Album vs Album – Details, episodes & analysis

Lucas and Cail were live in attendance at Bruce Springsteen's final show of his world tour in Vancouver, BC! They share tasty treats, heroes/zeroes, and praise the power of the Boss and E Street Band. 

• Springsteen turned 75 in September 2024.
• The set was three hours and 20 minutes.  The 31-song set was the longest of his tour with the 17-member E Street Band!

Photo by Harry Zimmerman

Lucas and Cail tackle one of their all-time heroes, pitting his first two records for Columbia against each other.  

Lucas and Cail each share their top two records for 2021. 

Cail

1. Tyler, the Creator - CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST
2. Nick Schofield - Glass Gallery

Lucas

1. The Felice Brothers - From Dreams To Dust
2. Arlo Parks - Collapsed In Sunbeams

Links:

• See What You Can See
• Lucas - Work Playlist 

The boys are back with eight songs to make you happy. Smiles guaranteed or your joy back.

Songs To Make You Happy: A Spotify Playlist

Tracklist:

1. Wild World - des hume

2. There's No One Crying over Me Either - American Wrestlers

3. basking in the glow - Oso Oso

4. Miracles - Benny Sings

5. A - Restorations

6. Stray Dog And The Chocolate Shake - Grandaddy

7. Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight - James Taylor

8. Katchi - Nick Waterhouse & Leon Bridges

Cover art by Frank Sinatra!

Part two of our Björk convo with des hume is here. We swan-dive into Vespertine, a sexy-swirl of a record. Tune-in for the nuance and stay for the hot takes at the end.

Links

• Further Seems Forever covers Pagan Poetry
• des hume - Shockerbaby (official video) 
• Pagan Poetry - Björk - (Live at Royal Opera House)

We discuss two magnificent Björk albums with "garbage-pop princess" des hume. In today's episode, we discuss Homogenic!

Links:

• des hume on YouTube
• des hume on Bandcamp
• Bjork Live At Royal Opera House December 7, 2001
• https://preachervan.bandcamp.com/

The full title of today's episode is styled "That Was The Worst Podcast Ever! vs Album vs Album: A Sufjan Stevens Crossover Episode about Illinois vs Michigan" — enjoy!

Links:

• Check out all the other fine episodes of That Was The Worst Podcast Ever!

"The podcast crossover event of the decade!" —Justin Bills

The boys share a nine-song playlist of the hottest bops with returning guest Matthew Walko. Get ready to smile.

Links:

• "Is Pop Music Getting Better?" — A Spotify playlist 

*Note: We recorded this before DaBaby made his unfortunate remarks, which is why we don't mention it when talking about "Levitating." 

There's just not enough 'Don't Believe the Truth' content out there. We remedy that with part two of our Oasis discussion. Join Jordan, Cail and Lucas for a second dip into the Gallagher pool. 

Links:

• Oasis: B Here Now — A b-sides playlist curated by Jordan Eshpeter

It's a big one! The top Gallagher expert we know joins us to dive deep into Oasis, how they were signed to Creation Records and what the best song on their second album is. What IS the story? Tune in to find out.

Links:

• Noel Gallagher: Evolution Since Oasis, Meeting Bruce Springsteen and Best Of Album | Apple Music
• Oasis at King Tut's Wah Wah Hut (Glasgow, 1993) 
• Jordan's Tedx Talk on "How to convene a better future"
• 73 Questions with Liam Gallagher