Deaf With The Record Episode 8 - 'Blue' by Joni Mitchell

This week on Deaf With The Record Jamie and Ollie discuss arguably the greatest (?) album of the 90s, or at the very least the decade's most lavish and heartbreaking. If you've never listened to Spiritualized then give this album a spin and come back to hear some discussions about its production, influences and utter brilliance (can you tell we really love this one?)   Then the usual: YEAR IN MUSIC, APEX, ALTERNATE CUTS AND ALBUM COVER NIGHTCLUB. INSTA: @deafwiththerecord  Keep your eyes peeled for more video content on our Youtube.

After a few weeks off, in which Jamie and Ollie worked alongside Gareth and the boys to bring football home, DWTR is back for good.  What better way to end the hiatus than with an episode on 'The Score': one of the best hiphop records of the 90s and every bit as good 25 years on. Expect discussions of the group's origins, Lauryn Hill and Wyclef's competing talents, Pras' business acumen, and how Fugees wrote some of the best hooks ever pressed to wax.   Then the usual: YEAR IN MUSIC, APEX, ALTERNATE CUTS AND ALBUM COVER NIGHTCLUB. INSTA: @deafwiththerecord  Keep your eyes peeled for more video content on our Youtube.

Jamie and Ollie could only suppress their English indie impulses for so long, it can't all be The Beach Boys and Fela Kuti, sometimes you just wanna talk about the music you listened to when you were 15, u know?! :'( Expect discussions of coastal sea-side towns, how Metronomy have managed to hold our interest over all these years, and even some reminiscing about Skins too!  Then the usual: YEAR IN MUSIC, APEX, ALTERNATE CUTS AND ALBUM COVER NIGHTCLUB. INSTA: @deafwiththerecord  Keep your eyes peeled for more video content on our Youtube.

Yes, that's right! We've bloody sold out!! We've gone pop!!!  Episode three of Season 2 focuses on one of Ollie and Jamie's favourite pop records of the noughties - 'Alright, Still.' Remember those halcyon days of 2006? Tabloids, MySpace, Jonathan Ross...!  Expect discussions of Lily's rise to prominence, what a good pop album is all about and then finally the premiere of the hotly anticipated POPSTAR LEAGUES. This might be the best thing DWTR has ever done so get yourself gassed.  Then the usual too: YEAR IN MUSIC, APEX, ALTERNATE CUTS AND ALBUM COVER NIGHTCLUB. INSTA: @deafwiththerecord  Keep your eyes peeled for more video content on our Youtube.

"Just remember ALL CAPS when you spell the man name"  This week Ollie and Jamie talk about the one and only Madvillainy. In the shadow of DOOM's death how has the experience of listening to this album changed? Is Madlib the greatest producer of all time? Is this album-cover going straight into the GOAT section of the nightclub? Expect answers to all these questions and more... INSTA: @deafwiththerecord  Keep your eyes peeled for more video content on our Youtube.

The tenth and FINAL* episode of Season 1 of Deaf With The Record focuses on LCD Soundsystem's 'This is Happening'.... and finally Ollie and Jamie have cast the webcams aside and are face to face in the same room - it's a Christmas miracle!!   Over the course of the episode, Ollie and Jamie discuss the ways in which James Murphy plays with the idea of influence and why I Can Change is the best pop song they've ever heard, before re-evaluating the context behind the band's break-up, their final gig and their eventual reformation.   Expect the usual too: YEAR IN MUSIC, APEX, ALTERNATE CUTS AND ALBUM COVER NIGHTCLUB. INSTA: @deafwiththerecord  If you prefer your podcasts in video form please check out our Youtube *:'(

The eighth episode of Season 1 of Deaf With The Record focuses on Joni Mitchell's 1971 masterpiece 'Blue'.  This is a must listen just to hear Jamie restrain himself for 45 minutes from gushing about Hejira and Joni's later 'jazzy' experiments. The boys also discuss some of the more poignant stories behind Joni's songs, as well as her approach to lyricism and the ways in which she has been unfairly compared to her contemporaries. Expect the usual too: YEAR IN MUSIC, APEX, ALTERNATE CUTS AND ALBUM COVER NIGHTCLUB. INSTA: @deafwiththerecord  If you prefer your podcasts in video form please check out our Youtube

The seventh episode of Season 1 of Deaf With The Record focuses on Stereolab's space-infused classic Dots and Loops.  Ollie and Jamie discuss how the music press has attempted to describe (and also deride) Stereolab over the years, before breaking down some of this album's best tracks and then finally putting our Liberal Arts ™ critical theory hats on and waxing lyrical about the band's Marxist politics (when I saw we, I really mean me, Jamie, though you can look forward to lots of quizzical looks from Ollie as I launch into a diatribe about Stan Brakhage before he eventually replies with "err, if you say so lad".)  Expect the usual too: YEAR IN MUSIC, APEX, ALTERNATE CUTS AND ALBUM COVER NIGHTCLUB. INSTA: @deafwiththerecord  If you prefer your podcasts in video form please check out our Youtube

The sixth episode of Season 1 of Deaf With The Record focuses on Erykah Badu's Mama's Gun.  Buckle up people because this album is one Jamie and Ollie's favourites. They discuss the collective behind this album's music, Erykah's background as a performer as well as assessing the usefulness of terms like Neo-Soul when discussing her music.  Expect the usual too: YEAR IN MUSIC, APEX, ALTERNATE CUTS AND ALBUM COVER NIGHTCLUB. INSTA: @deafwiththerecord  If you prefer your podcasts in video form please check out our Youtube

The fifth episode of Season 1 of Deaf With The Record focuses on Khruangbin's most recent album Mordechai.  Jamie and Ollie discuss how this album has split opinion, the limitations of Khruangbin's sound as well as debating whether their classification as 'chill' is a meaningful one.  Expect the usual too: YEAR IN MUSIC, APEX, ALTERNATE CUTS AND ALBUM COVER NIGHTCLUB. We've Made a Better One Playlist lol  INSTA: @deafwiththerecord  If you prefer your podcasts in video form please check out our Youtube