Off the Beaten Clef

Welcome to Off the Beaten Clef! This week, we are beginning our Metal March month with an esteemed album picked by Kevin, Mesmerize by System of a Down - the chart topping album from 2005. We take a different approach to doing an album by mixing it up a little bit, we hope you enjoy the listen! We discuss the background of the band, facts about the production of the album, the legacy of the album,...

Welcome to Off the Beaten Clef! This week, we squeeze in a playlist to pay homage to our favorite gender & their music that we love. We cover a wide variety of artists and time periods, so check out the playlist and let us know your thoughts! To listen to Feminist February Playlist on Spotify The Gwar Playlist That Will Melt Your Face Off Audience Submissions: Ben - RATATA by Skrillex, Missy E...

Welcome to Off the Beaten Clef, our return after six weeks away! In this episode, we discuss what we have been up to, what we have planned for the future, and a review of the album listening party we attended for Harbour as they plan to release their album “To Chase My Dreams, Or To Just Lie Down” coming this Friday, 2/24. We are so excited to get back to weekly shows, thanks for all the support!...

Welcome to Off the Beaten Clef! We are excited to start 2023 off with Jaded January- our look at the beginnings of emo and chronologically going through the waves of the subgenre. Each week will cover a new wave of emo, all the way to the current day. We start this week by going to the humble beginnings of emo in Washington D.C. in the 1980’s, and work our way through 1999.  Next week we shal...

Welcome to Off the Beaten Clef! This week, we take a little time to reflect on what we’ve done this year and our plans for 2023. As always, it’s going to be something a little different and fun to start the year - with Jaded January. Throughout the month we will be covering the five waves of emo, with our first week being over Waves 1 & 2 from the 80’s and 90’s. Thanks for a great 2022 and we...

Welcome to Off the Beaten Clef! This week, we continue our end of year tradition by having spiritual third & fourth members Louie and Ben on to speak about each of our top five songs of 2022! This is a longer episode and the audio quality is not what it normally is- only because we did it live in person with mics we do not normally use. So we apologize for some of the audio hiccups, but overal...

Welcome to Off the Beaten Clef! We are in the holiday spirit and talking about our favorite holiday tracks, which also end up being most of our anti-holiday tracks! We welcome our good friend and artist Cody Garrett back on the show to guest host, as we each pick five songs and discuss. We also have some great audience submissions that we discuss as well. Check out our playlist, listen along, and...

Welcome to Off the Beaten Clef! This week, Kev brings an album near and dear to him- Adrenaline by Deftones, their debut album from 1995. While they have been labeled a nu-metal band, Kev and Dil discuss their genre classification, some fun facts surrounding the album, and do a song by song analysis of the 11 tracks. What are your thoughts on the album? Let us know on social media! Next week, we w...

Welcome to Off the Beaten Clef! As Kev and Dil get back into album reviews, they decided to discuss the sophomore album from the New York Hardcore band Regulate. The album was released in September 2022, so it is a fresh album that both are excited to dissect. It was a great time getting to spend some time with the album, and we cannot wait to hear your reaction to it as well. Let us know your tho...

Welcome to Off the Beaten Clef! We have a special bonus episode this week to commemorate Thanksgiving, where Kev and Dil discuss some topical items and get into their draft of their favorite things about Thanksgiving! Its a fun and different episode - something to show our appreciation to our listeners as we go into the holidays. Enjoy, and let us know what we missed on social media!  OTBC So...

Welcome to Off the Beaten Clef! This week, we are doing a playlist that is near and dear to our hearts- the Night Drive Playlist. This is a playlist where we can get a little bit slower, a little more introspective, and have head cannons that last a whole gas tank. We appreciate everyone that contributed to this playlist, and if you want to go listen along on spotify, click the link below! To list...

Welcome to Off the Beaten Clef! Over the last few weeks we have had some of our friends on to discuss an album of their choosing. In continuing that theme we had on our spiritual third member, Ben, who chose Two Vines by Empire of the Sun! It's a diverse album that really showcases the variety that there is in electronic music. As a bonus, we cover the four tracks on the deluxe version as well! A...

Welcome to Off the Beaten Clef! Over the next few weeks we are going to have some of our friends on to discuss an album of their choosing. And in continuing that theme we had on our friend Louie, who chose the album Addicted by Devin Townsend! It’s a high energy album that shows the diversity and talents of the prolific artist that is Devin Townsend. A special thank you to Louie for choosing such...

