Albums Anonymous

Ryan and Troy dive deeper into the second half of the album, picking apart the messages and meaning behind the story that drives the concept. It's a dark but delightful insight into the band's creative process. The musicianship is second to none, and the composition is in a world of it's own. Omar Rodriguez-Lopez and Cedric Bixler-Zavala are genuine creative geniuses.

Troy and Ryan practice their impressions in between the mind-blowing tracks from The Mars Volta 's debut album. Join us, and immerse yourself in the heavy-handed, wonderfully abstract, beautifully chaotic, latin-influeced, psychedelic odyssey that is De-Loused in the Comatorium .

Troy and Ryan round out the second half of the album loaded with tasty blues rock anthems. Fair warning, there's a pretty hefty amount of fart talk in this episode, but the music is still why we're all here.

We finish the second half of the acclaimed 2007 album, reveling in Maynard's creative prowess while also swapping our favorite baby poop stories.

Ryan and Troy listen through the first half of Band of Skulls' 2009 album Baby Darling Doll Face Honey. The album is ripe with fuzzy guitar licks, clever vocal harmonies, and catchy blues-rock rhythms.

This week Troy and Ryan explore the debut album of Maynard James Keenan's eccentric side project, Puscifer . After 15+ years of serious music with highly acclaimed bands Tool and A Perfect Circle , Puscifer 's V is for Vagina showcases Maynard's whimsical side, experimenting with ambient, industrial, trip-hop, and electronic sounds while playing around with comically brilliant lyrics d...

Troy and Ryan wrap up the second half of The Devil and God are Raging Inside Me , admiring the extreme dynamic range, analyzing the deep but depressing lyrics, and trading stories about getting hit in the nuts.

Ryan and Troy finish the second half of the 2004 album How It Ends , also DeVotchKa's live show they caught earlier in the week at the Wonder Ballroom. The album (and live performance) showcases an incredible group of multi-instrumentalists playing a ridiculously eclectic mix of genres, with lyrics in more than a few different languages. In the end, if we could only use one word to sum up How...

Ryan introduces Troy to DeVotchKa this week, with the 2004 album How It Ends . On this album the Denver-based indie band showcases a very eclectic range of musical influences from mariachi-like riffs to soundtrack-style scores reminiscent of Ennio Morricone compositions.

Troy brings one of his Top 10 favorite albums of all time to Ryan for this week's show. Brand New stepped way outside their original genre with the band's third studio album, The Devil and God are Raging Inside Me , released in 2006. The album's lyrical themes deal with complex philosophical concepts and highly thought-provoking prompts on death and existence as part of the human exper...

Troy and Ryan wrap up the second half of the iconic 2001 album. Looking back, Troy recognizes Toxicity as his "gateway to good music."

Troy and Ryan pick up where they left off listening through Black Sabbath's iconic 1970 album 'Paranoid'.

Ryan and Troy spend the first 20 minutes creating the opening theme to the podcast with AI. Then they dive into Toxicity by System of a Down, which Troy credits as being his gateway to good music.

Troy and Ryan discover the origins of "Butt Rock", struggle through listening to the lead singer of Puddle of Mudd's isolated vocals on a laughable Nirvana cover, and explore Ryan's misunderstanding about learning that Black Sabbath wasn't a Christian band.