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| 17 Dec 2019 | 20: LIVE READING - The 50 Best Albums of 2019 | 01:11:43 | |
20: LIVE READING - The 50 Best Albums of 2019 After a brief delay due to wintertime sniffles, your Best New Hosts have emerged from their NyQuil haze to finish what they started and read The Website's long-anticipated year-end best albums list. More importantly, the winner of the previous episode's draft is revealed! "Revealed" makes it sound like it was some kinda secret though. We just didn't know until we read the list, obvs. Anyway, enjoy! HYPERLINKS OF INTEREST | |||
| 03 Jan 2019 | Episode 5: Pump and Dump | 01:26:26 | |
New year, new BNP! We kick off 2019 discussing a host of old favorites, as well as a newer soon-to-be-favorite. Plus, a brand new hit segment is born. What a time to be alive! Deep Dives: Lightning Round: | |||
| 03 Feb 2022 | 44: Beach House | Spiritualized | 02:30:26 | |
Dream Pop...Space Rock.... Frankly, I'm stunned by how little the topic of drugs came up on this episode. Black Country, New Road Announce New Album, Share New Song: Listen | Pitchfork Black Country, New Road Frontman Isaac Wood Departs Band Days Before New Album Release | Pitchfork Beach House Announce New Album Once Twice Melody and 2022 Tour | Pitchfork Migos, Drake, Future: Why Are Albums So Long Right Now? - Rolling Stone | |||
| 16 Apr 2020 | 25: The Taco Bell Concert Hole | 01:30:29 | |
25: The Taco Bell Concert Hole In retrospect, a lot of the concerts we've been to could or should have been live streams. Note: You may notice that Mike's audio in the final segment is...weird. We hate to lean on the old "technical difficulties" crutch, so let's just say that his laptop spontaneously became haunted and we'll do our best to arrange for a priest or other clergy member to look into the matter before the next episode. DEEP DIVES: The 1975 – Notes on a Conditional Form Fiona Apple – Fetch the Bolt Cutters LIGHTNING ROUND: DaBaby – Blame It On Baby dvsn – A Muse In Her Feelings Willie Nelson – First Rose Of Spring RJD2 – The Fun Ones Other Lives – For Their Love LINKS: P4K: Kid Cudi “Leader of the Delinquents” Track Review The 1975 – "The Birthday Party" Music Video The New Yorker – Fiona Apple’s Art of Radical Sensitivity | |||
| 09 Dec 2023 | 59: Live Reading - The 50 Best Albums of 2023 | 01:35:04 | |
Who will take Beyoncé’s crown? Whose album will be deemed the best of 2023 by pitchfork dot com, the music website? Well, if you’ve visited the site recently, you likely already know the answer, but what our podcast presupposes it...what if you didn’t? Join us as we read you an article and fight amongst ourselves over last episode’s draft. Noname Responds To Jay Electronica ‘Antisemitic’ Verse Backlash | HipHopDX The 50 Best Albums Of 2023 | Stereogum | |||
| 13 Jan 2021 | 35: Drake | 01:27:09 | |
We've long known Drake claims to be a lover boy, but we've yet to see any real credentials to back that up. However, that may soon change. Join us as we discuss one of the new year's most anticipated albums, Certified Lover Boy. 2021 Music Preview: Our Most Anticipated New Albums The 41 Most Anticipated Albums of 2021: Kendrick, Rihanna, Adele, and More | Pitchfork Julien Baker "Faith Healer" - YouTube (2) Arcade Fire - We Used to Wait (Official Lyric Video) - YouTube | |||
| 01 Nov 2019 | 18: Mom, I Know You, Man | 01:15:24 | |
