Let the Music Be Your Master

A playlist for all your summer road trip needs.

We love music, AND we love movies, too! In this special Oscars Edition of LTMBYM, Jordan and Brandon discuss the movies of 2025 and give their predictions for the major Academy Awards categories. Let us know what you think! Please check the like button, leave us a review, and visit us at www.letthemusicbeyourmaster.com

Ever listen to a song and think to yourself, “This song should be a huge hit! Why isn’t everyone else listening to it right now? Am I the only person in the world with good taste?!” Well, you’re not alone. In this episode we share songs/artists that we are positive should be way more popular than they seem to be at the moment.

In celebration of American Independence Day (we recorded this on July 4th), we honor all those who have the courage to resist oppression and injustice, in whatever form it happens to take. For those of you with inclinations towards resistance, we discussed possibilities for a soundtrack/playlist to steel you for the task ahead. Listen to the playlist here: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQ0UYcHeKJCQuTitQMyhwJkNGEqWj2sGq&si=wFO9nkNyjmXnqCXj  

After a long hiatus, we’re back, just in time to tease each other about our year end wrapped (or recap, or whatever apple music does) lists. Fun Fact: the only artist to make all four of our wrapped lists: …there wasn’t one. That’s how unique we are, guys! Here’s another fun matching question: Match the artist to the podcaster who listened to them the most: 1. White Zombie 2. Sufjan Stevens 3. Chuck Mangione 4. GZA Answers are found in the pod. Also, who’s list starts out with these tracks? And what’s wrong with “Sensory Alignment II”?! Why is it nowhere to be found in the entire top 100? Tune in to find out. Love you!

Our final (for now) round of Ablum Swap. Can Steve finally appreciate Sufjan Stevens? What is Brian’s reaction to finally hearing Dark Side of the Moon for the first time? Tune in to find out.   Courtesy of thehardtimes.net: Screenshot

Another round of Album Swap, this time featuring Brian Croxall, in which we share our thoughts on  Song of Innocence by David Axelrod, Wrong by Nomeansno, No Blues by Los Campesinos!, The Magnolia Electric Co. by Songs: Ohia, and Teenager of the Year by Frank Black.

Each of us assigned one of our fellow pod members an album to listen to and report back on. These are the results. This episode includes: Saved! by Reverend Kristin Michael Hayter Moonshine Freeze by This is the Kit Emperor Tomato Ketchup by Stereolab Court and Spark by Joni Mitchell Enjoy!  

Did you know that last episode was the season finale of season 3? Neither did we. What makes a season in a podcast? No clue. But here we are, episode 1 of Season 4. If there was a theme or goal of season 3, it was to get a variety of guests on the pod. And I’d say we were pretty successful. We got a chance to talk with Gentry Densley, Steve Kesler, Pete Baumann, Janell Tuttle, Brian Watts, Michael Hicks, and Brian Croxall (2 or 3 times!). Great stuff. This season we’re planning on focusing on the Album as an art form. For the first episode, each of us was assigned a secret Santa podcast member and we had to choose an album the we loved that they had never listened to and they would give it a serious listen and report back on their thoughts and feelings. After this episode, I think we all came away with the same burning question: Does Steve like New Wave because it’s fun? Or is Steve fun because he likes New Wave? That one won’t be answered today, and probably not tomorrow, but there’s plenty of fun to be had in this episode and we hope you enjoy it as much as we did.

The original intent of this episode was to establish the 2nd floor of the Metal wing of our Hall of Fame. The 1st floor consists of only bands/music up to 1991. So here we are picking up where we left off, focusing on heavy music from 1990ish onwards. But now in hindsight, let’s say this episode isn’t so much a permanent Hall of Fame addition as it is a current exhibition about the topic. Either way, enjoy!