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Danny Bennett
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//Danny Bennett is a writer and when he’s writing and when he’s not he’s anxious//curious//restless//stoked on what he doesn’t know about music//Music Friends chips away at what Danny doesn’t know//Every episode covers two albums//One selected by Danny//One selected by one of his Music Friends//The selection is always recorded live and posted as a teaser for the next episode//Additional segments are posted with additional Music Friends here and there//

  1. 12/20/2025

    //26//

    //00:00//Coheed and Cambria's Vaxis - Act III: The Father of Make Believe [New Entities Edition] (2025)//On Koi Boyz assemble//On straight into THE LORE//On intimate Claudio//On Space Opera//On thumbs medium//On Dillon SMASHING the Nick Fell question//On King James Claudio//On Zakk Dickinson and Gold-Plated diapers//On more Andre flute//On best of Coheed??//ON MORE LORE//On earthed emotions sans lore//On "are we sure we're starting cryptic string motif then an accoustic song?"//On Good Apollo's accesible violence//On lore-master Dil//On the Amen Break//On the Keith Lapid question genesis//On heliocentric Keith-ball// //(1:16:56)//Jack's Mannequin's Everything In Transit (2005)//On concept//On before and after albums//On electric newness//On hook-downs//On roller skates being silly walking--legendary Dillon take//On I'm Ready laugh track//On legendary Andrew McMahon social commentary//On legendary dirty laundry commentary//On thank you Andrew McMahon for the best laugh of my decade//On least likely Tommy Lee cameo ever//On SoCo v. J'sM//On Andrew McMahon's voice sucking//On gimme any other singer//On everybody still being a mess//On doing things no one is asking for// //(2:22:42)//Preview of episode//26//

    2h 50m

  2. 05/05/2025

    //25//

    //00:00//Tom Petty's Wildflowers (1994)//On love at first listen//On a true Music Friends record//On coming to it through The Heartland//On subconscious Wildflowers memory//On a Happy Music Sad Family record//On Most Things We Worry About Never Happen Anyway//On nourishment//On league-leading WPM and WORW for Zach//On not a party record//On back porch record Hall of Fame//On divisive Honey Bee//On maybe Coen Bros are too narrow a filmography//On sky-high VORP for Petty and Rubin and Tench//On Stan Lynch going Mid-Kanye//On Zach Leaving Virginia Alone//On difficulty pin-pointing Petty's most culturally resonant moment// //(1:10:04)//Tom Petty's Wildflowers & All The Rest (2020)//Alllllll The Rest//On desecrating Tom Petty's deliberate and specific desire to have Wake Up Time conclude the great work of his career//On tasteful re-ordering//On Ugliest Rock n' Roll Frontman Mount Rushmore//On tough pod for Stan Lynch Stans//On would you rather Heartbreakers or Solo stuff//On I turned around and he was gone//On Petty forever// //(1:28:07)//Preview of episode//26//

    1h 39m

  3. 03/11/2025

    //24//

    //00:00//Kendrick Lamar's GNX (2024)//Recorded 2-18-2025//On commission assembled//On Peakaboo, Coach!//On an immidiate pantheon Los Angeles Album for episode//24//On Kobe 2-4 in July 1-0//On a bit Carter IIIish//On meticulous Kenny//On breezier Kendrick//On Grand Nationals not bein' rational//On exponential Reincarnated rise//On Kendrick's compression socks//On GNX to the summit for Danny//On the great rap war of 2024//On the seven game rap war//On Euphoria as moving Draymond to the 5//On giving Drake his due//On sinister Meet The Grahams//On JF going back to Eminem, again//On Drake taking his eye off the ball//On Luka Booker Game Seven//On R.I.P. shopping rap//On Drake The Appropriator//On "Hey Drake, I hear you like acting"// //(1:17:44)//Kendrick Lamar's ⁠Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers (2022)⁠//Recorded 5-17-2022//On grown Kendrick//On shepherd Kendrick//On therapy//On Eckhart Tolle and Kodak Black back-to-back//On the hurt hurting others//On singular Kendrick//On the holy quadology of pop stardom//On not savior Kendrick//On the Kyrie stamp of approval//On Kodak's imperfections as our imperfections?//On humor sprinkles//On early Eminem tracks// //(2:13:03)//Kendrick Lamar's ⁠DAMN. (2017)⁠//Recorded 4-17-2017//On the To Pimp a Butterfly release valve//On the uptempo vs. downtempo ratio//On wickedness vs. weakness//On the depth of Kendrick//On back-to-back-to-back champs//On bedroom rap//On mysterious Kendrick//On not doing it for the gram//On forcing his way into the conversation//On storytelling wizardry//On Kendrick's 2016 Finals' comeback moment//On Mike Will energy//On covering all the bases// //(2:57:41)//Preview of episode//25//