A lovely, classic Deep Dives episode before we round out the year by diving back into the Season of Lists. We discuss two artists with similarly lengthy discographies and...well, the similarities pretty much end there! Plus, the return of a classic fan-favorite segment: Bowers or Burroughs. HYPERLINKS OF INTEREST
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| 05 Mar 2019 | Episode 7: Tickled & Pickled | 01:55:19 | |
How many synths must a Malkmus use, before you stop talking about his old band? How many vocals must be autotuned, in order to Chop & screw a Lamb? These questions and more will go unanswered in this action-packed edition of Best New Podcast! Deep DivesStephen Malkmus - Groove Denied American Football - S/T Jenny Lewis - On The Line Lambchop - This (is what I wanted to tell you) Lana Del Rey - Norman Fucking Rockwell Lightning RoundThese New Puritans - Inside The Rose Avey Tare - Cows on Hourglass Pond Andrew Bird - My Finest Work Yet Karen O & Danger Mouse - Lux Prima Hyperlinks of InterestScoring Criteria ReferenceAs you all know by now, Best New Podcast isn’t about fun. It’s about beating each other at a made-up game. For fun. We award ourselves points based on the accuracy of our predictions. Those points are awarded as follows. Deep DivesClosest to the actual rating gets 3 points, unless it’s a tie – then each get 1.5 points. In the event of a 3-way tie, each player receives 1 point. A Perfect Pitch (a guess that ends up exactly matching Pitchfork’s rating) awards the winner an additional 4 points. If, on the other hand, there is a tied Perfect Pitch each pitcher gets 2 points, or 1.33 points each for a triple Perfect Pitch. Finally, an accurately guessed “Best New Music” designation yields an additional 1.5 points, while an inaccurately guessed BNP removes 1.5 points from the player’s total. Lightning RoundSame as above, but all point values are cut in half. Note: This scoring criteria will eventually reside in an assumedly much more pleasing-to-the-eye form on an honest-to-goodness Internet Web Site. At some point soon. The haunted Roomba that writes these show notes simply hasn’t gotten around to the task of building it yet. (It’s caught in a corner.) | |||
| 12 Apr 2020 | 24: I'm The Dog Man | 01:12:23 | |
In which we discuss how very concerned music journalists are about artists being derivative. Sometimes. Except when they aren't at all. Deep Dives
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| 18 Nov 2022 | 52: Weyes Blood | 02:13:49 | |
Continuing our newer habit of secondary and tertiary deep dives, we're going back to Weyes Blood! But first, we kick off a multi-episode project that's very hard to explain but it involves Mack probably hiding a CD-R in some bushes in Griffith Park. Or something. Editor's note: Apologies for the late posting here. We had hoped to get the episode out before The Website's Weyes Blood review. However, I ended up getting my foot stuck in a large hole. Now, you may think that the largeness of the hole would make it easy to get one's foot out. You don't know this hole. Anyways, that delayed things somewhat. Best New Podcast regrets the error. | |||
| 06 Feb 2020 | 22: A Sub-Bachelor Level of Entertainment | 01:48:33 | |
As we once sang on our now-legendary 2014 performance on The Late Show with David Letterman: "Podcasts change / But you know some podcasts never do." So, anyway, here's another episode. DEEP DIVES LIGHTNING ROUND Pitchfork: The Explosive Grammys 2020 CEO Scandal, Explained | |||
| 30 Jul 2019 | 12: Midnite Diapers in the Moonlight Barking | 01:46:38 | |
This month we were so excited about our one year anniversary that we didn’t actually check when it was.
