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Support the Official Release You can listen to Band of Horses’ Infinite Arms on: Apple Music Spotify Or purchase Infinite Arms on: Amazon Music Links Marvis Pro, the iOS music player Michael mentioned using to see his play counts. Vacationer’s Relief, the only album that came close to Infinite Arms’s play count number in Michael’s library. You can read Michael’s previous review on the record here. Michael mentioned having a Fracture print of Infinite Arms, which is a picture printed directly on glass for a minimal, sleek presentation. This is his current collection. Sun Kil Moon’s Benji, the album Marc claimed to be a perfect foil to the easily digestible and repeatable Infinite Arms. You can listen to our previous discussion on the record in Episode 8. Band of Horses’ new lineup during Infinite Arms, and would remain unchanged for years—the first “true” Band of Horses lineup: Benjamin Bridwell Creighton Barret Ryan Monroe Bill Reynolds Tyler Rams

You can listen to Carpenters’ Christmas Portrait on: Apple Music Spotify Or purchase Christmas Portrait on: Amazon Music Carpenters’ “Superstar”, featured in this classic car ride karaoke scene from Tommy Boy. Episode 3: “The Christmas Draft”, where Marc drafts “Merry Christmas Darling” & discusses at length with Michael & Aimee. Check it out for a more thorough discussion on the track. Brian Wilson & The Beach Boys Brian Wilson (self-titled, 1988). Certain segments and tracks on this record strongly resemble Richard’s on tracks like “It Came Upon A Midnight Clear”. That’s Why God Made the Radio (2012), which Michael felt too strongly resembled Richard’s vocal style (and not in a good way). We listened to Christmas Portrait (Special Edition) from 1984, which is a compilation of select tracks from… Christmas Portrait (original 1978 release) An Old-Fashioned Christmas (1984) Karen’s voice type is contralto, which is a somew

Our shuffle results (Spoilers!) Marc: “Michicant”, off Bon Ivers’ self-titled Michael: “Empty Room”, off Arcade Fire’s The Suburbs Marc: “Who Can I Turn To?”, off Tony Bennett & Bill Evans’ Together Again Michael: “Won’t Want for Love (Margaret In the Taiga”, off The Decemberists’ Hazards of Love Marc: “I Want To Tell You”, off The Beatles’ Revolver Michael: “Quiet Air / Gioia”, off ~Robin Pecknolds’ solo album~ Fleet Foxes’ Shore Marc: “Wake Up Sunshine”, off Chicago’s Chicago II Michael: “Blue Ridge Bazaar”, off River Valley Rangers’ Wide Open Marc: “It Was A Pleasure Then”, off Niko’s Chelsea Girl Michael: “This Changes Everything”, off The Last Bison’s Dorado EP Michael’s etched stone slab he calls a laptop, the 15” Mid 2012 MacBook Pro. Naughty Dog’s The Last of Us: Part 1 The iRiver iFP-390T, the old MP3 player our sister & honorable co-host, Aimee, bestowed onto Michael many years ago Bewilderingly in a triangular Toblerone shape. What a wild time th

You can listen to Lord Huron’s Vide Noir on: Apple Music Spotify Or purchase Vide Noir on: Amazon Music Lord Huron’s discography leading up to Vide Noir Mighty - EP (2010) Into the Sun - EP (2010) Lonesome Dreams (2012) Strange Trails (2015) Berkley (Michael and Kailie’s dog), certified best doggo in the world Riverside Theater in Milwaukee, WI Lord Huron’s “Video Postcard” promotional shorts “Fool For Love” music video from 2015’s Strange Trail Vide Noir 2 minute album teaser Vide Noir’s 30 minute album promo “Products of the Universe with Marsha Tanley”, which among many things spoofs shopping channels from the 80’s Vide Noir’s listing on IMDb Mentioned credits Mixer: Dave Fridmann Masterer: Greg Calbi Fortune teller machines (the one we remember was “Zoltar”) Long Lost, Lord Huron’s 2021 follow-up to Vide Noir (don’t worry, we’ll get to it at some point) Direct link to our Episode 2: Strange Trails conve

