My Favorite Album with Jeremy Dylan

Combustible Melbourne soul heroine Stella Angelico joins me to talk about the bad-asses of the 60s girl group scene, New York trio  The Shangri-las . We talk about why they were the toughest gals in the game, their fascination with death, the drama inherent in their songs, their hustling mentor George ‘Shadow’ Morton, why there’s no such thing as a guilty pleasure and why the Shangri-las were the...

My Favorite Album is a podcast unpacking the great works of pop music. Each episode features a different songwriter or musician discussing their favorite album of all time - their history with it, the making of the album, individual songs and the album’s influence on their own music. Jeremy Dylan is a filmmaker, journalist and photographer from Sydney, Australia who has worked in the music industr...

One of Australian country's most respected and awarded singer-songwriters Troy Cassar-Daley joins me to talk about one of his idols, Willie Nelson, and the icon Texan's first 'Greatest Hits', collecting his pre-outlaw era classics from the early 60s. How does the sound of this record diverge from what became Willie's signature sound? How did Patsy Cline come to record 'Crazy'? What instrument did...

The modern ambassador of cow-punk, singer-songwriter Lydia Loveless, joins me to chat about The Replacements 1987 album "Pleased to Meet Me", diversifying sounds, the 'Mid-West sound' and her love of pure pop music. My Favorite Album  is a podcast unpacking the great works of pop music. Each episode features a different songwriter or musician discussing their favorite album of all time - their his...

Smokey-beyond-her-years Melbourne chanteuse Gena Rose Bruce joins me from a haunted hotel room in Kings Cross to talk about the most personal album from one of Australia's greatest singer/songwriters - Nick Cave's 1997 LP "The Boatman's Call". We talk about the trickiness of writing songs about real people and relationships, covering Nick Cave at weddings, why this album was a change of pace for C...

English sibling trio Kitty Daisy & Lewis talk their childhood inspiration from Bert Kaempfert's 'A Swingin Safari', working with The Clash's Mick Jones, why they built a studio in an Indian restaurant and making anti-concept albums. My Favorite Album  is a podcast unpacking the great works of pop music. Each episode features a different songwriter or musician discussing their favorite album of all...

It's no surprise that someone like Will Hoge, whose music blends R&B sounds with heartland rock, would love the genre-busting "Modern Sounds in Country & Western Music", Ray Charles' 1962 album that saw him cover country classics by Hank Williams, The Everly Brothers and more. Will and I discuss how he stumbled upon the album as a kid, what it meant for Charles to release it at the height of the c...

One of Australia's finest Americaan singer/songwriters and producers and I exhault, defend and celebrate one of the great rock stars of all time, Billy Joel, and his seminal 1978 LP '52nd St'. Subscribe to the podcast in iTunes  here  or in other podcasting apps by copying/pasting our RSS feed - http://myfavoritealbum.libsyn.com/rss My Favorite Album  is a podcast unpacking the great works of pop...

Tired Lion frontwoman Sophie Hopes joins me to talk about 'Takk...' the seminal 2005 album from Icelandic post-rockers Sigur Ros, and why it's been a comfort and inpsiration to her through the years. Subscribe to the podcast in iTunes here or in other podcasting apps by copying/pasting our RSS feed - http://myfavoritealbum.libsyn.com/rss My Favorite Album is a podcast unpacking the great works of...

Legendary British rock broadcaster 'Whispering' Bob Harris joins me to reveal why Love's seminal 1967 masterpiece 'Forever Changes' is his favorite album.

On an intense episode of MFA, Bluejuice frontman Jake Stone joins me to reveal his passion for the self-titled debut album from Ben Folds Five - an album Jake says has inspired almost every song he's written since. We talk about how the album got him back into piano playing, what "cool" meant in the 90s and why Folds didn't fit it, whether BFF were more emotionally honest than grunge bands, what k...

As requested by folks out in the world, I'm reposting one of our earliest episodes - my epic two-part chat with legendary Elvis Costello drummer and Rock'n'Roll Hall of Famer Pete Thomas, now together as one easy to digest episode. We discuss the classic 1967 debut album from the Jimi Hendrix Experience - “Are You Experienced?” Along the way, we break down classic tracks including Purple Haze, I W...

As longtime host of Triple J's Home and Hosed, Dom Alessio has been bringing the best of new Aussie music to the masses for years. But his favorite album is that seminal British record which defines the late 90s for so many - Radiohead's "OK Computer". Dom talks to host Jeremy Dylan talks about discovering the record as a teenager, why it sounds more cohesive than other Radiohead albums, the lyric...

