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'You are OK' marks the seventh studio album from Arizona pop rock band, The Maine. With ten songs and 45-minutes at length, The Maine attempt to break the mold for their most experimental album yet. Listen as we discuss our favorite and least favorite tracks, we rank The Maine's entire discography and we explore if their experimentation on 'You Are Ok' truly paid off. Visit our website: https://mu...

Welcome to our 50th episode of the Music Matters Media podcast! Today we talk about Mark Hoppus and Alex Gaskarth's new project together called Simple Creatures. The two pop-punk powerhouses step outside the comfort zone of their respective bands and dive into the world of self-proclaimed, "trash pop". Listen now as we discuss seeing the band live on their debut tour in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, we...

A new blink-182 album is on the horizon with an expected early summer 2019 release date and to celebrate, we decided to give a rundown of their entire discography! Listen as we talk about our top three favorite tracks from each album, we discuss what Tom and Matt have brought to the table in the band, and we rank every blink-182 album in order of awesomeness. Visit our website: https://musicmatter...

February 23rd officially marked our 1 year anniversary of the Music Matters Media podcast! For our anniversary episode, we wanted to briefly catch up with some of our previous guests to see what they have been up to since appearing on the podcast. Listen now to hear updates from indie-folk singer Conner Cherland, hip-hop artist B-Light, Marco Massini from SETPICK, Joshua Abramovitz from 4bar, Lou...

Based out of Salt Lake City, Utah the garage rock duo Red Checker is bringing some energy into the music scene. The duo is comprised of Jack Vitek on drums and Brigham Pierpont also known as BP on guitar and vocals. Listen now as we talk to them about how they came up with the band name Red Checker, why they stand out amongst other great musical duos, and they discuss future plans for their debut...

The 61st annual Grammy award show took place this past weekend and we have a lot to say about it! Listen as we discuss our favorite performances of the night, we react to the nominations and winners of each category and we talk about where the Grammy's might be headed in the future. Visit our website: https://musicmattersmedia.com/ All Music Matters Media links: linktr.ee/musicmattersmedia For the...

LUCID is driving innovation at the crossroads of mental health, machine learning, and music. The LUCID project is currently developing experiences in person and through a mobile app to help consumers and employers around the world better manage anxiety and stress. On today's episode, we chat with Aaron Labbé, the CEO, Artistic Director & Composer for LUCID. Listen as we discuss how the company and...

With great power comes great responsibility…to upload a new podcast episode each week. On today’s episode we dive into the movie, ‘Spider-man: Into The Spider-Verse’ as well as the soundtrack. Listen as we discuss why movie soundtracks are important, we talk about some of our favorite soundtracks from movies, and we pick our favorite songs from ‘Into The Spider-Verse’. Visit our website: https://m...

We are officially back after our holiday break for our first episode of the new year! Listen as we discuss our list of artists that we wish would release new music this year and for our most anticipated albums that have already been confirmed for 2019. Visit our website: https://musicmattersmedia.com/ All Music Matters Media links: linktr.ee/musicmattersmedia

For our last episode of 2018, we took your questions from social media that were based on all things music and we answered them! Listen now to hear our thoughts on the most disappointing album of 2018, how we feel about certain genres of music, and for our opinions about how much the music industry has changed into what it has become today. Visit our website: https://musicmattersmedia.com/ All Mus...

2018 is coming to an end and with so much fantastic music that was released this year, it would be criminal not to give you guys a breakdown of our top ten favorite albums of the year. Listen now to hear our honorable mentions of albums that just fell short of making our list, find out which albums we consider our favorite top ten of the year, and listen for who ultimately stole our hearts for the...

“While there may be an abundance of darkness, it is both mine and your personal duty to assume the role as a beacon of light in such obscurity. I must be light.” These wise words are from Bobby Edjamian, an up-and-coming hip-hop artist from New York otherwise known as B-Light. Today we talk to Bobby about his journey in the music industry, we discuss his debut full-length album 'Champion', we talk...

Today we take the time to dissect The 1975's latest album, 'A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships'. Listen now to hear our thoughts on how we felt about the album upon first listen, how the album holds up with the rest of their discography, and for our ranking of least favorite and most favorite tracks on the band's third effort. Visit our website: https://musicmattersmedia.com/ All Music Matt...

