Savage Beast: Indie Music Podcast

We pick what bands to see at Kilby Block Party this year. We discuss the bassist from Weezer's wife's many amazing adventures. I think I forgot to put in a song somewhere, sorry

Why do we even bother anymore? Listening to music, that is.

Music: Is it only for dumb people? Who should open for Oasis? Joe describes Chappell Roan’s music to Paul. Paul pitches Joe on some new bands. I almost called this one “Werewolf Like Me.”

After analyzing the influences of indie rock act Pouty (who we mistakenly misgeolocated to Philly... they're from Cali) and chatting about some ill-considered arena tours, we get to the matter at hand: recapping our three days at the Kilby Block Party music festival in Salt Lake City. Show reviews of LCD Soundsystem, Joanna Newsom, Courtney Barnett, Vampire Weekend, Guided By Voices, Death Cab / P...

We predicted SP's new guitarist, but I was too slow putting the episode up. We do a deep dive on rock criticism via Robert Christgau. Angel Olsen Dreams Cover: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5W6R5IDDIyE Christgau article: https://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/rock/radiohead-03.php

We discuss the slow but steady downfall of Pitchfork, the seminal music publication of our generation. The closing track is by Cyann & Ben, the kind of strange and moving indie rock that was only on anyone's radar because it was the featured review on the site.

Light your yeule log, the WeezerSP convergence has finally happened! We discuss the new Beatles and why the band tempts old guys like us, then go through the Pitchfork end-of-year lists.

We welcome Mark, our first guest who *isn’t* painfully white, to help us pronounce “acai bowl” correctly. The three of us discuss the Death Cab / Postal Service anniversary show we attended, the Jann Wenner controversy, going out of your mind in D.C., and (of course) the Pumpkins.

King Ralph II, K-pop revelations in McDonald’s, gay Netflix romcoms, 80’s songs about ironically bombing abortion clinics, 18 months of music purgatory ending in Blur, and never having sex again: It’s a T-Bone and the Beast episode!

TikTok is for the guys. Find us there: @savagebeastpod. We chat about Ukrainian rock music, Ukrainian ambient music (Heinali), new streams of content, ICECOLDBISHOP, our love for our fake listeners, and many other topics. But we do not talk about Youth Lagoon.

Neolithic peoples erected stones in our studio, but despite these alignments we continue to produce content the way our forefathers taught us to. Topics include: The Last Dinner Party, Sorry, billy woods & Kenny Segal, Ben Seretan, Smashing Pumpkins, whether $10k of audiophile equipment impressed us, and the bishops who permitted the drone festival to defile the sanctuary. Also, a secret nepobaby...

You've been hiding under the podcast truck all night to be first in line for this episode, and now it's time to receive the crewneck of victory. Black Belt Eagle Scout, Danny Brown x JPEGMAFIA, and an article about Taylor Swift merch madness.

Shocking voicemails force us to consider what AI will do to music. I tried to generate an AI description for the podcast but when I typed in "describe two oldheads talking about the Smashing Pumpkins yet again" the computer got depressed and shut down. Music covered: Alabaster dePlume, Les Rallizes Dénudés, Female Gaze, Brian Eno, Day Wave.

Joe finally took five minutes to put the podcast on Spotify. We listen to: Mabe Fratti, Karate, Young Fathers, and the latest circus music from The Smashing Pumpkins. There's a long, meandering discussion about Fermi's Paradox but for music? RIP Jeremiah Green. We promise to listen to new music in 2023.

Pitchfork retcons the 90's, Warpaint at HoCo, Billy's new podcast about the Pumpkins' new music, Big Thief. We only pod for money.

Who goes to see Weezer on Broadway? No one! Should Paul play the steel drum? Not around me! Who is Joey Salsa? I don't even remember! Good episode. We review an album by HAAi.

Arcade Fire frontman and Indie Rock Paragon of Supposed Virtue Win Butler has been credibly accused of sexual assault and harassment by multiple people. We read through the Pitchfork report to discuss the degree to which he sucks and what particular flavor of douchebag he is. If you like Arcade Fire, listen to them one last time before this pod.

This episode was not recorded in the traditional sense; we fed Paul and Joe into a natural language AI and had it deep fake an entire episode. Predictably, it decided we would talk about Radiohead (and the new album from The Smile). There's also a rundown of the music and food consumed during our swamp-cooled weekend together in Tucson. How many groundbreaking harpists is too many groundbreaking h...

The problem with Paul and I recording a podcast without any plan is that we always end up in a dark place. Sorry about that. We taped this a couple weeks ago so I have no memory of what we talked about. I'm sure it's amusing.

We're too old for Pitchfork, so we're going to see Paul McCartney.

A groundbreaking moment in Savage Beast history: One of us forget to hit record. We recover to talk about Porridge Radio, Wolf Parade, Abba, musicals (again), and Turnstile, before going into our feature: a very depressing essay on pop culture by Freddie DeBoer.

Received a strange phone call from Paul where he admitted he loves musicals and Marvel movies. We had to podcast right away.

Incredibly, we've been doing this podcast for six years. A lot has changed during that time. One thing that's stayed the same: we can talk about the Smashing Pumpkins for a solid 90 min straight. Thanks for listening, it's been an honor to explain to you what good music is. Here's our promise going forward: we're going to keep going forward. LFG! Episode 200 by 2031!

We listened to new music! Please thank us for bringing you three excellent new albums from Arooj Aftab, Young Jesus, and Spirit of the Beehive. Plus we talk about all the bands we usually talk about.

It's like the Cat Stevens song, except instead of talking to our son we're talking to the Pitchfork "Best New Music" page. Madlib, Ska Dream, Sopranos (last time we promise).