That Record Got Me High Podcast

This week's guest Rob Kassees (1001 Album Complaints Podcast) brings us Spoon and their deceptively sparse, sonically luscious 2002 release 'Kill The Moonlight'. Britt Daniel and company employ a less-is-more approach that feels effortless and often had us pondering, "Does it rock or does it groove?" Yes.

Songs discussed in this episode: The Way We Get By - Vitamin String Quartet; Green Shirt - Elvis Costello & The Attractions; Servo - Brian Jonestown Massacre; Small StakesThe Way We Get By - Spoon; Gravity Rides Everything - Modest Mouse; Some Weird Sin - Iggy Pop; Something To Look Forward To, I Turn My Camera On, Stay Don't Go, Jonathan Fisk, Paper Tiger, Someone Something - Spoon; Ticket To Ride - The Beatles; Don't Let It Get You Down - Spoon; Do You Remember Walter - The Kinks; All The Pretty Girls Go To The City, You Gotta Feel It, Back To The Life - Spoon; Big In Japan - Tom Waits; Vittorio E, Love Song (The Damned Cover) - Spoon

Initially considered a commercial failure following their multi-platinum debut, Beastie Boys' groundbreaking second record "Paul's Boutique" is now viewed as a landmark achievement in the world of hip-hop. Producer/Music Supervisor Kevin Moyer (Heaven Adores You, The Glamour and The Squalor) joins us as we unpack this dense, highly influential classic.

Songs discussed in this episode: Shake Your Rump - Beastie Boys (Live in Amsterdam, 2004); It's The Little Things - Redd Kross; Beastie Boys - Beastie Boys; Annie's Gone - Redd Kross; Girls, To All The Girls, Shake Your Rump - Beastie Boys; 6 O' Clock DJ (Let's Rock) - Rose Royce; Funky Snakefoot - Alphonse Mouzon; Unity, Pt. 2 (Because It's Coming) - James Brown and Afrika Bambaataa; Johnny Ryall - Beastie Boys; Sharon - David Bromberg; Egg Man, Egg Raid On Mojo - Beastie Boys; Sport - Lightnin' Rod; The Murder - Bernard Herrmann; High Plains Drifter, The Sounds Of Science, 3-Minute Rule - Beastie Boys; Brave & Strong - Sly and the Family Stone; Hey Ladies, 5-Piece Chicken Dinner, Looking Down The Barrel Of A Gun - Beastie Boys; Last Bongo In Belgium, Apache - Incredible Bongo Band; Car Thief - Beastie Boys; Rien Ne Va Plus - Funk Factory; Hurdy Gurdy Man - Donovan; What Comes Around - Beastie Boys; Moby Dick - Led Zeppelin; Put On Train - Gene Harris & The Three Sounds; It's Hot Tonight - Alice Cooper; Rhymin and Stealin, Shadrach - Beastie Boys; Loose Booty - Sly and the Family Stone; Never Let Em Say -  Ballin' Jack; B-Boy Bouillabaisse - Beastie Boys; The Well's Gone Dry - The Crusaders; Mess Around - Redd Kross

Hey! For our first episode of Season 7, long time TRGMH guest Camila Risso brings us NYC Art Punk purveyors Les Savy Fav and their endearingly bombastic 2010 release 'Root For Ruin'.
"We've no shame and we've no pride
And we've got nothing left to hide
Cause we've got nothing left inside
They can try with all of their might
We still got our appetite"

Songs discussed in this episode: Who Rocks The Party (Live at the Bowery Ballroom, NY 1/1/2008), Legendary Tippers - Les Savy Fav; Luno - Bloc Party; Waiting Room - Fugazi; Appetites - Les Savy Fav; Mr. Pharmacist - The Fall; Dirty Knails, Sleepless In Silverlake, Let's Get Out Of Here - Les Savy Fav; Holiday In Cambodia - Dead Kennedys; Lips N' Stuff, Poltergeist - Les Savy Fav; Ghost Rider - Suicide; High And Unhinged, Excess Energies, Crutches - Les Savy Fav; Shamisen Solo 1 - Shinichi Kinoshita; Calm Down, Clear Spirits - Les Savy Fav; Not Me - This Mortal Coil; Let's Get Out Of Here (Alternate Version) - Les Savy Fav

