Talking About Thinking About Records
17 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 6 years ago - ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsTalking About Thinking About Records is a podcast that lives up to its name. Our panel of three slightly angry and not so young men talk--and sometimes think--about pop records of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
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Episodes
The Raincoats "The Raincoats"
December 19, 2017 07:17 - 59 minutes - 27.5 MBJosh, Ian and Paul talk about the post-punk debut album from the British female-led group, their forceful narratives and raw aesthetic.
Ice-T "O.G. Original Gangster"
December 13, 2017 00:56 - 59 minutes - 27.4 MBPaul, Josh & Ian discuss the hardcore rapper's 1991 statement of purpose, old-school production, genre-tripping and aging gracefully in hip hop.
Dissection "The Somberlain"
November 21, 2017 23:45 - 53 minutes - 24.6 MBIan, Josh and Paul talk over the Swedish black metal band's debut, its duality of aggression and sadness, and the awful events that inform how we listen to it today.
Oneohtrix Point Never "R Plus Seven"
November 14, 2017 23:19 - 58 minutes - 26.8 MBJosh, Ian and Paul play back Daniel Lopatin's electronic tour de force, discussing the power of nostalgia and the anxiety of cliché.
Dr. John "Gris-Gris"
October 31, 2017 15:00 - 48 minutes - 22.2 MBIan, Josh and Paul talk about the New Orleans music legend's deep, dark, atmosphere-drenched debut.
Randy Newman "Good Old Boys"
October 25, 2017 00:23 - 1 hour - 29 MBPaul, Josh and Ian take on the pop satirist's 1974 concept album about the conflicted mores and personalities of the American South.
Buck Owens & His Buckaroos "Together Again/My Heart Skips a Beat"
October 17, 2017 16:00 - 59 minutes - 27.2 MBJosh, Ian and Paul discuss the country legend's 1964 album, the development of the Bakersfield sound, and the roots of working-class country music.
Tom Petty
October 10, 2017 16:00 - 51 minutes - 23.8 MBIan, Josh and Paul reflect on the career of the late Tom Petty, and his unique position in the history of American rock music.
Guns N' Roses "Appetite for Destruction"
October 03, 2017 20:00 - 1 hour - 28.4 MBThe TATAR crew discuss the definitive hard rock album of the '80s, its starkly truthful approach, its characters, and how artists deal with impressionable audiences.
Al Green "Call Me"
September 26, 2017 16:00 - 1 hour - 28.7 MBThe TATAR crew discuss Al Green's landmark sixth album, and how it bridges personal, sexual and spiritual influences.
Steely Dan "Gaucho"
September 19, 2017 16:00 - 1 hour - 30.6 MBIan, Josh and Paul discuss the last album of the jazz-rock duo's classic period. (NOTE: This episode was recorded before the death of Steely Dan co-founder Walter Becker.)
Lucinda Williams "Car Wheels on a Gravel Road"
September 12, 2017 16:00 - 1 hour - 35 MBIan, Josh & Paul discuss the Americana songwriter's landmark 1998 album.
Kendrick Lamar "DAMN."
September 05, 2017 16:00 - 1 hour - 32.1 MBIan, Josh & Paul return to discuss the latest release from the most creative force in current hip-hop.
Chris Cornell and the Legacy of Grunge
August 18, 2017 16:00 - 1 hour - 27.6 MBIn a departure from their album-based format, Ian, Josh and Paul discuss the recent passing of Soundgarden vocalist Chris Cornell, and the relevance of the the music scene he played in more than two decades later.
Grandaddy "The Sophtware Slump"
August 11, 2017 20:47 - 59 minutes - 41 MBIan, Josh and Paul break down Jason Lytle's epic collision of tech and humanity.
Stevie Wonder "Innervisions"
August 02, 2017 21:01 - 1 hour - 169 MBThe TATAR crew discuss the sheer awesomeness of one of Stevie's masterpieces.
Pantera "Vulgar Display of Power"
July 19, 2017 05:52 - 1 hour - 161 MBTalking About Thinking About Records is a podcast that lives up to its name. Our panel of three slightly angry and not so young men talk--and sometimes think--about pop records of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. In the debut episode, the TATAR crew discusses Pantera's Vulgar Display of Power.