Welcome to Off the Beaten Clef! Over the next few weeks we are going to have some of our friends on to discuss an album of their choosing. With that being said, the first friend we have on is Mason Miller, who chose the album Daytona by Pusha T! After discussing the album, we also discuss the “Duppy Freestyle” rebuttal from Drake, and Pusha T's response to Drake in “The Story of Adidon.” It's a hi...

Welcome to Off the Beaten Clef! This week, OTBC brought back one of the favorite playlists from 2021- The Spooky Playlist, with all new songs for part two! Kev and Dil cover our audience submissions, and then get into their five picks each. What got left off the list? Do you enjoy the spooky playlist? Is this year's playlist better than last years? Let us know on social media! To listen to the Spo...

Welcome to Off the Beaten Clef! This week, we take some time to reflect as we reach an important milestone- our 100th episode and two years as OTBC. We talk about our origins (for those who don't know), we reflect on the past 100 episodes, then have some audio submissions from some of our friends and listeners. We round out the episode with a fun draft of Kev and Dil picking their favorite five so...

Welcome to Off the Beaten Clef! We are officially at Episode 99, which means that Dil felt it was time to bare his soul with an album he has a strong personal connection with: Forget and Not Slow Down by Relient K. It is a diverse and interesting album that has some really strong over arching themes. What are your thoughts on Relient K? Had you heard Relient K before this week like Dil, or are the...

It is officially autumn. Leaves are falling, the temperature is dropping, and we all are looking to gather around a fire. Whether you are looking to sit around a fire and contemplate life by yourself, or chug fireball with your friends- OTBC has the playlist for you. Kev and Dil constructed five songs each that they feel create a perfect mood playlist for a bonfire. They also had some help from th...

Welcome to Off the Beaten Clef! This week, Kev and Dil finish up their deep dive into Gwar by discussing their final two albums (so far) from 2017-2022, which they deemed the "Post Brockie Years." The albums discussed are The Blood of Gods (2017), and The New Dark Ages (2022). Kev and Dil each pick a few songs from each album to discuss, and include some fun facts / back ground information about e...

Welcome to Off the Beaten Clef! This week, Kev and Dil continue their deep dive into Gwar by discussing their albums from 2004-2013, which they named “the Aughts” or “the last ride of Oderus.” The albums discussed this week are War Party (2004), Beyond Hell (2006), Lust in Space (2009), Bloody Pit of Horror (2010), and Battle Maximus (2014). Kev and Dil pick songs from each album and discuss them...

Welcome to Off the Beaten Clef! This week, Kev and Dil continue our deep dive into Gwar by discussing their albums from 1997-2001, also known as the “weird years.” The albums discussed this week are Carnival of Chaos (1997) , We Kill Everything (1999), Slaves Going Single (2000), and Violence Has Arrived (2001). Kev and Dil pick songs from each album and discuss them on the episode, including some...

Welcome to Off the Beaten Clef! This week, Kev and Dil return from their month of Off the Beaten Reel to do a deep dive into Gwar. To begin the deep dive, they decided to go all the way back to their first album release, 1988, and cover the five albums they did until 1995. They discuss fun facts about Hell-O (the 1988 Debut Album), Scumdogs of the Universe (1990), America Must Be Destroyed (1991),...

As Kev and Dil enjoy the month of August off, they decided to pre-record some episodes about some non-music things they are passionate about, one of which is comically bad movies. Enjoy the second comically bad movie we decided to cover, the erratic Texas Chainsaw sequel no one asked for.  OTBC Social Media:  Instagram - @offthebeatenclef  Twitter - @OffClef  TikTok - @OfftheBe...

As Kev and Dil enjoy the month of August off, they decided to pre-record some episodes about some non-music things they are passionate about, one of which is comically bad movies. Enjoy the first comically bad movie we decided to cover, the Fast & Furious rip-off, 200MPH from 2011. OTBC Social Media: Instagram - @offthebeatenclef Twitter - @OffClef TikTok - @OfftheBeatenClefPod YouTube channel Ema...

As Kev and Dil enjoy the month of August off, they decided to pre-record some episodes about some non-music things they are passionate about, one of which is Stranger Things 4. Enjoy the second part of a two part conversation about the 4th installment of Stranger Things. OTBC Social Media:  Instagram - @offthebeatenclef  Twitter - @OffClef  TikTok - @OfftheBeatenClefPod YouTube channel Email - off...