CrossFade: The Dueling Album Review Show

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CrossFade: The Dueling Album Review Show

CrossFade is a dueling album review show about expanding your musical horizons hosted by Matt Helgeson. Released every two weeks, CrossFade has guests introduce one of their favorite albums of all time to Matt Helgeson (and vice versa) as they review the highlights, play clips, and compare each other's picks. On every episode, we answer questions from the community via MinnMax's Patreon page - https://www.patreon.com/minnmax

  1. JAN 5

    Give to the Max 2023: Ne Obliviscaris's "Portal Of I"

    Surprise! It’s a special episode of CrossFade, thanks to a generous member of the MinnMax community. On Give to the Max Day, the MinnMax community raised more than $57,000 to help foster kids in Minneapolis. One of the many appealing donation rewards was an episode of CrossFade where the donor got to choose the album we talked about! Chris Fayter (a.k.a. Crayter) chose “Portal Of I,” the debut album of Australian prog metal band Ne Obliviscaris, which became one of his COVID-era comfort listens. We’re really jazzed to get back behind the mic to discuss some great, unique music. Thanks to Chris and the MinnMax community for their ongoing generosity! Go back a few decades to find new music: http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks.htm We’d love it if you’d rate and review CrossFade on iTunes, ‘cause it means more people can find the show and love it, too! You can find Matt and Jason on Twitter at https://twitter.com/MattHelgeson and https://twitter.com/nintendufus respectively and in the #music channel of the MinnMax Discord server. Our theme song is “The Lights” by Maps Of Norway from their 2008 record, “Die Off Songbird”: https://open.spotify.com/album/7tNrjnRB1f1oQizkkAePrI Support MinnMax on Patreon and get access to tons of great, exclusive content: https://www.patreon.com/minnmax/ Listen to the CrossFade Community Playlist, a growing Spotify playlist of our community’s favorite music: https://spoti.fi/3aRRgox Timestamps 0:00 - Give to the Max 2023: Ne Obliviscaris’s “Portal Of I” 3:04 - A message from Crayter, charitable sponsor of this episode 13:40 - Ne Obliviscaris - "Portal Of I" 14:31 - Tapestry of the Starless Abstract 24:16 - Xenoflux 30:08 - Of the Leper Butterflies 37:06 - Forget Not 41:23 - And Plague Flowers the Kaleidoscope 51:23 - As Icicles Fall 54:44 - Of Petrichor Weaves Black Noise 1:05:15 - Community questions 1:40:43 - Sampha - “Jonathan L. Seagull” (suggested by MinnMax supporter notweirder)

    1h 49m

  2. 12/30/2022

    Ending Season 2 with the Last Community Shuffle for A While, Probably!

    CrossFade is taking a break! We haven’t picked a return date yet, but Matt and Jason have ideas about how to make it even better going forward. We decided to end this season on a high note by bringing back the CrossFade Community Shuffle. It’s an episode where dozens of our Patreon supporters send us their current favorite songs, we shuffle a bunch of them, and we listen to and talk about them live on the show! It’s one of our favorite CrossFade traditions, so we hope you enjoy it. You can still enjoy all 60-some episodes of CrossFade for free wherever you listen to podcasts. From the bottom of our hearts, we want to express our appreciation for everyone who’s enjoyed the show so far. Thanks for listening, chatting, asking, tweeting, posting, and sharing in the fun of CrossFade! You’re the ones who make it great. We’d love it if you’d rate and review CrossFade on iTunes, ‘cause it means more people can find the show and love it, too! You can find Matt and Jason on Twitter at https://twitter.com/MattHelgeson and https://twitter.com/nintendufus respectively and in the #music channel of the MinnMax Discord server. Our theme song is “The Lights” by Maps Of Norway from their 2008 record, “Die Off Songbird”: https://open.spotify.com/album/7tNrjnRB1f1oQizkkAePrI Support MinnMax on Patreon and get access to tons of great, exclusive content: https://www.patreon.com/minnmax/ Listen to the CrossFade Community Playlist, a growing Spotify playlist of our community’s favorite music: https://spoti.fi/3aRRgox Timestamps 0:00 - The Last Community Shuffle for A While, Probably! 6:30 - Niyaz - “Shir Ali Mardan (Song of a Warrior)” suggested by Shazirah 11:27 - Nation of Language - “Sacred Tongue” suggested by Nolan Kelly 15:25 - Puscifer - “Green Valley” suggested by Ian Pierce 19:22 - Taylor Swift - “mirrorball” suggested by Mackenzie Beyer 23:52 - The Killers - “Miss Atomic Bomb” suggested by Ramses Garcia 28:56 - Black Country, New Road - “Chaos Space Marine” suggested by Holden Hintz 33:51 - Frightened Rabbit - “The Modern Leper” suggested by Halea Kasishke 38:00 - Craig Finn - “Messing with the Settings” suggested by Gabriel Cleveland 44:07 - The Knife - “Heartbeats - Live” by podbod 48:25 - Paolo Nutini - “Through The Echoes” suggested by Luca Alberti 51:52 - honeyhoney - “Thin Line” suggested by Matt Rogers 55:47 - Haken - “Invasion” suggested by Sjors van Berkel 1:00:34 - Rahul Sipligunj, Kaala Bhairava - “Naatu Naatu” from RRR suggested by Bob Kinnear 1:08:24 - P.O.S - “Wearing a Bear” suggested by Josh LaBaw 1:11:51 - Yot Club - “u dont kno me” suggested by Bezlo 1:16:05 - MEMBA, EVAN GIIA, Nooran Sisters - “For Aisha” suggested by Geoff Enright 1:20:43 - Algernon Cadwallader - “Pitfall”

