Drunk & Uncultured Podcast

Happy 5th birthday to Midwest Coast Brewing! In this episode, we sit down with Cam, Ryan, Tim, and Kevin from Midwest Coast to talk about their anniversary, their new all seasons rooftop, how they got started in beers, and a number of other topics.

There's a lot to catch up on this year, so we're yapping this episode. Listen in to hear about the death of brat summer (it's fall out, boy), thoughts on Short 'n Sweet, the Oasis reunion, Creed show, and more.

If you haven't been watching The Traitors, you're missing out on peak reality tv drama. We're sitting down to discuss the global hit, our favorite moments from the show, how each country has a slightly different format, and recapping some of the most controversial moments.

In case you haven't realized it yet, we're big fans of the band Osees. So big, in fact, that we're dedicating an entire episode to them in celebration of their new album SORCS 80. Listen in for our analysis of the new album (it doesn't include any guitars or synths), favorrite album/songs, their San Francisco ties, and what to expect at one of their shows.

Do you know how much Dorothy's original ruby slippers are worth? Listen in to find out because we're celebrating the 85th anniversary of the Wizard of Oz in this episode. We talk about the original costumes, how the iconic vibrancy of the film comes from technicolor, and a bunch of weird facts/occurences that happened in the film

It's mid year wrap up, and of course we have to talk about how 2024 is a huge year for female pop. We're discussing the biggest songs of summer, albums that have staying power, tours that are impossible to get tickets to, and so much more.

Happy 30th Birthday to the Blue Album by Weezer. We're talking everything about one of our favorite bands. As a collective society, we all either love/hate Weezer. We talk about how they got their start, why there's such a mixed view of their music, covers, memes, and what getting weezered is.

It's summer and that means festival szn. Listen in to hear us recap Coachella and the artists that were catapulted to mainstream during those two weekends. We also cover Bonnaroo and Lollapalooza (we're very excited to attend Lolla this year), and the very recent announcement of Riot Fest moving to Bridgeview (not excited about this).

We're sitting down with Katie from the Illinois Craft Brewers Guild to talk all things IL beer. Listen in to hear about the events they hold, the work they do advocating for IL craft beer/breweries, their summer passport and glass, and about why Shit Fountain in Ukrainian Village has become such a huge talking point lately

The Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame just announced their list of 2024 nominations (and inductees by the time the episode is posted), so we thought it would be fun to do a deep dive into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Listen in for a history and background of the foundation that started this iconic museum, some of the exhibits, entrants over the years, snubs, and our guesses for who will make it in this ye...

In honor of Ezra Koenig's birthday and the release of "Only God Was Above Us", we're finally doing a deep dive into the iconic indie band Vampire Weekend. Listen in for an detailed discussion of their discography, iconic artsy baroque pop music style, their departure and return to chamber pop, our review of their new album, our favorite times seeing them live, and other random topics.

We're celebrating 10 years of Grand Budapest Hotel by dedicating a whole episode to Wes Anderson. Listen in for discussion on his iconic film and art style, his best movies, the upcoming short films, and more.

We’re celebrating International Women’s Day with our friend Charolette (@charolettebeerme). We sit down with Charolette to talk about her career in beer, how she got into the industry, the beers she’s made, her event planning initiatives like Lager Lounge with the Illinois Craft Brewers Guild (@ilcraftbeer), and fun shirts we should make We also got to be a part of a really cool project Charolette...

In a spiritual successor to our last episode about the 2004 music scene, we're jumping 10 years to celebrate the 10 year annivesary of some of our favorite albums. We always talk about how much we love the 2014 music era, and we're finally getting to covering just what we love about it. Listen in to hear what 2014 tumblr was like, the music everyone was listening to, festival line ups, top songs/a...

We've been talking a lot about the music that influenced us, and a lot of the records that make the list are turning 20 this year. So what better time to talk about the 2004 indie music scene, with topics like best albums, how these albums influenced newer music, the nostalgia we feel towards this music, and the divergence of rock music during this time frame.

Barbie turns 65 this year, and we're celebrating with her. Listen in for a history of Barbie, our experiences growing up with her, all of the fun games and (sometimes) fun cartoon movies, and the 2023 live action film.

It's a new year for Drunk & Uncultured, and we've updated our entire podcast set up. We're talking new microphone AND new computer. Since it's a new year, we're also talking about all of the things we're excited for: new album releases, upcoming tours, new movies, and new shows.

The 2023 pop culture review is upon us, and as usual we kick off this year end with music. Listen in to hear our takes on the stadium tours and subsequent concert films, the huge year female music artists had, shows we went to, our Spotify Wrapped, and our top 9 albums of the year.

We're back with Jack McEwan from Psychedelic Prn Crumpets to talk about their recent tour in America, the new album Fronzoli, the influences for the new album, and fun stories from the road (lots of alligators and the lottery). Check out Fronzoli, the new album by Psychedelic Prn Crumpets, out November 10, 2023. Limited vinyl pressings are available on their webstore. Their new singles Dilemma Us...

For our last Halloween episode this year, we're talking about Killer Klowns From Outerspace. It's the 35th anniversary of this cult classic horror movie. We're joined by one of our favorite guests to try 4 different beers while discussing practical effects, the horror of clowns, and our favorite moments from the movie.

The leaves are changing, the air is getting colder, the ghosts are coming to play. It's our favorite time of the year, Spooky Szn! Join us for an episode celebrating 50 years of The Exorcist where we discuss the origins of the movie, creepy happenings on set, the cult following, and somehow get distracted into talking about random other posession movies.

Summer's almost over and with that comes our summer wrap up. We've had an unusually busy summer (even for us), so listen in to hear what we've been up to between concerts/festivals, vacations, weddings (Congrats to our favorite Spooky month guest Trevor), and beer drinking escapades.

We've had quite a break while we waited for Lindsey's hand to heal, so we're finally back with a really fun episode. We had lunch and discussed what we could cover on an episode and came up with The Postal Service and Death Cab for Cutie's 20th anniversary tour of Give Up and Transatlanticism. Listen in to hear our opinions and how excited we are for both album playthroughs at Riot Fest.

You're tired. We're tired. Everyone is tired. There's so much content to consume these days between music, movies, television, books, etc. This week we're talking about pop culture fatigue, all the shows we still need to catch up on, how many albums we haven't listened to yet, and why so much pop culture being released this year sucks.

Our King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard episode is finally here! We're joined by fellow Gizz lover, Brian (catch him in all of our drinking for sport episodes) to talk about everything Lizard Lizard and the Lizard Lizard related. Listen in for a brief history of the band, a very (and we mean very) deep dive into gizzlore, album comparisons, and other fun topics.