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| 20 Jan 2020 | 21: Where’s Waldo-ing Himself | 01:32:16 | |
Breaking in the (still somewhat) new year by getting back to basics with some deep dives. Also discussed: some of your hosts' most eagerly awaited albums of 2020 and Duffy's nuanced take on the announcement of a new Bright Eyes record. Deep Dives
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| 05 May 2020 | 26: Moses Sumney | Perfume Genius | Car Seat Headrest | 02:24:39 | |
Do you have a personal relationship with Stephen Malkmus? DEEP DIVES: Moses Sumney – græ Perfume Genius – Set My Heart on Fire Immediately Car Seat Headrest – Making a Door Less Open LIGHTNING ROUND: Built To Spill – Built To Spill Plays The Songs Of Daniel Johnston Kelly Lee Owens – Inner Song Man Man – Dream Hunting In The Valley Of The In-Between Surfer Blood – Carefree Theatre The Psychedelic Furs – Made Of Rain The Sounds – Things We Do For Love Alanis Morissette – Such Pretty Forks In The Road The Killers – Imploding the Mirage Woods – Strange To Explain Badly Drawn Boy – Banana Skin Shoes Weezer – Van Weezer Bon Jovi – Bon Jovi 2020 Charli XCX – How I'm Feeling Now Magnetic Fields – Quickies Hayley Williams – Petals For Armor Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit – Reunions Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith – The Mosaic Of Transformation Drake – Dark Lane Demo Tapes LINKS: XTC: Skylarking Album Review | Pitchfork Fiona Apple: Fetch the Bolt Cutters Album Review | Pitchfork Moses Sumney Is Ready to Claim His Spotlight | Pitchfork Moses Sumney - Cut Me (Official Video) - YouTube Moses Sumney - Virile (Official Video) - YouTube Moses Sumney - Polly - YouTube Perfume Genius - "On The Floor" (Official Music Video) - YouTube Perfume Genius - "Describe" (Official Music Video) - YouTube | |||
| 26 Jul 2020 | 29: Taylor Swift | 00:50:05 | |
In an uncharacteristic instance of somewhat timely podcasting, we put together a Deep Dive on Taylor Swift's new surprise release, folklore. “Betty” by Taylor Swift Review | Pitchfork Taylor Swift 'folklore' Review: An Indie Record Unconcerned With Being Cool - Stereogum The National’s Aaron Dessner Talks Taylor Swift’s New Album folklore | Pitchfork | |||
| 19 Oct 2022 | 51: Arctic Monkeys | Taylor Swift | 02:22:03 | |
We talk about the Best of the 1990s lists. We talk about Arctic Monkeys. We TALK about Taylor Swift. You're truly not going to find this much talking, about these specific topics, in this specific order anywhere else in Podcastland. That's the Best New Podcast guarantee! Disclaimer: Due to some unfortunate technical problems, the audio on the Arctic Monkeys segment is...not up to our usual standards. Apologies. Best New Podcast regrets the error. | |||
| 06 Mar 2020 | 23: The M. Night Shyamalan of Sexy | 01:36:55 | |
Your Best New Hosts blow off some Super Tuesday steam and then proceed to spend about ninety percent of the show unraveling the mystery of why one would title an album Kiss Land. DEEP DIVES:
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| 24 Jun 2021 | 38: Modest Mouse | Lucy Dacus | Tyler, the Creator | 02:02:34 | |
Three artists that we feel The Website is a little scared to admit they don't quite know what to do with. Note: At one point in the show we inaccurately claim that Tyler, the Creator's 2019 album IGOR won a Grammy in the "Urban" category. It in fact won the Best Rap Album Grammy and, for the record, we did know that. We simply forgot it for about 30 minutes. Best New Podcast regrets the error. Jimmy Eat World: Clarity Album Review | Pitchfork Modest Mouse's Lonesome Crowded West | Pitchfork Classic Documentary Lucy Dacus | "Thumbs" Official Audio | YouTube The /b/ Boys: Odd Future and the Swag Generation | Pitchfork Parents Music Resource Center - Wikipedia Grammys problem with black artists like Lizzo, Tyler the Creator - Chicago Tribune YouTube | HipHopDX | Tyler, The Creator Says 'Urban' Is Just Another Way To Say The N Word NME | The Grammys have dropped the 'Urban' music term. What took so long? | |||
