Discord and Rhyme: An Album Podcast

Our new series of compisodes is covering Pure Moods, the New Age collection that you saw one million commercials for back in the '90s! This episode includes many mispronounced names, lots of reminiscing about our teenage years in the 1990s, and a surprising number of video game references. Enjoy! Enigma - Return to InnocenceEnya - Orinoco Flow (Sail Away)Deep Forest - Sweet LullabyJean-Michel Jarre - Oxygène Part IVDJ Dado - The X-Files Theme (DADO Paranormal Activity Mix)Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells Part 1 Get early access to bonus episodes on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/discordpod Opening music: The Hector Collectorshttps://thehectorcollectors.bandcamp.com/ Closing credits music: Kenneth Krayliehttps://kennethkraylie.bandcamp.com/https://casinos.bandcamp.com/

My, my, my! Brian Eno is the producer’s producer, so it only makes sense that Producer Mike would eventually get around to him. Eno is renowned for producing classic albums for U2 and Talking Heads, pioneering and naming the genre of ambient music, and composing the seven seconds that comforted Windows 95 users as they learned how to use the Start button. Today, Mike guides Dan, John, and Rich through Here Come the Warm Jets, Eno’s 1974 solo debut, released shortly after Roxy Music proved too small to house both his ego and Bryan Ferry’s. Warm Jets was composed and produced piecemeal in the studio, which Eno saw as its own instrument, and the result is a taped-together masterpiece filled with overdubs (one song contains 27 tracks of piano). It can take some time for the noisy blur of Warm Jets to coalesce into identifiable, hummable pieces, but we’re hoping to help ease you into the madness.Cohosts: Mike DeFabio, John McFerrin, Rich Bunnell, Dan WatkinsComplete show notes: https://discordpod.com/listen/031-brian-eno-here-come-the-warm-jets-1974Support the podcast! https://www.patreon.com/discordpod

You guys were knocking at our door with a thousand million questions, so we thought we'd give you some answers! In this episode, you'll find out what albums we'll probably never discuss, our desert island discs, our favorite music books, and why Rich hates bananas. Theme music: The Moody Blues - QuestionSupport the podcast! https://www.patreon.com/discordpod

WE DID IT! We've reached the very end of the Nuggets box set! In the final episode: a truly astonishing number of Simpsons jokes, young idiots who want to be shocking, a great struggle to find new things to say about Nuggets songs, and the big reveal of our next compilation. And Amanda, who writes these descriptions, gets the last word on the Sonics. Get early access to the next set of This Is Comp episodes at http://www.patreon.com/discordpod. The Rumors - Hold Me NowThe Underdogs - Love's Gone BadThe Standells - Why Pick On MeThe Zakary Thaks - Bad GirlGONN - Blackout of GretelyThe Bees - Voices Green and PurpleDavie Allan & the Arrows - Blues' ThemeTheme song based on "This Is Pop," written by Andy Partridge, with new lyrics by Adam Smith Opening music: The Hector Collectors https://thehectorcollectors.bandcamp.com/ Closing credits music: Kenneth Kraylie https://kennethkraylie.bandcamp.com/https://casinos.bandcamp.com/

Progressive metal titans Dream Theater are one of those “love them or hate them” bands that everybody seems to have an opinion on. Phil firmly falls into the “love them” category. On this episode, he and the crew take on one of Dream Theater’s most well-known albums, 1999’s “Metropolis Pt. 2 - Scenes From A Memory”, and get into the nitty gritty about what they like about it and what they don’t like about it. There’s a lot more discord on this episode of Discord And Rhyme than average, as the crew ranges from lovers (Phil) to the more skeptical (everyone else).Cohosts: Phil Maddox, Rich Bunnell, John McFerrin, Dan Watkins, Shivam BhattComplete show notes: https://discordpod.com/listen/030-dream-theater-metropolis-part-ii-scenes-from-a-memory-1999 Support the podcast! https://www.patreon.com/discordpod

