Pint Notes

It's a new year, and another year of music for Pint Notes and its hosts, Rebecca Ruiz and Josh Wodarz. But first, there's unfinished business. Mainly the "Things We Loved From the Second Half of 2018" episode that has been languishing in the vaults. In no particular order, here's what the hosts loved in 2018: Rae Spoon - bodiesofwater Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse Soundtrack Arre! Arre! - A.T.T.A.C.K. J Mascis - Elastic Days Art Brut - Wham! Bang! Let's Rock out! The Watson Twins - Duo Blizzard Babies - Missing Time Buddy - Harlan & Alondra Kev Brown - Homework Petite Noir - Blame Fire Slothrust - The Pact The Internet - Hive Mind Jon Batiste - Hollywood Africans Astronauts, etc. - Living In Symbol boygenius - boygenius Cat Power - Wanderer Mitski - Be the Cowboy Dragon Inn 3 - Double Line Ron Gallo - Stardust Birthday Party Adrienne Lenker - abysskiss https://open.spotify.com/user/riskylengths/playlist/7Ho7wh9vb1TbZvHPHxByiP?si=RVdKTj2sRa25u9IQdfhOfw

Hosts Rebecca Ruiz and Josh Wodarz return again to record in a seedy basement bar and bring you reviews of new music and drink some new beer. This week's albums include: Cat Power - Wanderer Ron Gallo - Stardust Birthday Adrianne Lenker - abyskiss Wayne Horvitz - The Snowghost Sessions Peluche - Unforgettable Petite Noir - La Maison Noir Sophie Calle - Souris Calle Featured Beers: This episode, Josh and Becca try out beers from the Sierra Nevada Single Hop variety back. Sierra Nevada Citra IPA El Dorado Session IPA Mosaic Double IPA https://open.spotify.com/user/riskylengths/playlist/1S6eEy7VFd9pwFsEbQOpPn?si=mZd6uqbbTciCoQ6psdV45w

Ho ho ho! It's a Christmas Pint Notes as Rebecca Ruiz talks about some of the new Christmas albums out there for you to put on while you unwrap presents or gather around the Christmas table. Wait? Christmas table? That can't be a thing, can it? Anyways, she talks through all the Christmas music she liked. And where's Josh Wodarz? Listen and find out.

Hosts Rebecca Ruiz and Josh Wodarz return again to record in a seedy basement bar and bring you reviews of new music and drink some new beer. This week's albums include: Anna Calvi - Hunger Saintseneca - Pillar of Na Rae Spoon - bodiesofwater Spiritualized - And Nothing Hurt Joey Purp - Quarterthing Paul McCartney - Egypt Station Teleman - Family of Aliens Featured Beers: Clown Shoes - Chocolate Sombrero Bell's Brewery - Special Double Cream Stout https://open.spotify.com/user/riskylengths/playlist/5YcZRWibVtchunZHAUKK7U?si=7AKz0YJETFC_XkasiPR-2g

Hosts Rebecca Ruiz and Josh Wodarz return again to record in a seedy basement bar and bring you reviews of new music and drink some new beer. This week's albums include: Dragon Inn 3 - Double Line Mitski - Be the Cowboy Lola Kirke - Heart Head West The Black Delta Movement - Preservation Kev Brown - Homework Our Girl - Stranger Today Mahmundi - Para Dias Ruins Featured Beers: Dogfish Head - Dragons & Yum Yums Castle Danger - Castle Cream Ale https://open.spotify.com/user/riskylengths/playlist/4WKL8d69y98XfPCF6RRLik?si=g_xzaliKS4uE8i19ksfjxA

