No Filler Music Podcast
295 episodes - English - Latest episode: 12 days ago - ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsNo Filler is a music podcast dedicated to sharing the often overlooked hidden gems that fill the space between the singles on our favorite records. In each episode we’ll dive into a little history of the artist and the album of choice, with snippets from interviews & concerts, as well as music from the album itself. Proud part of Pantheon - the podcast network for music lovers.
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Outside The Lines: The Elusive Sound of Majesty Crush
April 16, 2024 15:13 - 51 minutesWe chat about the short-lived and underrated indie band Majesty Crush. With lead singer David Stroughter's neurotic vocal delivery and a sound that didn't fit neatly within the lines of the 90s rock soundscape, Majesty Crush defied categorization in their brief but spectacular career. Their music is being celebrated in the release of Butterflies Don't Go Away, a compilation record featuring all tracks from their Love 15 debut record as well as their handful of EPs that followed. Join as we di...
Whatcha Heard: The Four On The Floor Edition
April 01, 2024 02:35 - 1 hourWe pay attention to an often ignored genre on this beloved podcast of ours: electronic music. Sure we sneak it in from time to time, but it rarely gets the love it deserves. For this month's mixtape, we've got 3 tracks that fall under the IDM / house umbrella of electronic music, as well as some 80s new wave and even a Down With The Sickness cover played in the style of Nirvana! Tracklist Kings of Leon - Mustang Mac Glocky - Down With The Sickness (Disturbed Cover in the style of Nirvana) ...
The Radiohead of Metal: Deftone's Around The Fur
March 21, 2024 11:00 - 43 minutesEager to ditch the nu-metal label, Deftones headed into the studio with a goal to separate themselves from the pack on their second album Around the Fur. This ambition saw the group embrace their non-metal influences, leaning on the cerebral and ethereal qualities of bands like Depeche Mode. This combined with Chino Moreno's unusual vocals gave Around the Fur it's signature loud-soft dynamic, perhaps earning the band it's reputation as "the metal band it's okay for non-metal fans to like." Tr...
Whatcha Heard: The Almost No Shoegaze Edition
February 29, 2024 12:00 - 1 hourIt's our monthly mixtape for February, join us for some nu-metal, 60s psychedelic jazz, industrial house, and lots more. Oh and of course: some dream pop because we can't go an episode without it. Tracklist Vampire Weekend - Gen-X Cops Siilk - Inside My Head Norma Tanega - You're Dead Heaven - Down By The Ocean Cowboy Sadness - Ten Paces Legowelt - Sark Island Acid Washed Out - I've Been Daydreaming My Entire Life Washed Out - Olivia Stereolab - Nihilist Assault Group The Cure - Oth...
Ethereal Wave: Cocteau Twins "Head Over Heels"
February 22, 2024 12:00 - 46 minutesWe listen to the ethereal, surreal, and unmistakable proto shoegaze that only Robin Guthrie and Elizabeth Fraser could create together with a deep dive into Cocteau Twins' 1983 record Head Over Heels. Tracklist Cocteau Twins - Glass Candle Grenades Cocteau Twins - Five Ten Fiftyfold Cocteau Twins - In Our Angelhood Cocteau Twins - In The Gold Dust Rush Cocteau Twins - Musette And Drums Cocteau Twins - Sugar Hiccup This show is part of the Pantheon Podcast Newtork. Learn more about your...
Whatcha Heard: The Heaven and Hell Edition
January 30, 2024 12:00 - 1 hourLook, we'll be the first ones to admit it: we listen to a lot of shoegaze and dream pop on this podcast. And you'll get plenty of that on this episode. But you'll also get children's songs written by a beloved 90s alt-rocker, an aggressive blues-harmonica, and some epic 70s jazz-fusion from a group of musicians that used to pal around with Miles Davis. Only on No Filler will you experience that level of musical whiplash! Tune in for our monthly mixtape episode for January. Tracklist Sleater-...
The Trailblazing, Ear-Bleeding Fuzz of Dinosaur Jr.
