Musicology

Ben, Chris, Taylor, and Riley get together to say goodbye to Alien Happy Hour.

On the last episode of Musicology, we talk about the last album from Ben's favorite band, The Beatles.

Ben and Liz are joined by Taylor, Chris, and Jo to talk about The Greatest Generation by The Wonder Years and how 2013 was an amazing year for music. Music by The Velies https://thevelies.bandcamp.com/

Ben and Liz listen to 5 Seconds of Summer's 2020 release, Calm, and talk about the ideas of what makes an album cohesive.

Ben and Liz listen to U2's 1987 album Joshua Tree and talk about how their unique sound is reminiscent of another famous politically driven band.

Ben and Liz talk about Taylor Swift's 2012 album Red and how pop music has changed so dramatically over the last 10 years 8 years.

Ben and Liz listen to The Maine's 2019 album, You Are OK. Check out Logan Springer at https://www.facebook.com/Logan-Springer-Music-100487488092548/ and find more Solitary Sessions at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYNDzw-TeIpmUyX6k2CZX4A

On this episode of Musicology we compare Vampire Weekend's Father of the Bride with Paul Simon's Graceland - how they're similar, how they're different, and how they're both great.

We're back! Liz and Ben are talking about Oasis' sophomore release, (What's The Story) Morning Glory? Where were you while we were podcasting? Music from the Avey/Grouws Band, check out http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/aveygrouwsnewalbum

Ben and Liz talk about the wizard rock pioneers, Harry and the Potters, and their new album Lumos. Music from Flash in a Pan, find more at https://flashinapan.bandcamp.com/album/folklore

On this episode of Musicoloyg we talk about Regina Spektor's 2009 album Far. To play us out this week we have Reach to the Light by Minus Six. You can find more at https://www.minussix.com/

On this episode we talk about Tessa Violet's 2019 album Bad Ideas. Music this week by Jason Carl & The Whole Damn Band Find out more at https://www.facebook.com/JasonCarlBand/

In this episode we take a look at Blue October's 2006 album, Foiled.

Musicology looks at Johnny Cash's American IV: The Man Comes Around and talks about where it stands in his large catalogue of music.

We take a look at Closing Time by Semisonic, what makes it a hit and what has kept it in the public consciousness for all these years.

We take a look at Watzky's album, Cardboard Castles.

This week we talk about the album Routine Maintenance by Aaron West & the Roaring Twenties.

We take a look at Sturgill Simpson's new album SOUND & FURY and talk about where we think to future of music is.

This week we're breaking down Bruce Springsteen's breakout album - Born To Run. This week's song is Run Around by Rude Punch. To get more music head to rudepunch.com

We're doing our first side by side episode comparing two albums for two boy bands who ran the late 90s early 2000s - Backstreet Boys' Millennium and *NSYNC's No Strings Attached. This week's song is House of Glass by BEEs. Find more at bees.band

This week as a Patreon pick we're taking a look at Brockhampton's new album Ginger. The song this week is Slowly by Sunshrine. You can hear more of their music at https://sunshrine.bandcamp.com/

We're doing a One Night Only episode and taking a look at our very first live album - B.B. King's Live at the Regal. The song this week is Just Can't Keep From Crying by The Candymakers. More music and information at http://www.thecandymakers.com/

This is a Mastered episode where we'll be diving into Fleetwood Mac's mega-hit album, Rumors.

On our very first episode of Musicology, we'll be doing a Mastered Episode on the Prince album Musicology.

Welcome to our new Alien Happy Hour podcast, Musicology. This is an introduction to explain how this new show will work.