For our final episode of Season 6, we're joined by TRGMH super-fan Tom Lawery as we explore a classic of neo-psychedelic post-punk, The Soft Boys' seminal 1980 release: 'Underwater Moonlight'. Robyn Hitchcock's jangly, twisted pop songs were hugely influential to a slew of 80s alternative bands, and we could hardly contain our glee at revisiting this timeless classic of a record!

Songs discussed in this episode: Queen Of Eyes -  Fastbacks; My Wife And My Dead Wife - Robyn Hitchcock and The Egyptians; Human Music - The Soft Boys; Moral Kiosk - R.E.M.; Octopus - Syd Barrett; Walking On Sunshine - Katrina & The Waves; I Wanna Destroy You, Kingdom Of Love, Positive Vibrations - The Soft Boys; Pretty Persuasion - R.E.M.; I Got The Hots - The Soft Boys; Peaches - The Stranglers; Insanely Jealous Of You - The Soft Boys; Days - Television; Tonight, You'll Have To Go Sideways - The Soft Boys; Celestial Transgression - Robyn Hitchcock; Old Pervert - The Soft Boys; Bill's Corpse - Captain Beefheart; Old Pervert (Original LP Version), Queen Of Eyes - The Soft Boys; Teenage FBI - Guided By Voices; Underwater Moonlight, Only The Stones Remain, Vegetable Man, Empty Girl - The Soft Boys

"What is Love anyway, does anybody love anybody anyway?" We don't know the answer to that question, Howard, but we DID ask our Patrons to send in their favorite TWISTED love song - and they did NOT disappoint. We think you will love this episode...

Songs discussed in this episode: Love Gets You Twisted - Graham Parker; Rosie - Jackson Browne; Woman - Anti-Nowhere League; Carmelita - Warren Zevon; Buddha - The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band; They Don't Know About Me And You - Chuck Prophet; Fat - Violent Femmes; Gimme All Your Lovin' Or I Will Kill You - Macy Gray; I Want You - Elvis Costello
If I Didn't Love You - Squeeze; Johanna - Iggy Pop; Into My Arms - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds; Red Headed Stranger -  Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith; Lovey Dovey - Split Enz; Reflections In A Flat - Half Man Half Biscuit ; Timebomb - Old 97s; Sally Cinnamon - The Stone Roses; Be My Girl-Sally - The Police; A Chicken With Its Head Cut Off - The Magnetic Fields; I Lied - Lord Huron; Valerie Loves Me - Material Issue; Shadow Of Love - The Damned; Stay Away From Robert Mitchum - April March; The Fall - Nomeansno; You're Sixteen - Ringo Starr; (I Never Loved) Eva Braun - The Boomtown Rats

This week Rob sits down with a friend of 30+ years, musician Pete Gordon, to talk Chapel Hill NC indie rock titans Superchunk and their 1993 release, 'On The Mouth'.
"Have you got a minute?..."

Songs discussed in this episode: From The Curve (Live in Montreal 1993) - Superchunk; Worry Wart - Radiobaghdad; A New Hope - Amboog-A-Lard; Seed Toss - Superchunk; Alpha Dog - Irish Car Bomb; Precision Auto - Superchunk; Precision Auto - Jimmy Eat World; Precision Auto - Les Savy Fav; Bringin' It Down - Judge; Sometime To Return - Soul Asylum; Still Waiting - Dag Nasty; Merchandise - Fugazi; From The Curve - Superchunk; Raining Blood - Slayer; For Tension, Mower, Package Thief, Swallow That, I Guess I Remembered It Wrong - Superchunk; Helicopter - Bloc Party; New Low - Superchunk; A Weird Place To Look For Gold, But OK - Cede The Clouds; Untied - Superchunk; Undone-The Sweater Song - Weezer; The Question Is How Fast, Trash Heap, Flawless, The Only Piece That You Get - Superchunk; What's Your Theory Doctor? - Cede The Clouds

This week, UK record shop owner/musician Richard Farnell brings us the impossible-to-classify British iconoclasts Cardiacs and their magnificently eclectic 1988 debut 'A Little Man And A House And The Whole World Window'. It's a wild ride indeed, and we're here for it!

