That Record Got Me High Podcast

We did it live! For this special livestreamed episode we simulcast from Live Apparatus studios with special guest co-host Erin Lee , discussing an artist/record near-and-dear to her heart: British punk/folk songwriter Frank Turner and his 2013 album 'Tape Deck Heart' Listen to the full episode - including extra song drops - on your favorite podcast player, and then watch the live-as-it-happened st...

In this special Bonus Episode, we sit down with 12 year old Jonas to discuss Columbus, OH musical duo Twenty One Pilots and their 2021 self-described "pandemic record" Scaled and Icy .

In 1970, Paul Kantner assembled an all-star musical cast including Grace Slick , Jerry Garcia , David Crosby and many others to create the Hugo Award nominated concept album - and first to mention the Jefferson Starship moniker - 'Blows Against The Empire' . Our guest, advertising art director and self-described 'art guy with a love for science and techie stuff' Michael Lebron , describes his quan...

Returning guest Joe Tunis (Pengo, Carbon Records) brings us a music/art trio Thurston Moore called "one of the most interesting bands in the world", New Zealand's The Dead C and their blistering 1990 release 'Trapdoor Fucking Exit' . The group's lo-fi, improvisational brand of post-rock is not for everyone, but brave listeners will surely come away with their ears ringing in a way they've never qu...

Poet/essayist Sarah Nichols brings us a band/record that has lived in her psyche for 30+ years: New Order's 1989 release, 'Technique' . Born from the ashes of Joy Division after singer Ian Curtis' suicide, New Order's integration of post-punk with electronic and dance music reached it's peak on this, their final studio album for Factory Records . Songs featured in this episode:  World In Motion  -...

For our first Halloween-themed episode we had our Patrons send in their favorite creepy songs. Happy Halloween!! To become a Patron , go to: https://Patreon.com/TRGMH/ Songs featured in this episode: Welcome To My Nightmare - Alice Cooper; Libet's Delay - The Caretaker; DOA - Bloodrock; Do They Know It's Hallowe'en? - North American Halloween Prevention Initiative; She-Wolf - Shakira; A Forest - T...

Chicago Blues historian Marty Weil joins us to discuss the great Howlin' Wolf and his second record, the collection of Chess singles often referred to as The Rockin' Chair Album . Songs featured in this episode: Sweet Home Chicago -  Robert Johnson; Golden Rule - Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials;  Preaching The Blues - The Gun Club;  Shake For Me, The Red Rooster, You'll Be Mine, Who's Been Talkin',...

Fullerton, California's Adolescents' 1981 self-titled debut - aka The Blue Album - was one of the first hardcore punk albums to be widely distributed throughout the United States. This week's guest Tim Hinely (Dagger zine, Where The Wild Gigs Were) makes the case that their superior brand of melodic hardcore is a classic of the genre, and he gets no argument from us! Go!! Songs featured in episode...

A music journalist for two decades with more than a thousand bylines in publications ranging from Rolling Stone to Paste Magazine to GQ, this week's guest Corey duBrowa knows a compelling music story when he hears it. On both a musical and lyrical level, Roger Keith  " Syd "  Barrett's  "The Madcap Laughs" is a wonderfully inventive - though at times hard to listen to - document of a gentle artist...

Chicago's Mick Hans brings us the debut record by Derry lads The Undertones. Often referred to as the "Irish Ramones", their hyper charged tales of teenage angst and adolescent heartbreak caught the ear of legendary BBC Radio 1 DJ John Peel, who was an early champion of the band and famously dubbed "Teenage Kicks" his all-time favorite song! "A teenage dream's so hard to beat"

Returning guest Woody Compton takes on what some feel is the Holy Grail of punk rock excess/hubris, The Clash's sprawling, three-record-36-track opus "Sandinista!" Woody contends it would have been far more effective - and palatable - as a single record, and brought us his 12 song track list as evidence. Rob is in love with the whole overindulgent assemblage, proving one man's mess can be another...

We go full-on metal this week, as Seattle Washington's Eric Loehrmann brings in a record that got his thirteen-year-old self hopelessly high: 'Diary Of A Madman' by the one and only Ozzy Osbourne. This full-throttle follow-up to 'Blizzard of Oz' was also, sadly, the final studio recording of guitar virtuoso Randy Rhoads. His fiercely inventive neo-classical playing is all over this album, making i...

'What movie is that song from?' For this special bonus episode some of our patrons introduce their favorite movie soundtracks. Pass the popcorn and turn it up!!