Hosts Rebecca Ruiz and Josh Wodarz return again to record in a seedy basement bar and bring you reviews of new music and drink some new beer. This week's albums include: Buddy - Harlan & Alondra The Internet - Hive Mind Negative Scanner - T.V. Ty Segall/White Fences - Joy Astronauts, etc - Living in Symbol Dee Snider - For the Love of Metal Featured Beers: Fairstate Brewing Co-Op - Keep the North Cold Firesone Walker - Luponic Distortion https://open.spotify.com/user/riskylengths/playlist/3wl81EKOBbfLDa8tLJyanq?si=RI9D56-vRvWgp749egqmeg

Hosts Rebecca Ruiz and Josh Wodarz return again to record in a seedy basement bar and bring you reviews of new music and drink some new beer. This week they look at their favorite albums of 2018, so far: Roger Daltrey - As Long as I have You Chemtrails - Calf of the Sacred Cow Lucy Dacus - Historian Essex Green - Hardly Electric Erika Wennerström - Sweet Unknown Hinds - I Don't Run Belly - Dove Tancred - Nightstand Neko Case - Hell On Screaming Females - All at Once Screaming Females - The AV Club Closer - All This Will Be Dream Wife - Dream Wife Big Freedia - 3rd Ward Bounce Thunderpussy - Thunderpussy Confidence Man - Confident Music for Confident People Dos Santos - Logos Doja Cat - Amala Yo La Tengo - There's a Riot Going On Hop Along - Bark Your Head Off, Dog Lissie - Castles Bedbug - i'll count to heaven in years without season Beers Mile Wide Beer Co. Bramble Country Boy Brewing Cliff Jumper IPA https://open.spotify.com/user/riskylengths/playlist/59Lm3UCRwxUKHiNcPuxUy1?si=1JvOrZFwQr-yYXuOWuXKew

Hosts Rebecca Ruiz and Josh Wodarz decide to delve into the world of comic book movies and their soundtracks; well, specifically Scott Pilgrim vs. The World and its soundtrack. The comic book that the Scott Pilgrim movie is based on was heavily rooted in Toronto, Canada's indie rock scene in the early-to-mid 2000:s. When it came to the soundtrack, those influences are exactly where Director Edgar Wright headed. So, crack open the beer of choice for this film (Miller High Life Tallboys) and listen to Josh and Becca talk about the slugdy garage rock and slick indie-pop of Scott Pilgrim vs. The World. Show notes and links: Tara Strong Does Bubbles Voice (youtu.be) Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: Black Sheep - FULL music video (youtube.com) Music References | Scott Pilgrim Wiki (wikia.com) Music from Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (musicfromfilm.com)

Hosts Rebecca Ruiz and Josh Wodarz return again to record in a seedy basement bar and bring you reviews of new music and drink some new beer. Wait, scratch that. They bring you a canon episode, and one that's a little bit different. Here are Becca and Josh's "comfort music" and their "comfort drinks." We hope you enjoy and that you get the same sort of comfort and rejuvenation out of this music that we do. Zoe Keating - One Cello x 16: Natoma Yo La Tengo - And then nothing turned itself inside out... https://open.spotify.com/user/riskylengths/playlist/14W18aRf31SD7ZVSR6Vnjg?si=noY8TwSxRg2iK9in9XXamA

Hosts Rebecca Ruiz and Josh Wodarz return again to record in a seedy basement bar, to bring you reviews of new music and to drink some new beer. This week's albums include: Julianna Hatfield - Julianna Hatfield Sings Olivia Newton-John Confidence Man - Confident Music for Confident People Hinds - I Don't Run Brazilian Girls - Let's Make Love Exmaid - Fair Sex Alison Wonderland - Awake Featured Beers: Pipeworks Brewing Co - Close Encounter Black IPA https://open.spotify.com/user/riskylengths/playlist/4kgMNbeSSGtaIQOU8C0Pdm?si=-ya87CU5SrWQg0Vf4iWVXg

