Discologist

This week on the podcast, Louis Weeks returns to the basement with his friend/collaborator Noah Berman in tow to talk about their upcoming release,  haha ! Recorded with a live band and greatly expanded instrumentation,  haha  builds on the the fantastical foundation laid down by 2014’s  Shift/Away , and launches Weeks’ musical horizons into the stratosphere.  Tune in...

This week on ye olde podcast we’re strong with indignation, curmudgeon, and wonder. First up, Prince’s “surprise” show in Baltimore last Sunday was billed as a “Rally 4 Peace”, but with millions in potential monetary donations to be generated, and only a “portion” of the proceeds going to charity, should “good vibes” really count as currency? We resurrect our fan favorite “Prince is a dick” s...

This week on the podcast, we’re still talking about TIDAL, questionable streaming service Grooveshark bites the dust, and DC finally has their very big-time music festival. Will Landmark save the mall or unleash hordes of angry custies upon our nation’s capital? PLUS!!! We review the heartbreaking final album from Rhode Island’s Brown Bird, and take a trip into the surreal with the latest from sax...

This week Kevin sits down with Beauty Pill front-man/mastermind Chad Clark to talk about their astounding new record  Beauty Pill Describes Things As They Are . Initially conceived of in 2006, the project was unexpectedly put on hold when Clark fell ill in 2007. Multiple life-saving surgeries and a new outlook on life later, Clark and his cohorts have crafted a rare, exploding-with-life...

In our latest podcast, the TIDAL wave of fail continues for Jay Z’s newborn streaming service. CEO firings and cold calls from Jack White? We dish the latest news on TIDAL, then dive into the messy realities of “poptimism” and what it means for you. PLUS!! The gang takes an  Ivy Tripp  with singer/songwriter Katie Crutchfield aka Waxahatchee, and  Escape From Evil  with one of...

On this week’s podcast, Andrew Grossman and Michael Hernandez of DC’s The North Country stop by the basement the morning after a most triumphant show at Babe City to talk about their upcoming album  There Is Nothing To Fear.  A pastiche of early 2000’s indie rock (think Arcade Fire, Wilco, My Morning Jacket) mashed together with whip-smart observational lyrics and sublimely honest, obser...

On this week’s podcast, Kevin, Carrie and Patrick explore the often hilarious, and hilariously verbose world of Australian singer/songwriter Courtney Barnett and her debut LP  sometimes I sit and think, and sometimes I just sit.  But not before dishing all of the dirt on Jay Z’s Tidal, the newest player in the streaming landscape. Artist owned and curated, will Tidal, with its “hi-fi” st...

In 2012 Kendrick Lamar stunned with  Good Kid M.A.A.D. City,  leaving fans and critics alike wondering what he could possibly do to follow up his magnum opus. Two weeks ago, the world got their answer when  To Pimp A Butterfly  dropped a week early, selling over 300,000 copies in its first week alone, and breaking the first day record for number of streams, finding its way into...

On our latest podcast, we check in on Boston noise rockers, Pile, and their new album  You’re Better Than This,  then take a long, strange trip with Chicago-based songwriter/guitarist Ryley Walker and his latest van-worthy collection of jams,  Primrose Green. PLUS! Kanye West may have been pegged to headline this year’s Glastonbury Music Festival, but all may not be well in the land...

On this week’s podcast, we’re talking the return of indie-rockers Modest Mouse. For  Strangers To Ourselves,  their first album in eight years, Isaac Brock and crew mashed together a little of the old and a whole lot of the new to make an album that’s decidedly Modest Mouse, but is it any good? Kevin and Paul discuss the album, the band’s legacy and more, but not before diving deep in to...

It’s the conclusion of our two part series on Unsung Drummers! Picking up right where we left off earlier this week, Adam Dawson, Ben Tufts and Mike Smirnoff dive even deeper into the drummers that influenced not just them, but a whole generation of musicians. Earl Palmer, Billy Conway, Russ Kunkel and more all get their due in Episode 107 of Chunkyglasses: The Podcast - Unsung Drummers!...

On our latest podcast we invite some of DC’s hardest working drummers to the basement for a super-sized, multi-part exploration of UNSUNG DRUMMERS. In part one of our two-part extravaganza, Ben Tufts and Mike Smirnoff join Kevin and Adam to shine a light on some drummers that you probably don't know about, but absolutely should. We're taking a look at drummers who brought something important to th...