Self-proclaimed 'God of Partying' Andrew W.K. is an enigma: a classically trained musical prodigy who's over-the-top songs about parties and positivity make Jim Steinman seem restrained. This week's guest - the mysteriously named Mark Guerita - does his best to explain why this amped-up-motivational-speaker of a record is sometimes just what the doctor ordered. Our advice: check your cynicism at t...

Recorded right after 9/11 2001, Interpol's debut record "Turn On The Bright Lights" struck a darkly satisfying chord for many, including this week's guest Scottish singer/songwriter Josh Mackenzie (Lional, The Joshua Hotel) Their sleek, melancholy sound and enigmatic lyrics were just what he needed to hear at the time, and greatly influenced his own songwriting. New York cares!

Never flashy, always classy...there was just SOMETHING about the late Charlie Watts' drumming with the Rolling Stones that was pure rock-n-roll magic! We asked drummer/producer Bobby MacIntyre to join us and shine a little light on what it was that made his playing so special. R.I.P. Charlie.

In 1995, having changed his name to an unpronounceable symbol, the artist formerly known as Prince released an album combining pop, funk, rock, soul, and jazz that grinds, pulsates and ROCKS like only he can. Returning guest Garry Messick makes the case for it's eclectic brilliance, and we turned it up and went along for the ride. "Only my enemies call me 'Prince.' Only those that want to hurt or...

Old friend - and former bandmate - Sam Fogarino (Interpol) returns with a record that briefly set the world on fire but ultimately fell victim to a somewhat unfair backlash: The Knack's multi-platinum debut "Get The Knack"! As power-pop records go it's a masterclass in super-catchy - if at times lyrically problematic - songwriting and dynamically energetic playing, and it provided a partial bluepr...

Singer/songwriter Peter Norris phoned in all the way from Glasgow, Scotland to discuss "East Side Story" by Squeeze. Are songwriting duo Glenn Tilbrook and Chris Difford REALLY the "new wave heirs to Lennon and McCartney's throne"? We don't know about that, but you'd be hard pressed to find a finer collection of pop-rock songs, with notes of R&B, blue-eyed soul, Merseybeat and rockabilly baked rig...

Legendary rock and roll magazine Trouser Press was a big part of my musical coming-of-age, so I was super excited to have founding editor/publisher Ira Robbins on the show to discuss a record that expanded HIS artistic horizons as a NY teenager: "Urban Spaceman" by Bonzo Dog Band. A collective as much as a band, the Bonzo's combined an absurdist mix of pop, cabaret, and Dada to create a surrealist...

You might not draw a straight line between Chicago singer/songwriter Steve Dawson's (Dolly Varden)music and Stevie Wonder, but when he first heard Wonder's 1973 record "Innervisions" as a teen living in Idaho it seriously freaked him out. But in a good way. This is the sound of musical prodigy 'Little Stevie Wonder' growing up and tackling real-life themes such as drug abuse, inequality and system...

Aylesbury, UK resident Paul Marfleet first heard "Meat Is Murder" by The Smiths on a cassette in his family's home, and their politically strident/musically adventurous second album took hold of his young ears and wouldn't let go. Our romp through the 80s continues with this 1985 gem... "I wish I could laugh, but that joke isn't funny anymore" Spotify Episode Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/pla...

Returning guest, artist/musician Beatriz 'Betty' Monteavaro wears her 80s heart on her sleeve. For this episode, she again set the controls for 1981 and brought a record that melded Burundi beats, spaghetti westerns, Native American imagery (and some questionable cultural appropriation) into the campy one-of-a-kind chart-topper "Kings of the Wild Frontier" by Adam and the Ants. "You might not like...

This week's guest Eric Lazier makes the case that British performer and Fairport Convention co-founder Richard Thompson is woefully unheralded as both a guitar player and songwriter. As evidence, he brought us Thompson's 1991 release "Rumor and Sigh". Case closed! Spotify Episode Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2jNlSWY19fmH5WGrohm8kU?si=13137db76c604c77

When he's not tearing faces off in various musical projects - 'To Live and Shave in LA' & 'NH Meth' to name two - Tom Smith leads a genteel life in Hanover, Germany, so it's only fitting that he brought Hanover's own 39 Clocks and their sophomore classic "Subnarcotic" to the table for perusal. Their songs of urban decay and rainy night insanities sung - subversively for 1982 - in English set them...