Hosts Rebecca Ruiz and Josh Wodarz return again to record in a seedy basement bar and bring you reviews of new music and drink some new beer. This week's albums include: Lindi Ortega - Liberty Erika Wennerstrom - Sweet Unknown Doja Cat - Amala Kate Nash - Yesterday Was Forever Club Kuru - Giving In Jukebox the Ghost - Off to the Races Featured Beers: Waldmann Brewery - Wiener Pipeworks Brewing Co - Lizard King https://open.spotify.com/user/riskylengths/playlist/0qeskKIJvzjZD5KWLGdPmB?si=tZIs9OsGRtKPd5K-8c_ayg

Hosts Rebecca Ruiz and Josh Wodarz return again to record in a seedy basement bar and bring you reviews of new music and drink some new beer. This week's albums include: Gloria - Oidophon Echorama Young Fathers - Cocoa Sugar Marco Benevento - Invisible Baby INVSN - Forever Rejected Acid Dad - S/T Fickle Friends - You Are Someone Else Featured Beers: The Bruery's Or Xata Broken Clock Brewery Collective Lavender Uprising https://open.spotify.com/user/riskylengths/playlist/3uxQSCcN8BIVGgmKHglbaz?si=mJIW0Gp8TLCfCHd962y3DA

Hosts Rebecca Ruiz and Josh Wodarz return again to record in a seedy basement bar and bring you reviews of new music and drink some new beer. This week's albums include: Lucy Dacus - Historian Computer Magic - Dansz Caroline Rose - LONER Bea Miller - Aurora Gavlyn & DJ Hoppa - Headspace Thunderpussy - Greatest Tits EP Featured Beers: Surly Brewing - 60 Below https://open.spotify.com/user/riskylengths/playlist/7bGBfjK1GESuFezo4GwnOy?si=bdpXwOq9QXOXTQePjPTaHA

Hosts Rebecca Ruiz and Josh Wodarz return again to record in a seedy basement bar and bring you reviews of new music and drink some new beer. This week's albums include: Chemtrails - Calf of the Sacred Cow Ravyn Lenae - Crush EP Mean Jeans - Jingles The Atlas Moth - Coma Noir Wild Child - Expectations Fu Manchu - Clone of the Universe Featured Beers: Bell's Brewing - Amber Ale Brookly Brewery - Naranjito

Hosts Rebecca Ruiz and Josh Wodarz return again to record in a seedy basement bar and bring you reviews of new music and drink some new beer. This week's albums include: Hookworm - Microshift Dream Wife - Dream Wife Dommengang - Love Jail Calexico - The Thread That Keeps Us Mast - Thelonious Sphere Monk Hollie Cook - Vessel of Love Featured Beers: Rogue Brewery - Yellow Snow Pilsener Paradox Beer Company - #43 2016 Vanilla Peaches https://open.spotify.com/user/riskylengths/playlist/3WJwe99V6k9YCO91Ufomxv?si=cd5mQHx8T6Wn9YDJdXWyQg

Hosts Rebecca Ruiz and Josh Wodarz return again to record in a seedy basement bar and bring you reviews of new music and drink some new beer. This week's albums include: cupcaKKe - Ephorize Wes Youssi & the Country Champs - Down Low Starcrawler - S/T The Go! Team - SEMICIRCLE Closer - All This Will Be Negative Gemini - Bad Baby Featured Beers: 12Twelve Eyes - Pomegranate Pale Brooklyn Brewing - Defender Golden IPA https://open.spotify.com/user/riskylengths/playlist/7D8AgyVHunG96ohdw6Fq5a?si=osjeiV5GTlq2vBCUm81YvA

Hosts Rebecca Ruiz and Josh Wodarz return again to record in a seedy basement bar and bring you reviews of new music and drink some new beer. Wait; hold up! That's not what they do this episode! This episode, they dive into their canon and come up with one classic album and one classic beer to discuss. Get ready to jump into the mosh pit as they talk about Rage Against the Machine's self-titled 1992 debut album, and Minnesota's own, Surly Furious. Show notes and links: The real story of Rage Against The Machine's debut album (teamrock.com) Rage Against the Machine on the album that shocked the system (telegraph.co.uk) https://open.spotify.com/user/riskylengths/playlist/4sZUoVpUHeKdO9bXylMIT3

