Peter's got a problem: Too much music and not enough attention span. Dre's got a problem, too: Peter's taking her along with him. Every episode Peter gets a random album from his collection, and Dre experiences it with him, good, bad, or amazing.
Peter re-discovers that Dre is sorely lacking in her 'Star Wars' experiences, but they tromp their way through one of the most iconic film scores ever produced anyway. You can hear the album on your favorite streaming platform, or here: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nufJ7u7NEq73QyRj78Bsr60c4Fl9xHfhw&feature=share --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/diggin-peter/message
Do Peter and Dre encounter an EP in Peter's collection that's he's not actually all that familiar with? It's more likely than you might think. Did 'Fall Be Kind' live up to the hype from Animal Collective's prior album, 'Merriweather Post Pavilion'? Let's get diggin'... You can hear the EP on your favorite streaming platform, or here: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mf6k2lvjzgNjH7wRtLApBQ8JiVzt4dSNg&feature=share --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/diggin-peter/message
It's been considerably longer than "One Week", but Peter and Dre finally take on BNL's most popular release, 'Stunt' in their triumphant return to the podcasting world. You can hear the album on your favorite streaming platform, or here: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_md9QGXzzaXe58THNqQUckRyjyGSqbGw44&feature=share --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/diggin-peter/message
Peter and Dre listen to a seminal hard rock album from 1988 that asks all the important questions, like "Am I Evil?": Danzig's self-titled debut. We come to some possibly surprising conclusions about who the least important person on these recordings might be, and and ponder the comparisons for Glenn's voice. You can hear the album on your favorite streaming platform, or here: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_k3eeaTNdPpwG8mFKNSNhNhX4RNAa-55nc&feature=share --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/diggin-peter/message
Warren Zevon might never have gotten the universal acclaim that one of either Peter or Dre thinks he deserves (we'll leave it as an exercise for the listener to determine which of them it is), but he still produced a thoughtful, occasionally funny, sometimes macabre album in 'Excitable Boy' from 1978. How does it stand up, and what (and where) exactly was Lee Ho Fooks? You can hear the album on your favorite streaming platform, or here: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_k7Xox2EnOUA9i45oHs1r0juhQRkYBvWK0&feature=share --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/diggin-peter/message
We struggle with the pronunciation of "μ-Ziq" more than we probably should, but 'Urmur Bile Trax Volume 1 & 2' turns out to be surprisingly straightforward of a listen. Be sure to keep your ear open for our sideline into racing games like 'Mario Kart' and 'F-Zero' because there's going to be a quiz after class, and you'll need to know where this drum-n-bass album fits into the whole equation. You can hear the album on your favorite streaming platform, or here: https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=e1_ZyKJGIGU&feature=share --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/diggin-peter/message
What do you get when Robert Smith decides to rearrange an entire band, and needs to make a release of odd-and-ends? You get something like 'Japanese Whispers', the first release by The Cure to reach the Billboard 200, and an album filled with... well, you'll just have to listen to find out. You can hear the album on your favorite streaming platform, or here: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHP7bAjOIkpBE9Qj4bHJDl82Ev770kyfR&feature=share --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/diggin-peter/message
Peter and Dre enter a guitar-driven wonderland of electronic-like dance-rock... but with all those things going for it, who does it ultimately work for, and who does it remind us of? You can hear the album on your favorite streaming platform, or here: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kXsuY-kwYGCKpXV2lGoUv00MBgAWcOzOQ&feature=share --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/diggin-peter/message
Peter and Dre explore the seminal and important hip-hop album in A Tribe Called Quest's debut effort, 'People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm'. In it, Dre recalls how this brings back memories and where the album feels like, and Peter reveals some of the many limitations of his hip-hop awareness (while somehow still managing to get in a relevant reference to Frank Zappa). You can hear the album on your favorite streaming platform, or here: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mONSaWYjzC0B2ekdYIJ7UJF12Nb5MkwDg&feature=share --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/diggin-peter/message
If an experimental artist like Beck sheds a lot of his modernist trappings and sample-heavy styles, what does he wind up with? Peter and Dre explore 'Modern Guilt' and come away with some interesting comparisons. Plus, hear a bonus story about Peter's experiences with legal substances during a Radiohead concert! You can hear the album on your favorite streaming platform, or here: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_m-IHka4wluNchKCg3WzdqjwHNbQaqHBEk&feature=share --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/diggin-peter/message
The first concert Peter and Dre ever attended together was to see Thievery Corporation live, and now they get to talk about their fourth studio album, 'The Cosmic Game'. It's a cool blend of all sorts of styles and genres into a smooth concoction, but does it hold up to scrutiny? You can hear the album on your favorite streaming platform, or here: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lezyOSgqmxjUnlSM6sm7rQoyAtCNqxH78&feature=share --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/diggin-peter/message
