And Introducing

And introducing, from Iceland, our NATO ally to the north, it’s BJORK. The most famous musician from the isolated northern island, Bjork has built an incredible career and international fame from her unique voice and genre-exploring, endlessly idiosyncratic music. And today we’ll be exploring all things Bjork from her coffee table book BJORK and a 2004 Bjork New Yorker story called “Bjork’s Saga”. Songs in Order: CarlosAndres90 - Army of Me (YouTube FL Studio cover) Bjork - Ruby Baby Recordings of Bjork at age 11: https://www.openculture.com/2014/09/the-album-bjork-recorded-as-an-11-year-old.html KUKL - Dismembered The Sugarcubes - Birthday Bjork - Human Behavior Bjork - Army of Me Bjork - Alarm Call

And introducing, on lead vocals, guitar and bass...it’s Mr. Billy Corgan. Yes we’re talking through the legendary frontman and sole consistent member of gen x rock titans Smashing Pumpkins, a person who is constantly portrayed as either alt-rock’s greatest villain or saint, depending on who you’re asking. And today we’re joined by Struggle Sessions Leslie Lee III to dive into some of Mr. Corgan’s most intimate thoughts and feelings about his life and career through the best access we have...his mid-2000’s LiveJournal called simply “BillyBlog”. Check out Struggle Session at sesh.plus Songs Smashing Pumpkins - Zero Smashing Pumpkins - Nothing and Everything (Live on Pulse 1988) Smashing Pumpkins - Cherub Rock Smashing Pumpkins - For Martha Smashing Pumpkins - Transmission (Live, featuring Peter Hook) Billy Corgan - Take Me Out to the Ball Game

And introducing, online, it’s Rolling Stone Magazine’s NEW 500 Greatest Albums of All Time List! We discuss Rolling Stone’s updated-for-2020 list of the 500 greatest albums of all time, talk about the value of lists, the relative ranked-ness of the Beatles, and how our appreciation of music changes over time. Songs: Britney Spears - Piece of Me Beatles - Day in the Life Marvin Gaye - What’s Going On Beach Boys - Sloop John B Fleetwood Mac - Dreams Lauryn Hill - To Zion

And introducing, on lead vocals, it’s Scott Walker. Over a six decade journey from teen dream crooner to brooding experimental composer, Scott Walker has explored the dark bleeding edges of pop music with his inconic vibrato and iconoclastic production. And today we’ll be learning all about Scott from a bunch of articles and the 2006 documentary Scott Walker: 30 Century Man. We’re joined by Matty Monroe, the host of the Indieheads podcast and the MODERATOR of the r/indieheads subreddit. Check out Matty’s stuff here: Indieheads Podcast: https://rindieheadspodcast.wordpress.com/ https://www.youtube.com/c/IndieheadsPodcast https://www.reddit.com/r/indieheads Songs in Order: The Walker Brotherss - There Ain’t No Sunshine Jacques Brel - Amsterdam Scott Walker - Next Scott Walker - 30 Century Man The Walker Brothers - The Electrician Scott Walker - Dealer Pulp - I Spy Scott Walker - The Cockfighter Scott Walker - Cossacks Are Scott Walker - Clara Scott Walker - Jesse Scott Walker - Corps de Blah Scott Walker - Epizootics Scott Walker - Brando

And introducing, partying hard, it’s Andrew WK! This week we’re talking the enigmatic evangelist of Partying who unleashed a torrent of hard rocking power pop party anthems, became a national celebrity, spokesman, motivational speaker, and tv personality before sinking somewhat back into mysterious obscurity. Today we’ll be exploring WK through Phillip Crandall’s 2014 entry into the 33 ⅓ book anthology for “I GET WET” Songs In Order: The Portly Boys - Demo Tape Andrew WK - Party Hard (Demo) Andrew WK - Party Hard Andrew WK - I Get Wet Andrew WK - Party Mindset

And introducing, on the drums, it’s Chris Frantz! We’re JOINED by Chris Frantz, drummer for Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club to discuss downtown bands in ‘77, buildings & food, the love of music, and remaining in love with his wife, bassist Tina Weymouth, all through his new book “Remain in Love: Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club, Tina” Check out Chris’ book here: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250209221 And check out that killer 1980 Talking Heads live in Rome set we were talking about: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwWW742T0Wc

And introducing, on lead vocals and guitar, it’s Mr. Robert Pollard! We’re joined by Dan Boeckner (Wolf Parade, Operators) to talk about the frontman synonymous with Guided by Voices, the prolific indie legends from Dayton Ohio. Please support Dan's music over on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/operators Songs: Acid Ranch - Beautiful Plastic Guided by Voices - Drinker’s GBV - Weedking Times New Viking - (My Head) GBV - Tractor Rape Chain GBV - Closer You Are GBV - Official Ironman’s Rally Song GBV - Teenage FBI GBV - Glad Girls GBV - Packing the Dead Zone

Part two of…the Song Machine! We track pop music’s muddled fallout from 9/11 (again), the reign of Max Martin and Dr. Luke, track-and-hook songwriting, Rihanna, Katy Perry, Kesha and the f u t u r e of pop. NEW YOUTUBE CHANNEL, please subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-sYl6WVNG_-okzBwm4SiTg Songs in order: Kelly Clarkson - A Moment Like This Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Maps Kelly Clarkson - Since U Been Gone Ted Leo - Since U Been Gone/Maps Rihanna - SOS Rihanna - Umbrella Rihanna - What’s My Name Beyonce - Halo Kelly Clarkson - Already Gone Katy Perry - I Kissed a Girl Flo Rida (FT KESHA) - Right Round Kesha - Tik Tok Kesha - Raising Hell Juice WRLD x Marshmello - Come & Go

And introducing…the Song Machine! We track the rise of Denniz Pop and the Swedish music production juggernaut in American pop music through John Seabrooke’s 2015 book “The Song Machine: Inside the Hit Factory.” Songs Tag Team - Whoomp (There It Is!) Michael Jackson - Billie Jean (Swemix) Heino - Medly Volksleider Ace of Bass - The Sign It’s Alive - Pretend I’m God Backstreet Boys - We’ve Got it Going On Backstreet Boys - Quit Playing Games (With My Heart) Crooked I - Everythang Britney Spears - …Baby One More Time

And introducing…on piano and vocals, it’s Fiona Apple! We discuss the singer-songwriters music and public perception using two longform magazine articles bookending her career. Songs in Order: Fiona Apple - Criminal Fiona Apple - Sleep to Dream Fiona Apple - Relay Fiona Apple - On I Go Fiona Apple - Left Apple