| 08 Dec 2022 | 54: Live Reading - The 50 Best Albums of 2022 | 01:32:48 | |
Join your Best New Hosts as they read through The Website's 50 Best Albums of 2022 list and, more importantly, discover the winner of last episode's draft. Do this with us. You simply must. The 100 Best Songs of 2022 | Pitchfork | |||
| 05 Dec 2020 | 33: Draft - Best Albums of 2020 | 02:22:54 | |
With the year slowly starting to fade and with the release of The Website's year-end lists imminent, your Best New Hosts gather to do what they do just fine: draft. This episode we pick the albums we think will top the 50 Best Albums of 2020. First, however, with judgement in our hearts we take a look back in a year-end installment of "Stuck It or Suck It." And, yes, you saw that runtime right, Listener. This is an obscenely long one. Pour a drink, get to work. | |||
| 12 Feb 2023 | 56: Caroline Polachek | Gorillaz | 02:11:59 | |
Will Caroline Polachek finally make whatever album The Website's been apparently disappointed in her for not making yet? Can you teach an old cartoon band new tricks? Is there any good reason to spend twenty minutes talking about The Grammys in 2023? Who cares! Listen to podcast. Love podcast. Måneskin: Rush! Album Review | Pitchfork Pitchfork Reviews: Rescored | Pitchfork Caroline Polachek: Pang Album Review | Pitchfork Caroline Polachek’s quest for gut-hitting pop clarity | The FADER Gorillaz: Plastic Beach Album Review | Pitchfork Gorillaz - Cracker Island ft. Thundercat (Official Video) - YouTube Gorillaz - Silent Running ft. Adeleye Omotayo (Official Video) - YouTube Gorillaz Moved To Los Angeles And Singer 2D Is Fitting Right In Taylor Swift to Damon Albarn: “It’s Really Fucked Up to Try and Discredit My Writing” | Pitchfork | |||
| 06 Oct 2019 | 15: The Jacuzzi | 01:22:00 | |
Better late than never? I sure hope so because, while we recorded this one over a week ago, The Website beat us to the punch, reviewing one of our Deep Dives while our all-star post production team was still hard at work fine-tuning the episode. Ah, such is life in podcasting’s fast lane. Beep, beep. DEEP DIVES
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| 02 May 2019 | 9: Legalize It, Slowly | 01:40:58 | |
How much consistency is too much? Are capital letters inherently more effective than lowercase? Should an artist’s non-musical antics influence their album reviews? Who knows. Here’s another episode of Best New Podcast!
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| 14 Dec 2018 | Episode 4: Jeremih Was a Bullfrog | 01:12:45 | |
We couldn't wait a whole month this time! In this very special episode your valued hosts gather to count down Pitchfork's 50 Best Albums of 2018 and reveal the winner of last episode's fantasy draft. We hope you're not averse to a healthy dose of gloating, 'cause the draft champ sure wasn't. ... Seeking to further engage with our brand? Follow us on Instagram! | |||
| 20 Jul 2022 | 49: Beyoncé | 02:02:39 | |
Come for the overanalysis of one of the year's biggest event albums, stay for the multiple failed attempts at pronouncing "beabadoobee." Pharrell Williams - Cash In Cash Out (Official Video) ft. 21 Savage, Tyler, The Creator - YouTube The 39 Best Albums of 2022: Our Favorite Music of the Year So Far | Pitchfork Amy Phillips | Staff | Pitchfork Black Country, New Road - 'Concorde' (Official Video) - YouTube Ryan Schreiber's 2022 mid-year top 10 | |||
| 13 Apr 2023 | 57: Feist | 00:57:12 | |
It's just Feist this time, folks. Maybe that's all it needs to be. Jai Paul Posts Note Ahead of His Live Debut at Coachella 2023 | Pitchfork 100 gecs: 10,000 gecs Album Review | Pitchfork Lana Del Rey: Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd Album Review | Pitchfork Wednesday: Rat Saw God Album Review | Pitchfork Boygenius: The Record Album Review | Pitchfork Arooj Aftab / Vijay Iyer / Shahzad Ismaily: Love in Exile Album Review | Pitchfork | |||