On our latest podcast Kevin and Adam invite Derek Evry (Musician, man about town) and James Main (Assistant Talent Buyer, Gypsy Sally’s) to the basement to talk about the time-honored tradition of OPEN MIC NIGHTS. No strangers to the scene, Derek and James share stories of time spent at IOTA’s legendary stage that has turned out the likes of Andy Zipf, Justin Jones, Lauren Calve and more, plus div...

On this week’s podcast it might get loud when we review new albums from rock and roll powerhouses Screaming Females and “New York’s loudest band” A Place To Bury Strangers. Plus!! Kevin, Paul and Patrick discuss the pros and cons of the secondary ticket market, reveal why no matter how you slice it stealing gas to do your tour DIY style is some really big BS, and then take a moment to reflect...

On this week’s podcast we’re doubling down on the album reviews to make sure no good record gets left behind in 2015. First up, Björk is back with what many are calling her best album in years,  Vulnicura . An eccentric, esoteric journey through heartbreak and loss, is it everything a Björk fan could want, or something…else? Then we take a look at  On Your Own Love Again,  the sopho...

On the just-released  Pattern Matching,  the sophomore album from DC-based indie-folk outfit Stranger In The Alps, main man Steve Kolowich and friends have built upon the foundation he laid with 2013’s  Honey If You’re Lucky  to produce a record that is as willingly playful with its songwriting and use of language as it is with the boundaries of the genre which it operates in....

On our latest podcast, we dig deep into the man, the myth, the legend that is Father John Misty as the gang breaks down his latest effort,  I Love You, Honeybear . Is it the masterpiece that everyone expected or just another day in the Josh Tillman’s long strange trip? PLUS!!! New York City contemplates making subsidized housing available to “creatives”, Taylor Swift trademarks everything, Ja...

For our HUNDREDTH EPISODE (!!) we re-present to you our chat with one Damien Jurado, recorded almost a year ago to the day! His 2014 album  Brothers and Sisters of the Eternal Son  ultimately topped many a year end list, and before a stop in Washington, DC on his first tour for the record, Damien opened up to Kevin and Andre about the deeper meanings of the record, how his inspirati...

On our latest podcast, Astra Via’s Jarret Nicolay joins the gang in the basement to talk about the The Phosphorescent Blues, the latest album from prog-grass forerunners Punch Brothers! PLUS! Bjork tells the pirates where they can stick it by officially releasing  Vulnicura  months before it was due, and new music from much hyped up-and-comer Natalie Prass! The curmudgeon flows strong in...

It’s 2015 and time to dig into the slew of huge new releases coming our way. First up: The gang reviews this year’s most anticipated comeback albums, Sleater Kinney’s  No Cities To Love ! Kevin, Paul , Quinn and Tori dive deep into the band’s history, their re-emergence and how the trio fits into the modern music scene nine years after calling it quits, and more. PLUS! Richmond, Virginia...

We’re back! In our first podcast of 2015, the gang takes a trip BACK to 2014 to review the masterful and long-awaited newest album from D’Angelo and The Vanguard,  BLACK MESSIAH ! PLUS! An article from early last year sparks a discussion on the state of music journalism in 2015, new music from DC’s Stranger In The Alps, and much, much more. Welcome in the new year right with Episode 97 of Chu...

2014 was a huge year for great music, so in like fashion we’ve got a HUGE podcast to finish the year out. Paul, Adam, Quinn, Tori, Brian, Carrie and Seàn join Kevin in the basement to talk about their favorite songs, albums and artists of the year, and what everyone is looking forward to in 2015. PLUS! One last round of “Prince is a dick” to decide once-and-for-all if Prince really is…well…you get...

Kicking off our two-part wrap up of the year in music, Quinn, Tori and Paul from Hometown Sounds stop by the basement to shine a light on some of the best music DC had to offer this year. Typefighter, The Cowards Choir, Priests, Seàn Barna, Lauren Calve and more all helped make 2014 one of the best years for DC music in recent memory, and it’s only getting better. So tune in as we play some o...

In our latest podcast (and last regular podcast for 2014) we sit down with the wonderfully unique Marian McLaughlin. Her sublime work on her debut  Dèrive  , released early in 2014, has led Marian and her musical cohorts from the smallest of smallest of house shows to  being featured on NPR’s acclaimed Tiny Desk Concert series  and back again. Kevin sat down with Marian to disc...

Both formidable musical talents on their own, together Olivia Mancini and Jarrett Nicolay make up the electro-pop duo known as Astra Via! Prior to the release of their upcoming EP  SUPERBESTLUCKYSONGS  (due out 12/16 on Aerobic International) Adam sat down with his friends and past collaborators to talk their long, strange trip of a music career, Cracker Barrel, some ugly truths abo...