    3 hr

  4. 03/10/2025

    //23//

    //(00:00)//Lou Reed's Transformer (1972)//On going solo!//On being hard to pin down//On all roads leading to Little Richard//On being smart, sensitive and intense//On electroshock//On The Beatles, again//On being in the main tent of the Andy Warhol circus//On Velvet Underground's not so underground resonance//On Vicious's viciousness//On a sneak Bowie masterpiece//On Hendrix always//On a beautiful accident of a record (?)//On keeping going--you don't know when and how things will hit unless you do//On Bowie casually crafting a classic// //(37:49)//Raekwon's Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... (1995)//On PJ life//On your notebook as the gym where your thoughts get swole//On RZA as the hood Lorne Michaels//On Raekwon's time to be Honey Nut Cheerios//On beachside writing//On the 5%ers//On low-key RZA//On total mythical cultural saturation//On The Staircase to Stage//On all hail the Purple Tape// //(1:17:09)//Preview of episode//24//

    1h 20m

  5. 10/08/2024

    //22//

    //00:00//Peter Gabriel's So (1986)//THE DAD POD//On Daddest-Mommest albums//On Albums as social phenomenon//On Generational Sgt. Pepper's importance//On Art Pop World Rock//On Gabriel out of the closet//On the JF "In Your Eyes" necklace//On "Is That Jimmy Buffet's music??"//On Bumper Cars Bumpin'//On JF on African Love Songs//On JF 2 Beers//On poor Freud and Jung discourse//On JF 3 Beers//On Basketball intermissions//On Graceland Drive-bys//On Gabriel strange-ness//On Lanois and there finally being women at the shows//On Total Mythical Cultural Gabriel Saturation//On The Art vs. Cash tension// //(54:32)//Led Zeppelin's Led Zeppelin IV (1971)//On The Daddest album of them all//On Led Zeppelin = departure from rock destination cosmos//On JF 4 Beers//On copping a Stairway to Heaven//On my Mom Going To California//On waiting around for the next Zeppelin record//On the sterling pseudo-un-cancellable LZ brand//On Zeppelin for the brews, Floyd for the joints//On The Avengers of proto-metal//On JF 5 Beers//On all roads leading to Prince//On the 2017 Led Zeppelin Warriors roster//On John Paul Jones Draymond//On Julian wondering if Jimmy Page is actually good?//On JF 6 Beers//On Plant or Page as Leonardo?//On it still being all about Stairway//On JF doing Plant//On JF 7 Beers//On "Haaave a gooood one" lololololololol// //(1:45:29)//The 20th High School Reunion Podcast!!//On it's gotta be Limp Bizkit//On Freakish Saves The Day fandom//On 8 whole minutes before Blink gets mentioned//On Gen Blink//On an early match!//On Danny hero ball//On Yankee Hotel Foxtrot gateway band//On Dashboard Unplugged FTW//On cassettes, burned CDs and VHSs//On getting older and connecting deeper//On ear condoms//On Keith 7.5 folder only//On Tidal Waves of electric violin//On ghosts of Music Friends' past//On explaining to my son what Pepsi Points were//On The Matches ruling always//On all roads leading to Arcade Fire//On essential MySpace references//On Rihanna ref #3// //(3:19:34)//Preview of episode//23//

