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Kris and Alex are joined by special guest Cotton Park to discuss our "comfort albums", albums we go to when we need to recover from crazy music or just make us feel nice and safe. Listen in as we review Sugar - Copper Blue Sambomaster - Sambomaster Wa Kimi Ni Katari Kakeru Frankie Reyes - Boleros Valses y Mas

The round-up #2 for 2018.  Alex reviews a bunch of Kraut and Prog albums.  Y'know, relevant stuff. You will hear Alex review: Amon Düül II - Wolf City Ange - Au-Delà Du Délire Cybotron - Implosion Gila - Gila Gong - Angel's Egg Gong - Camembert Electrique Hawkwind - Hall Of The Mountain Grill Magma - Ëmëhntëhtt-Rê Trilogie Popol Vuh - Aguirre Popol Vuh - Einsjäger & Siebenjäger Popol Vuh - Hosianna Mantra Popol Vuh - Nosferatu Popol Vuh - Seligpreisung Van Der Graaf Generator - H To He, Who Am The Only One

Back in early 2018 Kris asked Alex for some episode ideas and he wisely suggested to do a trio of noise-rock albums. Well, here we are with one album that would definitely count as noise-rock and two that maybe count for something vaguely noise-rock like. In other words, in typical fashion Alex goofed up, but on the plus side you get an episode where we review some great albums for annoying your neighbors. Lightning Bolt - Oblivion Hunter Melt-Banana - Cel-Scape Pneu - Highway To Health

For 2018 I'm going to be doing something different with The Round-up.  I will be making mini episodes where I do small reviews for a few albums, much like I did with The Round-Up for the past few years.  On this Round-Up you will hear brief reviews about Phillip Glass - Einstein On The Beach Verckys Et L´Orchestre Vévé - Congolese Funk, Afrobeat & Psychedelic Rumba 1969-1978 Die Antwoord - Mount Ninji and da Nice Time Kid deadmua5 - W:/2016ALBUM/ Fourt Tet - Rounds Oval - 94 Diskont

Seriously, can you we quit 2017?  No, not just yet.  Kris, Alex, and Pete talk about three more releases from 2017 that they just needed to muse about. King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Gumboot Soup Big Walnuts Yonder - Big Walnuts Yonder The Yardbirds - Yardbirds '68

Welcome to Part 3 of 3 of our 2017 year-end round-up.  Ryan, TeAngelo, and Alex are here to present the annual Riff 'N Rockies, our awards for the best albums, songs, and artists, and the worst as well.  Who will win this years coveted (and loathed) awards?  Listen and find out!

Part 2 of 3 of our 2017 round-up!  Corey, Kris, and Alex talk about their favorites and least favorites of the year.  What did they love?  What did they hate?  Find out on this episode of Music Talk!

Welcome to episode 1 of our 3 episode 2017 year end round up.  Kris and Alex are joined by classic guest host Corey to discuss some albums of 2017 that we really dug, but didn't get a chance to discuss previously.  Apologies for the audio quality.  Kris and Corey had some technical issues.  

TeAngelo is donating platelets and he still has time to discuss three more albums from 2017.  Ryan and Alex, meanwhile, sit in the comfort of their homes and help unpack a few more albums before the wrap-ups and rewards happen here. LCD Soundsystem - American Dream Ty Dolla $ign - Beach House 3 Björk - Utopia

One more before the New Year's wrap-ups.  Kris and Alex decide to cover a few releases from their favorite artists that sneaked in before 2017 came to a close. At The Drive-In - Diamante EP King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Polygondwanaland Kamasi Washington - Harmony of Difference.

Kris and Alex are at it again, and with no Omar albums to review they are taking a deep mysterious dive into the music from around the globe.  From dystopian electronic plunderphonics to Captain Beefheart's South American cousin we got it all right here on Muisc Talk! Electrodomésticos - ¡Viva Chile! Mamman Sani- La Musique Electronique du Niger Meridian Brothers -  Meridian Brothers VII      

A classic formula: Ryan and Teangelo disagree about an album, and hilarity ensues.  When did this happen?  Listen in and find out! Beck - Colors G. Herbo - Humble Beast St. Vincent - MASSEDUCTION

With the drying of the well Kris and Alex team up for one last (for now) Omarathon.  They take on the last release in the Ipecac series, Doom Patrol, as well as side project Crystal Fairy.  For good measure they take a long meandering journey through this series of releases, sharing their favorite albums and tracks and what their overall impressions were of the Ipecac series.  

You asked for, you demanded, and you pleaded; more Can coverage, more Krautrock coverage, and strangely more boxset coverage. Well hold onto your butts because we got all three for you. In honor of the passing of two of Can’s members Kris, Armando, and Alex decide to unpack the over 3 hour behemoth that is The Lost Tapes boxset. Surely an adventure you do not want to miss.

Ryan, Teangelo, and Alex discuss Drake so you know its going to be a good time.  Listen in as they also give the new albums by Kesha and Queens of the Stone Age a listen. Drake - More Life Kesha - Rainbow Queens of the Stone Age - Villains

They said we were mad, that we were flying too close to the sun, but we did not listen and decided to review not 1, not 2, not 4, but 3 King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard albums in one episode!  Listen in as Armando, Kris, and Alex review their three releases from 2017: Microtonal Flying Banana, Murder of the Universe, and Sketches of Brunswick East.

With the Omarathon on hold Armando, Kris, and Alex need something else to discuss and what better to discuss than experimental music.  Listen in as the trio discuss the new releases from Tera Melos and Goat.  See?  They can discuss things that do not contain a Rodriguez-Lopez. Tera Melos - Trash Generator Goat - Requiem.

After a brief summer break Ryan, TeAngelo, and Alex are back with an episode themed on exclusively African music....well until TeAngelo decided we needed to discuss the new Jay Z album as well.  For the first time in a while, the trio is all in one room, plus a baby.  You can't even tell.

Part XII, can you believe it?  Armando, Kris, and Alex must be losing their minds a little bit, and it shows as during their discussion of Solid State Mercenaries and Birth of A Ghost they struggle to maintain sanity.  Instead, they focus on get rich quick schemes and Magma.

Before they were music snobs they needed inspiration.  Ryan, Alex, and Teangelo go back in time to find the albums that had the biggest impact on them as music lovers.