Discologist

Vinyl sales are UP over streaming revenue, but does it really matter? Iggy Pop returns with the help of a few friends for one last hurrah. We dig into Post Pop Depression , his legacy and more. You don't know country. Royal Forest know s country though so it's cool. they've got you covered with their totally free album Rural Forest . Show Notes "Vinyl Sales Made More Than YouTube, Spotify and Soun...

The Kesha vs Dr. Luke case takes a couple of strange new twists on its way to (hopefully) resolution. Or does it? If you don’t know Brotherman , than you don’t know much, mannnn. We’re turning our ears towards one of Numero Group’s finest reissues and unearthing a bit of musical history in the process. Speaking of Numero Group…the Chicago based label has consistently slayed over the years and we’v...

We’re dipping our toes into a conversation about what it means to be a music journalist in 2016. What do we do? What is our place is in the “music industry”? How can we all, musicians and critics alike, do better. Everything is fair game as Marcus Dowling and Marcus J. Moore return to help us dig in and ask some serious questions about ourselves and the work we do.   Anderson .Paak is on a ho...

Last week it was 311 day. If you don't know what that is you're lying. To yourself.* Damien Jurado is back with an expansive, mind-bending, psycho-trip of a  new album,  Visions of Us on the Land. We buy the ticket and take the ride. Skylar Gudasz's exceptional debut album Oleander is out NOW. We've got a track to help convince you of said exceptionality. *Now would be a good time to rei...

The preservation and fostering of the arts should be a top priority for any civilized society, but New York City may be overcompensating with a relatively recent initiative involving affordable housing. Prog-pop masters Field Music are back with their new album Commontime . It’s as nerdy and as great as you would expect.  Unless you’re Paul. School of Seven Bells suffered tragedy when front m...

Bob Dylan hands over his archives  and one of our crew squeeeeeeeeeees with joy. Thao Nguyen, her Get Down Stay Down, and Merrill Garbus have made a career defining, motherf@$%er of a record. That's pretty much it if you wanna cut to the chase. You crave metal? We've GOT metal. From Finland. Put Oranssi Pazuzu in your putki and smoke it.  RIP George Martin because GEORGE MARTIN. ;( Show...

Hurricane Kayne continues to batter the coast of our common sense. We set a course toward's the eye of the storm. M. Ward is back and sounding as groovy as ever on his latest,  More Rain. Chicago's Moodymann has dropped DJ Kicks,  and we've got a taste. Uh oh...here come the SXSW emails. Show Notes Google "Kanye West" Get to know Moodymann Official Site  |  Facebook   &nbs...

TIDAL, the streaming service that is "for artists, by artists" may be up for sale...to Samsung. Who is not a DJ you haven't heard of.  Lucy Dacus' subtly powerful debut,  No Burden,  is being hyped far and wide in the music press. For once the hype is real. Believe it. No BS! Brass Band are a take-no-prisoners party machine carrying on a long tradition of Richmond, VA jazz musicians...

It's Kesha vs Dr. Luke in a battle for the very soul of the music industry...maybe. Animal Collective is back with their latest consciousness expanding opus,  Painting With.  But is it a blissed out journey of enlightenment, or just a bad trip to bummerville. Bill Frisell's latest,  When You Wish Upon A Star , is a sonic ode to television and movie themes beloved by everyone. Marcus...

Everyone knows the state of concert ticketing is f#$#ed. Now there's a new study that kinda proves it. Megadeth is back with their 15th album, Dystopia. MOAR metal is good metal. Maybe. Chicago's Numero Group continues to solidify their status as the grooviest record label that ever was with their Project 12 series. We've got a taste for ya. Still kinda waiting for our damn croissant. Hosted on Ac...

According to Rolling Stone, CD’s are making a comeback. Really real, or just a really slow news week? Two Inch Astronaut are back with their latest LP Personal Life . Dig yer loud LOUD, and your 90’s inflected Pavement jams HUGE? Tune in and turn it up. Alt-Country newcomer Marlon Williams is making the jump across the pond to try and hit it big in America. Get acquainted with this New Zealand cro...

Kanye West’s new album may be here, but should it be rated “M” for misogyny? The Skiffle Players debut LP Skifflin’  is bringing together titans of “weird” Americana (Cass McCombs, Neal Casal, Dan Horne, Farmer Dave Scher, Aaron Sperske) to celebrate folk music from the past, present and future. Night Beats are bringing some serious groove, straight from the garage. Dig it. Dig it the most, b...