What happens at the nexus of multiple genres of music when the artist can't tell the difference between himself and the character he created? Also, what do the Fats Boys and Janelle Monáe have to do with it? Find out if this is Peter's favorite Bowie album and if Dre sees the light! You can hear the album on your favorite streaming platform, or here: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_klxWDedbSRqgjGzYYSvyq3KdHY1wbTt_U&feature=share --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/diggin-peter/message
Simple, straight-forward, fun, blues-rock? OK, if you force us to. There are also side conversations about cartoon music and how it's often a kid's first introduction to classical, so how can you go wrong? You can hear the album on your favorite streaming platform, or here: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nEBO3pPwkJLeN_NiYx1OQ64Ng74z5RljQ&feature=share --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/diggin-peter/message
What happens when a bunch of punk (or, really, punk-adjacent) bands records wat-too-straight-forward covers of way-too-common 80's hits? Why are we still stuck on the 80's? Is there nothing else? Find out how Peter and Dre feel on this week's episode! You can hear the album on your favorite streaming platform, or here: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_k_6z2T0EvLnVFN3d2gPoe31gkFH0zUMt8&feature=share --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/diggin-peter/message
When Peter and Dre encounter Florence + The Machine for the first time, what kind of comparisons come up? Who do they think would be a good pairing for Florence's high-octane voice? And why are there so damn many charts in the music industry, anyway? You can hear the album on your favorite streaming platform, or here: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_la3hzlsDTPad_KZ_nYmzUAus9ZY6FzIDw&feature=share --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/diggin-peter/message
Between 1979 and 1980, Joy Division released two albums that would have a profound influence on the post-punk landscape, and which would eventually be described as a "sad hug" by Dre. Hear why this album matters so much to Peter's wife, and maybe even what else you could listen to if you like this. You can hear the album on your favorite streaming platform, or here: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mP0qxLbxGHiYTWx1u-zLziaWpnLaVaO90&feature=share --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/diggin-peter/message
Wanna hear Peter gush about one of his favorite musicians ever? Wanna hear Dre give some surprising opinions? Wanna hear one of the greatest ideas for a tribute album ever in the history of everything? Wanna learn who the only two people are who've recorded with both Weird Al and Frank Zappa? Then this is the episode you've got to listen to. You can hear the album on your favorite streaming platform, or here: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kO4EGxSTFDfX27FsuZPYCCNfSyP5GOpgY&feature=share --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/diggin-peter/message
What happens when Peter downloads an album without knowing what it is? What kind of connections does he find to other artists he already knows? Why does Dre keep trying to connect it to Spike Lee? Do we ever get answers to these questions? Come listen to Abdullah Ibrahim's 'Water from an Ancient Well' with us and find out. You can hear the album on your favorite streaming platform, or here: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mCC8-vI9pwvt_wvS9zTjzEeZ_H8gOWCKg&feature=share --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/diggin-peter/message
What happens when a former '90s indie-rock darling writes a theme album about loss and heartbreak? Peter and Dre find out when they listen to Juliana Hatfield's 2008 album, 'How to Walk Away'. You can hear the album on your favorite streaming platform, or here: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_m3F9TLvD5fhOi4rBOH9aNXoycawWlnSB4&feature=share --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/diggin-peter/message
We talk about the iconic and foundational hardcore punk debut from D.C.-area stalwarts Bad Brains. Peter mangles the history of punk rock while Dre comes away confused and opens up about her fear of clowns. This is one not to be missed. You can hear the album on your favorite streaming platform, or here: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mHenUXH-tROSxAe4DCxhyzIHJp2OP40z8&feature=share --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/diggin-peter/message
Peter and Dre get dropped into Bob Dylan's debut album from 1962, wondering what it is that makes him so important. Along the way, they wander into sidelines about Korn and Slipknot, because of course they do. You can hear the album on your favorite streaming platform, or here: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mKkt0oT4_VTqeYAQesajI3uDnjpo62h-E&feature=share --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/diggin-peter/message
Peter and Dre go on a slow cruise with Barry White's voice, and include stops along the way with Soul Train, rasta pasta, and the end of the world if Prince had been born with Barry's vocals. You can hear the album on your favorite streaming platform, or here: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lTuj0GXiPm9UNFksrZS6ADjG98VPW0QcY&feature=share --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/diggin-peter/message
What do you get when a fun, quirky New Wave band takes a hard turn toward fun, quirky, party-oriented pop? You get a song that practically everyone knows and loves, and an album filled with good times. The B-52's already had a following, but they became icons here. You can hear the album on your favorite streaming platform, or here: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mDXmlKHMaHDErV-z3CqD2nyaBHoCuC_So&feature=share --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/diggin-peter/message
Peter and Dre have a very special episode, finally getting out of their caves and going to a live show for the first time in... practically forever. Join us as we talk about Dre's first Tower of Power concert. How amazing was it? Find out! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/diggin-peter/message
