#6: Bruce and Barack (Again) | Futuro Conjunto | Nerd Rock
Good week if you’re nostalgic for the music of 1981. The Album Years goes deep across genres and Rockin’ the Suburbs revisits four sophomore albums from forty years ago.
Elsewhere…
🎧 Centuries of Sound pulls together a sound collage of 1933.
🎧 Sticky Notes goes back to the music of the Renaissance.
🎧 Latino USA features Futuro Conjunto, which, among other things, imagines the future of music in the Rio Grande Valley in 2200.
🎧 Bruce and Barack return with a Renegades: Born in the USA episode focused on popular music.
🎧 The Ongoing History of New Music dives deep into nerd rock.
🎧 Reverberate recalls the impact of the underground Czech psych-rockers Plastic People of the Universe.
🎧 Popcast discusses jazz performers who are “looking to innovate in the genre without being beholden to the past.”
🎧 Sound & Vision has a mini-series on people juggling being a musician and a parent.
🎧 Object of Sound looks at how the pandemic has affected the need for music in our lives.
New Music Podcasts
🎧 In Tom Morello’s Maximum Firepower, the former Rage Against the Machine guitarist speaks about “the music, the moments, and the movements that have shaped [his] worldview and left an indelible mark on him as an artist and activist.”
🎧 In My Warped Life, founder of the Vans Warped Tour Kevin Lyman “shares the untold stories, backstage shenanigans, and narrowly-avoided disasters of the world’s longest running punk rock festival.”
🎧 On the Bus at Country Thunder features interviews with country music artists on Troy Vollhoffer’s tour bus.
Song Deep Dives and Lists
“Come On Up to the House” by Tom Waits Song by Song
“Crack Music” by Kanye West Watching the Throne
“Dance, Dance” by Fall Out Boy Reminiscent
“Get Lucky” by Daft Punk Sound Opinions
“Go” by Dance Hall Crashers Chris DeMakes a Podcast
“House of the Rising Sun” by The Animals A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs
“HYFR” by Drake 50 Years of Music w/50 Year Old White Guys
“Juicy” by The Nororious B.I.G. 60 Songs That Explain the ‘90s
“Jump” by Van Halen DISCovery with Eric Senich
“My Way Home” by Kanye West Watching the Throne
Overlooked Power Pop Songs Discord and Rhyme
A look at tracks 1-9 of “Yellow Pills: Prefill” disc 2.
“These Days” by Dr. Dog 50 Years of Music w/50 Year Old White Guys
“Wrecking Ball” by Bruce Springsteen 50 Years of Music w/50 Year Old White Guys
“Zeitgeist” by Incendiary The Volume Knob
Album Analysis and Dissections
“22, A Million” by Bon Iver My Favorite Album with Jeremy Dylan
“A Love Supreme” by John Coltrane Heat Rocks
“Buster Poindexter” by Buster Poindexter Bizarre Albums
“Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes” by Jimmy Buffett Podcasting in Paradise
“CrazySexyCool” by TLC The 500 with Josh Adam Meyers
“S&M2” by Metallica World Cafe Words and Music
“Sophtware Slump” by Grandaddy World Cafe Words and Music
Frontman Jason Lytle talks about reworking the album.
“The Electric Lady” by Janelle Monáe You, Me and An Album
“The Man Who Stepped into Yesterday” by Trey Anastasio Under the Scales
“The Rainbow Connection” by Willie Nelson One By Willie
“Wish You Were Here” by Pink Floyd The Next Track
“Without People” by Donovan Woods World Cafe Words and Music
“Yourself or Someone Like You” by Matchbox 20 Why I Hate This Album
Musicals
“The Wizard of Oz” MusicalSplaining
Time Fountain: Fountain of Time! Chapter 2 Off Book: The Improvised Musical
Artist Retrospectives and Deep Dives
Animal Collective Indiecast
Bad Brains The Vinyl Guide
Bam Bam Sound & Vision
Natalie Cole Black Girl Songbook
Sam Cooke [X] on [Y]
Leslie Odom Jr. talks about his favorite songs by Cooke.
Bob Dylan The Bobcats
Phish Bandsplain
Daft Punk Rolling Stone Music Now
John Lennon Jensen and Holes: The Murder Squad
Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes Death of a Rock Star
Queen The Queen Podcast
Goes all in on the band’s videos.
Rick Springfield Rock Solid
Britney Spears We Need to Talk About Britney, Eat, Pray, Britney
The Beatles Disgraceland
Interviews and Guest Appearances
Dave Abbruzzese Songs of Note
Jhené Aiko The Zane Lowe Interview Series
Kristen Anderson-Lopez Go Fact Yourself
Nicole Beharie Your Fave’s Faves
The actress picks her favorite ‘90s songs.
Duane Betts Walking the Floor
Big Freedia Duet
David Coverdale The Eddie Trunk Podcast
Miley Cyrus Rock This with Allison Hagendorf
Jim DeRogatis Roadcase
Perry Farrell Radical Musings with Rosanna Arquette
Ani DiFranco Busy Philipps is Doing Her Best
Craig Finn Brooklyn Magazine: The Podcast
Caleb Followill Kyle Meredith With...
Jon Foreman Lead Singer Syndrome
Gangsta Boo People’s Party with Talib Kweli
Harvey Goldsmith The Bob Lefsetz Podcast
Steve Gorman Rockin’ the Suburbs
Jessie J Pop Shop Podcast
Daryl Jenifer Turned Out a Punk
Eric D. Johnson Past, Present, Future, Live!
Kaytranada Switched on Pop
Elle King Your Magic
Kings of Leon The Zane Lowe Interview Series
Greg Kot Roadcase
Lauv And the Writer Is…
Michael League Eric Krasno Plus One
Robert Lopez Go Fact Yourself
Steve Lukather I Don’t Know About That
Moby The Hang with Gregory Porter
Emile Mosseri Monocle 24: The Monocle Culture Show
Franz Nicolay Brooklyn Magazine: The Podcast
Joan Osborne People Have the Power
Kellie Pickler Talk to Chuck
Nathaniel Rateliff Andy Frasco's World Saving Podcast
Joe Robinson Ernie Ball: Striking a Chord
Olivia Rodrigo Zach Sang: Just the Interviews
Todd Rundgren Talkhouse
Shangela Duet
Sisqo The Ringer Music Show
Mike Shinoda Broken Record
Slowthai Hip Hop Raised Me
The Staves Sodajerker on Songwriting
Steve Vai Guitar Villains
Eddie Vedder The Artist and The Athlete
Talks with Chicago Cub Anthony Rizzo.
Robbie Williams Alan Carr’s ‘Life’s a Beach’