Disc Junkie

Here are my 25 favorite albums of 2023, including 5 unranked honorable mentions, a couple bonus 'just-missed' album from 2022, and then my ordered top 20.

The list (spoilers!) with where to listen and videos used: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hEOlC-O5QRBDOGjZx5SrE2X82sLzcDPlpkfef2PFgBg/edit?usp=sharing

Different podcast streaming options (Spotify, Deezer, Amazon, etc) available here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1762726/share

In episode 5 of Two LPs in a Pod, the show where two lifelong friends Andre and Shawn recommend albums to each other under a specific theme, Shawn and I are recommending two debut albums!

Album #1:
Antidotes by Foals
https://open.spotify.com/album/5zUndTRjHpsB5UTsPp5MeM
https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nrQdiizOdsIfovyUq0X9exY8Y_MEDC0iU

Album #2
Psychocandy by The Jesus and Mary Chain
https://open.spotify.com/album/0PnzJO3D4i85ALVJPaDpru
https://music.apple.com/us/album/psychocandy/1676759774

You can check out an outline that we prepared for the call if you want to follow along: https://docs.google.com/document/d/11G0FLeiUSYOaiQz-CnMdnUJ9QN2BOMtK-2C2grh3gEU/edit?usp=sharing

You can find Shawn and his music on the following platforms:
https://www.youtube.com/@grayghost81
https://wingdiver.bandcamp.com/album/wing-diver
https://open.spotify.com/album/4w3zu99mNGa4kN9MPFmSrb?si=5tN-eq9-RjaQUPtKiF7w4g
https://annoyingcustomer.bandcamp.com/music
Tiktok: @shawn_gray_
Twitter: @rfgplaycast
Podcast: https://pressplaycast.com/

Outro music: https://www.youtube.com/@beelson5169
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKv2cCuAsQI

Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
9:49 - Antidotes by Foals
27:23 - Psychocandy by The Jesus and Mary Chain
39:52 - Hold Your Horse Is by Hella and Other Random Tangents

Different podcast streaming options (Spotify, Deezer, Amazon, etc) available here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1762726/share

Episode 4 of Two LPs in a Pod, the show where two lifelong friends Andre and Shawn recommend albums to each other under a specific theme, is here! In this episode we're covering two dance-pop (-ish) LPs.

Album #1:
April Mixtape 3 by Snow Strippers (Graham Perez & Tatiana Schwaninger)
https://open.spotify.com/album/56hrhzHAOsm5C7kSXzF4kh
https://music.apple.com/us/album/april-mixtape-3/1685951950

Album #2 
Róisín Machine by Róisín Murphy
https://open.spotify.com/album/5WpDQt6EbpzXbqo9g9P0L6
https://music.apple.com/us/album/r%C3%B3is%C3%ADn-machine-deluxe/1525297665

You can check out an outline that we prepared for the call if you want to follow along: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OLckZ804urwYAcsEcF7GPre2JleeKKHED5z6iBmwDhY/edit?usp=sharing

You can find Shawn and his music on the following platforms:
https://www.youtube.com/@grayghost81
https://wingdiver.bandcamp.com/album/wing-diver
https://open.spotify.com/album/4w3zu99mNGa4kN9MPFmSrb?si=5tN-eq9-RjaQUPtKiF7w4g
https://annoyingcustomer.bandcamp.com/music
Tiktok: @shawn_gray_
Twitter: @rfgplaycast
Podcast: https://pressplaycast.com/

Outro music: https://www.youtube.com/@beelson5169
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKv2cCuAsQI

Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
3:05 - April Mixtape 3 by Snow Strippers
20:55 - Róisín Machine by Róisín Murphy
30:20 - Other Random Stuff

Different podcast streaming options (Spotify, Deezer, Amazon, etc) available here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1762726/share

In this 3rd installment of Two LPs in a Pod, where two lifelong friends Andre and Shawn recommend albums to each other under a specific theme, we've added moving pictures (checkout the Disc Junkie Youtube channel)! The two LPs in this episode are two "one person projects"

Album #1 :
剃刀乙女 (Kamisori otome) by 青葉市子 (Ichiko Aoba)
https://open.spotify.com/album/1lpxxmRaI4loziFL9USol5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyhdJWHUku0

Album #2:
Unflesh by Gazelle Twin (Elizabeth Bernholz)
https://gazelletwin.bandcamp.com/album/unflesh
https://open.spotify.com/album/1Ykqw6iBtjapbvjclWpROO

You can checkout an outline that we prepared for the call if you want to follow along: https://docs.google.com/document/d/17c2cy60Qs_BpO1kdvtiynZbayld3PBRY2wTNJ-aTrMA/edit?usp=sharing

