Fishscale: Just Say Yes
You should still say No, kids. But what if you hadn’t? Listen to the wisdom of Ghostface Killah, Cypress Hill, and Spiritualized.
If You’re Feeling Sinister: New Sincerity
Curl up with a blanket and a warm drink, it’s time for feelings from artists who bring depth and warmth to each.
Dig Your Own Hole: Big Beat
Huge breakbeats and jackhammer rhythms set the Big Beat stage for Chemical Brothers, Fatboy Slim, and Propellerheads.
Take Care: Popular 2010s Artists I’ve Ignored
Matt and Tim try to understand the youth and their Drakes, Father John Mistys, and Lana Del Rays.
Paid in Full: Laying the Foundation
Establishing what MCs sound like in the 80s, 90s, and beyond.
Dummy: Trip-Hop
The shooting star of Trip-Hop told through Portishead, Massive Attack, and Lamb.
Deci’s Midnight Runners #6: Butt Rock & The MGM Story
The rise and fall of a major studio. The continuous fall of a shitty genre.
The College Dropout: Make Hip Hop Fun Again
Put on your DOOM helmet and wash up with some soap, it’s time to party.
The Woods: Rock is Dead; Long Live Rock
In which Tim and Matt announce their favorite heroin song.
Appetite for Destruction: When Dinosaurs Roamed
Hear which actual dinosaurs Guns N Roses, Def Leppard, and the Cult would be.
Psychocandy: Gauzy Goodness
If it sounds like it could be in Twin Peaks, it’s probably Gauzy Goodness.
Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation: New Jack Swing
A cross section of R&B and hip-hop that now feels standard, New Jack Swing got the people going in the late 80s and early 90s.
Rid of Me: Canon Fodder
PJ Harvey, St. Vincent, Sharon Van Etten, and a missed opportunity for Matt to talk about Stuart Hall’s Encoding/Decoding.
3 Feet High and Rising: Assemblage
De La Soul that, as of now, is too illegal to be streamed. We talk Assemblage as it relates to them, The Avalanches, and Amon Tobin.
New Day Rising: “It Aggravates and It Pacifies”
Matt’s been threatening post-hardcore for awhile and finally goes all-in here with Husker Du, Cursive, and Thursday.
Deci’s Midnight Runners #5: 9/11 Albums & Remakes
Ranking albums with an unfortunate release date and talking the art of the remake.
The Marshall Mathers LP: Check the Technique
Em, Aes Rock, and DOOM: Three titans of rap technique weaponizing their craft.
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot: Impressionistic Folk
Folk, it’s more than Mumford and the millennial whoop.