We're nearly at the end! In this episode: the dreaded second return of the Sonics, a cover of "Open Up Your Door" by Will's dad, a proto-Fall song, and a baffling but very cool record company mistake. Early access to these episodes is available at http://www.patreon.com/discordpodThe Sonics - The WitchThe Electric Prunes - Get Me to the World on TimeThe Other Half - Mr. PharmacistRichard and the Young Lions - Open Up Your DoorPaul Revere and the Raiders - Just Like MeWe the People - You Burn Me Up and DownThe Lemon Drops - I Live in the SpringtimeFenwyck - MindrockerHear "Open Up Your Door" by the Lost Cause here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXAvTSJTeWo Theme song based on "This Is Pop," written by Andy Partridge, with new lyrics by Adam SmithOpening music: The Hector Collectors https://thehectorcollectors.bandcamp.com/ Closing credits music: Kenneth Kraylie https://kennethkraylie.bandcamp.com/https://casinos.bandcamp.com/

Arguably the rock-geekiest band of all time, Hoboken indie-rockers Yo La Tengo have internalized seemingly every album they've ever heard, and they mix these diverse influences into distinctive and tasty musical stir-fries. Sometimes they're noisy and deliberately sloppy, sometimes they're gorgeous and pensive, but they're almost always engaging, and I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One is simultaneously their most accessible and their most eclectic album to date. It also happens to be Will's favorite album ever, so get ready for a heapin' helpin' of superlatives as he hosts this in-depth look at its 16 songs, along with fellow YLT fans Dan, Mike, and Rich. PLEASE NOTE: We said some swears in this one. We just thought you should know.Cohosts: Chris Willie Williams, Rich Bunnell, Mike DeFabio, Dan WatkinsComplete show notes: https://discordpod.com/listen/029-yo-la-tengo-i-can-hear-the-heart-beating-as-one-1997 Support the podcast! https://www.patreon.com/discordpod

A short and sweet one for you today! This episode features a batch of really great songs by bands no one has ever heard of. We're mostly rhyming here, but saved some discord for the end.The Wailers - Out of Our TreeThe Harbinger Complex - I Think I'm DownThe Dovers - What Am I Going to DoCharlatans - CodineThe Mystery Trend - Johnny Was a Good BoyClefs of Lavender Hill - Stop - Get a TicketThe Monks - ComplicationTheme song based on "This Is Pop," written by Andy Partridge, with new lyrics by Adam SmithOpening music: The Hector Collectors https://thehectorcollectors.bandcamp.com/ Closing credits music: Kenneth Kraylie https://kennethkraylie.bandcamp.com/https://casinos.bandcamp.com/

We are commemorating the 50th anniversary of two world-changing events: the Apollo 11 moon landing and the release of To Our Children’s Children’s Children, the Moody Blues album it inspired. Dense but accessible, spine-chillingly beautiful, and toweringly ambitious, To Our Children’s Children’s Children pushed the band’s sound as far as it could possibly go. The five of us on this episode think it's their very best creation, and we tried hard to convey why we love this music with all our hearts. We can't fully explain what it means to us in a mere two and a half hours, but we sure tried. Cohosts: Amanda Rodgers, Mike DeFabio, Phil Maddox, John McFerrin, Chris Willie WilliamsComplete show notes: https://discordpod.com/listen/028-the-moody-blues-to-our-childrens-childrens-children-1969Support the podcast! https://www.patreon.com/discordpod

We're in the home stretch! In this episode: the most 1967 title ever, a shockingly good song by a completely unknown band, one of the coolest song intros ever recorded, and the primordial garage-rock classic we've been training for this whole time. The Chocolate Watchband - Are You Gonna Be There (At the Love-In)The Leaves - Too Many PeopleThe Barbarians - Are You a Boy or Are You a GirlSam the Sham & the Pharaohs - Wooly Bully The Strangeloves - I Want CandyThe Kingsmen - Louie LouieThe Knickerbockers - One Track MindTheme song based on "This Is Pop," written by Andy Partridge, with new lyrics by Adam SmithOpening music: The Hector Collectors https://thehectorcollectors.bandcamp.com/ Closing credits music: Kenneth Kraylie https://kennethkraylie.bandcamp.com/https://casinos.bandcamp.com/