January 15, 2024 12:00 - 57 minutesTo kick off the year, we return to our deep-dive episode format with a look at Dinosaur Jr.'s second record, the massively influential fuzz of You're Living All Over Me. The signature ear-bleeding guitar sound and slacker vocal delivery J Mascis perfected on this record went on to influential countless grunge acts and indie bands in the 90s and 2000s. This record was way ahead of its time and a truly seminal record that hinted at was right around the corner just years before grunge would take...
Best of 2023: Part Four
December 31, 2023 15:00 - 1 hourOur final 10 tracks in our best of 2023. Thanks for joining us this year, we'll see you in 2024! Tracklist The Hives - Bogus Operandi Palehound - The Clutch Alan Palomo - Nobody's Woman Real Estate - Water Underground Orions Belte - Masacote Superbloom - Velvet Hippo Leon Vynehall - Duofade Flyying Colours - Bright Lights Vanishing Twin - Afternoon X bar italia - guard bar italia - f.o.b. bar italia - nocd Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Best of 2023: Part Three
December 19, 2023 16:43 - 1 hourJoin us as we continue our countdown of favorite tracks from 2023. Tracklist Drop Nineteens - "Gal" JW Francis - Swooning Meerna - I Believe In You Leo Takami - As If Listening Chris Christodoulou - Tropic of Cancer Catherine Wheel - Salt (Norfolk Mix) Wilco - A Bowl and A Pudding Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - If You Insist Yves Tumor - Heaven Surrounds Us Like A Hood Jesse Kivel - Beech Hill Meditation Drop Nineteens - The Price Was High Learn more about your ad choices. Visit ...
Best of 2023: Part Two
December 04, 2023 16:35 - 1 hourJoin us as we continue our countdown of favorite tracks from 2023. Tracklist Beach Fossils - Numb bdrmm - Be Careful André 3000 - Dreams Once Buried Beneath the Dungeon Floor Slowly Sprout into Undying Gardens LAANDS - Fortune Manatee Commune - Cast Windows96 - 240p Flickerstick - Whatever Gets You Off Day Aches - New June Erlend Øye - Two Chord Samba Skalpel - Konfusion Skalpel - Jan Tajemnik Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Best of 2023: Part One
November 18, 2023 05:15 - 1 hourJoin us over the next few weeks as we count down our top tracks of 2023. Tracklist Narrow Head - Flesh & Solitude Death & Vanilla - Out For Magic Pia Fraus - Confidential Information Fiddlehead - Loserman Spotlights - Ballad in the Mirror Hotline TNT - Beauty Filter The Clientele - Fables of the Silverlink The Paper Kites - Black & Thunder Slowdive - skin in the game A. Savage - Hurtin’ or Healed Narrow Head - Medicine (Momma Cover)) This show is part of the Pantheon Podcast Netwo...
Italian Horror Icons: Dario Argento and the Music of Goblin (with Guest Adrian Sebastian Haynes)
October 31, 2023 20:00 - 1 hourIt's Halloween night, which means it's time to get spooked. On tonight's bonus episode, I'm joined by horror fanatic and Austin-based musician Adrian Sebastian Haynes to chat all things Italian horror. We're diving into the films of iconic director Dario Argento, and if you're a horror nerd like us you know that means one thing: tonight we're listening to Goblin. This legendary prog-rock group partnered with Argento on many of his iconic films dating back to the 1977 classic Suspiria. Grab a ...
Spooktober Rewind: Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats
October 24, 2023 14:10 - 31 minutesThis episode originally aired October 31st, 2021. We get it: if you have to hear Monster Mash one more time, your boombox will be the only thing getting graveyard smashed. If you're in need for some new tunes for your costume party tonight, we've got you covered. Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats takes psychedelic rock and doom metal and mashes it with The Manson Family, Universal Monsters, and all the other horror film essentials on your October watch list. And of course, singer K.R. Starrs is an ...