Songs featured in this episode: Interlude - Cardiacs; Sparkle - The Suncharms; Tarred and Feathered, Hope Day - Cardiacs; Casablanca Moon - Slapp Happy; Smart Patrol/Mr DNA - DEVO; Cross Wires - XTC; Ill In The Head - Dead Kennedys; A Little Man And A House, In A City Lining, Is This The Life, Dive, The Icing On The World, The Breakfast Line, Victory Egg - Cardiacs; Act Of Being Polite - The Residents; R.E.S., The Whole World Window - Cardiacs; Things Lost - The Suncharms

This week's guest, English singer/guitarist Miki Berenyi (Lush, Piroshka, Miki Berenyi Trio), brings us a record by Scottish alternative band - and for a time 4AD labelmates of her band, Lush - Cocteau Twins and their stunning 1984 release 'Treasure'. Evocative, ethereal, and anchored by singer Elizabeth Fraser's otherworldly voice, its sublime, almost alien beauty is hard to describe. But we try.

Songs discussed in this episode: Strange Fruit - Cocteau Twins (John Peel BBC session, 1983); Ladykillers - Lush; Needles and Pins - The Searchers; Cherry-coloured Funk, Wax and Wane, Ivo, Lorelei, Beatrix, Persephone - Cocteau Twins; For Love - Lush; Yes - McAlmont and Butler; Pandora (For Cindy) - Cocteau Twins; Everlastingly Yours - Piroshka; Amelia, Aloysius - Cocteau Twins; Leaves Me Cold - Lush (Peel Session, 1990); Cicely, Otterley, Donimo - Cocteau Twins; Light From A Dead Star - Miki Berenyi Trio (Recorded live during Paris Popfest, 2023

When we asked this week's guest, Grammy Award winning fiddler/singer/songwriter Louis Michot (Lost Bayou Ramblers) to choose a record to discuss, he went with an album that captured his imagination as a young up-and-coming Louisiana musician and has mystified him ever since: Pink Floyd's fascinating 1971 release, 'Meddle'.
"And no one calls us to move on
And no one forces down our eyes
No one speaks and no one tries
No one flies around the Sun"

Songs discussed in this episode: One Of These Days (8-Bit Version) - 8 Bit Songs; The Bathtub (Live) - Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra & Lost Bayou Ramblers; Astronomy Domine - Pink Floyd; Les Beaux Jours, Rêve du Troubadour (feat. Rising Stars Fife and Drum), Le Cas de Marguerite (feat. Bombino, Leyla McCalla) - Louis Michot; One Of These Days, A Pillow Of Winds, Fearless - Pink Floyd; In My Life - The Beatles; San Tropez - Pink Floyd; Sister Ray - The Velvet Underground; Seamus - Pink Floyd; Mountain Jam (Live) - Allman Brothers Band; Echoes, Time, Echoes - Pink Floyd; Amourette (feat. Quintron) - Louis Michot

A supergroup to end all supergroups, the Traveling Wilburys (George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Roy Orbison, Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne) and their mega-platinum debut, Vol. 1, is at-the-end-of-the-day a chronicle of 5 supremely gifted musicians making some music together and clearly enjoying each other's company. This week's guest, Los Angeles musician D.A. Stern, can't remember a time when this record WASN'T a part of his life, and we leave our cynicism at the door as we dig into this once-in-a-lifetime classic.