Peter and Dre get down with some good ol' hard-rockin' slide-guitar blues, and pontificate on the live music and people-watching experience. You can hear the album on your favorite streaming platform, or here: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nJoyvZ_UK6Has4xBqmsotDl3npBGZdklg&feature=share --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/diggin-peter/message
When Peter and Dre get to Skee-Lo's debut album, 'I Wish', they start wishing for a lot of stuff. Then the go off on tangents about 90's rap in general, and the importance of rappers writing their own material, and so much other stuff. You can hear the album on your favorite streaming platform, or here: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_ksKL7zDlg4RJwuDze7Mh4zq0RDWS7BD6Y&feature=share --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/diggin-peter/message
There might be some astounding confessions, or at least some unexpected revelations here. Or there might not be. Either way, Peter and Dre take on The Beatles' legendary self-titled "White Album" from 1968. Does it hold up? Is it played out? Is it legendary? Take a spin and find out. You can hear the album on your favorite streaming platform, or here: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_ngFkZaiOccd84mOWCf4mZKbJrvsPzm8BE&feature=share --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/diggin-peter/message
How well does a comedy writer, aiming at middle-America in the early 60's hold up today? Do we still get the joke? How did this impact musical comedy in the past 60 years? Who knows?! Join Dre and Peter as they muck through the meteoric rise of a fat funnyman. You can hear the album on your favorite streaming platform, or here: https://www.pandora.com/artist/allan-sherman/my-son-the-greatest-the-best-of-allan-sherman/ALvKXhcg4dkjJv4 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/diggin-peter/message
A good, straight-forward, classic kinda R&B album? What could possibly go wrong? And who does this remind us of? And what nearly unforgiveable sin almost derailed this thing right from the start? You'd better listen to find out what Peter and Dre thought about Morgan James' 'Hunter'. You can hear the album on your favorite streaming platform, or here: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mlesOWBuiHH7ydMQilMqyOMtMAGHvjvlQ&feature=share --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/diggin-peter/message
Peter and Dre come up to an album that's so scary and disturbing that they're not exactly sure how to describe it and where it belongs. It sure is intense, though. Diamanda Galás' 'Vena Cava' definitely has an impact. You can hear the album on your favorite streaming platform, or here: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_neiYwmOWQf-k6zXuAkDCeCsEXquZUcHVY&feature=share --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/diggin-peter/message
Every once in a while, there comes an album that Peter can find no fault in, and that Dre has to search really hard to find fault in. This time, it happens to be a monumental instrumental effort by a Mexican pair who found their path in Ireland. You can hear the album on your favorite streaming platform, or here: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mnXcnz739r-YxHlUAzf4GqJfIYpQHfAUc&feature=share --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/diggin-peter/message
Wherein it is revealed that Peter is (unsurprisingly) a "Close Personal Friend of Al" and Dre is (unsurprisingly) not. It's not so much about the album as it is about Al, because in the end it's all about Al anyway, isn't it? Of course it is. You can hear the album on your favorite streaming platform, or here: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kvy1cj49r6Lqx7l9BOHE57V1n9i9t9qo4&feature=share --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/diggin-peter/message
Peter and Dre have a hard time getting all the way through this, but was it worth it? Was John Lennon's legacy upheld? Was Darfur saved? Tune in to find out! You can hear the album on your favorite streaming platform, or here: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nzmqCK6PSm5bYy581WT0JzCjHhqEDCE-U You can learn about and contribute to the amazing and important work done by Amnesty International through their website: https://www.amnesty.org --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/diggin-peter/message
What happens when a guitar virtuoso decides to release a 3-LP set of improvised solos to the unsuspecting masses? You get an impressed Dre, and a satisfied Peter. You can hear the album on your favorite streaming platform, or here: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mrDZNrebsGvNzO_9MqCDkQWvguT6RQXCE&feature=share --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/diggin-peter/message
Peter finds out just how little Dre knows about Jimi Hendrix, and also that Dre has a weird aversion to Ice-T's hair. You can hear the album on your favorite streaming platform, or here: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuBarC80-8A2v_wzVW2Sq8DZwpQx-WKH7 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/diggin-peter/message
When an album figures as prominently in Peter's teenage years as Beck's 'Mellow Gold' does... what does that mean when an older Peter listens to it a lot more closely? Can Dre tolerate something so absurd? Whatever conclusion will our heroes come to? Tune in to find out! You can hear the album on your favorite streaming platform, or here: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nPAIUoo0L3mn_L6pO27YnefiTWlhFFzyU --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/diggin-peter/message
Peter and Dre agree that Andrea Bocelli's 'Sogno' is both beautiful and... not really for them. They disagree about what that means for ratings, though, as well as the role of synthesizers in classical and classical-adjacent music. You can hear the album on your favorite streaming platform, or here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4sSyNuBE256hiYY8v49eX6zd4Mu46qCW --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/diggin-peter/message
