No Singles

You wouldn't know that this weeks albums are less than ten years apart on first listen but they are. This week we tackle Flood by Hippo Campus, the most recent release that we're covering this week. While we both agree it's not the strongest album in their discography there's still plenty of beautiful melodies, searching lyrics, and true friendship that shines through on their...

We're back at it again people. In today's episode we're talking two albums that are very distinctly from two cities in the US that have become known for adopting their respective sounds. First up is Chicago Bound by the late, great Jimmy Rogers, the very man behind the world famous sound of Muddy Waters. Late nights at Chess Records making odd recordings here and there in the 50&apo...

Today we dive into an album from a solo artist that dropped off the map nearly ten years ago. One of the first artists to ride the wave of bedroom pop when it was first blossoming, (much like the album cover) we discuss Idle Labor by Craft Spells. Piecing together what information we could we dive into the sweet indie guitar melodies dispersed all over this debut album. Afterwards we dive into an...

After having a very pointedly comparative episode last week we're going to take a sharp turn and discuss two albums that take us on a very different ride than most of the albums we've featured so far this year. First we discussed a very sexed up Marvin Gaye, entering the 80's with the fresh sounds that would later have a major impact on hip-hop on his album Midnight Lady. After list...

We've been very excited for this episode since we built the bracket last year. Today we're featuring two very opposite artists very deep rooted in both of their genres. The first album we discuss today is "L.A.M.F" by Johnny Thunders and The Heartbreakers! A fantastic album that encapsulates the sound of the 70's punk scene in New York City, Johnny and the band pull from 1...

Is the band Hockey Dad from Australia? Sure. Have we ever been there? No because that's like, really far away. We live in New York after all but that didn't stop us from covering them and their sweet sound this week. This Australian surfer duo grew up in the same neighborhood and now makes music together touring around the world. Not many bands you can compare that to, right? Well guess...

Our longest episode yet. There's lots to be said about the shrinking of local music scenes all over, including here in New York City and what better person to discuss it with than Trey Durst of the fantastic local Brooklyn band Poor Frisco. Before launching into these albums by Dean Martin and The Strokes, two artists who first sought fame in the nightclubs and bars of New York, we get into t...

RIP Ozzy. We'll try and help keep the tradition alive in your absence. What do the sweet sounds of Tijuana and France have in common with one another? Honestly not too many when it comes to both of the albums we have for you this week. Still, we do have two different groups that essentially stem from their band leaders. This week we're featuring 2019's Children of The Slump by Marbl...

Today's episode doesn't have a huge gulf of time between the two albums we're discussing and yet there's still plenty of differences between the albums in discussion. Le Sera's "Sees The Light" and The Tallest Man On Earth's "Shallow Grave" are two indie rock breakup albums that any listener can choose between whether they would like a surface leve...

We love both of the albums we have for you today. White Reaper and Dire Straits are two bands with a lot more in common than you might think. We kick off today's episode with the blasting melodies of White Reaper that go through extreme adolescent heartbreak, horror, and doubt before settling into the soft melodies Dire Straits that take us through memories of adolescent love, six blade knive...

So this week we've got another album featuring songs that JR loved listening to on his drive over Lake Pontchartrain. It's Life Of Leisure by none other than that Georgia peach we call Washed Out. Coming up from Nate's past we have one of his all time favorite albums by his favorite band, The Downward Spiral by Nine Inch Nails. To really dive into his past we've invited his bro...

A dysfunctional music collective and an incredibly well put together jazz legend. Sometimes we really don't have all that many commonalities on the show and this is one of those kind of episodes. Ah Hell. Join us anyway! This week Nate and JR sit down to discuss Canada's favorite black sheep, Broken Social Scene and their sometimes sideways take on the insular world around them. After th...

Today we cover a couple of albums that were written and recorded by New York artists. First we have Is The Is Are by DIIV, a 17 track album constructed by Zachary Cole Smith and his orchestra and recorded right in Brooklyn... or Queens... it's over there on the border of the two. After that we have the piano rock classic, The Stranger by none other than Billy Joel and his orchestra recorded i...

Two albums signed to small indie labels 30 years apart from one another that dared to tread new ground and break new sound. Mudhoney is often referred to as the band that kicked off the Pacific North West's grunge boom and we're going to dive into Superfuzz Bigmuff, the album that started it all. Right after that we're going to jump to the other side of the country and listen to Dr....

Today we explore a legendary rock albums by one of CBGB's most successful bands to start out in the NY punk scene of the 70's. It's Parallel Lines by Blondie and of course accompanying that is Allah-Las by Allah-Las straight out of the LA surfer scene of the 2010's. Today we have Vivian Hale joining us to discuss these albums. Not only did she grow up in LA but she now contribu...

We're a day late on this episode but it's here and it rocks! Two seminal figures in their own eras who changed the landscape of music in more obscure ways than other figures in rocks subgenres. For the indie rock heads who love to watch coming of age films from the early 2000's we've got a band you would love to blast into your vintage walkman headphones, that's right it&a...

What do three indie artists create when they meet in LA on break from their regular projects one summer? What songs get put on a compilation album when an artist leaves his record label after one of the best eight year runs in rock n' roll history? Well we've got the answers this episode where we listen to short lived super group Little Joy and long time legend James Taylor on a new inst...

We're taking a couple trips back into recent history this episode. First we're making a stop in the year 2013 for She & Him's album Volume 3 and we discuss the changing landscape of the rock and pop landscape around that time. After that we're going a bit further back to 2001 to discuss Amnesiac by Radiohead and how the world was facing a changing world where technology beg...

We're going back in time this week to discuss two albums by Tom Waits and Les Paul. That's right, we're talking smoke filled dingey dive bar piano ballads, and tight, twangy guitar that you may hear comin from the back of a mattress truck. Do these albums pair together? Maybe in one direction. Are there covers on both albums? You bet there are! We've got musician's musicia...

Another week, another new episode of No Singles. That's right folks, today Nate and JR will tackle the multi Grammy winning album, the record by boygenius as well as We Share A Similar Joy by local New York hero JW Francis. Both albums discuss relationships and heartbreak and while their writing styles are very different these are two indie artists who truly do share a similar feeling between...

This week we're discussing two albums that were only released four years apart! Navigating the rich history of the bands Broken Bells and King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard proved to be so tough that Nate and JR have enlisted the help of Mia Soza, the bassist of Mandy's Dreaming (of which the others all also members) to help break down the bands legacies, writing styles, and much more. C...

We're going for a first in all of history on this episode of No Singles. Never before has anybody mentioned music artists Bob Dylan and Stevie Dinner in the same sentence until now. Nate and JR take you on a journey from 1966 to 2013 with no stops in between as they discuss the making of, track list, and legacy of two albums with very different sounds shaped by two artists who followed their ...

Nate and JR discuss the rising cost of t-shirts, and Hot Topic memberships before diving into this weeks albums. JR's pick for the week is Dark Arc by Saintseneca. An Appalachian indie rock album layered with so many instruments you'll twist your tongue trying to pronounce them all. Nate's pick for the week is i like it when you sleep, for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of it b...

In the very first episode of No Singles both Nate and JR lay out an introduction to the podcast and discuss their "bona fides" in music. They talk about the goal of the podcast; to promote comprehensive album listening and the dying art of building an albums flow as well as the growing trend of putting singles performance before the performance of a whole albums worth of songs. All while...