In this episode, in late fashion, I talk about my top 10 albums of 2021 along with some honorable mentions. 2021 was a phenomenal year of music, here's to many more!
Albums mentioned:
Chevelle - NIRATIAS
FACS - Present Tense
Failure - Wild Type Droid
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - G_d's Pee AT STATE'S END!
Gojira - Fortitude
Monobody - Comma
Quicksand - Distant Populations
Royal Blood - Typhoons
Thrice - Horizons / East
Trigg & Gusset - Black Ocean
___________________________
Deafheaven - Infinite Granite
Death From Above 1979 - Is 4 Lovers
Dinosaur Jr. - Sweep It Into Space
Emma Ruth Rundle - Engine of Hell
God Is An Astronaut - Ghost Tapes #10
Julien Baker - Little Oblivions
Long Distance Calling - Ghost
Mogwai - As The Love Continues
The Physics House Band - Incident On 3rd
Shy, Low - Snake Behind the Sun
Soen - IMPERIAL
Starflyer 59 - Vanity
Still Corners - The Last Exit
Storefront Church - As We Pass
Welcome back to the podcast! I plan on trying to push out some new stuff soon, thanks so much for coming back to listen after a whopping NINE MONTH BREAK. Take care!
May has been a great month and healthy break away from school. I wanted to make sure to fit a ramble in before June, simple and straightforward like the older episodes! This is just me filling everyone in on how things have been going and what I've been up to along with some hopefully cohesive tangents scattered about.
Hey there! I'm back after a lengthy hiatus with four album reviews for my favorite albums of the year so far. Thank you so much for your patience, much love!
Chevelle - NIRATIAS:
1. Verrucky
2. So Long, Mother Earth
3. Mars Simula
4. Sleep the Deep
5. Self Destructor
6. Piistol Star (Gravity Heals)
7. VVurmhole
8. Peach
9. Test Test...Enough
10. Endlessly
11. Remember When
12. Ghost and Razor
13. Lost in Digital Woods
Dinosaur Jr. - Sweep It Into Space:
1. I Ain't
2. I Met The Stones
3. To Be Waiting
4. I Ran Away
5. Garden
6. Hides Another Round
7. And Me
8. I Expect It Always
9. Take It Back
10. N Say
11. Walking To You
12. You Wonder
Gojira - Fortitude:
1. Born For One Thing
2. Amazonia
3. Another World
4. Hold On
5. New Found
6. Fortitude
7. The Chant
8. Sphinx
9. Into The Storm
10. The Trails
11. Grind
Royal Blood - Typhoons:
1. Trouble's Coming
2. Oblivion
3. Typhoons
4. Who Needs Friends
5. Million and One
6. Limbo
7. Either You Want It
8. Boilermaker
9. Mad Visions
10. Hold On
11. All We Have Is Now <--- Forget to mention in the episode that this closing track is a cool departure from the preceding tracks as a piano ballad (not something royal blood does) apologies for missing that!
Scott Smith returns to talk about all kinds of things, primarily with curiosity as to how different eras of music are viewed through people of varying generations. With my longest episode yet, I talk with Scott once again about a large variety of topics including way more than what is seen in the episode title. This episode is deeply routed in concepts of psychology and philosophy with many talks about our natural, subconscious functions as human beings, the rapid advancement of everyday technology, music through the ears of the many, and the autonomous functionality of life amongst micro-organisms. Come with us on our journey, and thanks again for listening!
Just wanted to check in with you guys and let you know what's been going on and what's to come along with a ramble. Simple and short episode this time around. I also have a brief tangent about my experience with online friendships and relationships and how they are indeed possible to maintain. More guest episodes coming soon! (Apologies for the rough audio here and there, I didn't have any pop filters set up today and I couldn't hear myself during this episode because I'm switching out some equipment, things should improve in future episodes, thank you for putting up with it)
In this episode I talk with my cousin and longtime family friend who is a fellow music lover, musician, cyclist, and deep thinker. We delve a little into memory lane and discuss the bitter-sweetness of remembering the past (or lack of memory) while additionally discussing the missing facts in our modern world and the resulting chaotic conformity of those who mistaken opinions/beliefs for the definitive truth. Additionally we tackle a variety of topics involving the vastness of space and the known universe, creative roadblocks that plague our cluttered minds, faulty automobiles and much more!
In this episode, I talk about my 10 favorite music releases that came out of the treacherous year of 2020 along with a variety of honorable mentions. While 2020 was one of the worst years in recent memory, I can't help but notice that it was a fantastic year for new music, it seems that so many artists have given it their all as of recent and it has to be recognized and commended. Also find out which band has finally managed to overtake Interpol as my favorite band ;) Happy New Year to my listeners! Here's to a much better year moving forward.
Artists & Releases Mentioned:
Top 10:
1. The Pineapple Thief - Versions of the Truth
2. Muzz - Muzz
3. Deftones - Ohms
4. Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher
5. Jaye Jayle - Prisyn
6. The Strokes - The New Abnormal
7. Puscifer - Existential Reckoning
8. Gone Is Gone - If Everything Happens For A Reason...Then Nothing Really Matters At All
9. Matt Berninger - Serpentine Prison
10. Joywave - Possession
Honorable Mentions:
Black Hill - The Buffaloes Will Never Die
Violent Soho - Everything Is A-OK
Ginger Root - Rikki
Khruangbin - Mordechai
Black Hill - The Buffaloes Will Never Die
KG&TLW - K.G.
