Opiate EP

Steal this episode! We tackle System of a Down's 2003 album Steal This Album! today on the show. Topics include the movie Go, The Mountain Goats, music piracy, and our favorite stolen albums. Tune in! AATSUO Picks Nolan: Takako Minekawa – Roomic Cube Zack: Rush – Hemispheres

This week, we're talkin' Tox – it's Toxicity day on the pod! Join us for a lengthy discussion on System of a Down's 2001 commercial breakthrough, some more important cultural and band history, and our favorite LA albums. Nolan: Los Lobos – By The Light of the Moon Zack: Phantom Planet – Phantom Planet is Missing  

It's a bird, it's a jet pilot, it's a new series! Join us as we discuss the origins of the Armenian-American alt-metal titans System of a Down – the band members, their historical / cultural background, the first demos, and of course, their first LP 'System of a Down' from 1998. We also continue our "An Album to Send Us Off" segment, picking our favorite self-titled albums. Nolan: The Band – The Band (1969) Zack: Elliott Smith – Elliott Smith (1995)

On this episode, we check in with our starved fanbase about the future of the pod. Spoiler alert – TOOL talk stops here. Tune into this epsiode to find out why we are abandoning our TOOL series, get our thoughts on the NBA playoffs, hear us talk about cassettes, and discuss a brand new-and-improved series on System of a Down.

We're back! After numerous attempts to bring you season two, we are finally here for our deep dive armchair analysis on TOOL. Join us this week as we explore the band's first EP, 'Opiate', as well as reviewing the origins of the members and band itself.

As a nice little breather between band series', we decided to take some time to talk Zack and Nolan lore as we comb over our all-time favorite records – Smashing Pumpkins' sprawling epic "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness" and Weezer's agoraphobic, problematic masterpiece "Pinkerton". Other discussion topics include Naruto, Simon and Garfunkel, Zack's trip to the UK, the NBA playoffs, influential music teachers – with plenty of time dedicated to the treasure trove of b-sides from both albums. Next episode we take on TOOL – stay tuned! Mellon Collie talk begins @19:40 Pinkerton talk begins @1:10:15

Join us this week / month in this long overdue episode celebrating the best of Incubus. As our series draws to a close, we give out some well-deserved NBA themed awards to our beloved band of brothers, incuding our "First Team All-Incubus", favorite album opener/closer, favorite piece of Incubus lore, and most ridiculous Brandon Boyd lyric. We also pick our favorite "Incubus-adjacent" albums, and talk about the future of the show. Tune in for our best episode yet! (minor correction: Nolan meant to say "Medium" instead of "The Middle" while talking about his AATSUO. I think he's just been listening to Bleed American a lot.) An Album To Send Us Off Picks: Nolan: Coaltar of the Deepers – Submerge Zack: Primus – Sailing the Seas of Cheese  

This week (more like month, or last month to be exact), Zack and Nolan complete the Incubus discography journey with a deep dive on their most recent studio album of original material, "8". Other topics of discussion are deep Skrillex lore, The War on Drugs, and our final Incubus album rankings. Album to Send Us Off Picks: Nolan: Unknown Mortal Orchestra, "V" Zack: Jawbreaker, "24 Hour Revenge Therapy"

This week, Zack and Nolan take on Incubus' bizarre post-hiatus album If Not Now, When? as well as their ambitious greatest hits package Monuments and Melodies. Other topics include Pistons basketball, Nolan's "best of Incubus" playlist, Incubus HQ, and more. We also pick our favorite question mark albums for An Album to Send Us Off! The Roots – Do You Want More?!!!??! Cannonball Adderley with Bill Evans – Know What I Mean?

This week, Zack and Nolan spend two hours (!) talking about Incubus' 2006 not-quite-masterpiece Light Grenades. Join them as they discuss the movie Stealth, fantasy football, Spotify Wrapped, and of course, Incubus.