Savage Beast: Indie Music Podcast

Can video game music be art? On this 8-bit quest, expert guest Weej levels up the conversation and drops several rare tracks.

The best music of 2016 Q2, translated from the original Hipster Creole text. Paul finally Strokes it.

You already know Paul and Joe have awesome taste in music. But why do they care so much in the first place? Music from Abner Jay, Aphex Twin, and more.

And you may ask yourself, my God, what have I done? We invited Taylor back for another bro sesh on music & movies. After converting him to the sampled religion of The Avalanches, we discuss The Stones' Gimme Shelter and Talking Heads' Stop Making Sense.

Paul and Joe pick three recently-reissued, critically-acclaimed albums at random, and the results are suitably bizarre. Plus: Iceland concerts, Twin Peaks, and the new Simpsons dance craze that's got Weird Twitter saying, "Bae Caramba!"

Knowledge pirates Joe & Paul sculpt miniature playlists for on-the-go contemplation, focusing on esoteric beats and the history of indie rock. They also debate whether soccer has ruined Seven Nation Army forever.

Paul & Joe's idea of a crazy Saturday night is to boozily debate the merits and predict the future of streaming music. As the poet Garth Brooks says, "Music will sail down the stream until the money runs dry."

We pray for the Kanyepocalypse to come and spare us from listening to The 1975's new album again. Plus, bad bands we've actually enjoyed!

Paul & Joe reveal their party anthem for the season while reviewing the best and worst songs of summers past. Follow us on Twitter at @savagebeastpod and DM us your thong.

Do a band's late-career crappy albums diminish the power of their best work? We debate the question in honor of the 15th anniversary of Weezer's Green Album. But first, updates on our Best of 2016 Playlist and our review of Radiohead's A Moon Shaped Pool.

On the lost highway to Gotham City? Then we've got the perfect drug for you. 90's film connoisseur Taylor Shann joins the show to discuss his favorite soundtracks from the era when Keanu was your #1 crush and reality totally bit.

First, Joe & Paul reveal their (slightly delayed) reactions to A Moon Shaped Pool and the YACHT sex tape scandal. Then, we examine our methods of listening, dissecting how they effect our enjoyment and interpretation of music.

Joe nominates Father John Misty to be president of all hipsters, but Paul says no one would have a beer with him. Meanwhile, Frankie Cosmos poops her pants, Local Natives return, and we enjoy Beyoncé. All this while waiting for Radiohead to drop LP9.

We play our favorite music of the year so far, including David Bowie, Abi Reimold, Parquet Courts, Rihanna, Sarah Neufeld, Good Morning, Kendrick Lamar, Frankie Cosmos, Bleached, and dvsn. But first, Paul has to make a hard choice between two of his favorite rappers.

Prince is dead, but our ignorance of Prince's music lives on. Beyoncé makes Lemonade, and Kanye tweaks Pablo.  Does Billy Corgan not mention the Lizard People because he *is* a Lizard Person?

Joe & Paul face off in a high-stakes competition to see who can pick the best 15 songs for their Radiohead mixtape. We listen to some of the band’s best tracks and recall mosh pits of yore, before things get a bit stabby. Draft starts at 14:50.

What makes a song special to you? Paul & Joe share six of their all-time favorite tracks in an effort to discover why certain songs take on deeper levels of personal meaning. Also, Joe describes his first time with The Boss.

When good bands go bad(ish)! Paul & Joe tackle two albums they're conflicted about: Tame Impala’s “Currents” and The Smashing Pumpkins’ “Machina.” They also debate whether anyone should attend the upcoming Radiohead and Guns N’ Roses tours.

Since the birth of music 40,000 years ago, highbrow dilettantes like Joe & Paul have been ruining it with their snooty opinions. We discuss what makes music pretentious, and why people keep listening to it. Plus, a tribute to George Martin.

Joe interviews Paul about his upbringing in an evangelical, Christian-music-only household. Along the way, we listen to excerpts from Paul’s playlist of his “favorite” 80’s & 90’s rock music for the faithful.

For the inaugural episode of their new podcast about music, Paul and Joe debate whether Rock & Roll has a place in the future of popular culture, and what that means for two disciples of 90's alt rock. Will our heroes be absorbed by the EDM borg?