Upon request, today we dive into the world of Tom Delonge and Mark Hoppus outside of blink-182. We talk about all things Box Car Racer, +44, and Angels & Airwaves. Listen now as we go through the highs and lows of each band, we pick our top three favorite songs from each project and find out how we rank each band and who takes our top spot out of the three. Visit our website: https://musicmattersm...

A lot of you may ask, how did we get our website to look so cool? Well, today we interviewed award-winning graphic and web designer, Natasha Gonzales, who designed our site for us. Listen as we discuss how Lisa and Natasha connected and started working together, what the process was like of building the site from the ground up, and ultimately why Natasha decided to work with Music Matters Media. V...

Over the weekend we had the opportunity to see 'A Star Is Born' and 'Bohemian Rhapsody'. Listen as we discuss how we felt about the plot of both movies (spoiler-free), and the movie soundtracks and to find out which movie takes our pick for the top spot. Visit our website: https://musicmattersmedia.com/ All Music Matters Media links: linktr.ee/musicmattersmedia To listen to the 'A Star Is Born' so...

We're officially back after our two-week hiatus! We are coming back strong with two very important topics: the Tidal X Brooklyn benefit concert and Lil Wayne's new album 'Tha Carter V'. Listen as we discuss the acts that were performed at the fourth annual Tidal X Brooklyn event, where all the proceeds were donated to criminal justice reform. One of those acts is Lil Wayne, who we discuss in the s...

The American Music Awards really surprised us in the best way possible this year. With fifteen performances to choose from, we discuss the highlights of the night and rank who we thought stood out the most. Listen now to find out our least favorite, some honorable mentions, and our top five favorite 2018 AMA performances! Visit our website: https://musicmattersmedia.com/ All Music Matters Media li...

Erick and I had quite a weekend this past weekend! On Friday, I was able to see Bruno Mars live for the first time ever on his 24k Magic Tour for its second sold-out night at the Barclay's Center in Brooklyn. On Saturday Erick and I attended New York Comic Con and by Sunday, Erick took my dad to go see Eric Clapton at Madison Square Garden for Clapton's second sold-out show. Listen as we wish Brun...

Blink-182 is arguably one of the most legendary pop-punk bands of all time. After four years of no music and their former co-lead vocalist and guitarist, Tom Delonge's departure, the band recruited Matt Skiba of Alkaline Trio and hit the ground running. They released 'California' in 2016 and 'California (Deluxe Edition)' in 2017. Listen now to hear our thoughts on the lineup change, our reactions...

Neck Deep's third studio album 'The Peace and the Panic' has many high points and a few hiccups along the way. Listen now to find out what to expect on 'The Peace and the Panic' tour, our thoughts on the album a year later, and our rankings of Neck Deep's discography. Visit our website: https://musicmattersmedia.com/ All Music Matters Media links: linktr.ee/musicmattersmedia For tickets and tour i...

Our 30th episode is an episode that is extremely near and dear to my heart. Listen now as we talk about all of the ins and outs of Music Matters Media. We talk about the creation of it, the purpose behind it, and the launch of our brand-new website! Visit our website: https://musicmattersmedia.com/ All Music Matters Media links: linktr.ee/musicmattersmedia

Drake's fifth studio album 'Scorpion' really had us "in our feelings", so we just had to talk about it! Listen as we discuss our opinions of A-side songs vs. B-side songs on the 25-song album and what you can expect from the Aubrey & The Three Migos live concert experience. Visit our website: https://musicmattersmedia.com/ All Music Matters Media links: linktr.ee/musicmattersmedia For tickets and...

Did you watch the MTV Video Music Awards? Today we give a breakdown of the performances we enjoyed and go through the full list of nominations, even those that weren’t shown on TV. Do you agree with the winners? Listen to find out our thoughts on each category and how we felt about the 2018 award show. Visit our website: https://musicmattersmedia.com/ All Music Matters Media links: linktr.ee/music...

"The doctor will hear you now..." The doctor is now in! Today we speak with internet personality, Dr. Soundcloud, the doctor of music feedback. Listen to our interview with the doctor as we discuss how he came up with his online persona, some talented artists he has discovered over the years, and how up-and-coming talent can submit music for a Dr. Soundcloud critique. Visit our website: https://mu...