    3h 25m

  6. 06/29/2024

    //21//

    //00:00//Mariachi El Bronx'sMariachi El Bronx (I) (2009)//On listening changing over time//On pod brain v. music brain//On [Cough-f-theran]//On tasteful cultural appropriation//On better to outro than fadeaway//On your whole life to make your first album and 4 weeks to make your second//On Aqua Teen Mariachi Force//On not belonging to any time period//On following your creative instincts//On total, mythical, mariachi saturation//On Craig Finn El Bronx//On favorite albums// //(1:23:29)//Arcade Fire'sNeon Bible (2007)//On evangelical AF fandom//On sacrificial listenability for purposeful album dedication//On Win Butler gloomathoning//On a sneaky Heartland record//On a sneaky New Orleans band//On a sneaky Ocean album//On liking music better than art//On the greatest rock act of the century (?)//On Radiohead being for the (middle-aged) people//On Régine is the spice of life//Win Butler Cultural Foreshadowing//On what exactly a Good Christian Man means//On living in an age that calls darkness light//On Black Mirrors//On where to place your most important words// //(2:49:02)//!!2024 Super Bowl Halftime Show Top Five All-Time!!//On Surprise! You're Middle-Aged!//67'-92' "Let's Send a Positive Message" Era//93'-04' "Wait, Why Haven't We Been Booking Stars For This Thing?" Era//05'-Present "The Artist Is The Theme, Let's Sell More Pepsi!" Era//On the transparency of the SBHTS//On key ingredients of a classic SBHTS//On honorable mentions and a surprise cringe choice//On 34 minutes of preamble!// //James////5//Bruno Mars (2014)////4//Beyoncé (2013)////3//Lady GaGa (2017)////2//Michael Jackson (1993)////1//Prince (2007)// //Danny////5//Kendrick Lamar (2025)////4//Shakira and JLo (2020)////3//U2 (2002)////2//Prince (2007)////1//Lady GaGa (2017)⁠// //(3:59:49)//Preview of episode//22//DAD POD!//

    4h 30m

  7. 01/13/2024

    //20//

    //00:00//Taylor Swift's 1989 (2014)//On the most special guest//On grandiose albums//On the first MF double album//On a shining light in the darkness of residency year one//On the lazy MJ comp//On a maybe concept album//On a synth pop masterpiece//On the Capitol One commercial arc//On Polaroid getting the TS treatment//On Country to City//On the female empowerment jackhammer//On a sneaky ensemble record//On "Again" and "Next"//On being the sole property owner of "Stay" Island//On Harry Styles emotional mining//On This Love and Clean renaissances//On listening parties aging very well and terribly// //(1:05:56)//Taylor Swift's 1989 (Taylor's Version) (2023)//On 4 of 6 Taylor's Versions//On Once Upon a Time at Big Machine Records//On Taylor declining bad deals//On Scooter Braun being the perfect bully name//On covering yourself//On powerful messaging about not compromising on what's yours//On being elite holders of Taylor Swift vinyl//On Becca loving the vault action//On Antonoff guarding the vault//On what it would take to cancel her//On Taylor the great uniter//On sharing Taylor Swift with your best friend// //(1:35:03)//Holy Shit Broh, We Made It To 20 Eps!//On celebrating 2-0 with guest 1//On catching up//On practical music integration//On 38 hours, you're welcome!//On finding familiar water in an ocean of music//How classical music made during WWI brought Metal to the world//On New Categories for//21//and beyond!// //(2:26:48)//Preview of episode//21//

    2h 37m

  8. 10/13/2023

    //19//

    //00:00//Disclosure's Settle (2013)//On here with (in person!)//On albums as friends//On where they buried Al Capone and house music was born//On what isn't House?//On vocalists as instruments//On BPM CSVs//On the bellwether Disclosure track//On the rare sucky Weeknd feature//On Blick Bassey energy//On trendy African influences v. traditional African influences//On best and clearly worst album//On all roads leading to Daft Punk// //(37:50)//Fred Again.. 's Actual Life (April 14 - December 17 2020) (2021)//On weird album titles//On Feelings//On feeling the moment//On being okay when things are not//On Godfather Fred//On you're welcome, Brix//On deeper connections with artists//On apex audio samples//On royal blood//On ascendant Sheeran collabs//On how we all lost dancing//On prominent artists providing everyday vocal samples//On Freddy Prinze Jr. Again.. //On Selena Gomez dinner dates//On there's nothing worse than when someone demands you listen to a certain Tiny Desk, but you need to watch Fred's Tiny Desk//On unintentionally being a professional DJ// //(1:04:31)//Preview of episode//20//

    1h 11m
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About

//Danny Bennett is a writer and when he’s writing and when he’s not he’s anxious//curious//restless//stoked on what he doesn’t know about music//Music Friends chips away at what Danny doesn’t know//Every episode covers two albums//One selected by Danny//One selected by one of his Music Friends//The selection is always recorded live and posted as a teaser for the next episode//Additional segments are posted with additional Music Friends here and there//

Information

  • Creator
    Danny Bennett
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2025
  • Episodes
    26
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Danny Bennett
  • Show Website
    //Music Friends//