You can listen to Grizzly Bear’s Shields on: Apple Music Spotify Or purchase Shields on: Amazon Music Grizzly Bear’s discography Yellow House (2006) Veckatimest (2009) Shields (2012) Painted Ruins (2017) “Damn BOI HE THICC” Albums: available now for free on the iOS App Store Mentioned credits: Ben Wilkerson Tousley Richard Diebenkorn Michael H. Brauer Ryan Gilligan Bob Ludwig “That Guy” is Real Estate’s Alex Bleeker, who famously writes a token song per album, such as: “Wonder Years” from 2011’s Days “How Might I Live” from 2014’s Atlas “Diamond Eyes” from 2017’s In Mind Shields: B-Sides Aftershow: The Last of Us Part II. If you haven’t played it, play it. It’s a masterpiece. Quotes Chris Bear and I went to Mexico for a month. It was in Baja, this cute little cheap place. There was no one around, no cell reception. We could focus on doing stuff. We wrote ten songs

You can listen to Supertramp’s Breakfast In America on: Apple Music Spotify Or purchase Breakfast In America on: Amazon Music Michael’s review on 2014’s “Relief” Vacationer’s Discography leading up to Mindset Gone (2012) Relief (2014) Phoenix Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix (2009) Entertainment (2013) Kenny’s other projects The Starting Line Person L “Mindset” Cannabis strain merch Paul McCartney & Wings’ “Let Me Roll It” WALK THE MOON Mumford & Sons LUDO HalLUDOween Quotes “And that’s one of the things that I really enjoyed, was that first time I’d hear him hunting for a chord change and I’d think ‘Man, he’s just gone right off the edge because he’s not ever gonna get close. He’s way out there in some area that’s just–he’ll never get back. And if he’s successful, gets out of there, people are going to say, I’ve lost my tone center, don’t know where the hell I am and stuff. A

You can listen to Supertramp’s Breakfast In America on: Apple Music Spotify Or purchase Breakfast In America on: Amazon Music I Spy book series by Scholastic Breakfast in America chart position data Supertramp discography leading up to Breakfast In America: Supertramp (1970) Indelibly Stamped (1971) Crime of the Century (1974) Crisis? What Crisis? (1975) Even in the Quietest Moments… (1977) Hello Internet High-level Supertramp biography from AllMusic.com Wurlitzer keyboard Calvin and Hobbes’ “Chocolate Frosted Sugar Bombs” (the beanie arc) Learn about Muzak, listen to Muzak, become one with Muzak Sturgill Simpson’s “Call To Arms” Lord Huron’s “Ghost On the Shore” Similar, but different Supertramp’s “Child Of Vision” compared to Gorillaz’s “Empire Ants” ft. Little Dragon Blondie’s “Heart Of Glass” compared to Arcade Fire’s “Sprawl II (Mountains Byeond Mountains”) Arcade Fire & Debbie Harry of Blondie pe

You can listen to Father John Misty’s Pure Comedy on: Apple Music Spotify Or purchase The Epic on: Amazon Music Father John Misty’s other discography mentioned in-show: 2012’s Fear Fun 2015’s I Love You, Honeybear Josh Tillman’s history with Fleet Foxes The New York Times’ “How the Fleet Foxes Frontman Got Out to Get Back In” “We all started hating each other. There were a lot of tears.” Robin Pecknold’s AMA (1, 2) Fleetwood Mac’s “Little Lies” Reddit’s /r/im14andthisisdeep/ Bo Burnam & “Repeat Stuff” Jimmy Buffett Fleet Foxes’ Helplessness Blues Omnipotence Paradox Art ♫︎

You can listen to Kamasi Washington’s The Epic on: Apple Music Spotify Or purchase The Epic on: iTunes Amazon Music Thundercat Call and Response (music) Kamasi Washington’s Harmony of Difference EP Cherokee (a.k.a. “Indian Love Song”) by Ray Noble, 1938 University of North Texas One O’Clock Lab Band covering Ray Noble’s “Cherokee” Clifford Brown and Max Roach covering Ray Noble’s “Cherokee” We continue to get our instrument solos mixed up in “Clair de Lune”, the solo we disliked was Miles Mosley on the acoustic bass. Sorry cello players! Malcolm X’s Eulogy, as delivered by Ossie Davis at Malcolm X’s funeral February 27, 1965 Malcolm X’s last public speech, the same night his house was bombed and only days before his assassination. “Battery Kinzie”, Fleet Foxes Helplessness Blues Last song wouldn’t be complete without us once again getting our instrument solos mixed up; The solo we loved from “The Message” was the electric bass solo played by Stephen Bruner. Reference

