The October Music Wrap-Up Podcast

The Music Wrap-Up is a monthly summary of my favorite and other notable new releases. Having trouble keeping up with all the new music? Need some music suggestions? Then the Music Wrap-Up is for you. And please support these musicians as that's the reason I'm featuring them in the first place.
With the end of Halloween comes the end of October, and that means it's time for us to look at all the great music that was released over the last month. There may not have been as much as September, but the quality was still there. There was the always-beautiful sounding Feist, the sloppy, garage-rock sound of The Spits, releases from indie darlings Surfer Blood and M83, promising newcomers like Gospel Music and PUJOL, and some heavy hitters like Coldplay and Justice. Plus, Lance Darnell joins me to talk about Pearl Jam's 20th Anniversary and why we should care. Oh, and more. There's always more.

Shuffled Podcast #8: That Crack Rock Steady Beat

Every other Wednesday I share my love of music in an assortment of ways. Shuffled is a podcast whose format is as varied as my tastes in music, so hopefully you won't ever be bored and everyone can find something to enjoy.
On this episode of Shuffled Luis Alvarez once again joins me. This time we discuss a group of bands...or, a genre, or as Luis puts it, an idea; Crack Rock Steady. Starting with Choking Victim, this unique brand of punk as created countless spin-off acts and inspired plenty of copycats. If you're a fan of the genre maybe you'll learn something new, but if you have no idea it existed, well, strap yourself in. We talk about nearly everything tangentially related to these bands, and you'll hear music samples following along behind it all. Hopefully by the end you'll be just as big a fan as Luis and I are.