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The description is in the title!   Find our playlist at my Twitter feed: @WillBrost

It's the 2023 Scopy Awards!   Tonight, we celebrate the year in music, as we award:   Most Pleasantly Surprising Album (5:05)   Most Disappointing Album (19:10)   Best Album Concept (35:23)   Best Breakthrough Artist (50:02)   Best Picture (Album Cover) (due to technical difficulties, this section was unfortunately not recorded...Will's winner was Young Fathers - Heavy Heavy, and Patrick's winner...

This time, we recommend our favorite albums from 2023's third quarter, but first, we discuss the latest from indie legend Sufjan Stevens.   Sufjan Stevens - Javelin (02:23)   Burna Boy - I Told Them... (41:51)   Genesis Owusu - STRUGGLER (51:31)   Tomb Mold - The Enduring Spirit (64:50)   grouptherapy. - i was mature for my age, but i was still a child (75:04)

Here, we dedicate an entire episode to live music!   What are some good concerts we've attended, and what did we enjoy about them? How do we experience music differently in a live setting? Are the qualities that make for a good studio recording similar to the qualities that make for a good concert? How do we feel about live albums? What are our thoughts on recent headline-grabbing fan behavior at...

Here, we discuss a few albums we've been loving lately! Enjoy!   Colin Stetson - When we were that wept for the sea (04:14)   billy woods & Kenny Segal - Maps (16:11)   Lonnie Holley - Oh Me Oh My (32:23)   Nourished by Time - Erotic Probiotic 2 (45:53)   Sigur Ros - ATTA (57:10)   McKinley Dixon - Beloved! Paradise! Jazz!? (66:01)  

Here, we discuss our favorite albums of 2023 so far!   Young Fathers - Heavy Heavy (4:10)   Model/Actriz - Dogsbody (16:30)   Caroline Polachek - Desire, I Want to Turn Into You (25:42)   Kelela - Raven (39:10)   SKECH185 & Jeff Markey - He Left Nothing for the Swim Back (47:11)   The Necks - Travel (66:17)   Thank you for listening!

Everybody always asks "what is music taste?", but nobody asks "how is music taste?".   Here, we attempt to figure out what "music taste" is, whether or not there is "good" music taste, how music taste comes about, why we (generally and personally speaking) enjoy the music we enjoy, if/how music taste is a predictor of other personality traits, and whether or not listening to Coldplay is actually k...

Here, we celebrate the end of 2022 by discussing our 50 favorite albums from the past year. Enjoy!   Playlists can be found (soon) at our Twitter accounts: @WillBrost @PatrickAndersun

The description is in the title!   Please find our playlist within a couple of days (sorry, I'm just kinda busy right now tbh) at our Twitter feeds:   @WillBrost   @PatrickAndersun

It's the 2022 Scopy Awards!   Tonight, we celebrate the year in music, as we award:  Most Pleasantly Surprising Album (3:39) Most Disappointing Album (15:45) Best Picture (24:46) Best Album Concept (35:53) Best Breakthrough Artist (46:55) Enjoy!  

Here, we recommend some of our favorite albums from 2022's 3rd quarter!   Cheekface - Too Much to Ask (2:58)   death's dynamic shroud - Darklife (13:05)   Viagra Boys - Cave World (21:20)   Imperial Triumphant - Spirit of Ecstasy (33:08)   Roc Marciano & The Alchemist - The Elephant Man's Bones (41:50)   Chat Pile - God's Country (55:50)

Here, we recommend some of our favorite albums from 2022's second quarter. Enjoy!   billy woods - Aethiopes (02:40)   Blut Aus Nord - Disharmonium - Undreamable Abysses (13:40)   Charlotte Adigery & Bolis Pupul - Topical Dancer (21:26)   Just Mustard - Heart Under (33:02)   JER - Bothered / Unbothered (42:11)   Gospel - The Loser (56:38)   And then, to fill some time, after the "albums we would re...

Happy Father's Day!    Here, we discuss the latest albums from PAPA Roach (02:35), DADDY Yankee (23:57), and FATHER John Misty (42:04).   Enjoy! (We didn't.)

Here, we try our best to share all of our Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers thoughts within the usually-generous-but-unfortunately-too-brief-in-this-case 90-minute recording time limit we are allotted. Enjoy.

This time, we talk about the latest records from Future (01:40), Arcade Fire (22:41), and Pusha T (50:32).   Enjoy! Thank you for listening! 

Here, we recommend some of our favorite albums from 2022's first quarter! We definitely weren't hungover! Nope! Couldn't be us! :)   Vortize - Tienes Que Luchar (02:30)   Beach House - Once Twice Melody (15:35)   Conway the Machine - God Don't Make Mistakes (21:57)   Soul Glo - Diaspora Problems (32:29)   Yard Act - The Overload (36:39)   Don't forget to like and subscribe! :) 

This time, we talk about the latest albums from Mitski (01:40), Rolo Tomassi (23:09), and Black Country, New Road (40:50). 

On our first episode of 2022, we discuss The Weeknd's new album (Dawn FM), his career, his influence, his status as possibly the most interesting pop artist working today, and the afterlife.

Here, we share our lists for the top 10 songs of 2021.    You can find a playlist on our Twitter accounts:   @WillBrost @PatrickAndersun

Welcome to the 5th Annual Scopy Awards, where we honor the best in music the year had to offer! Categories: Best Album Title (2:45) Most Pleasantly Surprising Album (11:05) Most Disappointing Album (19:48) Best Breakthrough Artist (30:08) Best Picture (Album Cover) (37:25) Follow us on Twitter! @WillBrost @PatrickAndersun  

Here, we recommend some of our favorite records of 2021's third quarter, including the latest from Spellling (4:12), Lingua Ignota (14:10), Injury Reserve (26:01), Deafheaven (36:45), Indigo De Souza (46:42), and Low (54:02). Twitter: @WillBrost @PatrickAndersun

Top of the mornin'! Today, we discussed Kanye West's Donda as well as Drake's Certified Lover Boy. One of us preferred one album, the other one of us preferred the other album. Amazing stuff. Thank you for listening.

Here, we discuss CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST, the latest album from Tyler, the Creator. We touch on the album’s concept, Tyler as a multi-talent, flex culture in the COVID-era, “cancel culture”, hip-hop mixtapes, Tyler’s career, and much more.

Here, we recommend some of our favorite records of 2021’s second quarter. • 4:53 - Panopticon - …And Again Into the Light • 13:16 - Jeff Rosenstock - SKA DREAM • 26:06 - Loscil - Clara • 35:09 - Squid - Bright Green Field • 47:01 - Backxwash - I LIE HERE BURIED WITH MY RINGS AND MY DRESSES • 60:21 - Wolf Alice - Blue Weekend Twitter: @WillBrost @patrickandersun

We discuss the latest albums from J. Cole (01:20), St. Vincent (30:10), and The Black Keys (60:33).