Spooktober Rewind: Slashers and Synthwaves
October 19, 2023 13:59 - 24 minutesThis episode originally aired October 31st, 2020. John Carpenter is often referred to as the master of horror. His iconic Halloween franchise defined the slasher film formula for decades to come. But for fans of synthwave music (and the use of synth in cinema), we have Carpenter to thank for that as well. His extremely effective use of synths to build atmosphere and heighten tension in his films went on to influence countless synthwave artists and film composers. On this Halloween bonus episo...
Spooktober Rewind: The Undoing of David Wright
October 17, 2023 14:29 - 27 minutesThis episode originally aired October 31st, 2019. On this, the Eve of Hallow's, we're heading to the graveyard with shovels in hand. We bring along a Walkman and Quentin's CD copy of "We Dig With Finger's Crossed" to help set the ambiance for the evening. One of The Undoing of David Wright's only full-length albums, this little known gem from 2005 tells the story of William Burke & William Hare, the infamous 19th century grave robbers of Edinburgh, Scotland. The UoDW was an extremely short-li...
The You Can Find It All On Your Radio Edition
October 16, 2023 11:00 - 1 hourQuentin rediscovers his love of radio in this October edition of your favorite monthly mixtape. Tracklist Pencey Sloe - Us Blazing Cut Copy - Future KennyHoopla - how will i rest in peace if i'm buried by a highway? // Paul Oakenfold - Amnesia Koett - A Walk In The Spring Rain Ms. Lauryn Hill - Lost Ones Eric Clapton - Hello Old Friend A.R. Kane - What's All This Then? Resplandor - Blue Priori, RED - From The Swallow Banchee - Evolmia Bloc Party, KennyHoopla - Keep It Rolling Thi...
The Duct Tape Edition
September 05, 2023 11:00 - 1 hourHeld together by duct tape and super glue, this month's episode just barely made its way into your feed. But we're glad to be here with this month's batch of tasty jams from earworm K-Pop to 70s prog, from a song you've probably heard on TikTok to 60s sunshine pop, tune in to hear our monthly mixtape. Tracklist Drop Nineteens - Scapa Flow Crayon Pop - Bar Bar Bar Yuragi - sleeptight Air and Alessandro Baricco - Pat Cobhan Ride Pinegrove - Need 2 Beach Fossils - Tough Love Blur - St. Ch...
The Mostly Dream Pop Edition
August 17, 2023 13:46 - 1 hourWe hit the snooze button a couple of times on this one, but our monthly mixtape is back with a batch of laid-back, ethereal dream pop gems (with some punk, emo, IDM, and psychedelic tossed in for good measure). Beck, Phoenix - Odyssey Slowdive - Kisses Pia Fraus - Fog on the Hills Polaris - Slow Motion Brandtson - Days End Happy Diving - Mikey's Rules Tiger Trap - Supreme Nothing Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - If You Insist RAMZi - foggi (ft. Priori) Vieux Farka Touré & Khruangbin ...
The Sockgaze Edition
July 04, 2023 13:00 - 1 hourTracklist Queens of the Stone Age - Carnavouyer High Vis - Walking Wires Jurassic Shark - Tell 'Em The Gaslamp Killer, The Heliocentrics - Punks Brandee Younger - You're A Girls For One Man Only DRAIN - Evil Finds Light Puddle Noir - Lucky Lucy Wombo - Dreamsickle Valerie June - Slip Slide On By The Sound - The Fire Catherine Wheel - Spin (Norfolk Mix) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Thom Yorke Has A Son? Edition
June 05, 2023 13:00 - 1 hourAnother month, another episode, another mixtape from your favorite twin podcasters! On this episode, Thom Yorke shows up not once, but twice! Well, sort of. Turns out Thom Yorke has a son who sings just like him. We were as shocked to learn this as you no doubt are in this very moment. Tune in to hear it, along with some amazing new post punk from bar italia, some classic jazz from Gene Ammons, a brand new track from Thundercat and Tame Impala, and many more great tunes on this month's episo...
