Relatively Sound

On this week’s Album For Album series, Rico gives his thoughts on Tony’s suggestion of Stone Temple Pilots’ third studio album titled Tiny Music…Songs From The Vatican Gift Shop. STP is one of Tony’s favorite bands and Rico has some very strong opinions on this album. Listen to the episode to find out what those thoughts are and drop us a comment and let us know what you think of this album!

All songs featured in this episode were written and recorded by Stone Temple Pilots. All the rights to the songs belong to them.

The cover of “Seven Caged Tigers” featured at the end of the episode was performed and recorded by Tony Borrego.

On this week’s episode, Rico and Tony wrap up their Album For Album series for this month. Today, Tony talks about his feelings on The Tragically Hip’s fourth studio album titled Day For Night. This is Tony’s third Hip album for the podcast so listen to find out if he enjoyed it as much as the other two albums. Also, drop us a comment on your thoughts for this specific album! 

All songs featured in this episode were written and released by The Tragically Hip. They own all the rights to these songs. The cover of “So Hard Done By” featured at the end of the episode was performed and recorded by Rico Borrego.

This week Tony and Rico wrap up their Album For Album segment for the month of February. On today’s episode, Rico gives his thoughts on Tony’s suggestion of Soundgarden’s 1996 release titled Down on the Upside. Listen to the episode to find out if Rico enjoyed this album and let us know what you think of this specific album! 

This week the boys are back with their Album For Album series! This time around, Rico recommends Tony the album Another Life from The Killer’s bassist Mark Stoermer. Another Life was released in 2011 and was Mark’s first solo album, with sounds ranging from acoustic folk, electronic pop and even a little country. Listen to the episode to find out if Tony enjoyed it and let us know what you think of this album! 

All song from Another Life  featured in this episode were written by Mark Stoermer who owns all the rights to these songs. 

The cover of “Another Life” featured at the end of the episode was played and recorded by Rico Borrego. 

On this week's episode (and first video episode) Rico and Tony are joined by music producer, engineer, mixer, multi instrumentalist and songwriter Barrett Jones! Barrett is most known for his work with the Foo Fighters, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Melvins, The Presidents of the United States and many other bands. Between working with musicians at his music studio in Seattle, WA called Laundry Room Studio, he's also been releasing reaction videos to today's top music over on his Youtube page. Today, Rico and Tony interview Barrett and ask him questions about how he started producing music, how it was like working with bands like Foo Fighters, Pearl Jam and Brad, and what current day bands/artists he would love to work with now.

You can follow Barrett below with his Youtube page as well as Laundry Room Studio's website and SoundBetter's website where you can hire Barrett to work on your own music.

Barrett Jones' Youtube Channel:

https://www.youtube.com/ @BarrettJonesProducer 

Laundry Room Studio's Youtube Channel:

youtube.com/c/laundryroomstudio

Laundry Room Studio's Website:

youtube.com/c/laundryroomstudio

SoundBetter Barrett Jones' Website:

https://soundbetter.com/profiles/154092-barrett-jones

This week Rico and Tony are joined by their friend and fellow singer-songwriter Matt Cluthe! Between writing and releasing albums with his friend Christopher Lee under the name Cluthe/Lee and working on his upcoming solo album, Matt is always keeping busy. As well recording spur of the moment EP’s with no overdubs and playing live shows when he gets the chance. He takes time this week to answer some questions from Rico and Tony as well as play a couple of his songs!

Below are the links to check out all of Matt’s music.

Matt Cluthe’s Bandcamp:

https://mattcluthe1.bandcamp.com

Cluthe/Lee Music 

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6i8nwI9K3F2v6QJv8e2mgV?si=eCE9zQldRXaxQC9WsUHMdw

Apple: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/cluthe-lee/383622564

Songs featured in this episode are in order: “Presently Falling”, “Setting Sun”, “Life Can Go”, “London Dream”, “The Start”, “Defrost Mode!”, “See It All”, “Predicament”, and “I’m The.” All songs written by Matt Cluthe and all Cluthe/Lee songs written by Matt Cluthe and Christopher Lee.

Today Rico and Tony are back to talk about an Incubus album yet again. Except this time neither of them have heard this album before. The album in question is the seventh studio album from Incubus titled "If Not Now, When?" At the time of its release this album was a departure from the band’s typical sound. And thanks to a Redditor’s suggestion, the Borrego brothers give their thoughts on the album. Stay tuned until the end of this episode for a cover of the album’s closer “Tomorrow’s Food” by both Rico and Tony and let us know your thoughts on the album! 

“Tomorrow’s Food” is a song written by Incubus who own all the rights to the song. The cover featured at the end of this episode includes Tony Borrego on main electric guitar and Rico on vocals and additional guitars and keyboards. 