It's time to ring in the new year, and Rebecca Ruiz and Josh Wodarz have a list of all the albums they loved from the second half of 2017. And if you missed their show June about their favorite albums from the first half of 2017, see the link at the bottom of the show notes. This week's albums include: Chante Moore - Christmas Back to You Lorde - Melodrama EERA - Reflection of Youth Kesha - Rainbow Converge - The Dust in Us Charlie XCX - Pop 2 / Number 1 Angel RAC - EGO QUIŃ - DREAMGIRL Tall Friend - Safely Nobodies NVDES - NVDITE Vol 1 & 2 Monster Rally - The Flowering Jungle The Beaches - Late Show Melkbelly - Nothing Valley Who is She? - Seattle Gossip Miguel - War & Leisure Curtis Harding - Face Your FEAR Alvvays - Antisocialites GIRLI - Hot Mess Slothrust - Show Me How You Want It to Be And So I Watch You from Afar - The Endless Shimmering Margo Price - Weakness Margot Price - All American Made Arcade Fire - Everything Now LA Witch - S/T Featured Beers: Blackstack Brewing - Cream Ale Utepils - ALT 1884 Show notes and links: Best of 2017 So Far (csicon.fm) https://open.spotify.com/user/riskylengths/playlist/5raaaf66FJpgiVYsejVICS

Hosts Rebecca Ruiz and Josh Wodarz return again to record in a seedy basement bar and bring you reviews of new music and drink some new beer. This week's albums include: The Beaches - Late Show Miguel - War & Leisure FITS - All Belief is Paradise Kelela- Take Me Apart Jim James - Tribute To 2 Belle & Sebastian - How to Solve Our Human Problems (Part 1) The Big Moon - Love in the 4th Dimension Featured Beers: Indeed Old Friend Central Waters Brewing Company's Bourbon Barrel Stout https://open.spotify.com/user/riskylengths/playlist/6aQImk9B4x2hyio6S6Npxh

Hosts Rebecca Ruiz and Josh Wodarz return again to record in a seedy basement bar and bring you reviews of new music and drink some new beer. This week's albums include: Samantha Fish - Belle of the West EERA - Reflection of Youth Slothrust - Show Me How You Want It to Be Mexican Institute of Sound - Disco Popular Blitzen Trapper - Wild and Reckless Spinning Coin - Permo Victor Rice - Smoke Featured Beers: Fair State Co-Op Witchhunt Wasatch Polygamy Nitro Porter Show notes and links: Pint Notes Episode 66 on Spotify (spotify.com) https://open.spotify.com/user/riskylengths/playlist/30ApnZG5l06LRSMuF95BR1

So Punk and Awesome Hosts Rebecca Ruiz and Josh Wodarz return again to record in a seedy basement bar and bring you reviews of new music and drink some new beer. This week's albums include: Margot Price - All American Made Bully - Losing Curtis Harding - Face Your Fear Jackie Shane - Any Other Way And So I Watch You from Afar - The Endless Shimmering CCFX - CCFX EP Featured Beers: New Glarus Brewing - Moon Man Brooklyn Brewery - Booklyn Brown Ale spotify:user:riskylengths:playlist:6nLnb7THfbet36ICsI7ndF

Hosts Rebecca Ruiz and Josh Wodarz return again to record in a seedy basement bar and bring you reviews of new music and drink some new beer. This week's albums include: St. Vincent - MASSEDUCTION Sloan Peterson - Midnight Love Robert Plant - Carry Fire Weaves - Wide Open Pale Honey - Devotion Keyon Harrold - The Mugician Featured Beers: Surly Brewing - Surlyfest Sourwench Blackberry Ale

