That Record Got Me High Podcast

This week we shine a light on Athens, Georgia band Love Tractor and their fabulous, Mitch Easter produced 1989 release ' Themes From Venus '. Our guest, Milwaukee Oregon substitute teacher Matthew Kenneth , got some insider info from the band members themselves as we unpack this recently re-released gem of a record. Songs discussed in this episode: Satan's New Wave Soul Losers (Instrumental Mitch...

SUPER fun conversation with Chinese national Jiang Zi Xiu (Klaire) of the Shanghai band GUJI about one of her favorite records: ' Monster Movie ' by the German experimental band CAN ! "You made a believer out of me..." Songs discussed in this episode: Can Dialog - The Can Project (Irmin Schmidt with the London Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican Centre, London 2017); I Like To Hang Out In China, Ju...

Returning guest Joe Tunis (Carbon Records, Pengo) brings us Louisville, Kentucky math rock purveyors Rodan and their first and only full-length studio album ' Rusty '. Strap in! Songs discussed in this episode: Tooth Fairy Retribution Manifesto (Live at The Black Cat, Washington, DC) - Rodan; It Don't Bring Me Down - Nod; Helen Said This - The Dead C; Good Morning Captain - Slint; Hammering So Har...

This week's guest  Rory Cox phoned in all the way from Ljubljana, Slovenia to discuss enigmatic Seattle band The Walkabouts and their dark, haunting 1997 European release ' Nighttown ' Songs discussed in this episode: Albuquerque - The Walkabouts; Mi se imamo radi - Die Jungen original Oberkrainer; Feel Like Going Home - The Walkabouts; Jinx - Tad; The Wellspring - The Walkabouts; River Of Deceit...

For this BONUS Patron-curated episode, we asked our Patrons to send in a song about Death and/or Dying. I thought it would be a 'fun' theme for Halloween, but then shit got real... Such is life! If you'd like to become a Patron of the podcast head over to: Https://Patreon.com/TRGMH Songs discussed in this episode: The Great Gig In The Sky - Pink Floyd; Pink Cigarette - Mr Bungle; It's A Motherfuck...

For this week's episode, Chicago musician Brian Krumm (The Great Crusades, Brian Krumm and his Barfly Friends) brings us Minneapolis pop purveyors Trip Shakespeare and their 1990 major-label debut ' Across The Universe '.  Songs discussed in this episode: Drummer Like Me - Trip Shakespeare (Live at First Avenue, 1988); Barfly Friends, Just Fade Away - Brian Krumm and his Barfly Friends; Closing Ti...

Seattle singer/songwriter Scott Yoder took a break from his seemingly non-stop touring to sit down and discuss British folk singer Al Stewart and his beautifully enigmatic 1975 album ' Modern Times '.  "I was drawn by the sirens of Titan Carried along by their call Seeking for a way to enlighten Searching for the sense of it all" Songs discussed in this episode: Pink Panther Theme (Live 1978 WKQX...

Returning guest Mick Hans brings us a lost 60s nugget this week, as we explore the music of singer/songwriter/guitarist Merrell Wayne Fankhauser and his 1968 release: Merrell Fankhauser & HMS Bounty 'Things' . It's as obscure a collection of wonderfully executed psyche/pop/blues as you're likely to come across, and we're here for it! Songs discussed in this episode: Wipe Out - Merrell Fankhauser (...

This week, singer/composer Lincoln Barr brings us the band Sparklehorse and their 2001 release: ' It's A Wonderful Life '. Led by singer and multi-instrumentalist Mark Linkous - this time joined by a cast of musical friends including Tom Waits, PJ Harvey, Nina Persson and Dave Fridmann - it's a strange yet hauntingly beautiful collection of songs that truly resonate. Songs discussed in this episod...

This week we sat down with musicians Nick Mencia aka Nick County and Danny Gonzalez ( Jacuzzi Boys ) at a place called Lee Ho Fooks to get a big dish of beef chow mein and to discuss Warren Zevon and his 1978 release ' Excitable Boy '. "Dad, get me out of this!" Songs discussed in this episode: Knockin' On Heaven's Door - Warren Zevon; If You Still Love Me - Nick County; Glazin' - Jacuzzi Boys; Or...

This week we venture a little out of our comfort zone, as our guests Francis Grenon and Jeff Snow play hooky from THEIR podcast The Sonic Temple and bring us Def Leppard 's 1987 release, ' Hysteria '. Produced by rock production legend   Robert John "Mutt" Lange and taking over three years to complete (during which time drummer Rick Allen lost his arm in a car accident and famously soldiered on),...

For this BONUS Patron-curated episode, we asked our Patrons to send in a song about a REAL PERSON, and discuss it a little. As usual, they did NOT disappoint. If you'd like to become a Patron of the podcast head over to: Https://Patreon.com/TRGMH Songs discussed in this episode: Tom Dooley - The Kingston Trio; Man On The Moon - R.E.M.; Winonna - Matthew Sweet; Nature Boy - Eden Ahbez; Terry Waite...

