Wednesday, June 19, 2024

Completely Conspicuous 638: Le Noise

Part 2 of my conversation with guest Phil Stacey about the music of 2010. Listen to the episode below or download directly (right click and "save as").

Show notes:

  • Black Keys cancel arena tour after way overestimating their popularity
  • Phil's #5: Black Keys establish their popularity with poppier blues sound
  • Phil's and Jay's #4: Superchunk returns after a nine-year break with an energetic pop-punk ripper
  • Phil's #3: Lo-fi psych from Philly duo Reading Rainbow (now called Bleeding Rainbow)
  • Jay's #3: Nick Cave returns with his harder rocking Grinderman project
  • Phil's #2 and Jay's #5: More rock-oriented album from Drive-By Truckers
  • Jay's #2: Politically-driven melodic punk from Ted Leo and the Pharmacists 
  • Phil's #1: Neil Young with a solo effort with a lot of guitar effects
  • Jay's #1: Titus Andronicus with your typical epic Civil War-meets-modern-day NJ concept album 
  • Jay: Titus Andronicus is one of my favorite current bands 
  • Favorite songs: "Hitchhiker" (Phil), "Theme from Cheers" (Jay)
  • Next time we get together, we'll sum up the decade of the 2010s

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The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian.

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