DwPD - 067 - 'Modern Guilt' by Beck

Peter re-discovers that Dre is sorely lacking in her 'Star Wars' experiences, but they tromp their way through one of the most iconic film scores ever produced anyway. You can hear the album on your favorite streaming platform, or here: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nufJ7u7NEq73QyRj78Bsr60c4Fl9xHfhw&feature=share

Do Peter and Dre encounter an EP in Peter's collection that's he's not actually all that familiar with? It's more likely than you might think. Did 'Fall Be Kind' live up to the hype from Animal Collective's prior album, 'Merriweather Post Pavilion'? Let's get diggin'... You can hear the EP on your favorite streaming platform, or here: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mf6k2lvjzgNjH7wRtLApBQ8JiVzt4dSNg&feature=share

It's been considerably longer than "One Week", but Peter and Dre finally take on BNL's most popular release, 'Stunt' in their triumphant return to the podcasting world. You can hear the album on your favorite streaming platform, or here: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_md9QGXzzaXe58THNqQUckRyjyGSqbGw44&feature=share

Peter and Dre listen to a seminal hard rock album from 1988 that asks all the important questions, like "Am I Evil?": Danzig's self-titled debut. We come to some possibly surprising conclusions about who the least important person on these recordings might be, and and ponder the comparisons for Glenn's voice. You can hear the album on your favorite streaming platform, or here: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_k3eeaTNdPpwG8mFKNSNhNhX4RNAa-55nc&feature=share

Warren Zevon might never have gotten the universal acclaim that one of either Peter or Dre thinks he deserves (we'll leave it as an exercise for the listener to determine which of them it is), but he still produced a thoughtful, occasionally funny, sometimes macabre album in 'Excitable Boy' from 1978. How does it stand up, and what (and where) exactly was Lee Ho Fooks? You can hear the album on your favorite streaming platform, or here: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_k7Xox2EnOUA9i45oHs1r0juhQRkYBvWK0&feature=share

We struggle with the pronunciation of "μ-Ziq" more than we probably should, but 'Urmur Bile Trax Volume 1 & 2' turns out to be surprisingly straightforward of a listen. Be sure to keep your ear open for our sideline into racing games like 'Mario Kart' and 'F-Zero' because there's going to be a quiz after class, and you'll need to know where this drum-n-bass album fits into the whole equation. You can hear the album on your favorite streaming platform, or here: https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=e1_ZyKJGIGU&feature=share

What do you get when Robert Smith decides to rearrange an entire band, and needs to make a release of odd-and-ends? You get something like 'Japanese Whispers', the first release by The Cure to reach the Billboard 200, and an album filled with... well, you'll just have to listen to find out. You can hear the album on your favorite streaming platform, or here: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHP7bAjOIkpBE9Qj4bHJDl82Ev770kyfR&feature=share

Peter and Dre enter a guitar-driven wonderland of electronic-like dance-rock... but with all those things going for it, who does it ultimately work for, and who does it remind us of? You can hear the album on your favorite streaming platform, or here: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kXsuY-kwYGCKpXV2lGoUv00MBgAWcOzOQ&feature=share

Peter and Dre explore the seminal and important hip-hop album in A Tribe Called Quest's debut effort, 'People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm'. In it, Dre recalls how this brings back memories and where the album feels like, and Peter reveals some of the many limitations of his hip-hop awareness (while somehow still managing to get in a relevant reference to Frank Zappa). You can hear the album on your favorite streaming platform, or here: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mONSaWYjzC0B2ekdYIJ7UJF12Nb5MkwDg&feature=share

If an experimental artist like Beck sheds a lot of his modernist trappings and sample-heavy styles, what does he wind up with? Peter and Dre explore 'Modern Guilt' and come away with some interesting comparisons. Plus, hear a bonus story about Peter's experiences with legal substances during a Radiohead concert! You can hear the album on your favorite streaming platform, or here: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_m-IHka4wluNchKCg3WzdqjwHNbQaqHBEk&feature=share