This week, Rico and Tony tackle a new music game based on everyone’s favorite online encyclopedia, Wikipedia! The rules are relatively simple, the boys give each other a music related page on Wikipedia and will have to get to another specific music page using only clickable links on the website. Examples include getting from Ben Folds to Pearl Jam’s Jeff Ament and going from Billy Joel to Taylor Hawkins. Let us know how many connections it takes you for each round! 

This week Rico and Tony are joined again by friend of the podcast Christopher Antonucci as he takes the brothers on a journey of their first David Bowie album. And what better album to introduce someone to Bowie other than the one and only The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars! The guys talk about the album’s rich history, its influence on music as well as go song to song and discuss the themes of album and their overall opinions of it. Let us know what you think of this classic album!

Welcome back and a happy new year! For the first episode of 2024 the boys are back at it again with another Artist Appreciation episode. This time it’s on Ben Folds Five, a band that hardly needs an introduction for this podcast. Rico and Tony discuss why they love this band so much and talk about their favorite songs and albums from them. And stick around a BF5 cover from the Borrego brothers at the end of the episode!

”Missing the War” is a song written by Ben Folds. The cover of it featured at the end of this episode was covered and mixed by Tony Borrego. Guitar/bass/drums/lead vocals recorded by Tony. Backing harmonies recorded by Rico Borrego. 

For the last episode of the year, Rico and Tony talk about their favorite albums and songs of 2023, as well as reveal their Spotify Wrapped of the year. Let us know what your favorite music of this year was and stick around to hear a couple of covers from the Borrego brothers! A happy holiday season and new year to all!

“Cast Iron Skillet” is written by Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit. The cover of it in this episode is performed and recorded by Rico Borrego. 

“Christmas Time Is Here” is written by Vince Guaraldi and Lee Mendelson. The cover of it in this episode is performed and recorded by Tony Borrego. 

On today’s episode the brothers finish this month’s Album For Album series with Tony’s suggestion of Elliot Smith’s fourth studio album titled XO. This is the second Elliot Smith album that Tony has suggested to Rico, so listen to find out if he enjoyed it as much as From A Basement on a Hill. And let us know your thoughts on this album as well! 

The boys are back with this month’s Album For Album series! This time Tony listens to Rico’s suggestions of the Counting Crows’ sophomore album called Recovering the Satellites. Could this album be a contender for one of Tony’s favorites that’s he’s heard on this podcast? Listen to find out and let us know what you think of this album! 

This week the Borrego brothers are joined again by friend of the podcast Chris Antonucci to talk about his 2021 debut album called Circus! Much like the episode for Tony’s album, the boys ask Chris questions about his album including his musical influences, how he wrote these songs, his recording process in an actual music studio, the meaning behind his songs written during quarantine and what’s next on his horizon. 

All music besides the opening theme music was written by Chris Antonucci and are included on his album Circus. Click the link below to access the Bandcamp page for Chris where you can buy/listen to his album! 

Chris Antonucci's Bandcamp: https://chrisantonucci.bandcamp.com/album/circus

This week, Rico and Tony are visited again by friend of the podcast Chris Antonucci! The three of them take some time to go over an album they all find to be underrated which is Pearl Jam’s seventh studio album Riot Act. The guys talk about why they love the album so much, which songs are their favorites and even discuss some controversial Pearl Jam opinions. If you love this album as well, let us know why!

The cover of Pearl Jam’s “Can’t Keep” found at the end of the episode was played and recorded by Tony Borrego.

To continue this month’s Album For Album series, and to celebrate one year of the podcast, Rico finally gives Tony his second Tragically Hip album! This time around the brother’s talk about the band’s 1998 release Phantom Power. If you’ve listened to the album let us know your thoughts on it! 

Rico are Tony are back this month with their Album For Album series and it’s a special one as the boys are returning to Incubus! Last year Rico listened to and loved the first Incubus album Tony recommended which was Light Grenades. This time around they will be talking about the band’s popular 1999 release called Make Yourself. Let us know your thoughts on the album! 

This month marks a special achievement for the podcast; Relatively Sound is celebrating one year of its creation! A year ago Rico and Tony came up with the idea for this podcast and for a year they’ve been growing in ideas and in podcast skills. On this celebratory episode the brothers reminisce over they favorite albums they’ve given each other and their favorite episodes. They also recreate their never before aired pilot episode and celebrate Tony’s birthday! 

Happy Halloween! This week the boys talk everything Halloween. From the songs they love to listen to on the spooky holiday, to their favorite candy and they even discuss their favorite costumes they wore when they were kids. Let us know your favorite scary songs and what your plans for this Halloween are! 

On today’s fun little episode, the boys talk about band names. They talk about what makes a good band name to them and they go over some of their favorite band names and some of their least favorites as well. Let us know what your favorite band names are and why!