The Next Track

Streaming services - mostly, but not only, Spotify - are filling their playlists with fake music. "If everyone is a content creator, who's left to be the audience?" Help support The Next Track by making regular donations via Patreon. We're ad-free and self-sustaining so your support is what keeps us going. Thanks! ‌Show notes: Take Control of Apple Media Apps The Ghosts in the Machine, Liz Pelly Max Richter: Sleep Our next tracks: Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band: Almost Acoustic Pixies: The Night the Zombies Came If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.Support The Next Track

1984 wasn't like 1984. Help support The Next Track by making regular donations via Patreon. We're ad-free and self-sustaining so your support is what keeps us going. Thanks! ‌Show notes: Episode #235 - 1973 Episode #79 – 1977 Episode #98 - 1981 1984: The Year Pop Stardom Got Supersized Synth Britannia Our next tracks: Philip Glass: Einstein on the Beach Guadalcanal Diary: Walking in the Shadow of the Big Man If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.Support The Next Track

Apparently "nostalgia concerts," where bands play full albums, have become common; not everyone likes this idea. Rolling Stone made a list of the "best" 74 albums of 1974. And we discuss movie soundtracks, with specific reference to Hans Zimmer's music for Interstellar. Help support The Next Track by making regular donations via Patreon. We're ad-free and self-sustaining so your support is what keeps us going. Thanks! ‌Show notes: No More Nostalgia Concerts, Please The Cure: live stream of Songs of a Lost World The 74 Best Albums of 1974 Intersteller Hans Zimmer Our next tracks: Kraftwerk: Autobahn David Byrne: The Catherine Wheel If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.Support The Next Track

We talk about selling records with the unique Burning Shed, the British online record store that offers a curated selected of progressive rock, new wave, ambient, and electronic music. Help support The Next Track by making regular donations via Patreon. We're ad-free and self-sustaining so your support is what keeps us going. Thanks! ‌Show notes: Burning Shed Our next tracks: The Durutti Column - A Life of Reilly, by James Nice Sponge: 1994 If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.Support The Next Track

With the passing of Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh, we talk about the bass players we would take to a desert island. Help support The Next Track by making regular donations via Patreon. We're ad-free and self-sustaining so your support is what keeps us going. Thanks! ‌Show notes: Phil Lesh obituary Our next tracks: Grateful Dead: Fallout from the Phil Zone Stanley Clarke: School Days If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.Support The Next Track

We discuss desert island discs as a thought experiment, though we didn't agree on the ground rules. Help support The Next Track by making regular donations via Patreon. We're ad-free and self-sustaining so your support is what keeps us going. Thanks! ‌Show notes: Episode #130 - Desert Island Discs, Part 1 Episode #133 - Desert Island Discs, Part 2 Schubert: Winterreise, Ian Bostridge & Thomas Adès Bach: Goldberg Variations, Glenn Gould 1981 Morton Feldman: Piano and String Quartet, Kronos Quartet and Aki Takahashi Hume: Musicall Humours, Jordi Savall Elastica: Elastica The Who: Quadrophenia Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros: Streetcore Gustaf: Package, Pt.2 The Rolling Stones: Get Yer Ya-Yas Out The Clash: London Calling Brian Eno: Music for Airports Bang on a Can: Music for Airports Grateful Dead: American Beauty Bill Evans: The Complete Village Vanguard Recordings, 1961 Bob Dylan: Blonde on Blonde King Crimson: Red Castaway If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.Support The Next Track

Music is a product. We discuss how music is sold and promoted. Help support The Next Track by making regular donations via Patreon. We're ad-free and self-sustaining so your support is what keeps us going. Thanks! ‌Show notes: On the State of the (Book)World, with Lauren Groff and Neel Mukherjee MUBI BFI Player Nightsleeper - iPlayer Our next tracks: Philip Glass, String Quartet No. 1 - Tana Quartet Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers: L.A.M.F. (The Lost '77 Mixes) If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.Support The Next Track

Kirk attended a unique concert recently, and Doug and Kirk discuss how concerts could be more interesting. Help support The Next Track by making regular donations via Patreon. We're ad-free and self-sustaining so your support is what keeps us going. Thanks! ‌Show notes: Episode #178 - Lieder and Opera Singer Ian Bostridge Winterreise review - agony and ecstasy as Bostridge and Drake bring Schubert’s song cycle to dramatic life Palladium Lone Star Cafe The Bottom Line Our next tracks: La Folia 1490-1701: Jordi Savall X: Smoke & Fiction If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.Support The Next Track

People are more likely to have good audio for their TV, to watch movies and films, than for music these days. Help support The Next Track by making regular donations via Patreon. We're ad-free and self-sustaining so your support is what keeps us going. Thanks! ‌Show notes: Panasonic Streaming 4K Blu Ray Player DP-UB820-K Our next tracks: 2001: A Space Odyssey (4K Ultra HD) Kiss: Alive If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.Support The Next Track

Don't buy hi-fi audio equipment that needs firmware updates. (This means you, Sonos.) Help support The Next Track by making regular donations via Patreon. We're ad-free and self-sustaining so your support is what keeps us going. Thanks! ‌Show notes: Cambridge Audio EVO ONE Sonos, still trying to fix its broken app, lays off 100 employees Episode #168 - L'Affaire Sonos and Obsolescence in Audio Equipment KEF LSX II Episode #281: Kirk's New Audio Gear Our next tracks: Radio On Oasis - Definitely Maybe If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.Support The Next Track