You can listen to Kamasi Washington’s The Epic on: Apple Music Spotify Or purchase The Epic on: iTunes Amazon Music Cherokee (Ray Noble song from 1938) Vinyl release track order Marc got the bass solos mixed up, the acoustic bass solo by Miles Mosley was first (the one he didn’t like), then the electric bass solo by Stephen Bruner, a.k.a. Thundercat (which he did like). Disney’s Fantasia Kamasi Washington’s Harmony of Difference EP Bad Music Hertz Episode 9: The Explorers Club’s Grand Hotel Henrietta Lacks: the cancer patient whose cells were the starting point of the HeLa immortal cell line used in scientific research. Jimmy Buffett’s “A Pirate Looks At Forty” Wikipedia article on “authorial intent” Lindsay Ellis’s video essay on authorial intent, “Death of the Author” Kill Bill: Volume 1 & Kill Bill: Volume 2 Referenced Quotes I also loved “Leroy and Lanisha,” it had a similar calm energy to it. For some reason it reminded me of a lullaby. Like, I had never

You can listen to Kamasi Washington’s The Epic on: Apple Music Spotify Or purchase The Epic on: iTunes Amazon Music Vinyl release track order Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp a Butterfly Flying Lotus’s You’re Dead! Gilles Peterson’s 2015 “Album of the Year” 2015’s American Music Prize for Best Debut Album NPR’s 2015 Interview with Kamasi Washinton Brainfeeder Lord Huron Cowboy Bebop Fleet Foxes’ The Shrine / An Argument Referenced Quotes His recent triple album, “The Epic,” is a nearly three-hour suite for a 10-piece jazz band, backed by a 32-piece orchestra and a 20-person choir. “Kamasi Washington’s Giant Step”, The New York Times Magazine Art ♫︎

You can listen to Sun Kil Moon’s Benji on: Apple Music Spotify Or purchase Benji on: iTunes Amazon Music Arcade Fire’s The Suburbs Anthony Fantano @ theneedledrop.com Sub Kil Moon - Benji ALBUM REVIEW Beats Music (RIP) Reddit “Mumble Folk” Fleet Foxes Crack Up The Explorer’s Club Grand Hotel Bad Music Hertz Episode 7 “Grand Hotel” Dynamic range compression Double tracking “Do They Know It’s Christmas” by Band Aid 1984 “Happy Xmas (War Is Over)” by John & Yoko Plastic Ono Band Sufjan Stevens Example Song Title from 2005’s Illinois: “The Black Hawk War, or, How to Demolish an Entire Civilization and Still Feel Good About Yourself in the Morning, or, We Apologize for the Inconvenience but You’re Going to Have to Leave Now” Tenderloin, San Francisco ♫︎

You can listen to The Explorers Club’s Grand Hotel on: Apple Music Spotify Or purchase Grand Hotel on: Bandcamp iTunes Amazon Music The Beach Boys SMiLE The SMiLE Sessions Carl Wilson singing “God Only Know” Surf’s Up Boston’s self-titled LP, Boston Mark Linett, one of the producers on Grand Hotel. The Explorers Club’s debut LP, Freedom Wind What exactly is “music production”? The Last Bison’s sophomore LP, VA (pronounced “Virginia”) Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass’s Whipped Cream & Other Delights “The Girl From Ipanema” Paul Anka’s “Times of Your Life” The Bee Gees Lord Huron and their sophomore LP, Strange Trails Motown Vacationer Guitar World’s interview with Jason Brewer. Sturgill Simpson and “Welcome To Earth (Pollywog)” from A Sailor’s Guide to the World Other “vingette” songs: The Beatles’ “Her Majesty” from Abbey Road WALK THE MOON’s “Lions” from their self-titled record.

