Talking About Thinking About Records

Josh, Ian and Paul talk about the post-punk debut album from the British female-led group, their forceful narratives and raw aesthetic.

Paul, Josh & Ian discuss the hardcore rapper's 1991 statement of purpose, old-school production, genre-tripping and aging gracefully in hip hop.

Ian, Josh and Paul talk over the Swedish black metal band's debut, its duality of aggression and sadness, and the awful events that inform how we listen to it today.

Josh, Ian and Paul play back Daniel Lopatin's electronic tour de force, discussing the power of nostalgia and the anxiety of cliché.

Ian, Josh and Paul talk about the New Orleans music legend's deep, dark, atmosphere-drenched debut.

Paul, Josh and Ian take on the pop satirist's 1974 concept album about the conflicted mores and personalities of the American South.

Josh, Ian and Paul discuss the country legend's 1964 album, the development of the Bakersfield sound, and the roots of working-class country music.

Ian, Josh and Paul reflect on the career of the late Tom Petty, and his unique position in the history of American rock music.

The TATAR crew discuss the definitive hard rock album of the '80s, its starkly truthful approach, its characters, and how artists deal with impressionable audiences.

The TATAR crew discuss Al Green's landmark sixth album, and how it bridges personal, sexual and spiritual influences.

Ian, Josh and Paul discuss the last album of the jazz-rock duo's classic period. (NOTE: This episode was recorded before the death of Steely Dan co-founder Walter Becker.)

Ian, Josh & Paul discuss the Americana songwriter's landmark 1998 album.

Ian, Josh & Paul return to discuss the latest release from the most creative force in current hip-hop.

In a departure from their album-based format, Ian, Josh and Paul discuss the recent passing of Soundgarden vocalist Chris Cornell, and the relevance of the the music scene he played in more than two decades later.

Ian, Josh and Paul break down Jason Lytle's epic collision of tech and humanity.

The TATAR crew discuss the sheer awesomeness of one of Stevie's masterpieces.

Talking About Thinking About Records is a podcast that lives up to its name. Our panel of three slightly angry and not so young men talk--and sometimes think--about pop records of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. In the debut episode, the TATAR crew discusses Pantera's Vulgar Display of Power.