So Punk and Awesome. Hosts Rebecca Ruiz and Josh Wodarz return again to record in a seedy basement bar and bring you reviews of new music and drink some new beer. This week's albums include: Alvvays - Antisocialites Deer Tick - Vol. 1 & 2 Zola Jesus - Okovi El Goodo - By Order of the Moose Flora Matos - Electrocardiograma Featured Beers: Bell's Brewing - Best Brown Ale Deschutes Brewery1 - American Wheat Ale

Hosts Rebecca Ruiz and Josh Wodarz return again to record in a seedy basement bar and bring you reviews of new music and drink some new beer. This week's albums include: LCD Soundsystem - American Dream Widowspeak - Expect the Best Wild Ponies - Galax QUIÑ - DREAMGIRL Spendtime Palace - Sonora The Side Eyes - So Sick Featured Beers: Off-Color Brewery - Apex Predator Third Trophic Level Farmhouse Ale Stone Brewing - Ghost Hammer IPA https://open.spotify.com/user/riskylengths/playlist/7FiXTOYpQAdOgk9Jugm4oO

Hosts Rebecca Ruiz and Josh Wodarz return again to record in a seedy basement bar and bring you reviews of new music and drink some new beer. This week's albums include: Kesha - Rainbow The Bombay Royale - Run Kitty Run Tall Friend - Safe Nobody's Crash City Saints - Are You Free? dodie - You EP NVDES - NVDITÉ Vol. 1 Featured Beers: Coronado Brewing Co - Guava Islander Tropical IPA Indeed Brewing - Peach Bum IPA https://open.spotify.com/user/riskylengths/playlist/3tU4DKImMB5q4fDapB6U2T

Hosts Rebecca Ruiz and Josh Wodarz return again to record in a seedy basement bar and bring you reviews of new music and drink some new beer. This week's albums include: Katie Von Schleicher - Shitty Hits Umm - Double Worshippers Junior Astronauts - Body Language Madonnatron - Madonnatron joywave - content Aminé - Good for You Featured Beers: Dogfish Head - 90 Minute IPA Fair State Brewing Cooperative - Pahlay'Ahlay Pale Ale

Hosts Rebecca Ruiz and Josh Wodarz return again to record in a seedy basement bar and bring you reviews of new music and drink some new beer. This week's albums include: Lorde - Melodrama Waxahatchee - Out in the Storm The Jungle Giants - Quiet Ferocity RAC - Summer Heartbreak w/ K. Flay Margo Price - Weakness Avey Tare - Eucalyptus Quindar - Hip Mobility Featured Beers: Mill Creek Brewing - Silo Farmhouse Ale Evil Twin Brewing - Lost Souls India Pale Ale https://open.spotify.com/user/riskylengths/playlist/3YVqVAVHd7scrGtDr6oRhl

Hosts Rebecca Ruiz and Josh Wodarz return again to record in a seedy basement bar and bring you reviews of new music and drink some new beer. This week, it's their favorite albums of 2017, so far. This week's albums include: K.Flay - Every Where is Some Where The New Respects - Here Comes Trouble Paris Combo - Tako Tsubo Boss Hog - Brood X Sylvan Esso - What Now Hiccup - Imaginary Enemies Alluvial - The Deep Longing for Annihilation Charly Bliss - Guppy Les Amazones d'Afrique - Amazone Republique Daddy Issues - Deep Dream Bent Knee - Land Animal Tangerines - Into the Funhouse Sweet Spirit - St. Mojo Alexandra Savior - Belladonna of Sadness SAZA - Ctrl The xx - I See You Tropical Skin Byrds - S/T Pumarosa - The Witch PINS - Bad Thing Hurray for the Riff Raff - The Navigator Surf Curse - Nothing Yet Featured Beers: Crazy Mountain - Wild Honey Jalapaneo Dog Fish - Sea Quench Ale Yeungling - Traditional Lager https://open.spotify.com/user/riskylengths/playlist/4WPxziNNqrKx0Y2b9rAHVW