The 1981 Edition
May 02, 2023 15:55 - 1 hourWe're all over the map with our genres and decades on this month's episode, jumping from Turkish psychedelic folk to Japanese jazz fusion to New York no-wave all without blinking. Tracklist Altın Gün - Su Sızıyor Ninth Paradise - Picture M83 - * Pylon - Crazy Elisa Waut - Four Times More Masayoshi Takanaka - Thunder Storm Yellow Magic Orchestra - Seoul Music Bush Tetras - Boom in the Night Tycho - For How Long (ft. Saint Sinner) Crosby, Stills & Nash - Just A Song Before I Go Dilla...
The Globetrotting Edition
April 03, 2023 13:00 - 1 hourOn this month's episode of No Filler, we bounce around the globe from German emo, to a Russian electro pop artist, to some UK hauntology. Tune in for one of our most wide-ranging collection of tracks from bossa nova to horror rap. Tracklist Beach Fossils - Don't Fade Away Twin Peaks - Casey's Groove 125, Rue Montmartre - Disco Hijack Kate NV - Inn Belbury Poly - The Willows Getz & Gilberto - Corcovado (Quiet Nights of Quiet Start) De La Soul - Eye Know Steely Dan - Peg Beck - End Of ...
The Knob Fiddlin' Edition
March 06, 2023 14:00 - 1 hourTracklist Letting Up Despite Great Faults - Halfway Crooks Paul Simon - The Rhythm of the Saints Ulrika Spacek - No. 1 Hum Southpacific - E10 @182 Tortoise - Seneca Tenacious D - Don't Blow It Kage Meernaa - Another Dimension peachgf - cherry blossom rRoxymore - Drunken Clouds Puerta Negra - El Gran Final No Swoon - Faces Ulrika Spacek - The Sheer Drop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Whatcha Heard - The Extra Long Chili Cheese Coney Edition
January 31, 2023 15:50 - 1 hourTracklist Narrow Head - Caroline Beak> - Brean Down Beak> - King of the Castle Tokyo Shoegaze - Just Alright Liquid Liquid - Scraper Madeline Goldstein - One More Day Windows96 - U Know Actress - Leaves Against The Sky Lizzy Mercier Descloux - Room Mate Galaxie 500 - Tugboat Pia Fraus - No Need For Sanity Kings of Convenience - Homesick Boris - Sometimes (My Bloody Valentine Cover) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Rewind: Jeff Beck - Blow By Blow
January 12, 2023 17:13 - 1 hourTo honor the late, great, irreplaceable Jeff Beck, here's an episode from the No Filler archives on his 1975 debut solo record, Blow By Blow. Hot on the trails of our deep dive into Larry Carlton's Steely Dan guitar solos, we thought we'd pay some homage to another guitar god from the same era: the one and only Jeff Beck. On this episode, we take a listen to his 1975 debut solo record Blow By Blow. Having tried a few times to put together a successful rock group after his departure from The Y...
Show Announcement
January 11, 2023 18:51 - 12 minutesWe have some updates to share about the future of No Filler. This show is part of the Pantheon Podcast Network. Outro track: Death and Vanilla - "Looking Glass" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Best of 2022 - Part Four
December 31, 2022 23:44 - 1 hourIn our final episode of 2022, we wrap up our best of countdown with our top 10 tracks of the year. Thank you as always for listening, we'll talk at ya next year! Tracklist Cloakroom - Dissembler Honeyglaze - Childish Things Fleshwater - Closet Widowspeak - Sleeper AURAGRAPH - Parallels Toro y Moi - Last Year Pencey Sloe - The Run I. & II. (feat. Alcest, JK Flesh) Beth Orton - Forever Young Minaxi - Adore (feat. Theodora Curtis) Sunbeam Sound Machine - Two Summers This show is part ...
