My Favorite Album with Jeremy Dylan

Taylor Locke, co-founder of Rooney, Lindsay Buckingham in world renowned celebration of Fleetwood Mac "Rumors", producer, studio owner and frontman of garage-pop outfit 'The Great Indoors', joins me to open the lid on the Pixies classic 'Doolittle' and how it shows them bursting out of their genre confines to make an pure rock classic LP. My Favorite Album is a podcast unpacking the great works of...

Melbourne singer/songwriter and ascendant guitar god Harts returns to the show to talk Prince's follow up to 'Purple Rain' and dive deep on his relationship with Prince, jamming at Paisley Park, the compliment that made Prince cringe and how Prince's death has changed the experience of listening to his records. My Favorite Album is a podcast unpacking the great works of pop music. Each episode fea...

This episode was originally posted January 22, 2015 Traveler through space and time, British cult icon, Soft Boys frontman and legendary singer-songwriter Robyn Hitchcock steers his ship into the podbooth this week, for a chat with host Jeremy Dylan about John Lennon's emotionally confronting classic 1970 album "Plastic Ono Band". Along the way, they talk about why Robyn identified with Lennon as...

Political strategist and co-host of the Circus, Mark McKinnon has spent decades in the A-league of 'showbusiness for ugly people', including as chief media strategist for President George W Bush. But before that, he was a singer-songwriter whose band caught the ear of Kris Kristofferson. Mark talks about how Kristofferson's most iconic songs shook up country music, living in Kristofferson's Nashvi...

Comedian, author, actor, Spicks and Specks team captain - Alan Brough 's favorite album found him years before any of those careers, when he was a self-described 'crazy' teenager. This is the story of how an obscure Scottish post-punk band helped him find a new way of being a man and get through his adolescence. Subscribe to the podcast in iTunes here or in other podcasting apps by copying/pasting...

#RoadToAmericanaFest Journalist and singer-songwriter Peter Coope r of the Country Music Hall of Fame joins me to talk about Jim Lauderdale 's classic 'Pretty Close to the Truth' album and how the changes in country music in the 90s created the need for the Americana music genre, the migration of people like Jim and Buddy Miller from California to Nashville and how Jim helped Peter propose to his...

Hedge Fund's Will Colvin and I dissect Katy Perry 's (sort of) debut album 'One of the Boys' and look at how it encompasses feminism, the different types of androgyny represented by Katy here and on 'Teenage Dream', how it defines the 2008 pop era, why it's her most personal album, the beauty of specificity in songwriting and how it helped solidify Will's fiancee Katie Green joins us to talk about...

My guest today describes herself as 'creepy observer', which perhaps explains her lyrical knack for crafting couplets like an emotional sieve - particular and memorable turns of phrase with just enough space for a listener to sift their own lives through. Whether turning heir inimitable sonorous voice to her own arresting indie-folk songs or the addictive grind of her band Phantastic Furniture, he...

Teenage wunderkind songwriter, producer and artist Japanese Wallpaper and I dig into Tame Imapala 's   Currents , Kevin Parker's introspective disco gem which just turned one year old. How did Parker construct songs that were equal parts emotionally devastating and danceable banger? What are the key influences that make up the Tame Impala sound? How do you know when to stop when you can control al...

"From an early age I wanted to impress people" - Montaigne What do you get when you add up the influence of Talking Heads, Arcade Fire and St Vincent & David Byrne ? Montaigne 's epic debut album  'Glorious Heights' . The singer-songwriter also known as Jess Cerro opens up about the process of creating her new record and the albums that inspired it.  Why does she eschew writing about sex for a mor...

Celebrating the 50th birthday of the greatest album of all time with Grammy-winner Dave Cobb . This is a repost of an episode from last year. --- Americana super-producer Dave Cobb (Jason Isbell, Sturgill Simpson, Chris Isaak, Corb Lund, Chris Stapleton) talks about the innovation and inspiration of The Beatles 'Revolver', the greatest album of all time. Why was listening to the Beatles Dave's way...

One of Australia's most exciting new singer-songwriters talks about the music that defined her generation. Alex Lahey  creates beautiful guitar driven indie rock, wrapping power chords and infectious melodies around tales of romantic frustration that are just as compelling on the Splendour in the Grass Main Stage as they blaring out of headphones during a resentful walk in the rain. On the eve of...

