Discograffiti

HAPPY NEW YEAR! We launch into 2024 with a 7-minute podcast designed to kick things up to the next level for each and every one of us. This Friday, you are cordially invited to Part 1 of the longest (16 HOURS), most definitive (every single release covered), and objectively the best interview ever conducted with Unrest/Grenadine/Air Miami/Flin Flon man and Teenbeat label head Mark Robinson.   If y...

When two podcasters commingle, sparks can fly.  Fuck humbleness, Rob Kassees and I hit it outta the park for our Boston episode.   Think you’re familiar with the Boston story? How about:   The endless rejection which the band faced in its early days, not to mention the tireless perseverance that turns out to be a valuable trait when you end up releasing one of the ten-biggest selling debut albums...

Mike Watt of punk legends The Minutemen rates his own catalog in this instant classic 3-part series!   In Part 3, Watt reveals:   George Hurley’s thoroughly unique lyric-writing method;  The full spiel on the record The Minutemen were planning to make when D Boon tragically passed; And his thoughts on every song on Double Nickels, as we do an essential track-by-track rundown of one of the greatest...

Mike Watt of punk legends The Minutemen rates his own catalog in this instant classic 3-part series!   In Part 2, Watt reveals:   All the elements that came together to make their classic What Makes A Man Start Fires LP as crazily good as it is;  The one single song from Double Nickels On The Dime on which Watt played with a pick; And the full story behind one of music history’s great rivalries, M...

  Mike Watt of punk legends The Minutemen rates his own catalog in a brand-new 3-part series!   In this episode, Watt talks with Discograffiti about:   The very first song he ever wrote; How he budgeted econo for The Minutemen’s studio sessions; And their insane first gig, from which they had to be rescued by D Boon’s dad.   Listen: https://podfollow.com/1592182331    Minus ads, the Director’s Cut...

This episode rips so hard, I decided to make it FREE for all you cheapskates, homeless people, and those still living at home. In all seriousness, it’s a Hanukkah gift to every Jew and non-Jew on the planet whose #1 priority is MUSIC.    In this week’s Top 10 list, Dave Gebroe and Joe Kennedy expound eloquently on 10 decisions throughout music history that pointed the plane irrefutably into the mo...

The lead guitar player of Testament isn’t your typical metalhead.  He’s had a long, varied, and surprisingly moving career in music.    In this episode, Alex talks with Discograffiti about:   Whether he prefers the classic early Testament records or the later stuff; His search for more adventurous musical landscapes, and the resistance it initially caused within the band; And his most ambitious pr...

The lead guitar player of Testament isn’t your typical metalhead, as you’ll soon hear.  He’s had a long, varied, and surprisingly moving career in music.    In this episode, Alex talks with Discograffiti about:   The evolution of the types of guitars he’s played through his life; The exciting road to becoming Testament’s lead guitar player; And the epiphany he experienced in the late 1980s watchin...

In this episode, Cory talks with Discograffiti about:   The tracks on each record that’ve driven Cory batshit crazy; The piece of advice David Berman passed along to him, which wound up having a profound effect; And Cory’s picks for his two best records, his worst, and what he believes to be the best Wand song of all time.   Listen: https://podfollow.com/1592182331    2-3 podcasts / week: https://...

In this episode, Cory talks with Discograffiti about:   What he’s looking for from a record with Wand; 21 bands that’ve had a huge influence on him; And his 2 favorite tracks from his new record, Western Cum, which is a masterpiece.   2-3 podcasts / week: https://www.patreon.com/discograffiti   Currently, there are over 100 Patreon episodes! That's an entire universe of indispensable music podcast...

When I set up to record this episode about Tuareg guitar master Bombino with Deer Tick’s drummer / co-songwriter Dennis Ryan, I had no idea that this incredibly intense episode was to take place during an honest-to-God flood evacuation...but we just keep on goin', because Bombino's discography isn't gonna rate itself.   In this episode, you’ll learn about:   The songwriting methodology Dennis Ryan...

When I set up to record this episode about Tuareg guitar master Bombino with Deer Tick’s drummer / co-songwriter Dennis Ryan, we had no idea that our conversation about the master Nigerian musician who’d done some of his best work in dried-out Nigerian riverbeds was, ironically, to take place during an actual flood this past summer while in Vermont.     An actual, honest-to-God natural disaster.  ...

Discograffiti’s most popular guest Bob Nastanovich is back, and this time he and I dive headfirst into the soul of our own generation in an attempt to take the pulse on the Stray Slack spirit as it’s dragged kicking and screaming into middle age.     In Part 2 of this exclusive series, Bob talks with Discograffiti about:   What he’s listening to now, and what music means to him in his mid-50s;   H...