| 08 Sep 2022 | 50: Built to Spill | Death Cab for Cutie | Yeah Yeah Yeahs | 03:10:05 | |
Look, it's episode 50. We were feeling reflective. The only natural course of action was to construct a set of millennial midlife crisis deep dives. Built to Spill: Live Album Review | Pitchfork The 50 Best Indie Rock Albums of the Pacific Northwest | Pitchfork The Postal Service - Wikipedia Death Cab for Cutie: We Have the Facts and We're Voting Yes Album Review | Pitchfork Why Michael referred to The Website as being "cruel to Muse" The album cover for Yeah Yeah Yeahs' Mosquito Yeah Yeah Yeahs: Yeah Yeah Yeahs EP Album Review | Pitchfork Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Spitting Off the Edge of the World ft. Perfume Genius (Official Video) - YouTube | |||
| 10 Dec 2020 | 34: Live Reading - The 50 Best Albums of 2020 | 01:41:05 | |
The time has finally come. Listen along as we read through The Website's year-end top albums list and determine the winners of this year's draft. That's about 10% of it. The rest, as usual, is mainly us mispronouncing things. | |||
| 17 Jun 2020 | 27: Bob Dylan | Phoebe Bridgers | 01:29:44 | |
All aboard Lou Reed's Time Travelin' Dirigible! It's time to invent The Beatles! DEEP DIVES: Bob Dylan – Rough and Rowdy Ways Phoebe Bridgers – Punisher LIGHTNING ROUND: Jessie Ware – What’s Your Pleasure? Maya Hawke – Blush Arca – KiCk i MIKE – Weight of the World Lamb of God, – Lamb of God CeeLo Green – CeeLo Green Is Thomas Callaway LINKS: Community Justice Exchange — Donate via AB Charities Stereogum – The 50 Best Albums Of 2020 So Far Paste – The 25 Best Albums of 2020 (So Far) Bob Dylan in the 2004 Victoria's Secret ad, "Angels in Venice" Bob Dylan: Modern Times Album Review | Pitchfork “Murder Most Foul” by Bob Dylan Review | Pitchfork Phoebe Bridgers in a 2015 Apple Watch ad | |||
| 01 Mar 2022 | 45: Rosalia | The Weather Station | 02:23:26 | |
Two artists following up on massive breakthrough albums, as well as a bright, brand new, soon-to-be-hit opening segment that you'll have to hear to believe. It's all happening, and it's all a podcast. Play ball! Duffy's Debuts Side Deck - caroline | |||
| 20 Jul 2020 | 28: 2020 Half-Year Contenders | 01:12:14 | |
In this episode, with nothing to deep dive, your hosts become bored and essentially just start talking about the upcoming 2020 year-end list anyway. | |||
| 18 Jan 2023 | 55: Mac DeMarco | 02:06:52 | |
We're looking at the most anticipated albums of 2023. We're making a return trip to the vibe known as Mac DeMarco. And somewhere in the middle we're continuing our extremely scientific project of distilling the entirety of the 1990s into a one-song playlist. | |||
| 08 Oct 2019 | 16: Draft - Best Albums of the 2010s | 01:30:34 | |
The Season of Lists kicks into high gear with perhaps the biggest list of them all. Join us for a good old fashioned draft in anticipation of The Website's ranking of the Best Albums of the 2010s. HYPERLINKS OF INTERESTAlso, email exists! bestnewpodcast [at] gmail [dot] com
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| 04 Dec 2023 | 58: Draft - Best Albums of 2023 | 01:49:34 | |
We wouldn't leave you out in the cold during The Season of Lists, no matter how less-than-prolific we've been in podcasting as of late. We're drafting in anticipation of Pitchfork's 50 Best Albums of 2023 and you're currently anticipating listening to said draft. Love you. | |||
| 02 Jun 2019 | 10: Sir Luscious Lefty Son of Left Foot | 01:50:28 | |
Join us this month in dissecting the music careers of a big ol' pack of aging dudes. How does one age gracefully in dance music? How does one age gracefully in rock music? How long can we go without referencing either Chillwave or Sandinista! by The Clash? Some say we’ll never know…. DEEP DIVES
