The Fairly KickAss Podcast

Fairly KickAss

Three music fans work to bring you a ton of music-related content, with a new episode every Wednesday. We cover a wide range of topics, from monthly reviews to top 5 lists, from finding the best song in an artist's entire discography to deep dives throughout an artist's life and music. We hope you enjoy!

  1. May 29

    Fairly KickAss Podcast - One Song: Kendrick Lamar

    It's Ones all the way down. SomeOnes last week, One Song this week. The topic: one of the most transcendent, prolific artists of our generation. Some would add the qualifier of "hip-hop" or "rap", and while that would be accurate, it's far from necessary. To wit: compile the list of all seven humans with 27+ Grammy awards. Take out conductors and producers (John Williams, Quincy Jones, and Sir Georg Solti - legends in their own rights, of course). That leaves you with four performers: Beyoncé, known for being Beyoncé; jazz standard Chick Corea; expert bluegrass fiddler and EXTREMELY underrated and amazing vocalist, Alison Krauss; and our artist du jour, none other than Kendrick Lamar. IDGAF who you are, what style of music you release, whether you are part of a band or solo or whatever. It takes a truly stratospheric artist to reach K.Dot's heights. And we talk about all of those heights on this episode. We all picked one song from his six-album discography (plus a few mixtapes) as the best, with the knowledge that there were no wrong answers to this question at all. Okay, there were a small handful of wrong answers. But very, very few. This discography was a true joy to listen to, and I implore all of you to do the same. Which song hits as your top from Kendrick's full catalog? Let us know in all the usual ways: Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/fairlykickass.bsky.social Instagram: https://instagram.com/fairlykickass TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fairlykickass Threads: https://www.threads.net/@fairlykickass Website (for Ride-Along Playlists): https://fairlykickass.com/ Next week: ranking! But, like ranking what has already been ranked! It's an awful year too. You'll enjoy it. We enjoyed it. That's it. Keep. Kicking. Ass.

    33 min
  2. May 1

    Fairly KickAss Podcast REWIND - Deep Dive: Divinyls

    [ZACK'S NOTE]Yo! Zack here. This is a little... punch in, I guess? What's it called if I punch in a podcast description? No matter. It's that thing.What you're about to read is the very first description of the very first Deep Dive episode we ever did, from back in February 2021. We mentioned it, we promised it, and we delivered it: it's the Divinyls! It's a bit rough around the edges, both in terms of audio quality and host quality. We were just baby podcasters! We've gotten better!What wasn't rough, though, was the level of passion and analysis we brought to the table, even back then. Over five years later, we still love to do this music podcast thing, and we still commit to bringing you fresh, unique content, with the same passion and analysis we have all along.So with all that said, enjoy the episode! Usual plugs and what's-next-iness to follow.We are debuting our Fairly KickAss Deep Dive series, where we'll take a lesser-known artist and tell you all you need to know about them.  You've probably heard of most of these artists, but we'll take that to the next level.  We'll give you history, lineup changes, and interesting tidbits - and of course, reviews of the albums and tracks.On the first Deep Dive, we spotlight Australian rock band Divinyls.  Their big hit was "I Touch Myself", but there's far more to them than that.  Come join us for this episode, and learn all about lead vocalist Chrissy Amphlett, guitarist Mark McEntee, and a rotating door of other band members.That's it! Pretty short descriptions back in those days. And no plugs! Again, baby podcasters. Tell us what you think, and how far you think we've come (or haven't) in the usual ways:Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/fairlykickass.bsky.socialInstagram: https://instagram.com/fairlykickassTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fairlykickassThreads: https://www.threads.net/@fairlykickassWebsite (for Ride-Along Playlists): https://fairlykickass.com/Next week: We review April. All of it. Current events, weather, new snack foods... oh and apparently music, as I have been informed. I'll go ahead and delete my several paragraphs on the new Grogu Nilla Nummies, and instead tell all of you to Keep. Kicking. Ass.

    38 min
  3. Apr 17

    Fairly KickAss Podcast - The Rush: FKA Artists

    I admit: this is one of those episodes you have to hear to really understand what's going on. But I'm gonna try to describe it anyway, because that's kinda what this whole thing is for! So, as we've gone along with this podcast - six freakin' years, give or take! - we've had artists that have factored into things more than others. For you long-timers, you'll know one of these artists immediately, because he's Rule 1 - and that rule is Prince. If we had a mascot of sorts, it would be Mister Rogers... I mean Prince. But what about all the non-Prince artists we've talked about over the years? The ones we've covered extensively? The ones we love and adore? The ones that all three of us can confidently say are an integral part of this show, and that the show would not be the same without them? That's what this episode is about. We take all those artists, and - with the power of us three jerks - we come up with our Mount Rushmore list of four (plus Prince, so technically five... SUE US.) FINE, so I really could describe it. SUE US AGAIN. Litigious much? I digress. It turned out to be a fun episode in a vacuum, but also a lovely walk down memory lane. So come walk with us, specifically to all of our socials... hope it's not too long of a walk to get to all these lovely places! Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/fairlykickass.bsky.social Instagram: https://instagram.com/fairlykickass TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fairlykickass Threads: https://www.threads.net/@fairlykickass Website (for Ride-Along Playlists): https://fairlykickass.com/ Next week: We go meta with a Vaulted episode that was mentioned during this episode. Will the artist in the Vaulted episode be one of the four? Who knows. Actually, I take that back: we know. We ALSO know that you must Keep. Kicking. Ass.

    1h 9m

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Three music fans work to bring you a ton of music-related content, with a new episode every Wednesday. We cover a wide range of topics, from monthly reviews to top 5 lists, from finding the best song in an artist's entire discography to deep dives throughout an artist's life and music. We hope you enjoy!