10 CDs For A Penny

Has there been a more cool and original artist in the past 20 years than M.I.A.? It's debatable but, we don't think so. We go deep on an M.I.A. cover story and the biggest year of her career.  PLUS! Cassie Ramone lead singer and guitarist of Vivian Girls joins Jackson in conversation about their feature in this issue and the explosive year in her career that was 2008. We also dissect a "Is Samplin...

We couldn't fit all our thoughts into one episode so we split it into 2 parts. In this episode we only talk about one thing: The 15 Most Influential Albums not made by the Beatles, Stones or Dylan, and every one of these albums is undeniably awesome punk, electronic, metal, its all here. 

Can Rick Rubin save the music industry? That's the title of the cover story. Did his idea of creating a subscription service platform ever actually become a reality? Or was it ignored until streaming platforms like Spotify appeared and proved him right? Well sort of right, artists still aren't getting paid for streams...

What an interesting time for music 2008 was, downloading was still popular, CD's were dead, and companies were just starting to figure out that streaming music online was the future. We go through a feature on music platforms that were perhaps just before their time or were just bad ideas.  Also REM was making a sort of comeback with their album Accelerate just 3 years before they decided to...

Its been a long time coming but I finally Sheila Roberts and Vince Mcgrath on the pod, two friends who can talk about music forever. In this episode we deep dive into Rolling Stones list of the best summer songs of all time, in their opinion and in ours. Also look out for a frank and serious discussion about Gerry Halliwell's departure from the Spice Girls. 

This is all in the intro but this is the first episode we've done social distancing style. We used this issue as a jumping off point to talk about music festivals and the Rage Against the Machine reunion that was supposed to happen this year.  

1994 was the dawn of Green Day, Offspring and Oasis, or at least their careers. We talk rock egos and Oasis, Green Day and Offspring's land mark year and Gilby Clarke's great life on the periphery of GNR. ALSO the dad of indie rock Thurston Moore has a feature interview and we chat about Sonic Youth and he and Kim's new baby girl. 

It's been 25 years since the Blue Album and I've put off doing a big chunk of an episode on Weezer so it's happening now. 1994 was my favourite year for music and this issue is full of gold: features on Blur, Daniel Johnston, Weezer, 1994 era Rolling Stones and a review section full of absolute classics. 

Things to expect in this episode - no one knows what Ryan Adams looks like, sub-genres, The White Stripes, objectively not caring about Coldplay, Queens Of The Stone Age, Nelly and the fact that no one can name one song or distinguishable fact about Disturbed. 

We dive into Spin Magazine's September 1997 issue and Prodigy's cover story following the recent death of Prodigy front man Keith Flint, only to find that not much was going on in September 1997. Still we managed to find a lot to talk about when it comes to 90's summer music festivals and...Hanson. 

In this episode we go on and on about MP3's in the 90's and early 2000's and somehow talk about The Beatles and rapper Cupcake even though they have nothing to do with this issue. We question Trent Reznor's style choice and analyze a Lenny Kravitz and Smash Mouth tour.