Discograffiti

The Private Press is the coveted jewel of our Patreon experience, but in the spirit of giving here’s an absolutely free primo sample! The tale of Dennis The Fox is a wild one, and serves as a bizarro world, subterranean parallel to the successfully orchestrated David Bowie/Tony DeFries starmaking machine. The main difference? Dennis’s machine didn’t launch a thing. Recorded in a vacated menswear s...

As the first band to play the infamous 1969 Woodstock Festival, you’d think you’d have heard more about Sweetwater. Let band expert Corbin Betleyoun help you understand why you probably haven’t! Next week: The Private Press with Paul Major presents DENNIS THE FOX's 1972 masterpiece "Mother Trucker!"   SUBSCRIBE NOW!: https://www.patreon.com/discograffiti   Official playlist curated by Dave on Spot...

Crosby’s passing feels like the end of something big. It’s hit us hard here at Discograffiti Central, and so everything got pushed two weeks, original co-host Joe Kennedy was harangued back into the ring, and so ensued the ultimate eulogy—an exploratory saunter through the man’s life and work that’ll allow us all to both commiserate and celebrate the fruits of Croz’s wild ride together. Part 2 tak...

Crosby’s passing feels like the end of something big. It’s hit us hard here at Discograffiti Central, and so everything got pushed two weeks, original co-host Joe Kennedy was harangued back into the ring, and so ensued the ultimate eulogy—an exploratory saunter through the man’s life and work that’ll allow us all to both commiserate and celebrate the fruits of Croz’s wild ride together. Part 1 tak...

An extremely special, normally Patreon-only podcast intro to THE PRIVATE PRESS WITH PAUL MAJOR TV SHOW! The series was always eventually intended to heavily feature the artists themselves, so this particular episode, then, serves as the ground-zero template for its televised incarnation…seeing as the man himself, Michael Farneti, helps Dave & Paul lift the lathe for what is quite unbelievably...

Music seeps outta this man’s soul, whether through his own brilliant tunes or through the lucky slew of artists whose outputs’ have been graced with Rado’s production touch: including Tim Heidecker, Whitney, The Lemon Twigs, Father John Misty, The Killers, Jackie Cohen...and Weyes Blood, whose new masterpiece "And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow" is chock full of Rado magic. No question is off limit...

Once upon a time, before there was even a thing called punk, along came a bunch of punks, a gang of servicemen stationed in Germany who shaved the tops of their heads and very briefly engaged in complete musical insanity, the reverberations of which I still feel in my innards when it’s cranked up high. Next week: An Interview With Foxygen’s Jonathan Rado!   SUBSCRIBE NOW!: https://www.patreon.com/...

What’s The Wrecking Crew without Don Randi? When original co-host Joe Kennedy and I taped our David Axelrod episode back in late 2021, we intentionally recorded an entire separate career-spanning non-Axelrod show with the man because, well…Brian Wilson, Lee & Nancy, Spector, The Monkees, Buffalo Springfield. Elvis. Be My Baby. The tales are fascinating and endless. Next week: Banjo ambient mas...

Our Christmas Special is a 2 1/2 hour “Greatest Sleep Albums Of All Time” behemoth recorded with special guest Sleep With Me host Drew Ackerman, and this thing’s scientifically designed—utilizing the latest in cutting-edge digression technology—to put you right to beddy-bye. Here, then, are the greatest LPs to which one can drift off, in a show designed to actually put you to sleep before it ends…...

And so it continues, the great primer on what not to do…and how signing to a major’s not the end of all your problems, it’s actually just the beginning! Plus, Randy ranks every last Jesus Lizard release!   SUBSCRIBE NOW!: https://www.patreon.com/discograffiti   Next week, we bring you Tryptophantasy: the 2 1/2 hour “Greatest Sleep Albums Of All Time” Holiday Supermix recorded with special guest Sl...

The Almighty Jesus Lizard get the respect they deserve, with a rollercoaster two-parter featuring towering rock god Randy Randall from the equally indomitable No Age ranking his idol’s discography like the teenage music fan we all still are inside, when it comes down to it. Look for the super-revealing interview with Randy coming down the Patreon pike on December 15th! Next week: Part Two.   SUBSC...

An intimate, soul-baring discussion with the great Bob Forrest, who presents a persuasive argument for throwing your life away over a heroin habit, then veers into his crazed days back in Thelonius Monster, the effect that sobriety has on creativity, and most importantly—acknowledging when you’re being a shitty dad, and having the strength of character to fix it.   SUBSCRIBE NOW!: https://www.patr...

Finally, on this action-packed finale of our four-part Black Sabbath series, Jim Florentine ranks the entire discography! Part 4 covers the Spinal Tap-inspiring musical territory that is Sabbath in 1983, and documents the straight slide down as they churn out some of the worst music of all time for 15 straight years…before pulling a classic out of their collective ass! Stay tuned for next week, as...

