Discord and Rhyme: An Album Podcast

Discord and Rhyme
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A music podcast where we discuss our favorite albums, song by song.

  1. This Is Comp: The Wrecking Crew! Disc 1, Tracks 1-6

    8H AGO

    This Is Comp: The Wrecking Crew! Disc 1, Tracks 1-6

    This Is Comp is back! We're reviving our compilation series with a great one: The Wrecking Crew!, released in 2015 as a soundtrack to the excellent documentary film of the same name. The songs on this comp cover a huge range of genre and quality, but the session musicians are always top-notch. From weird crossover country to Mexican folk to one of the finest pop songs ever recorded, we had a ton of fun with this first batch of songs and we're thrilled to be back.  Cohosts: Ben Marlin, Amanda Rodgers, Sean Rodgers Songs:  The Ronettes - Be My BabyThe Moments - Walk Right InGary Lewis and the Playboys - This Diamond RingJewel Akens - The Birds and the BeesRitchie Valens - La BambaShelley Fabares - Johnny AngelThe "Be My Baby" montage:       Daryl Hall & John Oates - The Last TimeBat for Lashes - What's a Girl to Do?The Afghan Whigs - AlgiersThe Jesus and Mary Chain - Just Like HoneyClinic - I.P.C. Subeditors Dictate Our YouthThe Magnetic Fields - CandyDeerhunter - Vox HumanaBilly Joel - Say Goodbye to HollywoodCamera Obscura - Eighties FanThe Barracudas - (I Wish It Could Be) 1965 AgainJohnny Boy - You Are the Generation That Bought More Shoes and You Get What You DeserveThe Clash - The Card Cheat    Links:  The Wrecking Crew! liner notes on Discogs Lesley Gore on the T.A.M.I. Show

    1h 17m
  2. 170: DJ Shadow - Endtroducing..... (1996)

    FEB 3

    170: DJ Shadow - Endtroducing..... (1996)

    It … is happening … again! This week, Producer Mike rings in 2026 with NorCal producer DJ Shadow’s 1996 masterpiece Endtroducing….., whose release was a watershed moment for the art of instrumental hip-hop. It’s in the Guinness Book of World Records as the first album to be composed entirely out of sampled sounds, but focusing on the technical achievement seriously undersells the depths of Shadow’s artistry. This is lively, organic music, with compositions that feel like sculptures crafted from the clay of music history, and the entire 21st-century DJing movement stands on the foundation of what Shadow accomplished here. Mike himself is a composer of sample-based music (including our awesome theme song) and a long-time admirer of Shadow’s work, and he’s invited Rich and returning special guest Shivam Bhatt to deconstruct an album that builds a mighty head of steam out of a grain of salt. Cohosts: Mike DeFabio, Rich Bunnell, Shivam Bhatt Complete show notes: https://discordpod.com/listen/170-dj-shadow-endtroducing-1996 Discord & Rhyme's merch store: http://tee.pub/lic/discordpod Support the podcast! https://www.patreon.com/discordpod

    3h 6m
  3. 169: Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon (1973)

    12/24/2025

    169: Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon (1973)

    It feels like there shouldn't be anything left to say about The Dark Side of the Moon. It's one of the best-selling albums of all time, and it's consistently rated as one of the greatest albums of all time by critics. If you tune into a classic rock station for more than a couple of hours, chances are better than 50/50 that you'll hear a track or three from it get played. It's so common to hear tracks from here out of context that it's become easy to forget that these tracks, when heard in order from start to finish, constitute one of the most stunningly coherent artistic statements of the album era, and that makes it an album that Discord & Rhyme had to cover in depth at some point. Join Amanda, Mike, Rich, and John as they discuss the 1973 classic that transformed Pink Floyd from a niche-famous British prog-adjacent band into one of the most famous bands in the world.  Cohosts: Rich Bunnell, Mike DeFabio, John McFerrin, Amanda Rodgers Complete show notes: https://discordpod.com/listen/169-pink-floyd-the-dark-side-of-the-moon-1973 Discord & Rhyme's merch store: http://tee.pub/lic/discordpod Support the podcast! https://www.patreon.com/discordpod

    3h 2m
  4. Bonus: Thank You for the Music, Vol. 2

    12/09/2025

    Bonus: Thank You for the Music, Vol. 2

    The gang sits down by the fire to discuss a second round of the songs that made them love music. This year's batch covers an astonishing amount of ground, including movie soundtracks, jazz, funk, girl groups, folk, prog (of course), hip-hop, musicals, dub reggae, power pop — and even a hymn!  Trevor Jones - Main Title (from The Last of the Mohicans) Lee Morgan - The Sidewinder James Brown - Papa's Got a Brand New Bag (Parts 1 & 2) The Flirtations - Nothing But a Heartache Sufjan Stevens - Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing The Byrds - Gunga Din Yes - Close to the Edge Pete Rock & CL Smooth - They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.) Antonio Banderas & Madonna - Oh, What a Circus (from Evita) Van Der Graaf Generator - Childlike Faith in Childhood's End King Tubby - Invasion Sloan - Penpals Spotify playlist of the songs in this episode: open.spotify.com/playlist/1YDBKhf61tJ0d8Xdj3jiJ1 Cohosts: Rich Bunnell, Mike DeFabio, John McFerrin, Amanda Rodgers Discord & Rhyme's merch store: http://tee.pub/lic/discordpod Support the podcast! https://www.patreon.com/discordpod