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| 13 May 2021 | 37: black midi | St. Vincent | 02:25:05 | |
In this episode we discuss two artists with origins in very prestigious music schools, where they presumably do very prestigious music things. Does all this prestige guarantee a BNM? Absolutely not. That's ridiculous and, frankly, I'm embarrassed for having suggested it. Flock of Dimes | "Hard Way" | Official Music Video Black MIDI (music genre) - Wikipedia black midi - Full Performance (Live on KEXP) - YouTube - 2018 black midi - Full Performance (Live on KEXP at Home) - YouTube - 2021 St. Vincent : Bullseye with Jesse Thorn : NPR | |||
| 03 Dec 2019 | 19: Draft - Best Albums of 2019 | 01:26:44 | |
The Season of Lists cannot be stopped. The Season of Lists soldiers on with another draft. The Season of Lists will soon provide The Website's Top 50 Albums of 2019, one presumes. Listen as your Best New Hosts scramble and bicker in preparation for this. Also, another rousing round of "Do We Give a Shit?" HYPERLINKS OF INTERESTPitchfork | Real Estate Unveil Signature Wine Pitchfork | Watch David Byrne Perform and Teach Jimmy a Dance on Fallon Pitchfork | Janet Weiss Opens Up About Leaving Sleater-Kinney Good Housekeeping | 18 Amazing Albums From the 2010s That People Will Still Love in 50 Years | |||
| 18 Aug 2021 | 40: Lorde | Deafheaven | 01:42:49 | |
This episode, two artists taking left turns. Also, we debut a new segment in which one of the worst modern US presidents becomes a kind of Carmen Sandiego-like figure, traveling mysteriously through time, space, and Pitchfork interviews. “Hold U” by Indigo De Souza Review | Pitchfork Clairo: Sling Album Review | Pitchfork Lorde Releases ‘Solar Power’ and Announces New Album of the Same Name “Solar Power” by Lorde Review | Pitchfork “Stoned at the Nail Salon” by Lorde Review | Pitchfork | |||
| 05 Dec 2021 | 41: Draft - Best Albums of 2021 | 01:24:32 | |
At long last your Best New Hosts have returned for a good old fashioned draft in anticipation of The Website's 2021 year end list(s). | |||
| 04 Apr 2022 | 46: Wet Leg | Father John Misty | Belle & Sebastian | 03:00:57 | |
Today we investigate the power of indie rock myth via three different artists, from three different generations, and how they've construct their narratives (or how those narratives get constructed for them.) Kind of. Okay, that might be a bit of retroactive continuity — really it's just three bands with records coming out and we wanted to talk about them. Ugh, tax season, right? Duffy's Debuts Slides - Wet Leg Duffy's Wet Leg playlist on YouTube YouTube: Father John Misty - Bored in the USA Live on David Letterman YouTube: Father John Misty - Only Son Of The Ladies' Man (Live on David Letterman) YouTube: Future Islands - "Seasons" @ Letterman 3/3/14 "the as yet uncanceled agitator Father John Misty" Sheryl Crow - All I Wanna Do (original music video) Stealers Wheel - "Stuck in the Middle With You" Album Review: Father John Misty's 'Chloë and the Next 20th Century' | The New Voice Father John Misty: “Funny Girl” Track Review | Pitchfork Belle & Sebastian - The Boy With the Arab Strap - Original Pitchfork review Belle and Sebastian: Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like a Peasant Album Review | Pitchfork Pitchfork's documentary on If You're Feeling Sinister Top 100 Albums of the 1990s | Pitchfork Belle & Sebastian's Stuart Murdoch interviewed on Bullseye with Jesse Thorn YouTube: Belle and Sebastian- "If They're Shooting at You" (Visual Collage) | |||
| 31 Oct 2018 | Episode 2: Laundry Dad Phase | 01:27:48 | |
In this episode we discuss upcoming releases from Sun Kil Moon, Kanye West, Jeff Tweedy, Moonface, and Smashing Pumpkins. Also discussed: clunky album titles, our poor pronunciation skills, and the varying states of Mack's kimono.