Peter introduces Dre to a supremely influential figure in electric blues, and Dre can't help but compare it to the prior episode's subject. You can hear the album on your favorite streaming platform, or here: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nx-JLTPKIV8FTwHeE-0YuUoDehBFG1ML8 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/diggin-peter/message
Peter and Dre get into some great 70's Funk/Soul/R&B with the horn-driven sound of Tower of Power, and Peter is totally unable to be unbiased about it. You can hear the album on your favorite streaming platform, or here: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kWALQ5ovKhsJCXxpdXDEWTINikKaD1XlQ&feature=share --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/diggin-peter/message
Peter and Dre want to know what they've missed with Arrested Development 'Since the Last Time' they were in the charts, because they've kept going and now we're WAY BEHIND all of it. You can hear the album on your favorite streaming platform, or here: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_l2kxl4gXMXLsBs-DSRGiPXb5v4Rs0vW3A&feature=share --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/diggin-peter/message
Peter and Dre want to know where they've been this whole time, because there's something about this album that scratches an itch. You can hear the album on your favorite streaming platform, or here: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_l5zESYs93EqGT-H9YxKwlaIiY42uGKm7Q&feature=share --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/diggin-peter/message
Peter and Dre aren't sure what sign was supposed to have been bad, because everything sounds really good on this one. You can hear the album on your favorite streaming platform, or here: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kRTT9VaZ7Ht_pjIoBhtqhS_99sMi_D5a4&feature=share --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/diggin-peter/message
Peter and Dre come at this from totally different perspectives. Find out the thing that Dre hates about this (even if the album redeems itself later), and what track Peter thinks should have been saved for a 12" single (because holy moly this thing is long). Bonus: Dre waxes poetic about something called "The Box". You can hear the album on your favorite streaming platform, or here: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mV0-e6ybo2slUqIr2InzGKcd1dv-FRyHk&feature=share --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/diggin-peter/message
Peter and Dre come face to face with one of the ultimate in saxophone jazz records, and determine that adding vocals would only have made it worse (so, you know, thank goodness that never happened). Also we discover that Dre really dislikes Kenny G and scatting. Also also: What does Jim Henson have to do with all this? You can hear the album on your favorite streaming platform, or here: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_k8JDcwhru-y7ioe748nyccxSa1S-HqUyA&feature=share --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/diggin-peter/message
Peter and Dre can't help but be delighted by this lovely little nugget of an album that neither of them probably wouldn't have even noticed if it weren't for the fact that a fictional group of anthropomorphized rodents are singing on it. This might not be available on your preferred streaming platform, but you can hear it here: https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=RPkgMcmV7pk&feature=share --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/diggin-peter/message
Pre-warning: Lousy audio. Sorry. Oops. Peter and Dre get sucked into an album that neither of us really noticed too much when it first came out, but we're totally into it now. You can hear the album on your favorite streaming platform, or here: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lv4GlFNugoVj3PHeYsChvRqCXddTEg1lE&feature=share --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/diggin-peter/message
Peter and Dre take on a great year in music... but not one of the good releases from 1994. And feel a little bad about it, because Velocity Girl's 1994 album is nice enough, but... it's just... there. You can hear the album on your favorite streaming platform, or here: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_k5C8DVGN2y4m0Z9gkogvyXXx5QTWSKBbQ&feature=share --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/diggin-peter/message
Peter and Dre feel good about the game-show-meets-mariachi stylings of Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass' 'S.R.O.'. You can hear the album on your favorite streaming platform, or here: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kdQejaf-FuZ6WFYxIkSJqSOzyDBQ2lku0&feature=share --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/diggin-peter/message
Peter and Dre have some very different perspectives on this seminal compilation of novelty records. Somewhere along the way, they try to figure out the different between parody and satire, and then how that applies to novelty in general. You can hear a playlist that encapsulates most of this album here: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5kd0XvLvGUQTNamqq8Vq3zGsd4Gy1Bo-&feature=share --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/diggin-peter/message
Peter and Dre express their undying love for Esperanza Spalding and (spoiler alert) come very close to declaring this as essential listening. You can hear the album on your favorite streaming platform, or here: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mN_G5dE8-08TeoFKdaQVR8yV9RyILd3Xc&feature=share --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/diggin-peter/message
Peter and Dre only kinda talk about this compilation; it only really cover's Aerosmith's earliest years. They also go off on tangents about whether or not 'Greatest Hits' albums even have a place anymore, and the influence of Run DMC on Aerosmith even still being around in the first place. You can hear the album on your favorite streaming platform, or here: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_k5jByZk-5CvD0sGki0icXJJQ-roNfSitM&feature=share --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/diggin-peter/message
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