Chris and Austin's Music Club

We're back after a brief summer hiatus, so let us brush away all these cobwebs and regale you with some tales from our adventures. We also dive deep into Pixies' debut, "Surfer Rosa", and The Breeders' "Pod"

This week we talk about the Riot Grrrl and Seattle Grunge movement, focusing on the rise of political virtuosos "Bikini Kill" and the tragic sudden ending of "The Gits" just as they were on the verge of stardom. We also discuss the tragic passing of prolific producer and musician, Steve Albini.

In this episode we discuss Coheed and Cambria's 2007 progressive/emo/metal fusion concept album with a title so long I won't write it twice. We've got soaring guitars, obscenely catchy choruses, and vaguely incomprehensible science fiction space opera lyrics sung in a piercing yet effortless tenor. Then, we tackle the epidemic of musician biopic movies by going through critical and aud...

You wanted hot takes on daylight savings time, baseball, and the video game Balatro right? Well, in the key of our life, these are our songs. After we gripe, we talk about the beloved album "Songs in the Key of Life" by Stevie Wonder. Album discussion starts at 27 minutes. After the album, we draft our top 4 double albums and pit them head to head in gladiatorial combat at your mercy. Al...

In this episode we travel back to 1992 and join Faith No More as they deprive themselves of sleep, denounce the evils of capitalistic exploitation, and extol the virtues of healthy competition and energetic oral stimulation. Chris then walks us through the time capsule that is Kerrang!'s top 50 albums of all time (circa 2003) and we discover that, damn, 1991 was a great year for music. Austin...

In this episode, the fellas discuss a 90s Brit pop classic, much maligned on it's release and essentially disowned by the band today. Does 90s teenage angst still ring true 31 years later? Yes, yes it does. The world is in shambles! What are you thinking? Also mentioned in this episode: TEKE:TEKE, Roger Waters, R.E.M., Soundgarden, System of a Down, Deftones, Blur, and more

In this first episode, Chris and Austin embark on their journey to listen to every album ever made... very slowly... through their music equivalent of a book club. The fellas chose to start in familiar territory, with a controversial album by an even more controversial but much beloved artist. Can the freedom of radio overcome the powers that be? Is the tide finally turning? Can pure-strain artist...