Note: Some of the singles picked and sampled throughout the episode contain explicit lyrics and/or content. Marc’s first Bad Music Hertz article on Helplessness Blues containing his “Lovers In Japan” story. Tim Convy on “Trip To The Lou” Tommy & The High Pilots → Beta Play Announcement Chris Hadfield performing Space Oddity on the International Space Station Aimee’s Singles The mixtape Van Halen - “Right Now” The Goo Goo Dolls - “Iris” & accompanying music video The Wallflowers - “One Headlight” Looking Glass - “Brandy You’re a Fine Girl” Mistakes Destiny’s Child - “Survivor” Nelly & Tim McGraw - “Over and Over” and assorted pop country Marc’s Singles The road-pavers from the iTunes catacombs Coldplay - “Lovers in Japan” & accompanying music video Counting Crows - “Mrs. Potter’s Lullaby” P!nk - “God Is a DJ” & accompanying music video Spring Awakening - “The Bitch of Living” Mistakes Cascada - “Everytime We Touch” Trace Adkins - “Honk

You can find Caity Cooper at caitycooper.com. You can also find her every Thursday updating her thrilling paranormal investigation web comic, Bloodhound. ProZD’s YouTube Channel Going from cutscene graphics to in-game graphics Games where only the cutscenes have full voice acting Yuna’s Sending Ceremony – Final Fantasy X Remaster Cutscene Caity’s Top 3 1st Pick: Final Fantasy X (Remastered) “Zanarkand” “Sending” “Path of Repentance” 2nd Pick: Mario Odyssey “Steam Gardens” “Bowser’s Castle (Courtyard)” “Forgotten Isle” “Lake Lamode” “MechaWiggler Battle” “Jump Up Superstar” 3rd Pick: Night In The Woods “Main Title” “Astral Alley” “Knife Fight” “Food Donkey” Honorable Mentions: Undertale “Waterfall” “Ruins” “Megalovania” Fan metal cover Fan a capella cover “Undertail” Live at Grillby’s - Fan Cover Album “A Date With Demise (It’s Raining

Sturgill Simpson Discography High Top Mountain (2013) Metamodern Sounds in Country Music (2014) A Sailor’s Guide to Earth (2016) TheNeedleDrop - “The Internet’s Busiest Music Nerd” Review of A Sailor’s Guide To Earth Cymbal - The social media app Marc couldn’t remember Phoenix - Ti Amo (NOT GOOD

Look, up in the sky! It’s an EP! It’s a holiday draft! It’s BOTH! With the fire roaring and hot cocoa piping, join the Barrowclift siblings as they go head-to-head to see who can create the best Christmas EP. Whose is the best? You decide! EP (“Extended Play”) and LP (“Long Play”) format types. “The Christmas Song” - Michael Bublé “The Christmas Song” - Amy Grant “The Christmas Song” - Bing Crosby White Christmas (film) starring Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, and Vera-Ellen Home Alone (film) “Sleight Ride” - TLC: Infuriating dads everywhere since 1993™ “Laughing with the Moon” off Coming Home by Jeanne and Richard Cotter A Charlie Brown Christmas in the Library Of Congress Musical Theme (Also called “Subject”): “A recognizable melody upon which part or all of a composition is based on.” (Wiki) The one and only “White Winter Hymnal” - Fleet Foxes Dominick the glorious Italian Christmas Donkey Be sure to let us know which EP is your favorite! Also, what would your Christ

Previous episode - Bad Music Hertz Episode 1: Lonesome Dreams Michael the Marmot Strange Trails “Teaser Trailer” Strange Trails No. 7 “The World Ender” Comic Book Paul McCartney’s RAM 3. Ram On 11. Ram On Stephen King’s 11/22/63 William Blake’s Songs of Innocence and of Experience “The World Ender” - Official Music Video Major, minor, and diminished chords explained (with examples) Song titles to lyrical speaker, as noted on the LP labels: “Love Like Ghosts” - Francine Lu “Until the Night Turns” - D. Redmayne/Phantom Riders “Dead Man’s Hand” - Buck Vernon “Hurricane (Johnnie’s Theme)” - D. Redmayne/Phantom Riders “La Belle Fleur Sauvage” - Remy Fusil “Fool For Love” - Buck Vernon “The World Ender” - D. Redmayne/Phantom Riders “Meet Me in the Woods” - Francine Lu/Claude Fox “The Yawning Grave” - Traditional “Frozen Pines” - H.W. Justine “Cursed” - Buck Vernon “Way Out There” - Traditional

A celebration and analysis of Lord Huron’s debut LP, Lonesome Dreams. Lord Huron websites Lonesome Dreams (Internet Archive) George Ranger Johnson’s webpage Video “postcards” “The Ghost on the Shore” music video / postcard Youtube Playlist (includes those from Strange Trails) Strange Trails comic book NPR Interview with Lord Huron’s Ben Schneider ♫︎