    2h 2m
  5. 168: Badfinger - Straight Up (1971)

    11/25/2025

    168: Badfinger - Straight Up (1971)

    Of all the casualties of the Beatles’ Apple label, Badfinger is the most tragic. They had a very promising start, helped along by the Beatles and their associates, but a combination of bad management and personal tragedy stopped them from being as successful as they should have been. However, for a brief period everything worked out exactly right, and Badfinger came up with an album that deserves to be ranked among the all-time classics. From power pop to boogie rock and various points in between, Straight Up is a no-skips album that deserves your attention, so listen up.  Cohosts: Amanda Rodgers, Mike DeFabio, Ben Marlin Complete show notes: https://discordpod.com/listen/168-badfinger-straight-up-1971 Discord & Rhyme's merch store: http://tee.pub/lic/discordpod Support the podcast! https://www.patreon.com/discordpod

    1h 49m
  6. 167: Ween - Chocolate and Cheese (1994)

    10/28/2025

    167: Ween - Chocolate and Cheese (1994)

    Buenas tardes, amigos, and happy Hallo-Ween, my good friends. It took us way, way too long to get the bright idea to devote our annual All Hallow’s Eve episode to the Brothers Ween, but now that we have, it seems appropriate to discuss 1994’s Chocolate and Cheese, an album where Deaner and Gener try on a whole bunch of different musical costumes. While C&C isn’t their major-label debut, it’s the first album they produced in a major-label fashion, and the songs cover a lot of stylistic ground, including Tom Jones Vegas rockabilly lounge, kaleidoscopic Prince psychedelia, a sweeping Morricone murder ballad, smooth Philly soul, and a few songs that completely defy categorization. While this album is often ranked behind powerhouse Ween classics like The Mollusk and Quebec, many of its songs have gone on to become live standards, and there’s an argument to be made that it formed the bedrock of the band’s musical legacy. So join John, Mike, Phil, and Rich as they make a return pilgrimage to the shrine of the mighty Boognish, and remember: don’t believe the florist when he tells you that the roses are free. Cohosts:  Complete show notes: https://discordpod.com/listen/167-ween-chocolate-and-cheese-1995 Discord & Rhyme's merch store: http://tee.pub/lic/discordpod Support the podcast! https://www.patreon.com/discordpod

    2h 23m
  7. 166: Matthew Sweet - Girlfriend (1991)

    09/30/2025

    166: Matthew Sweet - Girlfriend (1991)

    Power pop legend Matthew Sweet has had a rough go of it lately, suffering a debilitating stroke last year while setting out on tour, and it’s possible that he may never play music again. So today’s episode is both a bittersweet tribute to his career and a joyous celebration of his music, which is exactly the emotional tightrope that his 1991 cult classic Girlfriend walks from start to finish. Sweet recorded this album during the interim between going through a painful divorce and meeting his now-wife, and while his lyrics aren’t strictly autobiographical, the album’s 15 songs run the gamut from desperate yearning (“Don’t Go,” “You Don’t Love Me”) to pure ebullience (“I’ve Been Waiting,” “Girlfriend”). And it’s all topped off with crisp, direct production that evoked Crazy Horse and the Beatles’ Revolver during a period when many rock albums were soaked in reverb and drained of personality. So kick back as Rich, Phil, and returning guest Libby Cudmore deconstruct and consume an album that’s perfect in so many ways. Cohosts: Rich Bunnell, Phil Maddox, Libby Cudmore Complete show notes: https://discordpod.com/listen/166-matthew-sweet-girlfriend-1991 Discord & Rhyme's merch store: http://tee.pub/lic/discordpod Support the podcast! https://www.patreon.com/discordpod

    2h 6m
  8. 165: Creedence Clearwater Revival - Willy and the Poor Boys (1969)

    08/26/2025

    165: Creedence Clearwater Revival - Willy and the Poor Boys (1969)

    Creedence Clearwater Revival’s 1969 album Willy and the Poor Boys sounds like something out of 1965, or even 1865 - but definitely not the heavy, psychedelic late 1960s. But even though CCR’s music feels like it's outside of time - or maybe because of it - it became the soundtrack of a generation. Ben, Amanda, and Rich make the case that Willy and the Poor Boys should be pulled down from the cultural wallpaper and appreciated as the fresh, crackling music it still is.  Cohosts: Ben Marlin, Rich Bunnell, Amanda Rodgers Complete show notes: https://discordpod.com/listen/165-creedence-clearwater-revival-willy-and-the-poor-boys-1969 Discord & Rhyme's merch store: http://tee.pub/lic/discordpod Support the podcast! https://www.patreon.com/discordpod

    1h 56m
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