Altar of Noise

Welcome to part 1 of Altar of Noise's Albums of the year 2020! Out of the shit stain of year that was 2020, the musicians across the world collectively stepped up and produced a plethora of amazing albums. Josh & Simon countdown their favourite 10 albums of the year, kicking it off with their top 10-6. To say Josh and Simon have polar opposite tastes in music is an understatement, but thats wh...

WE'RE BACK! After the stupid (but necessary) lockdown, we're back! This week we decided to keep it fun as our schedule has been thrown out of whack. This week we discuss the topic of one hit wonders. What makes a song a 'one hit wonder'? Do they still exist? Are there bands that are technically one hit wonders who you'd swear are not? We try to answer these questions and name some of our personal...

After 5 minutes of us laughing at one of Josh's dad jokes, we try and dissect todays topic. We discuss reasons as to why the world fell out of love with Rock and how Hip-Hop took its place. We analyse whether technology had a part to play and how the music industry itself may of helped with Hip-Hop's ascendency. Was it planned by the industry? Was it timing and luck? Or is Hip-Hop just the superio...

With everything happening in the world, Josh & Simon decide to have some fun! In this week's episode, they each try to pick songs for certain situations. What song gets Simon off is arse at a house party? For which situation did Josh find a song by The Beards to be the perfect choice? And who do they both agree is the best political song writer of our generation? All these and plenty more...

In this weeks episode, we give each other albums that are the polar opposite of each other. Simon reviews Howling Bells Mercury nominated self titled debut, while Josh worked his way through Rolo Tomassi's genre bending 2018 album, 'Time Will Die And Love Will Bury It'. We also randomly discuss Busta Rhymes. BREAK YA NECK COME ON! Howling bells - Self titled: https://open.spotify.com/album/34RVKOP...

We are back and this time in HD!*  This week, we discuss good albums by bad artists and bad albums by good artists. Clearly these are subjective and are only our opinions, but it gave us a chance to show (or not) the complexities of our tastes. We found it quite hard choosing our lists to be honest and had to really nitpick albums. Once again, theres a decent range of music being discussed, w...

This week we take a look at Comedy!  An often overlooked element when discussing music, comedy has been crossing paths with music for many years. In this episode we cast our eye over the varying ways in which they intertwine and who are some of our favourite artists who make us laugh. We couldn't dive too deep into it as there's so much, so don't be surprised if we re-visit this subject in th...

It's time to delve deeper into our musical history! In this episode we speak about some of our first experiences with music. Our first singles (a song about a blow up doll, anyone?) first albums, our first concerts (a jewish man singing about pineapples...) and even our first mixtapes are all exposed and discussed!  Contact Us! Facebook: www.facebook.com/Altarofnoisepodcast/ Email: altarofnoi...

Welcome back to the Altar of Noise! This week we have our second album swap. Josh received Lupe Fiasco's brilliant 2006 debut 'Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor', whilst Simon received the mediocrity that is Deadmau5 'Album Title Goes Here'. Is Lupe a great lyricist? Is Deadmau5 just a DJ with a mouse on his head? These important questions and more will be answered! We are also joined by our first e...

We're back! Josh has finished his move and nearly paralysed himself in the process, but we're back!  In this episode we discuss cover songs. We all love a good cover so we decided to break down what we like (and hate) in covers. We discuss Triple J's Like A Version and the impact its had on us and the wider youth of Australia, and then we top it off by each giving 5 suggestions of covers they...

*WARNING* Suicide and depression are spoken about in this episode.  If you need help please visit Lifeline https://www.lifeline.org.au or call 13 11 14 (Australia) In this week's episode, Josh and Simon discuss using music as a coping mechanism. They talk about how they have used music to help with stress and discuss times when music pulled them into or out of desperate times. *There are unfortuna...

Our first album swap!  On this week's episode, Simon reviews singer-songwriter Shelby Merry's 2013 album 'Young Guns'. While Josh reviews Mutemath's New Orleans infused alt. rock 'Armistice'. They also give shout outs to local releases from Adelaide's Smoke No Fire and Melbourne alt. metallers Figures. Links to albums mentioned in the episode Smoke No Fire 'Creatures' https://open.spotify.com...

Josh and Simon are opinionated little sods, so what better platform to use than this to give their hot takes!  This episode, the first in what will be a semi regular segment, Josh & Simon discuss and debate such topics as Nirvana, whether Soundwave Festival had the cultural impact people say it did, if 1998 was the best year for releases by the rock/metal community and Josh tells us what...

In this episode, Josh and Simon talk about music venues! In particular, they talk about the venues in their home city of Adelaide. Likes and dislikes, what makes a great venue and even an unexpected venue are all touched upon.  Please Note: When this episode was recorded (13th of July) Splendour had just announced Gorillaz as a headliner. Also Adelaide Uni bar is in fact back open. As someone...

Welcome to Altar of Noise! In this, our first ever episode, Josh and Simon discuss ten albums they each chose to represent the wide variety of genres they hope to cover throughout this podcast. It is quite long, but we felt it necessary to try and show the breadth of music that will be covered. We hope you enjoy it  and continue with us in worshipping at the Altar of Noise! Follow us on Faceb...

Intro theme music for Altar of Noise Created by Simon Ielasi. Featuring samples of: Nice - The Unset Dirty Hands - Jeremy Korpas Parisian Funk - DivKid Rebound - Odonis Odonis Satan's Choir - Coyote Hearing