Hosts Rebecca Ruiz and Josh Wodarz return again to record in a seedy basement bar and bring you reviews of new music and drink some new beer. This week's albums include: Big Thief - Capacity SZA - Ctrl Bent Knee - Land Animal Sammy Brue - I Am Nice King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizars - Murder of the Universe Major Lazer - Know No Better Featured Beers: Hi-Wire Brewing - Citra Goes Tennessee Brew Works - Cutaway IPA https://open.spotify.com/user/riskylengths/playlist/3J6D2mr28fiODkmj4iTn6P

Hosts Rebecca Ruiz and Josh Wodarz return again to record in a seedy basement bar and bring you reviews of new music and drink some new beer. This week's albums include: Pumarosa - The Witch Adult Mom - Soft Spots Daddy Issues - Deep Dream Tangerines - Into the Flophouse Dusty Mush - Cheap Enetertainment Minotaurs - Aum Weeping Tile - This Great Black Night Featured Beers: Brooklyn Brewery - Summer Ale Bell's - Pooltime Ale Show notes and links: Brooklyn Summer Ale : Brooklyn Brewery (brooklynbrewery.com) Pooltime Ale | Bell's Brewery (bellsbeer.com) https://open.spotify.com/user/riskylengths/playlist/063N806ezCNo1EsUIdUQtd

It's time for Rebecca Ruiz and Josh Wodarz to dive deep into the tastes that created their musical and beerical palette. Yes, it's another canon show. They take a close look at the 2013 album We the Common by Thao and the Get Down Stay Down, and talk about it's funky groove, and simple, but effective poetry. Sierra Nevada Pale Ale is a long standing classic American Pale Ale, one that even set the scene for craft brews to come later. The beer is also simple, but effective, and brings a smile to the cohosts. Show notes and links: Interview Magazine: Thao and the Get Down Stay Down (interviewmag.com) Portlandia Tour - San Francisco - 'Push It' by Salt-n-Pepa (youtube.com) https://open.spotify.com/user/riskylengths/playlist/1SeMMiifI2qctNfE4pVMYS

Hosts Rebecca Ruiz and Josh Wodarz return again to record in a seedy basement bar and bring you reviews of new music and drink some new beer. This week's albums include: Amy Shark - Night Thinker Christian Sands - REACH Jessie Reyez - Kiddo Warm Soda - I Don’t Wanna Grow Up Charly Bliss - Guppy Aye Nako - Silver Haze Featured Beers: Bald Man Brewing - Misty Mountain Hops TIghthead Brewing Company - Chilly Water Pale Ale https://open.spotify.com/user/riskylengths/playlist/70SpHCoMM0tNMOj6CJMOrG

Hosts Rebecca Ruiz and Josh Wodarz return again to record in a seedy basement bar and bring you reviews of new music and drink some new beer. This week's albums include: The New Pornographers - Whiteout Conditions Alexandra Savior - Belladonna of Sadness K. Flay - Every Where is Some Where Diet Cig - Swear I'm Good at This El Michels Affair - Return to the 37th Chamber Featured Beers: O'Dell Brewing's Runoff Red Ale New Holland Brewing Company's Mischievous II Sour Brown Ale https://open.spotify.com/user/riskylengths/playlist/7qgZLCGXxArqD8UUDhNVLW

Hosts Rebecca Ruiz and Josh Wodarz return again to record in a seedy basement bar and bring you reviews of new music and drink some new beer.This week's albums include: Boss Hog - Brood X Samantha Crain - You Had Me at Goodbye Hiccup - Imaginary Enemies Craig Finn - We All Want the Same Things Spiral Stairs - Doris and the Dagers CupcakKe - Queen Elizabitch Featured Beers: Summit Brewing's Unchained Series: Spring Saison Sierra Nevada's Sidecar Pale Ale