Wang Wen - 100,000 Whys
Sorry - 925
Telepathy - Burn Embrace
Alpha Male Tea Party - Infinity Stare
Plini - Impulse Voices
The Smashing Pumpkins - CYR
Kamaal Williams - Wu Hen
SWEAM - Lounge Music for Cat People
Iress - Flaw
Everything In Slow Motion - Influence
Sprain - As Lost Through Collision
D.A.N. - LIVE ARCHIVE: STRAND
Shy Boys - Talk Loud
Nothing - The Great Dismal
Trigg & Gusset - The Way In
Adrian Young / Ali Shaheed Muhammad - Jazz Is Dead 1,2,3,4,5 / Azymuth - JID004
Narrow Head - Far Removed
Vundabar - Either Light
O'Brother - You and I
I Hear Sirens - Stella Mori
Doves - The Universal Want
Kairon; IRSE! - Polysomn
Pg.lost - Oscillate
Crippled Black Phoenix - Ellengaest
Taylor Swift - Folklore
Deftones - Black Stallion
Ovtrenoir - Fields of Fire
Untitled With Drums - Hollow
Our Oceans - While Time Disappears
Future Islands - As Long As You Are
Gleemer - Down Through
The Neverly Boys - Dark Side of Everything
All Them Witches - Nothing As The Ideal
A.A Williams - Forever Blue
IDLES - Ultra Mono
Hum - Inlet
Jr. Clooney - Jr. 2
Gazpacho - Fireworker
In this episode I talk with another good friend of mine from School of Rock and a fellow bandmate from a newer music project called Grindstone. Eli Froment is a fantastic guitarist and a fascinating deep thinker of a musician with never ending, skilled endeavors in music. It's been an honor to work with him thus far and it was a pleasure to have him on the podcast. Content-wise, most of our discussion in this episode is driven towards recent video game releases, next generation gaming technology, and ramblings about music, musical habits, and music experiences. Apologies for the sudden increase in volume about 70% through the episode, it happened when I had to restart the recording for technical reasons and there wasn't much I could do on the spot to correct it but tweak the levels where I could, be weary of that volume spike and here's hoping I don't blow your ears out.
(This episode contains occasional explicit language).
Welcome to Season 2 of Dane's World! Being the first episode of the new season, I thought it was time to move the podcast to the next level with the introduction and ongoing inclusion of guest speakers. This is something I've wanted to do since the podcast started but haven't had the technical means to make it happen. Finally, I am in a place to where I can have guests regularly on the podcast. Today's guest is Jace Kimbrell, an amazing friend from school of rock and a fellow musician/bandmate in our current project 'Formalities'. Jace is an extremely talented guitarist/vocalist and one of the greatest people I have had the honor of meeting and playing music with. As my current biggest supporter, I thought I'd give him the honors of being my first guest in this new evolution of the podcast. Stay tuned for more guests in the near future, and thank you for watching!
(Sorry for the small amount of audio issues throughout this episode, I can only mix these guest episodes on the spot while recording so it may be a little rough around the edges until I get the hang of things.)
In this episode I dig into the concept of hatred and ask pressing questions about why we hate as humans, what creates a hateful mind, and how hatred may be a more passive and natural experience than many may think. Lots of talks about the distinction between positivity and negativity and when one or the other is appropriate along with the important balance that should be struck between the two.
Article Covered: https://www.scienceofpeople.com/hate/
In this return from hiatus, I discuss a sociological concept known as the Dramaturgical Model (developed by Erving Goffman). Simply put, the theory paints life and the social interactions within it as that of a theatrical production. I first learned about this theory in my Sociology textbook for college and found it not only fascinating but strangely aligned with how I have viewed my own life for a very long time. Feel free to take a listen to find out more. Thank you!
"Choose your self-presentations carefully, for what starts out as a mask may become your face." - Erving Goffman
Source: Seeing Sociology: An Introduction (3rd edition) by Joan Ferrante-Wallace
https://www.amazon.com/Seeing-Sociology-Introduction-Joan-Ferrante/dp/1305094360
In this episode I have decided to pack three new records into one review.
Deftones - Ohms
The Pineapple Thief - Versions of the Truth
Gazpacho - Fireworker
In record time, I discuss my thoughts on these three albums that have been on repeat in my music library for the past 2 months. Thank you for listening!
Deftones - Ohms:
1. Genesis
2. Ceremony
3. Urantia
4. Error
5. The Spell of Mathematics
6. Pompeji
7. This Link Is Dead
8. Radiant City
9. Headless
10. Ohms
Pineapple Thief - Versions of the Truth:
1. Versions of the Truth
2. Break It All
3. Demons
4. Driving Like Maniacs
5. Leave Me Be
6. Too Many Voices
7. Our Mire
8. Out of Line
9. Stop Making Sense
10. The Game
Gazpacho - Fireworker:
1. Space Cowboy
2. Hourglass
3. Fireworker
4. Antique
5. Sapien
This is a simple one! I just wanted to check in after a break to let you all know that I'm still here and tell you about what's been going on behind the scenes, nothing too crazy! Just having a chat. New episodes and reviews in the works. Thank you so much for your patience!