Songs discussed in this episode: Not Alone Anymore - Roy Orbison (Demo Version); Acid Winter, Not A Punk - D.A. Stern; When We Was Fab - George Harrison; Mr. Blue Sky - Electric Light Orchestra; Handle With Care, Dirty World, Rattled, Last Night - Traveling Wilburys; You Got It - Roy Orbison; Not Alone Anymore, Congratulations, Heading For The Light, Margarita, Tweeter and the Monkey Man - Traveling Wilburys; Blinded By The Light - Bruce Springsteen; End Of The Line - Traveling Wilburys; Lovebird (feat. Sarah Chernoff) - D.A. Stern

For this special 'Mixtape Episode' we invited author/DJ/painter Joey Seeman to curate a mixtape of some of his favorite songs by bands featured in his new book (along with Chris Potash), Punk Under The Sun - 80s Punk and New Wave in South Florida.
Joey's mixtape:
1.Silver Screen - Critical Mass
2.In Society - Reactions
3.Violent Days - Screaming Sneakers
4.If This Is Love - Charlie Pickett & The Eggs
5.Teenage Lipstick Boys - Rock City Angels
6.Turn Off Your Radio - The Essentials
7.Wrap Your Arms Around Me - Psycho Daisies
8.Immigration Report - The Front
9.Endless Sky - Crank
10.Get Out Of LA - The Cookies
11.Elizabeth Caine - The Preachers
12.DontFuckMeUp - Fuckboyz

Other songs discussed in this episode: Catholic Love (Live Premier Club 1980) - The Eat; Miami Breakdown - Z Toyz; Communist Radio - The Eat; Missionary Man - The Cichlids; You Don't Mean That Much To Me - Critical Mass; Goin' Back To Marlboro Country - Mark Markham and His Jesters; Phantom Train - Charlie Pickett & The Eggs (Live at The Button, 1982)

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For this BONUS Patron-curated episode, we asked our Patrons to send in their favorite song by a 'fake' band/artist. It rocks. Take that, Daisy Jones & The Six!

Songs discussed in this episode: Cheese & Onions - The Rutles; Shape Of Things To Come - Max Frost & The Troopers; Maggie Thatcher - Ian Rubbish & The Bizarros; Touch Me I'm Sick - Mudhoney; Touch Me I'm Dick - Citizen Dick; I Can Feel Your Heartbeat - The Partridge Family; Addicted To Love - Ciccone Youth; Bedazzled - Drimble Wedge & the Vegetations; The World Is Turning On - The Pooh Sticks; Basketball Jones - Cheech & Chong; Buffalo Soldier - Bob Marley; Tra La La Song - The Banana Splits; Banana Splits - The Dickies; That's What He Said - The Smart Patrol; Angry Inch - The Angry Inch; I Know You - Angela & The Fans; On The Darkside - Eddie & The Cruisers; It's A Beautiful Game - The Cavaliers; Join The Professionals - The Looters; Professionals - The Fabulous Stains

Atlanta, GA based multi-instrumentalist singer songwriter Jeremy Wilms (J.Wilms) brings us Neil Young and his seminal 1970 release 'After The Gold Rush'. We take a deep dive into a record that has influenced Jeremy's - and countless others - songwriting and STILL, on occasion, makes him cry.

Songs featured in this episode: After The Goldrush - Linda Ronstadt; The Fighter, All The Roads, Hey My - Jeremy Wilms; Carry On, Woodstock - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young; Rockin' In The Free World, Tell Me Why, After The Gold Rush, Only Love Can Break Your Heart, Southern Man - Neil Young; Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd; The South's Gonna Do It Again - Charlie Daniels Band; Till The Morning Comes - Neil Young; Oh Lonesome Me - Don Gibson; Oh Lonesome Me, Don't Let It Bring You Down, Birds, Birds (Demo - Neil Young & Graham Nash), Birds (Mono - Neil Young Archives Vol. 1), When You Dance I Can Really Love, I Believe In You, Cripple Creek Ferry - Neil Young; Dead Flowers - Townes Van Zandt; Yes I Know - Jeremy Wilms

When English singer/songwriter Nick Drake released his ambitious second album - 'Bryter Layter' - in 1971, he all-but-squashed any chance of commercial success by failing to promote it. Three years later the troubled artist was gone. This week's guest, multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Paul Chastain (Velvet Crush, The Small Square), helps us unpack this evocative collection of songs featuring musical backing by members of Fairport Convention, The Beach Boys and John Cale among others. Essential listening.