Current standings, as of this recording: 1st - Michael, 3 points 2nd - Mack, 1.5 points 3rd - Duffy, -1.5 points | |||
| 13 Oct 2019 | 17: Live Reading - Best Albums of the 2010s | 01:39:55 | |
Your Best New Podcasters read through the The Website’s list of the Best Albums of the 2010s and find out the winner of the previous episode’s draft. Much, much yelling ensues. HYPERLINKS OF INTEREST
Also, email exists! bestnewpodcast [at] gmail [dot] com
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| 12 Jun 2022 | 48: Soccer Mommy | 01:51:20 | |
We're talking top 5's (of a sort). We're talking about the legendary "C Trilogy". We're talking about...LiveJournal for some reason. Beth Orton: “Weather Alive” Track Review | Pitchfork Soccer Mommy Slays Her Demons | Pitchfork Soccer Mommy: Collection Album Review | Pitchfork Soccer Mommy: “Shotgun” Track Review | Pitchfork Duffy's Pitchfork quote regarding regarding the Future Islands singer's unusual voice | |||
| 14 Feb 2021 | 36: Julien Baker | The Hold Steady | 01:50:55 | |
Have you ever showed up to what you assumed would be the physical manifestation of a pop album, only to find out it was just a regular old theme park?! If so, you're not alone and this class action lawsuit may be for you. The Weeknd Says to Expect “No Special Guests” at Super Bowl 2021 Halftime Show | Pitchfork Taylor Swift Sued by Utah Theme Park Evermore Over Trademark | Pitchfork New Spotify Patent Involves Monitoring Users’ Speech to Recommend Music | Pitchfork Watch Death Cab for Cutie Cover TLC’s “Waterfalls” on Kimmel | Pitchfork Drake Says New Album Certified Lover Boy Isn’t Coming This Month | Pitchfork The Wrens' New Album: "Plans Are Afoot," Says Charles Bissell Julien Baker: Turn Out the Lights Album Review | Pitchfork boygenius: boygenius EP Album Review | Pitchfork Listen to Julien Baker’s New Song “Favor,” Featuring Lucy Dacus and Phoebe Bridgers | Pitchfork The Hold Steady: Almost Killed Me Album Review | Pitchfork The Hold Steady: Boys and Girls in America Album Review | Pitchfork | |||
| 15 Sep 2019 | 14: The Biggest Potato | 01:08:14 | |
It’s all Lucy with the football with diamonds all over again.
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| 23 Sep 2020 | 31: Fleet Foxes | 00:56:11 | |
| 03 May 2022 | 47: Kendrick Lamar | Arcade Fire | 02:30:14 | |
This episode we're deep diving into two of The Website's all-time heavy hitters, two artists known for speaking to the current moment who've been largely absent since 2017, two artists given to bold, ambitious statements. They're essentially indistinguishable, really, but we'll do our best to...distinguish...them. K bye. Soccer Mommy Slays Her Demons | Pitchfork Report: Kendrick Lamar Exploring Rock Sound on New Album | Rap-Up Early 2000's Kendrick on the "Family Ties" single cover art Arcade Fire - We Used to Wait (Official Lyric Video) - YouTube Stereogum - Arcade Fire 'WE' Review: Now This Is More Like It | |||
| 03 Sep 2019 | 13: I Podcast With My Whole Body | 01:34:12 | |
Part seven of a twelve-episode special investigation into Whitney's beer hacks. DEEP DIVES
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| 05 Dec 2022 | 53: Draft - Best Albums of 2022 | 02:06:07 | |
Now knee-deep in the Season of Lists, we're drafting for The Website's Best Albums of 2022 and we're not afraid to say so. But first, we find ourselves in a bit of jeopardy.... Exclaim!'s 50 Best Albums of 2022 | Exclaim! Best Albums of 2022: Beyoncé, Rosalía and More - The New York Times Alvvays: Blue Rev Album Review | Pitchfork The 39 Best Albums of 2022: Our Favorite Music of the Year So Far | Pitchfork | |||
| 22 Oct 2020 | 32: Adrianne Lenker | Jeff Tweedy | 01:58:00 | |
A cabin album! 😱 A quarantine album! 😱 Two singers toss their Big bands to the side and get contemplative. Or remain contemplative. I dunno, just listen to the podcast. Big Thief’s Adrianne Lenker Announces 2 Albums, Shares New Song: Listen | Pitchfork Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy Announces New Album Love Is the King, Shares New Songs: Listen | Pitchfork | |||
| 13 Jan 2022 | 43: Earl Sweatshirt | Mitski | 02:07:27 | |
Deep dives on Earl Sweatshirt and Mitski. Also, the 2021 Best New Podcast Year in Review. Or is it the inaugural Best New Podcast Awards? We didn't quite work that out. Anyways, how've you been? The 45 Most Anticipated Albums of 2022 | Pitchfork Did Chromatics’ Album Dear Tommy Ever Exist in the First Place? | Pitchfork What Mack was trying to refer to when he said "Atlas Thugged" Billy Ocean - Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car (Official Video) - YouTube Earl Sweatshirt Announces Sick! Project, Shares New Song: Listen | Pitchfork Mitski Laurel Hell album announcement on Dead Oceans Mitski Interview: New Album 'Laurel Hell,' Quitting, Return to Music - Rolling Stone | |||
| 03 Jul 2019 | 11: That'll Get You in Some Chinos | 02:10:26 | |
This month two artists move on from the mixtape and two more move into new band names. But first, your hosts take you on a tour of the 2013 BNM that almost was, as they spend about 20 minutes probably mispronouncing Jai Paul’s name.