Above The Prairie , the latest release from Minneapolis folk auteurs The Pines, is a sonic tapestry rich with atmosphere that transports the listener to a land that is as recognizable as it is just down the road from nowhere. David Huckfelt and brothers Benson and Alex Ramsey just kicked off their tour for Above The Prairie , and stopped by the basement before a recent DC stop to talk about the in...

You should treat antique instruments with respect and care...unless you're in a Tarantino film. Florida hip hop wizard Chester Watson put all of his "greatest hits" into a blender and  hit "crush." The result is, Past Cloaks,  one of the most exciting records of 2016 to date. Typefigher/Joy Buttons/Polyon guru Ryan McLaughlin (along with DC music vets John Scoops and Erik Sleight) i...

Touring is hard. Crowdfunding startup RoadNation is aiming to help. Eleanor Friedberger is back with her third solo album, a new band, and a whole "New View." Chairlift's Moth is strong with the synth-pop and the gang is pleased. Meet ya at the Beauty Pill show this Saturday, yea? Show Notes Support Miss Shevaughn and Yuma Wray's "Ribbon Of Highway" tour on Roadnation [ link ] Learn more about cro...

Rihanna’s latest was an exclusive to TIDAL…until it leaked…everywhere…because the internet. Rihanna is back with her new album,   Anti¸  a new attitude and at least three new fans. The Pines are from Minneapolis and make great music. The track “Aerial Ocean” off of their upcoming LP Above The Prairie  is but one example of the aforementioned great music Did we mention Rihanna? ...

The Eagles (and Glenn Frey) are dead. Long live the Eagles…unless you’re THAT a-hole. Pop weirdo Benji Hughes follows up 2008’s A Love Extreme  by packing more fun per square inch than should be legally allowed on his Merge debut,  Songs In The Key Of Animals. Hailing from Austin, TX, Casey Chandler aka Galapaghost is keeping it real, and real mellow on his latest album I Never Arrived a...

High profile music publicist Heathcliff Berru has serious and multiple allegations of sexual assault leveled against him, and that’s just the tip of one of the darkest corners of the music industry iceberg. The Besnard Lakes return with their fifth album,  A Coliseum Complex Museum , and we have an excite. K.A.A.N. drops his latest exhilarating track, “The Eagles”, just days after the pa...

Soundcloud strikes a deal with Universal, adding gas to the streaming wars. The spirit of the Louvin/Everly Brothers courses through the veins of The Cactus Blossoms debut album,  You’re Dreaming . “Handle With Care” is a righteous song, and a George Fest super-jam proves Wilbury dominance once and for all. And oh yea…we’re FIVE YEARS OLD. Anyone know what that is in cat years? SHOW NOTES "So...

Revered jazz/prog/post-rock purveyors Tortoise are back with their new album,  The Catastrophist. All Songs Considered turns 16 with a jam packed musical blowout at the 9:30 Club right here in Washington, DC. Chicago's Crown Larks take the legacy of Tortoise straight to the future.  Oh...and Glenn Frey of The Eagles is gone. Welcome back to the basement. We missed you.  Hosted on Ac...

David Bowie is dead. LCD Soundsystem is putting the band back together. David Lowery is suing Spotify for $150M.  Welcome to 2016 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2015 was a huge year for music, so obviously we had to make a huge podcast to wrap the whole thing up. In part two of our year-end blowout, Quinn, Paul, and Kevin share the music that gave them the most feels in 2016, then offer up some thoughts on the year to come, pull back the curtain a little on how to make a podcast, and do a dramatic reading of  The Force Awakens  for your pleasure...

This is it! As the year draws to a close, the gang hangs out one last time to talk all of the good, bad, and ugly of 2015.  Does your favorite album make the cut, and does that even matter? Can we all just agree Kendrick cuz dammmmnnn? All of these questions and more will be answered as we geek out on all of the music that made 2015 one of the best years for music in recent memory. So sit bac...

The end is nigh! The end of the year that is. This week on the podcast we’re kicking off our year-end closeout with a mega-sized wrap up of all that 2015 was here in our hometown of Washington, DC. Joined by Paul Vodra (Hometown Sounds), Bryce Taylor Rudow (Random Nerds) and Quinn Meyers (WRGW radio/ATB), Kevin and the gang take a look at some of the bands that moved them the most in 2015, flashba...

This week on the podcast we’re talking new albums from a hot up-and-comer and the return of a pop legend. First up, Grimes’  Art Angels  is an unexpected pop explosion that stretches the limits of what we call indie. Is the young producer’s latest effort a missive from the future or one large step towards the mainstream? Then, pop mastermind Jeff Lynne has revived the legendary ELO with...