Discograffiti’s most popular guest Bob Nastanovich is back, and this time he and I dive headfirst into the soul of our own generation in an attempt to take the pulse on the Stray Slack spirit as it’s dragged kicking and screaming into middle age.     In this episode, Bob talks with Discograffiti about:   The enormous changes that’ve occurred to this show as a direct result of his appearances ratin...

Discograffiti host Dave Gebroe has read every single issue of MOJO Magazine from cover to cover since the moment he laid eyes on it through a New York shop window in December 1998.  So it’s with great excitement that we accompany the magazine in celebrating their 30th anniversary with two weeks of MOJO-exclusive content!   MOJO Editor John Mulvey joins us in a pop and rock roundtable the likes of...

Discograffiti host Dave Gebroe has read every single issue of MOJO Magazine from cover to cover since the moment he laid eyes on it through a New York shop window in December 1998.  So it’s with great excitement that we accompany the magazine in celebrating their 30th anniversary with two weeks of MOJO-exclusive content!   MOJO Editor John Mulvey joins us in a pop and rock roundtable the likes of...

Discograffiti host Dave Gebroe conducted a 13-hour interview with the two founders of legendary 1960s soft pop act The Association, Terry Kirkman and Jules Alexander, in which they rated the entirety of their own discography.    The day after the final episode aired this past Friday, Terry passed away. This, then, is a brief eulogy to make sense of the impact this great man has had on my life, and...

Discograffiti host Dave Gebroe conducted a 13-hour interview with the two founders of legendary 1960s soft pop act The Association, Terry Kirkman and Jules Alexander, in which they rated the entirety of their own discography.    It’s impossible to adequately put into words how surreal this series is.  Trust me, it’s unquestionably a ride worth taking no matter how you feel about the genre.   Welco...

Discograffiti host Dave Gebroe conducted a 13-hour interview with the two founders of legendary 1960s soft pop act The Association, Terry Kirkman and Jules Alexander, in which they rated the entirety of their own discography.    It’s impossible to adequately put into words how surreal this series is.  Trust me, it’s unquestionably a ride worth taking no matter how you feel about the genre.   Welco...

Discograffiti host Dave Gebroe conducted a 13-hour interview with the two founders of legendary 1960s soft pop act The Association, Terry Kirkman and Jules Alexander, in which they rated the entirety of their own discography.     It’s impossible to adequately put into words how surreal this series is.  Trust me, it’s unquestionably a ride worth taking no matter how you feel about the genre.   Welc...

Discograffiti host Dave Gebroe conducted a 13-hour interview with the two founders of legendary 1960s soft pop act The Association, Terry Kirkman and Jules Alexander, in which they rated the entirety of their own discography.     It’s impossible to adequately put into words how surreal this series is.  Trust me, it’s unquestionably a ride worth taking no matter how the hell you feel about the genr...

I conducted a 13-hour interview with the two founders of legendary 1960s soft pop act The Association, Terry Kirkman and Jules Alexander, in which they rated the entirety of their own discography.     In this episode, we start at the end, in deft tribute to Raging Bull, so as to better understand what precisely went down.   Post-interview, I hung out with the band, came close to bleeding to death...

Welcome to The Pre-Episode, a new free-to-all song-length Thursday mini-podcast you can use to suss whether or not you'll enjoy that Friday's episode!  Spoiler alert: YOU WILL ENJOY IT, no matter who the guest is or the band we're rating. Today we bring you 10 inarguable reasons that'd make you simply foolish to skip this week's episode. Currently, there are close to 100 PATREON EPISODES! That's a...

All Things Must Pass. Derek & The Dominoes. Rikki Don’t Lose That Number. The Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys.    Maybe you haven’t heard his name, but you’ve definitely moved to the rhythm his hands beat out unerringly for years.     In this episode, rock scribe and Jim Gordon biographer JOEL SELVIN details the starkly precipitous descent of the greatest and most tragic drummer of all time, JIM...

Joe and Dave welcome Bob Forrest (of Thelonius Monster, The Bicycle Thief and Celebrity Rehab) to discuss the work of The Band from 1970 to 1998.   We love you, Robbie. And we're going to miss you very badly.   SUBSCRIBE NOW!: https://www.patreon.com/discograffiti   NEXT WEEK: Jim Gordon Part 2!   CONNECT Join our Soldiers of Sound Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1839109176272153 P...