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| 02 Apr 2019 | 8: Five Panda Bears and a Deerhoof | 01:52:56 | |
Duffy is off tending to his very own best new small human child, so Mike and Mack take the opportunity to really stretch out and luxuriate in the sound of their own voices. Will they successfully keep on track? Will they even attempt to? Don’t look at the episode runtime, JUST HIT PLAY. DEEP DIVES
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Feel free to send us words at bestnewpodcast@gmail.com
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| 28 Sep 2018 | Best New Podcast Episode 1: Old Man Steam | 01:10:08 | |
In this, our inaugural episode, we discuss upcoming albums for October 2018. Other topics include: guitar solos, string quartet tributes, and Australians talking over music. | |||
| 09 Sep 2020 | 30: Sufjan Stevens | Matt Berninger | 01:40:41 | |
For an episode nominally about Sufjan Stevens and Matt Berninger, we sure do spend a lot of time talking about Wilco and "Big Mamas." | |||
| 30 Jan 2019 | Episode 6: Bridge With Grandma | 01:54:27 | |
A large, content-rich episode awaits you this month, featuring Deep Dives into new releases from Ariana Grande, Jessica Pratt, Panda Bear, HEALTH, and Cass McCombs. Up top we discuss the recent dry spell in Best New Tracks and what it might mean in terms of the 'Fork’s evolving digital strategery. (Then, a few days after recording, they posted a new BNT, ending said dry spell. Is this all part of a larger conspiracy on the part of The Website to foil our segments? Likely. We’re looking into it. Meanwhile we’re confident that our larger points still stand.) Hyperlinks of interestRecorded Thursday, January 24th, 2019
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| 15 Jul 2021 | 39: Billie Eilish | Jack Antonoff | 01:54:43 | |
We're talking pop and you can't stop us. Billie Eilish: When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? Album Review | Pitchfork Bleachers’ Jack Antonoff Is Your Favorite Pop Star’s Secret Weapon | Pitchfork | |||
| 04 Dec 2018 | Episode 3: Full Umbrage | 01:40:40 | |
The holiday season is well underway and we are in a celebratory mood as we prepare for what is unquestionably the most important event of the year: Pitchfork's Top 50 Albums of 2018! And there is of course no better way to prepare than a good old fashioned fantasy draft. In this episode we choose from a pool of the year's most highly-rated albums and each try to put together a roster that best reflects the themes of 2018. Oh, and yell. We yell quite a bit. | |||
| 09 Dec 2021 | 42: Live Reading - The 50 Best Albums of 2021 | 01:05:47 | |
The time has come. The results are in. Join your Best New Hosts as they read through The Website's Best Albums of 2021 list and, more importantly, discover the winner of last episode's draft. The 100 Best Songs of 2021 | Pitchfork The 50 Best Albums of 2021 | Pitchfork Give me fuel, give me fire, etc. James Blunt - You're Beautiful (Official Music Video) 4K - YouTube | |||
