Tuesday, January 05, 2016

Completely Conspicuous 405: The First Half

Part 1 of my conversation with guest Jay Breitling about our favorite music of the first half of this decade (2010-14). Listen to the episode below or download directly (right click and "save as").
 

Show notes:
- Looking back
- Breitling: My top albums of the 2013 and 2014 didn't make this list
- JB's #10 and JK's #9
- "The purest distillation" of this band's sound
- JK's #10
- Harking back to '70s glam punk
- JB's #9
- New sound for indie rock stalwart
- JB's #8
- Lots of side projects spun off from this band
- JK's #8
- A super outing from an indie supergroup
- JB's #7
- Unclear whether another release is coming from this act
- JK's #7
- Top pick of 2011
- Turned Out a Punk is an interesting podcast
- JB's #6
- Breakthrough for excellent indie act
- JK's #6
- Television-Velvet Underground sound
- To be continued

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The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Find out more about Senor Breitling at his fine music blog Clicky Clicky. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian.

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