The Vinyl Countdown

Welcome back everyone! I cannot put into words how awesome the album “This Will Be the Death of Us” by Set Your Goals is…BUT, I had some help this week from one of the people who helped to create it, Matt Wilson! Matt was gracious enough to come on and chat with me about the record and a bunch of cool stories associated with it. So, grab your checkered Vans and skinny jeans and let’s take a trip b...

Welcome back for the 5th and final installment of this year’s October Spooktacular! Jason Takes Manhattan is a movie I remember watching as a small child and being freaked out about but as an adult, boy howdy is baaaaad (but that’s what makes it great) lol come along with me as I dive into the score and all it’s campy-ness for the last week of Spooky content before going back to the regular format...

Welcome back to week number 4 of this year’s October Spooktacular! This month has flown by but it has been so much fun rewatching these movies and getting to talk about them. The Fog is a cult classic and has a wonderful score to boot, thanks to one of the masters of horror and movie music, John Carpenter. Hope you all enjoy this week and come back next week as I close the month out with Friday th...

Welcome back to week 3 of The October Spooktacular 3D: Beyond the Gates of Hell! I had the pleasure of speaking with Ean Olsen of TappedHouse to discuss the classic 1984 release, “A Nightmare of Elm Street”! I had a blast talking about this with so I know you’ll have a blast listening! You can follow TappedHouse here: https://twitter.com/tappedhouse?s=21

Welcome back for another week of spoooooky stuff! Who better to join me but the master of cult/shitty/awesome horror movies, Richie (aka Mdntagrw) from the Super Media Bros podcast! This movie is an absolute classic, if you like it then I think you’ll love this episode! Here is a link for all the Super Media Bros content you could ever dream of, you should click them all: https://www.supermediabro...

Welcome to the October Spooktacular 3D: Beyond the Gates of Hell! I’m starting off my 3rd annual Spooktacular this year by speaking with Martin MacPhail, 1/3 of the award winning group Blitz//Berlin who scored the film, Psycho Goreman! I had a blast speaking with him and I hope you all have a good time listening as well 🙌🏽🙌🏽

Welcome back to ANOTHER surprise episode! Oh man, I’ve been wanting to cover Blondie for at least a year now and I finally got around to it with their classic 1979 album, “Eat To The Beat”. Blondie was going to have an episode dedicated to them for the ill-fated “Influencer Month” where I’d connect the dots with current bands and how A LOT of bands owe a lot to them etc etc…so, that will be discus...

Well hello, and welcome back for a quick, surprise episode! This song is a household favorite but also has quite the interesting backstory so, come along with me as I discuss this week. Here are links to articles I used to research this episode: http://amuchdeeperlevel.blogspot.com/2011/08/definition-of-mahna-mahna.html https://slate.com/culture/2011/11/mahna-mahna-how-a-ditty-from-a-soft-core-ita...

Hello, and welcome to the second installment of Record Label Month! This month, I’ll be sharing my conversations with a couple of different label owners who have cornered the market in different vinyl communities. This week, I had the pleasure of speaking with Justin Martell and Aaron Hamel of Ship to Shore Phono Co. Their label runs the gamut from horror movie scores to video games vinyl as well....

Hello, and welcome to Record Label Month! This month, I’ll be speaking to a couple of different label owners who have cornered the market in different vinyl communities. This week, the DIY scene gets discussed with the owner of Counter Intuitive Records, which has Origami Angel, Hospital Bracelet, Mom Jeans and others signed to it. It was a good time and I’m glad I got to have him on the show. Che...

Oh man, yet another episode I’ve been pushing off for months! I’ll be diving into LINGUA IGNOTA’s 2019 masterpiece, “CALIGULA”. This record is just so hard to categorize but I know that it moves me emotionally and is also somewhat terrifying in the process? It’s an absolutely beautiful album though in that way, in that it definitely makes you feel *something*, whether that’s something is good or b...

Hello and welcome back everybody! This week I will be discussing The Mountain Goats, “The Sunset Tree”. I just want to say up top for this one, CW/TW: abuse (physical, substance and emotional) will be discussed in this episode so, I just want you all to be aware of that. “The Sunset Tree” is a dark, depressing and at times, hard to listen to record but it’s absolutely amazing. Let’s all get throug...

Hey there! Welcome back to another episode of The Vinyl Countdown. On this week’s episode, I’ll be diving into another “scene” classic, a record that meant so much to me then and still does to this day, “The Silence in Black and White” by Hawthorne Heights! 2004 was an incredible year for music but this one stood head and shoulders above everything else for me. Let’s have some fun and go down memo...

Welcome back! Oh man, this record is one I’m so glad I finally was able to pick up. 2017’s Pulitzer Prize winning, “DAMN.” by Kendrick Lamar aka K. Dot aka Kung-Fu Kenny! I can’t wait to dive into this record and what it means to not only me, but to the culture as well.

As the title says, I’ll be diving into my top 5 releases of the year but also, the top 5 records I purchased regardless of when they originally released as well! It should be a good time!

Oh man, this week I will diving into what is probably my 2nd favorite album of all time, #1 favorite by Thursday...War All The Time, from 2003. This album changed my life in a few ways and opened my eyes to so many bands I otherwise would’ve missed...I can’t wait to get into it all for you all out there.

Hello, and welcome back for this very special “Thanksgiving” edition of the show! I mean, it’s not really but it just so happens to be releasing on Thanksgiving so just go with it lol I will say, I’m thankful for the represses of this album this year because the OG presses are super expensive. As the title says, I’ll be diving into 2005’s “All’s Well That Ends Well” by Chiodos!

I’m back this week with another one of my all time favorites, this time from a band that broke up waaaay before their time: Armor For Sleep and their second album, “What To Do When You’re Dead”. This album has so many things associated with it for me (both good and bad) and I’m excited to share it with you all!

Welcome back everyone! I told you this month would be filled with classics both new and old and this week, I’m covering a new one. Touché Amoré latest, “Lament”! This album is just classic TA, from start to finish its incredible and I cannot wait to dive into it for you all!

Oh man, I’m excited for this week! This whole month is going to be filled with classics (both new and old, but mostly old), albums that defined my music tastes for years to come. First up, 2003’s “IKSSE:3” by Coheed and Cambria, my favorite from them hands down. Come along with me as I dive deep into this huge album!

This is it. The last week of the October Spooktacular and what a way to go out. “The Exorcist” is considered by many as the scariest movie of all time and for good reason: it’s still downright terrifying at times. I can’t wait to get into all this week!

“Jacob’s Ladder” is one of the creepiest, unsettling films I’ve ever seen and I cannot wait to discuss it and its equally disturbing score for all of you! This is probably the one no one wants spoiled for them so if you haven’t seen it, do not listen yet lol

Oh boy, another classic one this week. 2017’s “Get Out”! This movie, my god. A movie so scary for me and other people of color (for obvious reasons) that’s still relevant and unfortunately will be for the foreseeable future. Come along with me as I break it down!

Welcome back to week 2 of the October Spooktacular! I’ll be discussing the super influential and downright creepy classic, 1976’s “The Omen”! I love this movie so much and the score is also great. “Look at me Damien! It’s all for you.” 💀💀💀

October Spooktacular: The Return is here! And I’m back baybeeeeeeee!!! After Hurricane Laura blew in and uprooted our lives, I took a month off to regroup and get things settled and I’m so excited to be back. It’s even better that it’s Spooky Season too! First up, 2015’s “It Follows” and its score by Disasterpeace. Hope you all enjoy!