Black Sabbath November presents the ultimate & final word on this awe-inspiring behemoth of a band, the complete discography of whom is dissected & reviewed over the course of an unprecedentedly epic 5-hour interview. Part 3 covers the drug-addled disintegration of the Ozzy-led unit and the surprising rebirth of the early ‘80s Dio years, 1976-1981!   SUBSCRIBE NOW!: https://www.patreon.com...

I couldn’t in good conscience keep this one behind the paywall. Stonewall is quite possibly the greatest hard rock record ever made, as well as possibly the most expensive—a copy will net you more than 14 grand! In fact, the band themselves were such victims, they literally had no idea they’d even recorded an album. In conjunction with re-issue label Permanent Records, who’ve done an astounding jo...

Who more qualified to lead us through a super-detailed, crazily passionate quadruple episode series on Sabbath than host of That Metal Show & Ozzy’s Boneyard mainstay Jim Florentine? Strap yourselves in, because Black Sabbath November presents the ultimate & final word on this awe-inspiring behemoth of a band, the complete discography of whom is dissected & reviewed over the course of...

Who more qualified to lead us through a super-detailed, crazily passionate quadruple episode series on SABBATH than host of That Metal Show & Ozzy’s Boneyard mainstay JIM FLORENTINE? Strap yourselves in, because Black Sabbath November presents the ultimate & final word on this awe-inspiring behemoth of a band, the complete discography of whom is dissected & reviewed over the course of...

Including a new and essential intro with original co-host Joe Kennedy joining Dave Gebroe to chat, with emotional candor, about the long and winding road that led Discograffiti to your door. It’s not been easy, that’s for sure, but it’s definitely been worth it. Do you have any idea how few podcasts make it to a year? Thank you so much for your support. It means literally everything.   SUBSCRIBE N...

It’s been building up to this. Lou’s been worried that maybe he shouldn’t have been so candid. Come to think of it, we do tackle some hot topics: smoking weed & creating 4-track masterworks, battling his various demons & addictions, and the landmine-riddled battlefield that is Dino Jr. Miss at your own risk!   SUBSCRIBE NOW!: https://www.patreon.com/discograffiti   Next Sunday kicks off Bl...

Pre-teen juvey funk butt-wiggler from a group that easily could’ve ended up trailing in the Jackson 5’s comet tail stead. It's probably best they didn't, though. The tale behind this one is absolutely beyond batshit crazy, and is the main reason this week’s typically behind-the-paywall episode is free to the public! An absolute must-hear. Next week: “Circuit Rider!” Subscribe to imbibe—sign up for...

As we glide into Time of the Season’s Summer of Love, and the decades of reunion albums to come, your host Dave and Sebadoh/Dino Jr crooner/songwriting genius Lou B pierce the veil of music fandom to reach a deeper understanding of life’s true meaning…which guides this 3-week series on to next week’s inevitable conclusion: “Unquestionably & Objectively The Greatest Lou Barlow Interview Of All...

As far as breathy minor-key pop goes, you can’t do much better than THE ZOMBIES…or Dinosaur Jr bass ace / Sebadoh mastermind LOU BARLOW, for that matter. The easy rapport established between host Dave Gebroe and Lou B guides this 3-week series to its inevitable conclusion: an unprecedentedly intimate 40 minute interview to wrap things up on October 30th.   SUBSCRIBE NOW!: https://www.patreon.com/d...

To close out Pavement’s triumphant 2022 tour, another gift…Back in December 2021, Spiral Stairs was our very first guest on the program. Not only is our Roxy Music episode one of our best and most popular, but Scott remains one of the greatest and most gracious guests we’ve ever had. Have at it, fellow Pavement lunatics!   SUBSCRIBE NOW!: https://www.patreon.com/discograffiti   -Listen to a curate...

Although initially intended solely for Discograffiti’s Deep-Diver Patreon community, as a Pavement fan I’m assuming he means as much to you as he does to me, so I couldn’t hold it back any longer.  A touching 10-minute tribute to a troubled, brilliant man, and a stroll through his consistently brilliant recordings, this is an absolute don’t-miss. Bob also talks about all the shitty Husker Du shows...

Welcome back to your Reunion Tour companion. Bob wraps things with a soberingly honest account of “Terror Twilight” and the band’s initial break-up...& then proceeds to rank Pavement’s entire discography! Next Sunday, Dinosaur Jr / Sebaoh’s Lou Barlow tears into The Zombies!   SUBSCRIBE NOW!: https://www.patreon.com/discograffiti   - Official playlist curated by Dave on Spotify: https://open.s...