Best of 2022 - Part Three
December 25, 2022 14:00 - 1 hourJoin us all December as we count down our favorite tracks from 2022. Momma - Medicine Tosca - Shout Sister Warpaint - Stevie Duster - Time Glitch Cloakroom - Doubts Yan Van Der Cruyssen Yot Club - idek Elder - Endless Return Death and Vanilla - Find Another Illusion The Night Monitor - Their Dark Dominion This show is part of the Pantheon Podcast network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Best of 2022 - Part Two
December 16, 2022 01:16 - 1 hourJoin us all December as we count down our favorite tracks from 2022. trauma ray - Liftoff Pet Shimmers - Edge Lord RIP Swirl - Nonsense The Soundcarriers - Saturate Omit - Grivo Spoon - Astral Jacket Amos Roddy - Matsutake SUSS - Shimmer Vitesse X - Therma Maxima Fievel Is Glauque - The River DOMI & JD BECK - WHATUP This show is part of the Pantheon Podcast network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Best of 2022 - Part One
December 12, 2022 14:00 - 1 hourJoin us all December as we count down our favorite tracks from 2022. Animal Collective - Dragon Slayer CMD094 - Hard Breath Nilüfer Yanya - L/R Waving A White Flag - The Smile Ebi Soda - Soft Peng Upright and Even - Mr Twin Sister Fleshwater - The Razor's Apple Meshuggah - Ligature Marks Who Has Seen The Wind? - David Byrne, Yo La Tengo Magic Shoppe - I Feel High This show is part of the Pantheon Podcast network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Rewind: Beyond Zombie - The Overlooked Gems From The Cranberries First Three Records
December 06, 2022 18:54 - 53 minutesYou've heard "Dreams" and "Linger". You've probably heard "Zombie" close to a gazillion times by now. But as we like to say around here, it's often the tracks between the singles that need another listen (or for some - a first listen). We dive into The Cranberries' first three records and marvel over how unmatched Dolores O'Riordan's powerful and unique vocals were in the 90s rock landscape, and how refusing to shed their Irish origins made her voice that much more powerful by giving western ...
Space Age Dream Pop: The Music of Sweet Trip
November 28, 2022 14:00 - 49 minutesAt the start of the new millenium, Sweet Trip took the dream pop and shoegaze formula of the 90s and brought it into the digital age with their ever-evolving sound and constant experimentation. In 2003, Velocity: Design: Comfort. blended classic elements of dream pop and shoegaze with glitch pop, IDM, and techno to create a genre-defying sound and push dream pop into brand new territories. Six years later on You Will Never Know Why, they changed their sound yet again, this time with more "raw...
Shimmering, Radiant, Lush: Cocteau Twins' Heaven or Las Vegas
November 21, 2022 14:00 - 54 minutesWhen their forces combined, Elizabeth Fraser and Robin Guthrie created some of the most ethereal, mysterious, and glimmering alt rock of all time. With every track absolutely drenched in reverb and lush textures from Guthrie's signature guitar tone, and Fraser's celestial vocals spanning operatic heights to wailing punk rock, Heaven or Las Vegas is truly the most radiant jewel in dream pop's crown. Tracklist Heaven or Las Vegas Pitch The Baby Fifty-Fifty Clown I Wear Your Ring Frou-Frou ...
A Warm Blanket: The Music of The Sundays
November 14, 2022 14:00 - 42 minutesWith Quentin back at the mic, we take a left turn from last week's grunge gaze with a little dream pop courtesy of The Sundays. Goodbye I Feel Life & Soul On Earth Wild Horses This show is part of the Pantheon Podcast network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Grungegaze Dream Fuzz: The Music of Soul Blind (with guest Roni)
November 09, 2022 14:00 - 58 minutesJust in time for their brand new record, Travis and special guest (and friend of the pod) Roni dive into the grunge/shoegaze/post hardcore revival of Soul Blind. We play a track from (most) of their EPs along with a brand new track off their forthcoming full-length Feel It All Around which drops November 11th on Other People Records. Stuck In A Loop Crawling Into You Searching Falling Asleep Phantom Pool Tribe This show is part of the Pantheon Podcast network. Learn more about your a...