Songs discussed in this episode: Tomorrow Is A Long Time (Bob Dylan Cover) - Nick Drake; Hold Me Up - Velvet Crush; Twenty-Third - The Small Square; Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys; Rosie - Fairport Convention; Holocaust - Big Star; Introduction, Hazey Jane II, From The Morning, At The Chime Of A City Clock - Nick Drake; Forever Instant - Lou Barlow (Sentridoh); One Of These Things First - Nick Drake; All I Want To Do - The Beach Boys; Pink Moon, Hazey Jane I - Nick Drake; Heartbeats-Jose Gonzalez; Bryter Layter, The Fly - Nick Drake; Stephanie Says - The Velvet Underground; Poor Boy - Nick Drake; Marianne - Leonard Cohen; Northern Sky, Sunday - Nick Drake; It'll Take A Long Time - Sandy Denny; Baby Face - The Small Square

This week's returning guest, political activist and co-host of The Muck Podcast Hillary Dougherty, didn't mince words when she asked to come back on the show: "boygenius just released the album of the year and I need to come on and talk about it!" OK. Luckily the debut full-length by this indie supergroup made up of three young, talented women (Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus) simply titled 'the record' IS pretty great, and well deserving of all the accolades it's been getting. Go figure.

Songs discussed in this episode: Not Strong Enough (Live, Saturday Sessions) - Boygenius; Ladies (Live, Ohana 2017) - Fiona Apple; Kyoto - Phoebe Bridgers; Souvenir, Without You Without Them, $20, Emily I'm Sorry, True Blue - Boygenius; The Boxer - Simon & Garfunkle; Cool About It, Not Strong Enough - Boygenius; Strong Enough - Sheryl Crow; Revolution 0, Leonard Cohen - Boygenius; Chelsea Hotel #2 - Leonard Cohen; Satanist, We're In Love, Anti-Curse, Letter To An Old Poet, Me And My Dog, Read My Mind (The Killers cover) - Boygenius

This week we're joined by Ramona Jan and Nicholas Dembling of NYC synth-punk pioneers The Comateens. For the record of discussion, Ramona chose British singer-songwriter Corinne Bailey Rae's stunningly intimate 2010 release, 'The Sea', and Nick came along for the ride...

Songs discussed in this episode: The Blackest Lily (Live in Williamsburg) - Corinne Bailey Rae; Overseas, Danger Zone - The Comateens; Elizabeth's Lover - Dizzy and the Romilars; Mandy - Barry Manilow; Ramona - Ramones; Put Your Records On, Are You Here - Corinne Bailey Rae; Magician (Internally) - Lou Reed; I Am Woman - Helen Reddy; I'd Do It All Again, Feels Like The First Time - Corinne Bailey Rae; I'll Be Seeing You - Billie Holiday; The Blackest Lily, Closer - Corinne Bailey Rae; Midnight Train To Georgia - Gladys Knight & the Pips; Love's On Its Way - Corinne Bailey Rae; Sexy Mama - Laura Nyro; Be Bop Kid - Suicide; My Girl (Rehearsal) - The Comateens; I Would Like To Call It Beauty, Paris Nights New York Mornings - Corinne Bailey Rae; Drive My Car - Nastyfacts; Paper Dolls, Diving For Hearts, The Sea, I'd Do It All Again (Acoustic) - Corinne Bailey Rae; Elizabeth's Lover - The Comateens

Originally released as a cassette in 1987 under the Sentridoh name, 'Weed Forestin' is a beautifully eclectic collection of home-recordings by songwriter Lou Barlow (Sebadoh, Dinosaur Jr). This week's guest Dave Gebroe of the Discograffiti Podcast joins us as we unpack this weirdly wonderful indie classic.

