Four Track Reviews Podcast

This week we take on the biggest album of the fall, Taylor Swift's 1989.  I'm joined by Heidi Brink and Lisa Mendenhall as we traverse this collection of hooks and nastolgia.  Also, we get distracted by instagram and come to realize that some facts don't make good lyrics.

This week I am joined by John P. Miller and Jenny Fey to talk about the self titled album by Hozier.  We also discover ionic pentameter and who hates scrapbooking.

Betty Who is our artist this week with her new album Take Me When You Go.  We also discuss artists who have made major shifts to make more money and quote Five Iron Frenzy.

We take a look at the first solo album by Gerard Way, former frontman for My Chemical Romance.  We also try to connect as real human beings, wonder if heaven is like a bad song and imagine a music video with the muppets.

We're back for Season 2, kicking it off with the new album by Rural Alberta Advantage.  I'm joined by Roni Goldstein and Natalie McKay.

It's an All Star line-up, as I'm joined by Josh Warner and Lisa Mendenhall to talk about Platinum, the new album by Miranda Lambert.  Along the way we fail at defending clowns and are taken bac to places we never lived.

This is one of the forthcoming albums that made me want to do Four Track Reviews.  I am joined by Brent Fuqua, Chris Furst, Darin Doty.  

Have you ever wondered about the instability of writting on a chalk board or the personal boudaries set by professional dog walkers.  We do this week while we listen to Talk Dirty by Jason Derulo.

This week, I'm joined by Josh Warner, and the two of us listen to So It Goes, the first album by New York rap group Ratking.  Also, we talk about the objectification of Central Park and obsess about a crying baby.   Subscribe to Four Track Reviews Podcast   You can follow Josh on Twitter or his band of Facebook

After a short hiatus, we are back.  This week I'm joined by Anna DePagter and Joe Serr to listen to A Dotted Line, the first album by Nickel Creek in 7 years.  Also, now that he has a TV for the first time since the mid 90's Joe is wondering if his favorite shows are still on the air, and we spoil a major Dawson's Creek plot point for him. You can follow Anna on Twitter or Instagram You can follow me on Twitter Here's Nickel Creek talking about their song Helena behind the scenes on The Tonight Show.

This episode is a plastic tub of emotions, as we look at Teeth Dreams by The Hold Steady.  Also, one guest fantisizes about a "there can be only one" situation (a la Hightlander) with Minneapolis bands and we discuss the Future Islands performance on The Late Show.  My guests this week are Jeff Boone, Peter Swanson, Chris Koniar and James Koplos.   You can follow Jeff on Twitter You can follow Jeff's band, The Cavalier Crooks on Twitter You can follow James on Twitter You can sponser James' ride to raise money to fight MS here You can follow David on Twitter   And here's that incredibly awkward or powerful performance by Furture Islands.

Is this album an intelligent critique of American consumerism, a self-important collection of simplistic tunes, an insightful look at getting older or a professional jingle-writer's overly wrought second effort?  Well . . . maybe.  My guests this week were Jennie Olson, Lisa Mendenhall and Rachel Warner.   Here's the Rolling Stone review by Christopher R. Weingarten that I shouldn't have read beforehand. You can follow Jennie on Twitter You can follow Lisa on Twitter   You can follow Rachel on Pinterest

Things get classy as I'm joined by a resident poet and a performing artist to listen to the new boot-gaze record by Angel Olsen.  We consider the difference between referencing and ripping off and may invoke German poetry.  Guests: Christy Merry and Vanessa Walrath.   You can see what Christy is up to on her website, ChristyMerry.com You can follow Vanessa's band Il Neige on Bandcamp or Instagram

This week, we take a look at the new, self titled album by recording artist and Einstein wannabe St. Vincent.  We also discuss what makes a sound natural and one of my favorite scenes in any movie.  My guests are Heidi Brink, Heather Macaroon and Nathan Palmer.   You can follow Heidi's band, Sleeper and the Sleepless, on twitter and instagram. You can follow Heather on twitter.

This week I'm joined by Jeff Boone, James Koplos and Joe Serr, as we talk about Beck's new, 70's influenced album, Morning Phase.  Will we come to a conclusion as to what drink the album is most like?  Did anyone notice when someone suggested the Monkees were a major influence of the Beatles?  Is the last 10 minutes of this episode always the best?

I sit down with Anne and Anna to review the new album by Young the Giant, but we all get a bit slap happy.  Warning, there are some adult themes and language and some snorting.  Also, we can't think of any good or bad band names, Anne tells us a 90's song that should never be sung at karaoke and Anna suggests that a certain song you can't play at the music store is great for making out.

After computer problems robbed you of the original second episode of Four Track Reviews, here is episode 2 and a half.  We talk about the latest album by Jeremy Messersmith, start work on a Friday the 13th musical and receive some family counseling from John.  With guests Rachel, Tommy (tommyrehbein) and John (jpmstpaul09).

Here it is, the first episode of Four Track Reviews.  We take a look at Post Tropical, the new album by James Vincent McMarrow.  We also talk about nuclear bombs, a classic 90's shareware video game and have a mini existential crisis.  The audio is a little shaky, but hey, it's episode number one.