You can find Shawn and his music on the following platforms:
Music: https://wingdiver.bandcamp.com/album/wing-diver
https://open.spotify.com/album/4w3zu99mNGa4kN9MPFmSrb?si=5tN-eq9-RjaQUPtKiF7w4g
https://annoyingcustomer.bandcamp.com/music
Tiktok: @shawn_gray_
Twitter: @rfgplaycast
Podcast: https://pressplaycast.com/

Different podcast streaming options (Spotify, Deezer, Amazon, etc) available here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1762726/share

Welcome back to our recurring podcast series, Two LPs in a Pod, where two lifelong friends, Andre and Shawn, recommend albums to each other under a specific theme and discuss their findings. The two LPs in this second episode of the series are two "one album wonders"

Album #1 :
Willis Alan Ramsey by Willis Alan Ramsey
https://open.spotify.com/album/1isk3Q87nsxN1p47aBVyPL

Album #2:
AmeriKKKan Korruption by Capital STEEZ
https://on.soundcloud.com/oe9YS
https://on.soundcloud.com/grqzd

You can checkout an outline that we prepared for the call if you want to follow along: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zR_W-QhHyVH1meXXBZcAn2oD9WH5ai80_uZ8aSH5YsE/edit?usp=sharing

You can find Shawn on the following platforms:
Tiktok @shawn_gray_
Twitter @rfgplaycast
Podcast https://pressplaycast.com/
Bandcamp https://annoyingcustomer.bandcamp.com/music

Different podcast streaming options (Spotify, Deezer, Amazon, etc) available here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1762726/share

Here are my 30 favorite albums of 2022, including 10 unranked honorable mentions, a special bonus album, and then my ordered top 20

The list (spoilers!) with where to listen and videos used: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-DwztjWYjlRQiOeK-oeCz8RwwSgo551hMoxAHt_8YBQ/edit?usp=sharing

Different podcast streaming options (Spotify, Deezer, Amazon, etc) available here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1762726/share

Welcome to a new recurring podcast series called Two LPs in a Pod! I'm joined once again by my longtime friend and fellow music nerd, Shawn Gray. In each episode of this series we'll give each other a new album to listen to. The two LPs in each episode will be centered around a specific theme (genre, decade, country, etc.). In the very first episode of this series we've chosen to talk about two emo LPs

Album #1 :
Downfall of the Neon Youth by 파란노을 [Parannoul] / Asian Glow / sonhos tomam conta
https://longinusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/downfall-of-the-neon-youth

Album #2:
LP2 (“The Pink Album”) by Sunny Day Real Estate
https://open.spotify.com/album/26cZAXVrLIwAM9hMWtWskU?si=0oT-MjcyRoCIHc29mc3PEQ

You can checkout an outline that we prepared for the call if you want to follow along: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_Pn54pBSCg7EA4wX4eVIfGMeaLgnxYCJBqP6Q2in7rg/edit

You can find Shawn on the following platforms:
Tiktok @shawn_gray_
Twitter @rfgplaycast
Podcast https://pressplaycast.com/
Bandcamp https://annoyingcustomer.bandcamp.com/music

Different podcast streaming options (Spotify, Deezer, Amazon, etc) available here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1762726/share

In Disc Junkie’s first ever podcast episode (not a video essay!) I connected with my longtime friend and fellow music nerd, Shawn Gray, to talk about the importance of album sequencing! You can checkout an outline that we prepared for the call if you want to follow along: https://docs.google.com/document/d/10HVKhH-LsS3qyMsljdomfoJylVGsBNkONiJYVCUWIFY/edit?usp=sharing

You can find Shawn on the following platforms:
Tiktok @shawn_gray_
Twitter @rfgplaycast
Podcast http://pressplaycast.com/
Bandcamp https://annoyingcustomer.bandcamp.com/music

Different podcast streaming options (Spotify, Deezer, Amazon, etc) available here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1762726/share

This episode is supposed to be about the Music Genome Project, but I ended up rambling about music streaming in general. Also there's a cringe intro, so I'm officially a Youtuber

Available as a video on Youtube: https://youtu.be/YPEkXFLQ81Q

Sources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BtnSKu45Kt9ukXAGx3CZxkU6L5sD75t5bIyOw72ZIW0/edit?usp=sharing

Different podcast streaming options (Spotify, Deezer, Amazon, etc) available here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1762726/share

Here are my 30 favorite albums of 2021, including 10 unranked honorable mentions and then my ordered top 20

The list (spoilers!) with where to listen and videos used: https://docs.google.com/document/d/10i9cnT0cWEL-Z_l2_GQCdyFvMUzjNHM_jPYHsCuWXiE/edit?usp=sharing

Different podcast streaming options (Spotify, Deezer, Amazon, etc) available here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1762726/share

Here's me rambling about the implications of separating art from the artist, and then also a few interviews with some NYC musician friends!

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Here's (what I believe to be) a comprehensive overview of the history of the album format!

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