far, including his awesome experience on Disneyland’s latest attraction “Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance”. But Jackson also wanted to tell us about some of his favorite video game music, which means we’re doing an 8Bit! It was wonderful...

First up this week is our very special guest Camillo (Cam) Kline, Nick’s second son. Since turning 9 (which is the same age Ciri was when he was on the podcast back on episode 38), Cam has really excited to come on the show and talk about his favorite band, AJR! Comprised of three brothers, AJR are put in the Indie pop genre, but Cam thinks they’re more electronic alternative and he loves where th...

Welcome back, we’re now on Year 4! Thanks so much for listening :-) We recap the second leg of Greg’s trip to Europe, with week two spent with his family in France. We’re glad to have him back safe! Fresh off the plane he was texting us about a new bit he’s calling “TinselTunes”. We’re looking for the best songs from movies that are written in the world of that movie. Here’s what we came up with:...

This week we celebrate our first Beyoncé album since starting the show. Nick felt like the only proper way to celebrate this was to quiz Jay & Greg on their Beyoncé knowledge. That’s right, it’s time for “Viral or Eyeroll”! Song: Beyoncé - “Move” Greg is joining us from Cyprus this week, possibly making this our first international broadcast as well, and he’s got some news and songs from this...

Jay kicks us off with the story behind “I Am The Moon”, a four album exploration of Layla’s perspective from the old Arab story “Layla & Majnun”. Then we move onto the controversy of the past week. Ticketmaster has rolled out its dynamic pricing system just in time for Bruce Springsteen tickets to go on sale. Tickets to some shows have gone for as much as $5000 due to demand. Most of that mone...

Greg’s coming in strong with three stories on his latest edition of “Heard It Through The GregVINE”. We hear a song and talk about the life of Zeebo Steele, the DC Reggae singer, known most prominently for his work with the Thievery Corporation - ( Song: The Richest Man in Babylon ) - Also, check out Zeebo’s work over on Spotify . Huntsville has become the first ‘music city’ in Alabama. We learn w...

With Jay’s second child here just over a year now, it’s time to rejoin the family beach trip and that means we get to hear how, friend of the show, Michael Weddington is doing! We first had him on in Episode 50 and we’re excited to have him back. He brings with him, this time around, a rough and tumble storyteller with a wry sense of humor by the name of Ray Wylie Hubbard. Born in 1946, Hubbard ha...

Jay’s got a new segment up his sleeve! “Independence PAYS” explores artists whose success on their own eclipses that of their previously successful band. Song: Nat Stuckey - “Don't Pay the Ransom” The Copyright Board has decided that artists’ royalty rate from streaming services is going up, from 10.5% to 15.1% for 2018-2022. Nick dove in and came away with a question, how profitable should stream...