Guitarist, songwriter and producer Jack Moffitt of the great Sydney band The Preatures joins me for a thoughtful conversational about Led Zeppelin, self-destruction, being in a guitar band in 2016, the psychological impact of touring, rock'n'roll self-indulgence and why Tame Impala's 'Let It Happen' isn't too long. Subscribe to the podcast in iTunes here or in other podcasting apps by copying/past...

Mike Bloom has played with everyone from Rilo Kiley to Julian Casablancas, a tasteful and dexterous guitar slinger, composer and producer. We argue for Jimi Hendrix's "Axis Bold As Love" as the guitar god's greatest album and explore the side of Hendrix a lot of casual rock fans don't know. My Favorite Album is a podcast unpacking the great works of pop music. Each episode features a different son...

Dan Kelly 's 'Drowning in the Fountain of Youth' is an influential modern Aussie classic and Pete from Hey Geronimo is here to prove it! Frontman of Brisbane power-pop rockers Hey Geronimo (whose debut album Crashing into the Sun is out now!) Pete Kilroy joins me to make the case for Dan Kelly and the Alpha Males weird, laconic and infections LP on the tenth anniversary of its release.  How does D...

Harmonica legend and Willie Nelson's musical right hand for over 40 years, Mickey Raphael reveals the inside story of one of Willie's best albums, 1998's Teatro. Why was the album recorded in an abandoned Mexican movie theatre? How did producer Daniel Lanois (U2, Bob Dylan) create the studio atmosphere? What was Emmylou Harris 's contribution to the album? What illegal substances did visitors to t...

Baritone-voiced new wave romantic singer-songwriter Jack Ladder on the classic 1977 debut from one of punk's most unsettling bands 'Suicide', their bizarre electronic version of classic rock'n'roll tropes, the comic-book inspired history of the band and their influence on Bruce Springsteen. My Favorite Album is a podcast unpacking the great works of pop music. Each episode features a different son...

Rusty Anderson has played guitar on more hit records than I've had cold scotches, with everyone from The Bangles to Ricky Martin. He's probably best known for his over a dozen years as the lead guitarist on the road and in the studio for Sir Paul McCartney, since the Driving Rain album. He's somehow found the time to have an impressive solo career and form several bands, with his current outfit 'R...

Legendary session god drummer Kenny Aronoff welcomes me to his LA studio for a inspirational chat about childhood dreams coming true. How he went from a child discovering rock'n'roll with the Beatles on Ed Sullivan to playing with  Ringo Starr 50 years later on a TV special celebrating that very same Ed Sullivan appearance. How did John Mellencamp help him become a more Ringo-esque drummer? What d...

It's Election Day tomorrow here in Australia. I'm not saying those in his electorate should vote for Albo just because he loves Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, but if you're on the fence or have some kind of ingrained defensive attitude against voting for a major party candidate, I hope this reminds you of his humanity and makes you take another look at his record and policy positions. This episode w...

ARIA winner Bob Evans aka Kevin Mitchell (Jebediah) on The Streets 'A Grand Don't Come For Free' - a 2004 concept album of hip-hop folk poetry.

Today I'm joined by a journalist of such lethal cunning...  Chris Hewitt - news editor for film journal Empire Magazine and host of their massively popular podcast - joins me to talk about an overlooked classic in the catalogue of Georgian alt-rockers REM - 1996′s 'New Adventures in Hi-Fi' . How does the near death of drummer Bill Berry hang over the atmosphere of the album? How did Michael Stipe...

Singer/songwriter, journalist and author of the definitive 'Petty: The Biography', Dr Warren Zanes , joins me to celebrate the 1976 self-titled debut of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers . How did the band find their sound and identity while making the album? Why were the limitations of vinyl LPs creatively helpful? Did writing the book change Warren's perspective on Petty's music? What doubts did p...

The Good Doctor Mark Kermode - double bassist, film critic, Sony award winning broadcaster, one half of Wittertainment, instigator of my directing career - joins me for the tale of his favorite band the Comsat Angels, and their 1981 masterpiece 'Sleep No More'. Why are the Comsat Angles 'the band Joy Division could have been'? Can you get from Comsat bassist Kevin Bacon to actor Kevin Bacon in les...

Legendary songwriter, singer, producer and arranger Van Dyke Parks is famed for a unique genre-bending catalogue and collaborations with everyone from Brian Wilson to Silverchair to Skrillex. On this episode, he tells the story of one of his favorite albums - which he also happens to have co-produced: Randy Newman's self-titled 1968 debut. Van Dyke tells tales of the insulting liner notes that for...