Music Talk

We are taking a brief break from reviewing new albums to discuss two albums that you have likely never heard.  This is because they come from Cold War era Hungary.  One is a one language away from being a classic rock staple, and the other is an runaway train of strange ideas and art-house shenanigans.  Find out which is which on this episode of Riff 'n Ralk Music Tock!   Locomotiv GT - Locomotiv GT A.E. Bizottság - Jégkrémbalett Download the episode here

While the saying might go 'If you don't have something nice to say don't say anything at all' when it comes to Ryan and Alex when they have nothing nice to say it usually means they will keep saying not nice things. On this episode they finally get around to DMX - Redemption of the Beast Meghan Trainor - Title Sleater Kinney - No Cities To Love   You can download the episode here

Ryan and Alex Finally got around to sharing their thoughts on the best of 2014.  While everyone else was eager to get their opinions out of the way in December they thought it would be nice to let the year fully sink in and pass by before giving their opinion.   Download the episode here

After all that has been said about Adrian Belew on this website is there really a need for introduction?  Hot off the end of an amazing tour and the release of his new apps FLUX and FLUX FX Adrian decided to spend a late morning chatting with Alex about this new frontier of musical experiences, sonic crafting, and just a touch of King Crimson.  We hope you enjoy!   If you want you can download the interview here Check out his website http://www.adrianbelew.net/ where you can buy FLUX and his other albums.

Recorded at the very end of 2014, Ryan and Alex just had to talk about two albums that took their sweet time coming out. D'Angelo and the Vanguard - Black Messiah Wu-Tang Clean - A Better Tomorrow Download the episode here

As we always say at Riff 'N Ralk better late than never! Yea, you probably own all of these albums, but should you return them? Listen and find out! Taylor Swift - 1989 Prince - Art Official Age Run The Jewels - Run The Jewels 2   you can download the episode here

Just in time to end the month we got three(ish) albums to talk about.  We are joined by a special guest to talk music Aphex Twin - Syro Top Gun - The Soundtrack Shellac - Due Incredible   Download the episode here

The audio is pretty fubared on this episode initially, but it gets better as it progresses. No idea what happened that goofed it up. Still a great episode if you can get past some glitchy initial audio. Maroon 5 - V Kimbra - The Golden Echo Godsmack - 1,000hp Download the episode here

White men with guitars and accordions?  OH YOU BET! Michael Cera - true that Jason Mraz - YES! "Weird Al" Yankovic - Mandatory Fun You can download the episode here

Happy Summer.  We are here with another major Hip-Hop showdown between two unlikely contenders. In our first corner we have Hip-Hop's Cornrowiest Cali rapper Riff-Raff with his release Neon Icon In our second corner we have three madmen who used to call themselves Death Grips with their release Niggas On The Moon   As always, you can download the episode by click here

Are you feeling Smooth?  If so check out this sweet sweet episode where Ryan and Alex discuss Santana - Corazon Le Butcherettes - Cry Is For the Flies The Black Keys - Turn Blue This episode was recorded some time ago, before Ryan being all married and such, and before the website went down. You can download it here

We are joined by professional cynic and cartoonist Steve Clark to discuss a few more albums John Frusciante - Enclosure Girl Talk and Freeway - Broken Ankles Skindred - Kill the Power You can even download the episode by clicking here

Hi guys we've started a new show.  It's about stuff in the world of music that does not contain album reviews.  This first episode has Corey and Alex discussing discrimination via Macklemore and Flaming Lips, Miley Cyrus as an artist, and why St. Vincent is apparently weird. You can download the episode here

Wow, what a great experience this was.  Juan was willing to chat for nearly an hour about Big Sir, Deltron 3030, Vato Negro, The Mars Volta, ZAVALAZ, and sandwiches.   You can even download it here

 You can listen to the episode by clicking here It's a brand new day. And time for a brand new episode! This time round Alex, Ryan and a very special guest review: Taking Back Sunday: Happiness Is... Skrillex: Recess

You can download the episode by clicking here   Ryan's first stab at editing an episode. We take on Beck - Morning Phase St. Vincent - St. Vincent Kimono Kult - Hiding in the Light

You can download the episode by clicking here We are joined by the ever funny Job Grob to discuss Against Me!'s Transgender Dysphoria Blues Bruce Springsteen's High Hopes  Lawrence Arms'  Metropole

  You can download the episode here We share our winter playlist so you can enjoy it for the last few weeks of winter. Ryan also reads some R. Kelly Lyrics and we reenact a bit too much of The Whisper Song. Bonus for you guys:  I read the Kimono Kult description at the end.

You can download the episode by clicking here We review Lady Gaga - Artpop Melt-Banana - Fetch We are then joined by a few guests to discuss the best and worst of 2013

You can download the episode by clicking here Miley Cyrus - Bangerz Gary Numan - Splinter (songs from a Broken Mind) Panic! At The Disco - Too Weird, to Live, Too Rare To Die!   My best creative efforts can be heard around the 33:45 mark.