Devil Music: White Zombie's La Sexorcisto (Bonus Halloween Episode)
October 31, 2022 20:00 - 34 minutesFor our very special bonus Halloween episode, we chat about the perfect record for cruising around on Halloween night: White Zombie's 1992 La Sexorcisto. Also called Devil Music Volume One, the record is a "movie for the ears" with sampled clips from horror and grindhouse films scattered throughout. Join us as we throw up the horns and summon Beelzebub with some proper devil music. Tracklist Knuckle Duster - Radio 1-A Thunder Kiss '65 Knuckle Duster - Radio 2-B Thrust! One Big Crunch Gr...
Whatcha Heard? The S Is For Smile Edition
October 31, 2022 13:27 - 1 hourOnly on Whatcha Heard will you hear a blood-curdling horror soundtrack followed by a children's song about the letters Q and U. It's our monthly mixtape on No Filler! Tune in to hear everything from grunge to downtempo. Tracklist Blood Orange - Jesus Freak Lighter Benedek - Solar Panel Caveman - Shut You Down Palm - On The Sly Downward - REAL GREEN DOLLARS Bleed - Silver Courtney Barnett - Words and Guitar (Sleater-Kinney Cover) RIP Swirl - Love Song My Bloody Valentine - How Do You ...
Rewind: A Hard Day's Nightmare - The Music of Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats
October 24, 2022 13:00 - 32 minutesWe get it: if you have to hear Monster Mash one more time, your boombox will be the only thing getting graveyard smashed. If you're in need for some new tunes for your costume party tonight, we've got you covered. Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats takes psychedelic rock and doom metal and mashes it with The Manson Family, Universal Monsters, and all the other horror film essentials on your October watch list. And of course, singer K.R. Starrs is an absolute vocal doppelgänger for John Lennon. What m...
Rewind: Slashers and Synthwave - The Music of John Carpenter
October 19, 2022 13:00 - 25 minutesJohn Carpenter is often referred to as the master of horror. His iconic Halloween franchise defined the slasher film formula for decades to come. But for fans of synthwave music (and the use of synth in cinema), we have Carpenter to thank for that as well. His extremely effective use of synths to build atmosphere and heighten tension in his films went on to influence countless synthwave artists and film composers. On this Halloween bonus episode of No Filler, we listen to a couple tracks from...
Rewind: Dark and Dazey - The Music of Cock & Swan
October 10, 2022 14:41 - 27 minutesFollowing last week's episode on Bowery Electric, we pull from the No Filler vaults with our episode on Seattle shoegaze group Cock & Swan. They pick up where Bowery left off with a similar blend of shoegaze and downtempo. Johnny Goss and Ola Hungerford have a knack for creating these wonderfully dark & dazey, lusciously lo-fi tunes, often with jerky, slightly odd rhythms. Tracklist: Secret Angle Inner Portal Holding On This show is part of the Pantheon Podcast network. Learn more about ...
Shoegaze Rewired: The Music of Bowery Electric
October 03, 2022 13:00 - 50 minutesBowery Electric became one of the first rock groups to incorporate samplers and laptops into their setup with their 1996 record Beat. The result took the somber, ambient shoegaze sound from their self-titled record and blended it with downtempo and trip-hop beats. Tracklist: Soul City Next To Nothing Beat Fear Of Flying Shook Ones Galatée - Ayez Peur Des Ex-petites Amies This show is part of the Pantheon Podcast network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Whatcha Heard? The Take Another Sip Edition
September 26, 2022 15:00 - 1 hourWe flipped on the mics for an early morning recording of this month's Whatcha Heard. Tracklist Milly - Marcy David Byrne - Strange Overtones No Vacation - Days Little Big League - Dark Matter Helium - Vibrations Karate - Bass Sounds Dy Cleaning - Gary Ashby Shipping News - Axons and Dendrites Magic Shoppe - Hatchling Been Stellar - Kids 1995 Floatie - The Envoy This show is part of the Pantheon Podcast network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Rewind: Sidetrack - Slowdive
September 19, 2022 17:21 - 46 minutesWe're dusting off an episode from August 25th, 2019 for a closer look at the shoegazing dream pop outfit Slowdive. As one of the early pioneers of the genre, Slowdive's melancholy, druggy & spaced-out vibes sound just as fresh and modern today as it did in the early 90s. No Filler is part of Pantheon Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Rise of the Shoegazing Phoenix: Slowdive's 2017 Self-Titled Return
September 12, 2022 13:00 - 38 minutesOnce again we cover shoegaze pioneers Slowdive. We chat about their triumphant return with their 2017 self-titled release that proved they still had a place at the head of the table. Tracklist: Star Rover Slomo Don't Know Why Go Get It No Filler is part of the Pantheon Podcast network. Special thanks to Better Help and AKG for sponsoring this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Raw, Visceral, Mysterious: The Breeder's Pod (with guest Nathan Forster)
September 06, 2022 13:00 - 1 hourShortly after Doolittle, bassist Kim Deal needed an outlet to channel her creative energies in ways she wasn't able to under Black Francis' firm grip on the Pixies' songwriting process. So she formed a supergroup called The Breeders, teamed up with producer Steve Albini, and cranked out their debut record Pod in just 10 days. The result is an unapologetically straight-forward indie rock album that feels like an urgent expression of raw emotion and energy from a pent-up songwriter who had a he...
