Hot Song for 11.25.15 – Split Stones / Shake It Loose
Chris and Dan argue about how jazzy a smooth instrumental post-rock song can be before it becomes unpalatable and whether or not the 70s AM pop sound is here...
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Hot Song for 11.23.15 – Cheap / Belly
Chris and Dan argue about how important melody is in forward-thinking paradigm-shifting hip hop and what the difference is between rock music and guitar pop music (and why the...
LISTEN HEREHot Song for 11.20.15 – Locked Away / Thank God For Girls
This Friday's special feature is a Player Hater's Ball, wherein Dan & Chris let loose on a couple of loathed tracks in the public consciousness at the moment. In...
LISTEN HEREHot Song for 11.18.15 – I Believe In The Night / Grand Affection
Chris and Dan argue about how minimalist ambient music can get before it stops being effective and whether a band hyped by NME can be self-aware enough to make...
LISTEN HEREHot Song for 11.16.15 – Sprained Ankle / Pie In The Sky
Chris and Dan argue about how a 19-year-old Memphis nobody gets picked up and churned through the hype machine and if the American obsession with Scandinavian pop songwriting has...
LISTEN HEREHot Song for 11.13.15 – Toroidal Vortices / Title/Detroit
This Friday's special feature is a Trend Watch, wherein Dan & Chris deconstruct a current subgenre or flavor of the year. In this episode: a discussion on the influence...
LISTEN HEREHot Song for 11.11.15 – Smoke In The Temple / Flesh Without Blood
Chris and Dan argue about why in the world there isn't more jazz-influenced hip hop out there (or if there is, where is it?) and how to straddle the...
LISTEN HEREHot Song for 11.9.15 – Dirty Slang / Glow Like Crazy
Chris and Dan argue about whether or not there's value to be mined from pure unadulterated celebration rock and how mid-tier 90s alt rock is perhaps finally over-saturating the...
LISTEN HEREHot Song for 11.6.15 – The Funk / Night Wires
This Friday's special feature is an Unheralded Cities, wherein Chris & Dan look at the local scene of a town that isn't typically known for its music. In this...
LISTEN HEREHot Song for 11.4.15 – I’m A Mountain / How Long
Chris and Dan argue about how New Zealand may be the source of the real rock revival and how much young kids in studio bands really think about things...
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