Quick Update: Jason Talks Radiohead's Kid A
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Just a quick little update to let you know that Jason talked about Radiohead's album Kid A on the podcast "You, Me and An Album" with Al Melchior. You can listen to the episode or wherever you listen to podcasts. Al has had a ton of great guests and discussed a lot of great albums if you don't know the podcast. Al and Jason also talked a bit about Jason's album The Grand Routine and the history and future of this podcast. I hope you'll give it a listen. , rate and review wherever you listen to podcasts. Email: Twitter: Instagram:
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Jason Bemis Lawrence: A Safe Place, with Rob Collier
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A Safe Place is out. It's the 3rd single from Jason's forthcoming new album The Grand Routine. Great friend of the show Rob Collier joins again to talk about the song, how it was written, songwriting, production, Andrew Carlson's bass playing, music marketing, etc etc. The two friends also try to define what type of music Jason's music is, what Soft Rock is, if lyrics matter at all, and more. , rate and review wherever you listen to podcasts. Email: Twitter: Instagram:
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Jason Bemis Lawrence: Same Conversations, with Anthony LaMarca
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The 2nd single from 's forthcoming LP is out now. Singer-songwriter/drummer/multi-instrumentalist/producer of and joined Jason to talk about the song and the album. The two friends and longtime cohorts discussed production, tracking at in Youngstown, OH, tempos, Anthony's sweet guitar solo on this song, the definition of the term "shralping", why the album took a long time to write and record, whether the demos are better than the album versions, songwriting, and a lot more. Plus, there's a bonus post-script detailing another of Jason's awkward interactions with a...
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Jason Bemis Lawrence: In the Quiet Golden Hour, with Andrew Carlson
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The 1st single from forthcoming 2nd LP is out! The song is called In the Quiet Golden Hour, and Jason talked all about it with , who played bass and guitar and sang on the track. The two friends talk about recording at Peppermint Studios in Youngstown, OH, with Anthony LaMarca and Gary Rhamy. They talk about all the other people that worked on the song and album. They analyze the track and the original demo of the song while sharing lessons they learned on this session and talking about production, arrangement, songwriting, lyrics, etc. , rate and review wherever you...
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Tori Amos: Under the Pink, with Natasha Alexandra
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We are back! The grand return of features and talking about Tori Amos' 1994 classic album Under the Pink. Jason tries to guess Natasha's defining 3 songs from this record before the two friends and musical colleagues dive into the full album, whether spirits help with songwriting, storytelling vs. marketing, 30-year anniversaries, the 90s, production, and so much more. , rate and review wherever you listen to podcasts. Email: Twitter: Instagram:
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Soul Asylum: Let Your Dim Light Shine, with Rob Collier
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made his first appearance on the show back in to talk about Soul Asylum. Now he's back to talk about their 1995 album, Let Your Dim Light Shine. It's impossible not to talk about Dave Pirner's lyrics. But Rob and also talked a lot about music production (Butch Vig produced this record), songwriting, arrangement, and much more, going song by song while interspersing games, jokes and anecdotes. They finished up with some more games, a dramatic reading of a review (of the complete Soul Asylum lyrics book), and the first ever edition of Dramatic Music Tweets on Before the Stream. , rate...
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The Cardigans: First Band On The Moon, with Brian Kantor (part 2)
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and continue and conclude their conversation about The Cardigans' 1996 album First Band on the Moon. The two friends analyze each song on the record while sharing thoughts on production, arrangement, creativity, Black Sabbath, and more. They even dramatically read a couple of bizarre reviews for this album. Brian then shares what he's been up to at , and with and other bands, and more. , rate and review wherever you listen to podcasts. Email: Twitter: Instagram:
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The Cardigans: First Band On The Moon, with Brian Kantor (part 1)
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Nina Persson of the Cardigans is interviewed in this episode! returns to talk about The Cardigans' 1996 album First Band On The Moon. Brian is friends and erstwhile bandmates with Nina, so they recorded a conversation about the album that we listen to on this episode. and Brian talk about drum sounds, bass note choices, dark lyrics wrapped in happy-sounding songs, if "Happy Meal II" is actually a happy song, the differences between this album and other 90s alternative hit records, and much more. We'll be back soon with Part 2 of the conversation. , rate and review wherever...
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Nirvana Unplugged: Something in the Way, solo
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We're talking about Nirvana's MTV Unplugged In New York song by song. Host did this one by himself. It gave Jason a chance to ruminate on the song Something in the Way, play some guitar, sing a little, address some of the common topics about the song and the differences between the Unplugged performance and the version on Nevermind, lyrics, and a lot more. , rate and review wherever you listen to podcasts. Email: Twitter: Instagram:
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Ranking The National's Albums, with Chris Towers
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of CBS joins the podcast to count down our rankings of the full-length albums by the band in anticipation of a new National album in April. is the host and once had his parody song played on Chris' podcast, as Jason mentions. You can hear Chris and his colleagues listening to it and commenting at 39:50 into the podcast. (It's a Spotify link, but hey if you can easily find that episode in their extensive backlog elsewhere, please let us know) Chris and Jason talk through how they got introduced to The National and what the band means to them before discussing the band's catalog and...
info_outlineMichael Arthur (@inklines) joins Jason to discuss R.E.M.'s 1996 album New Adventures in Hi-Fi.
Did everyone grow up in a crappy time for pop music? Does anyone want to be someone's Easter Bunny? What is it about this band? About Michael Stipe? Is this record just too long or too same-y because it's so live?
Jason and Michael discuss all these things, plus the creative process, how bands keep it fresh on their 10th album and beyond, and much more.
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