Whatcha Heard? The Cycle Resumes Edition
August 30, 2022 02:50 - 1 hourIt's our monthly mixtape for August, with everything from Pink Floyd's heavier side to a folky, softer Slowdive side project, from some dark-synth dance pop to some new wave post-punk and everything in between. Stereolab, Nurse With Wound - Simple Headphone Mind True Widow - Theurgist Charade - One More Roll Hotline TNT - Nightlighter Autolux - Robots In The Garden Pink Floyd - The Nile Song Mojave 3 - Trying To Reach You Ought - Disaffectation Rexy - Alien Exploded View - Dark Stai...
And So On And So Forth: The Many Adjectives of HEALTH (with guest Nathan Forster)
August 22, 2022 13:00 - 1 hourIndustrial synth-pop? Noise gaze? What exactly is electronic body music? All of these words have been used to describe the musical stylings of HEALTH, a band that refuses to stop screaming at you in every song title. Travis is joined by long-time friend of the pod Nathan Forster to dive into a handful of HEALTH tunes to get to the bottom of the band's unique blend of noise rock and synth-pop. Tracklist DIE SLOW GOTH STAR TEARS COURTSHIP II This show is part of the Pantheon Podcast Networ...
Rewind - Dreaming In Slow Motion: The Ethereal Sludge of Doomgaze
August 16, 2022 13:00 - 1 hourAmbient drone metal, dream sludge, bliss metal: it goes by many names, but one has finally stuck. The term is "doomgaze", and it's exactly what it sounds like: the reverb-drenched guitars and soft dreamy vocals of shoegaze played at the heavy, sludge-like pace of doom metal. That sound goes back much further than you might think, but didn't catch on until the mid 2010s with a steady rise in popularity ever since. Join us as we explore the dichotomy of doomgaze with a look back at it's history...
Massively Loud, Hauntingly Quiet: The Music of Spotlights
August 09, 2022 01:57 - 1 hourIf you're a fan of shoegaze, you know that wall-of-sound when you hear it. Brooklyn-based Spotlights takes that wall-of-sound and cranks up the distortion, infusing the hazy, quiet vocals of dreampop with the heavy sludge of doom metal. Some would call them a doomgaze band, but they prefer the term dreamsludge. We chat about tracks spanning from their first EP to their 2nd full-length, Love & Decay. Tracklist Learn to Breathe To the End Ghost of a Glowing Forest The Particle Noise Far fr...
Mysterious, Uncontrolled, Free: The Music of Pencey Sloe
August 01, 2022 15:20 - 55 minutesDoomgaze is exactly what it sounds like: a blend of the slow and sludgy pace of doom metal with the wall-of-sound and ethereal vocals we've come to associate with shoegaze. Pencey Sloe is a French band that appear to have unintentionally stumbled into this label, or as lead singer Diane Pellotieri often puts it, their style is "completely uncontrolled, free, and blind." While the "doom" part of the label certainly applies during the heavier and sludgier moments of their music, what stands out...