Note: This episode was recorded and released before the tragic news broke of the death of Nick Cave’s son Arthur. This show is a celebration of Cave’s music, but I strongly considered pulling it down after reading the horrible story in various news outlets this morning, and definitely would have if the episode had discussed Cave’s family or mentioned his children. It’s beyond awful that any parent...

English-Australian acting legend John Waters talks about his love for Jimi Hendrix's "Electric Ladyland". Subscribe to the podcast in iTunes  here  or in other podcasting apps by copying/pasting our RSS feed - http://myfavoritealbum.libsyn.com/rss My Favorite Album  is a podcast unpacking the great works of pop music. Each episode features a different songwriter or musician discussing their favori...

There is no greater rock'n'roll talk show than WBEZ radio's Sound Opinions, hosted by the Siskel and Ebert of music Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot. This week, Jim joins host Jeremy Dylan to chat about the band he literally (in the traditional non-ironic sense of the world) wrote the book on - The Flaming Lips, and their 1995 album "Clouds Taste Metallic". They talk about how the band's career paralell...

The unmistakable voice of 19 year old Triple J star Jess Cerro aka Montaigne joins host Jeremy Dylan for a discussion of a record that's currently obsessing and inspiring her - Bat For Lashes' 2012 album "The Haunted Man". They break down the album's feminist themes, the similarities and differences in how Jess and Bat For Lashes make records, how the album helped Jess deal with a recent personal...

Standup comic and legendary bass master Guy Pratt (Pink Floyd, Michael Jackson, Madonna, Icehouse) joins host Jeremy Dylan to chat about the iconic rock concept album about alienation and adolescence - The Who's 1973 rock opera "Qaudrophenia". How did Quadrophenia kickstart a mod revival? How easy was it to understand the story of the album? What is the meaning of the lyrics to 5:15? What makes th...

Homer Steinweiss is not only the greatest drummer of his generation, but a producer and songwriter whose understated humility belies an immense list of fantastic credits. The rhythmic spine of Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings and the Menahan Street Band, Homer has also lent his incredible feel on the drums to records by everyone from Amy Winehouse and Bruno Mars to Al Green and Rufus Wainwright. He'...

It's an action packed name-dropping 75th episode extravaganza, as we mark the halfway point of 2015. Guest co-host Danny Yau joins Jeremy Dylan as they count down their three favorite albums of the year to date, plus Jeremy checks in with friends of the show Montaigne, Harts, Joelistics and Rose Elinor Dougall to find out what their top picks have been. My Favorite Album  is a podcast unpacking th...

My guest today is the mindbendingly prolific Matt Farley aka Motern Media, the man behind a myriad of 'bands' whose specifically themed songs are produced at the rate of roughly 100 songs a day. We have a passionate back and forth about the guvnor, Sir Paul McCartney, and his classic 1971 album "Ram". Why doesn't McCartney get the critical respect he deserves? How does this record balance the home...

After receiving some requests from you listeners out there, I'm reposting my two-part interview with legendary singer-songwriter, Crowded House frontman and Twitter star @NeilFinn, as one combined bonus episode. Regular programming resumes on Tuesday. The first Kiwi on the podcast waxes lyrical on four of the most influential albums in his record collection. Neil and host  Jeremy Dylan  delve into...

Grace Farriss , frontwoman of Sydney’s heirs to 60s bay area rock’n’roll  Burn Antares , joins host Jeremy Dylan for a chat about an iconic rock record -  George Harrison ’s mammoth 1970 solo album “All Things Must Pass”. Why was Harrison sued for one of his biggest hits? Which legendary asshole of rock history was involved? How did George’s spirituality inform the album? Which other rock legends...

To ARIA-award winning genre-bending singer-songwriter Katie Noonan, "Freedom is what Joni Mitchell means to me". She joins host Jeremy Dylan to discuss Joni's enduring classic "Blue". What was it like covering the songs from this album on record and in concert through the years? Is Joni underrated as a lyricist? Who's better - Joni or Bob Dylan? How did polio affect the sound of this album? Subscr...

Prodigious funk-rock singer/songwriter/guitar-slinger Harts joins host Jeremy Dylan on the eve of his new EP "Breakthrough", to talk about one his biggest influences - the legendary Jimi Hendrix. They delve riff-by-riff into Hendrix's last great album, 1970's "Band of Gypsys". Why did Hendrix change his band and approach for this album? How does the live setting change the way Hendrix plays? How d...