Songs discussed in this episode: Brand New Love - Ben Lee/Superchunk/Death Cab For Cutie; I Have Been Floated - The Olivia Tremor Control; Healthy Sick - Sebadoh; How Loft I Am - Guided By Voices; Metal Machine Music Pt. 1 - Lou Reed; Albuquerque '89, New Worship, My Own Religion, More Simple, Jealous Of Jesus, Mr Genius Eyes, Perfect Power, Feeding Evil, Sexual Confusion, Broken, Waited Forever - Sentridoh; Place To Be - Nick Drake; Slightest Suggestion, It's So Hard To Fall In Love - Sentridoh; It's So Hard To Fall In Love - Superchunk; Brand New Love - Sentridoh; Brand New Love - Sebadoh

This week we shine a light on Athens, Georgia band Love Tractor and their fabulous, Mitch Easter produced 1989 release 'Themes From Venus'. Our guest, Milwaukee Oregon substitute teacher Matthew Kenneth, got some insider info from the band members themselves as we unpack this recently re-released gem of a record.

Songs discussed in this episode: Satan's New Wave Soul Losers (Instrumental Mitch Easter mix), I Broke My Saw (Mitch Easter mix), Fun To Be Happy, Buy Me A Million Dollars (Live Atlanta Arts Festival 5-17-1983) - Love Tractor; Crazy - Pylon; So. Central Rain - R.E.M.; I Broke My Saw - Love Tractor; Alabama Getaway - Grateful Dead; Themes From Venus - Love Tractor; House On Fire - The Wind; Crash - Love Tractor; Moonage Daydream - David Bowie; Satan's New Wave Soul Losers - Love Tractor; All Going Out Together - Big Dipper; Venice, Crystal World - Love Tractor; Better Worsens - Gold Dust Lounge; Hey Mess, Nova Express - Love Tractor; Ska'd For Life - The Ska Dows; Fantasy, Here Come The Cops - Love Tractor

SUPER fun conversation with Chinese national Jiang Zi Xiu (Klaire) of the Shanghai band GUJI about one of her favorite records: 'Monster Movie' by the German experimental band CAN!
"You made a believer out of me..."

Songs discussed in this episode: Can Dialog - The Can Project (Irmin Schmidt with the London Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican Centre, London 2017); I Like To Hang Out In China, Judgement Day - GUJI; Billy - Round Eye; Come sta, La Luna - Can; I Can't Stand It - The Velvet Underground; Zyklus für einen Schlagzeuger (Zweite Version, 1959) - Karlheinz Stockhausen; Father Cannot Yell - Can; Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary - Mediaeval Baebes; Pale Blue Eyes - The Velvet Underground; Mary, Mary So Contrary - Can; Ballad of North Henan Province - Yu Hongmei; Outside My Door, Yoo Doo Right - Can; Build A Friend For Me, My Mao Suit - GUJI

Returning guest Joe Tunis (Carbon Records, Pengo) brings us Louisville, Kentucky math rock purveyors Rodan and their first and only full-length studio album 'Rusty'. Strap in!

Songs discussed in this episode: Tooth Fairy Retribution Manifesto (Live at The Black Cat, Washington, DC) - Rodan; It Don't Bring Me Down - Nod; Helen Said This - The Dead C; Good Morning Captain - Slint; Hammering So Hard - Squirrel Bait; Bumper Crop - Volcano Suns; Happily Divided - Sebadoh; Burning Too - Fugazi; June Miller - June Of 44; Southbound To Marion - Rachel's; Bible Silver Corner, Shiner - Rodan; Hirscheneck - Bastro; Fire Back About Your New Baby's Sex - Don Caballero; The Everyday World Of Bodies - Rodan; Blown (Face Down) - Dazzling Killmen; The Everyday World Of Bodies, Jungle Jim - Rodan; Hybrid Ice Princess - Retsin; Gauge, Tooth Fairy Retribution Manifesto - Rodan; Androscoggin River Ragg - Liam Grant