Hosts Rebecca Ruiz and Josh Wodarz return again to record in a seedy basement bar and bring you reviews of new music and drink some new beer. This week's albums include: Spoon - Hot Thoughts Hurray for the Riff Raff - The Navigator The New Respects - Here Comes Trouble Operator Music Band - Puzzlephonics I & II Kingdom - Tears in the Club Snowblink - Returning Current Featured Beers: Modist Brewing's Dreamyard Ale Indeed Brewery's B-Side Pils https://open.spotify.com/user/riskylengths/playlist/2hZZ1ipsVfPrByZ4v9kpiU

As part of Burger Revolution V, Josh Wodarz and Rebecca Ruiz will talk about new Burger Records releases by Sarah Bethe Nelson and Tobin Sprout, as well as Burger alum Mr. Elevator plus older Burger Releases we really like. Look for it on Saturday. https://open.spotify.com/user/riskylengths/playlist/1qiqWgvUfysUB9uJaun1T9

Rebecca Ruiz and Josh Wodarz serve up another episode of the internet's only podcast about beer and music. This week, new releases from Jessica Hoop, Novella, Molly Burch, The Deep Throat Choir, and The Courtneys. Plus beers from Deschuttes Brewery and Ballast Point. https://open.spotify.com/user/riskylengths/playlist/0rw3nt5rIfyOUzWBeTMTnr

Hey, everyone, it's the 47th episode of Pint Notes. That's right. Pint Notes. After two years, we're changing the official name to match our social media handles. It's kind of like when Josh was 8 and decided he didn't want people to call him Joshua anymore, only Josh. It's the same seedy basement bar, the same Joshua Wodarz and Rebecca Ruiz. As always different music - this week they look at The xx, Allison Crutchfield, and Ron Gallo. Oh, and a new logo by the talented Zoe Wodarz.

Welcome to the second canon show from Half-Pints, Whole Notes, where Rebecca Ruiz and Josh Wodarz go over one beer and one album that helped shape their palates for both beer and music. This one centers on the excellent Bell's Two Hearted Ale out of Michigan, and the debut album by Montreal indie rock band Arcade Fire; Funeral.

Yep, its that time of year again. Everybody's got their best of-lists for 2016, and we've got ours. But it's not really a best of list. Here at Half-Pints, Whole-Notes, we realize that everyone else is writing about the same albums and declaring what is the "best" from a critical, artistic, and sometimes commercial viewpoint. That's not what we do, we talk about the albums that we loved. That we sort of couldn't live without. Sure, Radiohead's album was masterfully done and another artistic work of wonder from them, but guess what? One of our hosts rated it well, said it was really, really well done, and then never listened to it again, because it just didn't grab him. Not like the albums in this show did. So, what was supposed to be 12 albums from each host, sort of becomes 13 albums from each host, and there you go. Don't forget to listen to our playlist, where we try and distill the essence of each album into one track. https://open.spotify.com/user/riskylengths/playlist/4jOjpn2doktYm4eWxYj9gu

Well, it's time for Christmas music. But not like last years run down of our favorite Christmas music, this time, we run through our four favorite Christmas albums to come out this year. And hey; we work in some full reviews of Asteroid, Martyrdod, Childish Gambino, and Lady Lamb - which all have connections to Sweden we didn't know about until after we'd chosen them for the show. Go, CSICON! https://open.spotify.com/user/riskylengths/playlist/50zpAf1hjrpoyVS46eyZaL

Hey everyone, Josh Wodarz and Rebecca Ruiz apologize for their hiatus and have come back to the cast. The pod? Is there a "hip" word for podcasts? If so, we're trying to use it like we're hip. Oh well. There's beer and new albums from Honey Blood, Mannequin Pussy, Slothrust, Justice, NVDES, and Our Girl. Enjoy! https://open.spotify.com/user/riskylengths/playlist/5a4jZXOJgYRzjvUQfE7L4g