This week's guest, writer/DJ/Tech dude Corey duBrowa , brings some deep personal insight to this episode focusing on Elliott Smith and his amazing 1997 record: ' Either/Or '. Corey was living in Portland, OR and running in the same circles as Smith during his rise as a member of the Portland rock band Heatmiser to Oscar-nominated indie solo artist. Although he was tragically taken way too soon fro...

This week's guest, musician Denis Tetreault , brings us the 1999 debut record by Washington D.C. post-punk band Burning Airlines - the blistering Mission: Control! Singer/guitarist J. Robbins and bass player Bill Barbot (Jawbox) along with drummer Peter Moffett (Government Issue) made a gloriously furious racket in the band's short existence, and we're here for it! Songs discussed in this episode:...

Minnesota-based singer/songwriter Tony Cuchetti brings us the lone 1995 release by grunge supergroup Mad Season , ' Above '. When Pearl Jam guitarist Mike McCready and journeyman bass player John Baker Saunders met at rehab, they decided to form a band and brought in Layne Staley of Alice In Chains primarily because they thought he would benefit from being around some clean musicians. With Screami...

Miami drag icon Shelley Novak aka ' Tommy Strangie ' joins us for another BONUS "Mixtape Episode" , where we invite a special guest to curate a mixtape for our listeners and dig into their musical selections. At a time when drag performers - among others - seem to be under attack, Shelley's here to ask the question, "Why can't we all just listen to the music we love and get along??" It's Shelley N...

This week's guest, audio engineer, producer, teacher (and lead singer of Indianapolis punk band Zero Boys) Paul Mahern , brings us Public Enemy 's landmark sophomore record 'It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back '. Hugely influential and sonically explosive, Chuck D , Flavor Flav and the production team known as The Bomb Squad combined rap, soul, rock, funk, punk, musique concrète and ever...

Milwaukee guitarist/vocalist Joe Cannon (WORK, Resurrectionists) brings us Dutch experimental/punk band The Ex , and their 1995 release ' Mudbird Shivers '. "Fasten your seatbelts, here is the news Just come and get it, The Thunderstruck Blues…" Songs discussed in this episode: Eyoleo - The Ex & Han Bennink (Ziway, Ethiopia 2004); (hotel with pool) - Resurrectionists; Bluefield #2 - Delicious Mons...

We hate to throw around the phrase 'criminally unheralded', but it sure does seem to fit San Francisco slowcore pioneers American Music Club and lead singer/songwriter Mark Eitzel . This week's guest, DAGGERzine creator Tim Hinely , brings us their 2nd album, ' Engine '. Warning: Eitzel's poignant, devastatingly raw songs will get under your skin and fester. Beautifully. "And anything beautiful Th...

Artist/Musician Beatriz "Betty" Monteavaro returns with an album that both frightened and inspired her twelve-years-of-Catholic-school-self, ' Join Hands ' by goth pioneers Siouxsie and the Banshees . "Are you ready?" Songs discussed in this episode: Love In A Void - Siouxsie and The Banshees; Bowling Green - Holly Hunt; Dog Eat Dog - Adam and the Ants; Poppy Day, Regal Zone - Siouxsie and The Ban...

Still reeling from the drug-related deaths of Crazy Horse guitarist Danny Whitten and roadie/friend Bruce Berry,  Neil Young 's 'Tonight's The Night' is as raw an expression of grief and mourning you're likely to find. Canadian filmmaker Alan Zweig (Vinyl, When Jews Were Funny) joins us as we take a deep dive into this dark but ultimately beautiful document of death and loss. Songs discussed in th...

For our 300th episode (!!!), we invited original TRGMH co-host Barry Stock and That Facebook Group Got Me High admin Mark Guerita to dissect Beck 's contagiously-fun magnum opus of a party album, 1999s ' Midnite Vultures '. A good time was had by all. Songs discussed in this episode: Debra (2 Meter Sessions, 1999) - Beck; Crazy Horses - The Osmonds; Loser - Beck; Little Red Corvette - Prince; Sexx...

Teacher and poet Josh Medsker brings us California iconoclasts Camper Van Beethoven and their wonderful 1989 album ' Key Lime Pie '. It's a sweet, slightly tangy slice of musical heaven! Songs discussed in this episode: Pictures Of Matchstick Men - Status Quo; Pictures Of Matchstick Men , Eye Of Fatima - Camper Van Beethoven; Finger-Pointing-Man - Mike Watt; Wasted, Take The Skinheads Bowling, Ope...

For this BONUS Patron-curated episode we asked our Patrons to send in a song that samples, references or pays tribute to ANOTHER song. They delivered. Remember, if YOU'D like to become a Patron of the podcast head over to: Https://Patreon.com/TRGMH Songs discussed in this episode:  Sister Ray - Velvet Underground; Velvet Underground - Jonathan Richman; Witness The Fitness - Roots Manuva; Blindness...

Anthemic. Angular. Inscrutable. These are all words that could describe Wichita, Kansas indie-rock-cum blister-pop band The Embarrassment . Musician Bob Fay (Sebadoh, Cardinal, Lost Hours) discovered them at the end their short-but-prolific existence, after they moved to Boston and eventually splintered off into other bands - Big Dipper and The Del Fuegos to name two - leaving behind a slew of exc...