In this episode I review and break down the newest and darkest release from Louisville Desolation Americana project, Jaye Jayle. Despite my initial hesitation towards Evan Patterson's newly electronic approach to his hauntingly desolate sonic mantras of storytelling, I have become totally fascinated with the story that this album tells and find myself captivated by Jaye Jayle's approach to an electronic folk album. Written and Composed while on the road during an international tour, Evan Patterson projects intriguingly odd anecdotes from his confused and tired mind; musically journaling his experiences throughout a journey across the world in what was considered an inescapable, hallucinogenic, mobile purgatory.
Jaye Jayle - Prisyn:
1. A Cold Wind
2. Don't Blame the Rain
3. Synthetic Prison
4. The River Spree
5. Making Friends
6. Guntime
7. Blueberries
8. I Need You
9. The Last Drive
10. From Louisville
Here's my second monthly ramble where I catch you up on what I've been up to and what's been going on in life. I talk about how my last month has gone along with a brief summary of what days will look like moving forward, capitalizing with an unplanned ramble about the state of our world and where I think things may take us in the future. Thank you so much for listening!
In this episode, I bring to you my second album review and hopefully a much better review all around. In this review I break down the most recent release from German Post Rock Band: Long Distance Calling. This band ranks high on my favorite bands list and has continuously pushed the boundaries of instrumental storytelling and progressive rock. Does this new release hold strong with it's predecessors? Or does it fall short, leaving much to be desired? That's what I discuss here with my most critical mindset on a piece of music so far, only because I have seen the magic that this band can work up... can they do it consistently? Thank you so much for listening, it's great to be back!
Long Distance Calling - How Do We Want To Live?:
1. Curiosity, Pt. 1
2. Curiosity, Pt 2
3. Hazard
4. Voices
5. Fall / Opportunity
6. Immunity
7. Sharing Thoughts
8. Beyond Your Limits
9. True / Negative
10. Ashes
In this episode I talk about how stories can be told through pieces of music without the use of lyrics or vocal melodies. This is a concept that is rarely talked about and most commonly utilized by instrumental bands with the creative goal to tell a story or take listeners on a journey (especially within the genre of post-rock). Below is a link to the one other mention of storytelling without lyrics by composer, Xueran Chen (The only public mention that I have seen about the concept). Also listed below are all of the albums I mention in this episode that have utilized instrumental Storytelling to the best I've heard.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DenwAoABr8I&list=FLHMWV1LHORqna639nGYA-BQ&index=3&t=0s
Albums Mentioned (Highly recommend listens to all of these if you're interested!):
- Explosions In The Sky - Those Who Tell The Truth Shall Die, Those Who Tell The Truth Shall Live Forever
- Explosions In The Sky - How Strange, Innocence
- Explosions In The Sky - The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place
- Explosions In The Sky - All Of A Sudden I Miss Everyone
- Long Distance Calling - Satellite Bay
- Long Distance Calling - Long Distance Calling
- Long Distance Calling - Boundless
- Russian Circles - Station
- Russian Circles - Geneva
- Russian Circles - Guidance
- Duster - Stratosphere
- Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Your Tiny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven
- Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Yanqui U.X.O.
- Hunter Gatherer - Scavenger
- If These Trees Could Talk - If These Trees Could Talk
- If These Trees Could Talk - Above The Earth, Below The Sky
- If These Trees Could Talk - Red Forest
- If These Trees Could Talk - The Bones Of A Dying World
- I Hear Sirens - Beyond The Sea, Beneath The Sky
- Jakob - Solace
- Irepress - Samus Octology
- Kerretta - Saansilo
- Trigg & Gusset - Legacy Of The Witty
- This Will Destroy You - Young Mountain
- This Will Destroy You - S/T
- This Will Destroy You - Another Language
- Toundra - (I)
- Toundra - (II)
- Toundra - (III)
- Toundra - (IV)
- Boards Of Canada - Geogaddi
- The Pineapple Thief - Variations On A Dream
- The Pineapple Thief - 10 Stories Down
In the first album review to come to the podcast I review the self-titled debut record of new indie rock super-trio Muzz, featuring Paul Banks(Interpol), Josh Kaufman(Bonny Light Horseman), and Matt Barrick(The Walkmen). I tell you a little about this new band and how they formed along with the effect the album had on me and a hopefully cohesive breakdown of the twelve tracks on the record. Album track list can be found below. Thank you and enjoy!
Muzz - Muzz:
1. Bad Feeling
2. Evergreen
3. Red Western Sky
4. Patchouli
5. Everything Like It Used To Be
6. Broken Tambourine
7. Knuckleduster
8. Chubby Checker
9. How Many Days
10. Summer Love
11. All Is Dead To Me
12. Trinidad