Breaking Down Taylor Swift and The Tortured Poets Department (plus: Cindy Lee's Diamond Jubilee!)

For this week's reviews we're setting our sights on two of the biggest double albums of recent memory, Cindy Lee's titanic and masterful Diamond Jubilee (Ryley's album of the year so far), and of course, Taylor Swift's divisive, maligned, but meticulous The Tortured Poets Department, which may be her most insular record yet. There's a lot to unpack with both, especially the latter, so we hope you'll join us to dive deep into these interesting albums and let us know your own takes in the comments on YouTube! 0:00 Cindy Lee - Diamond Jubilee 36:23 Taylor Swift - The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology

A conversation about the pop culture event of the year so far.

For this week's video, we're breaking down 15 of our all-time favorite one-hit wonder songs; songs which were the sole hit to chart in the upper echelons of the Billboard Hot 100 for their artist, but which have left a lasting impression on pop culture, from their era of release to the present day. Some are more remembered than others, and you may find a few hot takes in our picks today, but let us know what you think of these songs, and what are your favorite one-hit wonders, in the comments on YouTube!

We're back after a short hiatus to review two critically acclaimed and much-discussed recent releases: the second instalment in Beyoncé's Renaissance trilogy, COWBOY CARTER, and Vampire Weekend's full-band return for the first time in over a decade with ONLY GOD WAS ABOVE US. Join us to hear what we think of these records, and let us know your own takes in the comments on YouTube! 0:00 Vampire Weekend - Only God Was Above Us 28:25 Beyoncé - Cowboy Carter

Today we catch up on a couple of major album releases from back in January with reviews of the new album from Green Day, SAVIORS, and the new album from Glass Beach, PLASTIC DEATH. We also discuss our predictions for the upcoming Oscars, a much-discussed new song from Ice Spice, and some more regrettable music from Tom MacDonald (with Ben Shapiro) and Lil Dicky. Let us know what you've been listening to in the comments on YouTube! 0:00 Breaking Down the Oscar Nominees 17:12 Tom MacDonald & Ben Shapiro's FACTS 25:37 Lil Dicky Reaches His PENITH 35:56 (Fart) 42:54 Sunny Day Real Estate's New Song Is Phenomenal 48:05 Green Day - Saviors 59:49 Glass Beach - Plastic Death

There is a lot of great art to look forward to this year, and so today Morgan counts down his most anticipated games of 2024 before Jake and Ryley get into the records they're most excited to review - some confirmed, some still only rumored. Let us know what you're looking forward to this year! 0:00 Intro 1:00 Most Anticipated Games of 2024 - 1:36 HOLLOW KNIGHT SILKSONG WHEN - 4:29 Dragon's Dogma 2 - 5:49 Tekken 8 - 7:23 Avowed - 8:45 Persona 3 Reload - 9:48 Final Fantasy VII Rebirth - 13:17 An Aside on Silent Hill 2 20:51 Most Anticipated Albums of 2024 - 21:27 MGMT - 24:20 Everything Everything - 26:04 Chelsea Wolfe - 29:59 Adrianne Lenker / Waxahatchee - 32:49 Casualties of Cool - 37:09 Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - 40:23 Julia Holter - 46:54 Joanna Newsom 50:01 A Thank You to Our Listeners

After the conclusion of list season and a break, we're back to our regular programming with an update of some of January's biggest music news and releases. Join us as we discuss what Pitchfork being absolved into GQ means for music journalism, the importance of the music review, new singles from Ariana Grande, Lil Nas X, and Kim Gordon, and new albums from Kali Uchis, Kid Cudi, and Hoplites! Let us know what you've been listening to in the comments over on YouTube! 0:00 Intro 1:47 The Fall of Pitchfork 20:03 Is Ariana Grande Interesting? 26:59 What Is the Future for Lil Nas X? 34:16 Kim Gordon's Trap Metal Single Rules 39:11 Kali Uchis Returns with ORQUÍDEAS 43:45 The Return of Mid Cudi 52:06 The Chinese Death Metal Guy With the Greek Name Is Back With Another Masterpiece

List season kicks off with a countdown of 20 of the most overlooked albums we've fallen in love with throughout this year. Watch along to get some recommendations for great records you might not have heard, some from under the radar artists deserving of more shine, and some from established acts who are less in the conversation now but still putting out their best work. Let us know what you think are the most overlooked albums of 2023 over on YouTube! 0:00 Intro 1:56 Al Menne - Freak Accident 4:11 Kesha - Gag Order 7:45 Avenade - Our Raging God Unknown to Us 9:59 Blawan - Dismantled Into Juice 13:35 Christine and the Queens - Paranoia, Angels, True Love 16:35 The Go! Team - Get Up Sequences Part Two 18:46 Team Tremolo - Conjured Light 21:20 Mandy, Indiana - I've Seen a Way 25:23 Cicada - Seeking the Sources of Streams 28:14 Slaughter Beach, Dog - Crying, Laughing, Waving, Smiling 32:14 Soulkeeper - Holy Design 34:48 Screaming Females - Desire Pathway 40:32 TDK - Nemesta 45:31 Fireworks - Higher Lonely Power 50:10 Ruston Kelly - The Weakness 53:28 James Ivy - Everything Perfect 56:43 Hoplites - Trilogy (Ψ​ε​υ​δ​ο​μ​έ​ν​η, Τ​ρ​ω​θ​η​σ​ο​μ​έ​ν​η, Ἀ​ν​τ​ι​τ​ι​μ​ω​ρ​ο​υ​μ​έ​ν​η) 1:02:30 Empty Country - Empty Country II 1:10:47 Lauren Auder - The Infinite Spine 1:15:25 The Clientele - I Am Not There Anymore 1:20:47 Outro

Today we have our last pair of full album reviews for the year, and they're both brilliant: Peter Gabriel's long-awaited and ambitiously rolled-out return with the conceptual, massive, and multi-mixed i/o, and atmospheric black metal act Panopticon's return with the hellish and soaring THE RIME OF MEMORY. Let us know what you thought of either of these albums in the comments on YouTube! 0:00 Panopticon - The Rime of Memory 26:44 Peter Gabriel - i/o

We're back with a fresh report on some of the latest music releases including big albums from André 3000 and Danny Brown, a brilliant collaborative single from Björk & Rosalía, and new songs from Beyoncé and Dua Lipa. We also pay tribute to the late Geordie Walker with a discussion of Killing Joke's impressive longevity, and shout out some unexpected covers from spiritual jazz-inflected metal band Imperial Triumphant. Let us know what you've been listening to in the comments on YouTube! 0:00 André 3000 - New Blue Sun 11:17 Björk and Rosalía Team Up for Oral 14:04 How Good Is Dua Lipa, Really? 19:52 Beyoncé Is Playing at My House, "MY HOUSE" 24:19 RIP Geordie Walker of Killing Joke 32:04 Imperial Triumphant's Unconventional New Covers 37:55 Danny Brown - Quaranta