    1h 32m

  3. 12/23/2022

    Neil Young, “Our Rock Dad” with Tyler Wilcox

    Neil Young’s had quite a career. A hugely influential solo career, his work with CSNY, that thing during The Last Waltz, and now you can’t even hear his music on the biggest music streaming platform on Earth. Wow! To finally crack the nut on Neil, Matt brought in writer and fellow Neil Young fanatic Tyler Wilcox for an in-depth discussion on two essential Neil records: Citizen Kane Jr. Blues 1974 (Live at The Bottom Line) and Tonight’s the Night. Take a listen to some Real Neil with the biggest Youngheads out there! Find Tyler at the following links: https://twitter.com/tywilc https://doomandgloomfromthetomb.tumblr.com/ https://aquariumdrunkard.com/ https://www.uncut.co.uk/author/twilcox/ We’d love it if you’d rate and review CrossFade on iTunes, ‘cause it means more people can find the show and love it, too! You can find Matt and Jason on Twitter at https://twitter.com/MattHelgeson and https://twitter.com/nintendufus respectively and in the #music channel of the MinnMax Discord server. Our theme song is “The Lights” by Maps Of Norway from their 2008 record, “Die Off Songbird”: https://open.spotify.com/album/7tNrjnRB1f1oQizkkAePrI Support MinnMax on Patreon and get access to tons of great, exclusive content: https://www.patreon.com/minnmax/ Listen to the CrossFade Community Playlist, a growing Spotify playlist of our community’s favorite music: https://spoti.fi/3aRRgox Timestamps 0:00 - Neil Young, “Our Rock Dad” with Tyler Wilcox 0:10 - Tyler and Neil Young 3:27 - The “expanding Ditch universe” of Neil Young 5:45 - Citizen Kane Jr. Blues 1974 (Live at The Bottom Line) 8:18 - Revolution Blues 13:08 - Pushed It Over the End 19:01 - Long May You Run 24:53 - Ambulance Blues 29:45 - Motion Pictures 38:53 - Tonight’s the Night 44:25 - Speakin’ Out 47:59 - Mellow My Mind 51:06 - Come On Baby Let’s Go Downtown 55:38 - Tired Eyes 1:00:33 - Albuquerque

    1h 10m

  4. 12/09/2022

    The Impact of Yo! MTV Raps in 13 Songs

    Was rap already everywhere by the time you were old enough to choose what you wanted to listen to? If so, then it might be hard to imagine how important a show like Yo! MTV Raps was for the genre and for the music industry as a whole. It only ran for seven years, but in that time, it had an indelible impact on the kinds of music people were exposed to. In this episode, Matt (who was around for the rise of rap) and Jason (who was not) pore over the show’s lasting impact by listening to some of the music you probably would’ve heard on Yo! MTV Raps back in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s. It’s quite a trip, spanning everything from classic braggadocio to harrowing tales of gangland paranoia to bit-based schtick and more. Watch the MTV-produced Yo! MTV Raps documentary Jason references at the beginning of the show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gyji4m-exjU We’d love it if you’d rate and review CrossFade on iTunes, ‘cause it means more people can find the show and love it, too! You can find Matt and Jason on Twitter at https://twitter.com/MattHelgeson and https://twitter.com/nintendufus respectively and in the #music channel of the MinnMax Discord server. Our theme song is “The Lights” by Maps Of Norway from their 2008 record, “Die Off Songbird”: https://open.spotify.com/album/7tNrjnRB1f1oQizkkAePrI Support MinnMax on Patreon and get access to tons of great, exclusive content: https://www.patreon.com/minnmax/ Listen to the CrossFade Community Playlist, a growing Spotify playlist of our community’s favorite music: https://spoti.fi/3aRRgox Timestamps 0:00 - The Impact of Yo! MTV Raps in 13 Songs 0:52 - Demme, Freddy, and the origin of Yo! MTV Raps 7:39 - Eric B. & Rakim - “Follow The Leader” 12:07 - Boogie Down Productions - “My Philosophy” 19:21 - Sir Mix-A-Lot - “Posse On Broadway” 24:02 - Special Ed - “I Got It Made” 27:26 - EPMD - “You Gots To Chill” 33:02 - The D.O.C. - “It’s Funky Enough” 36:55 - Queen Latifah & Monie Love - “Ladies First” 42:07 - N.W.A. - “Express Yourself” 47:22 - Jungle Brothers - “Beyond This World” 54:15 - Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth - “They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)” 1:01:13 - Slick Rick - “Children’s Story” 1:07:12 - Ghetto Boys - “My Mind Playing Tricks On Me” 1:12:51 - 3rd Bass - “The Gas Face” 1:18:28 - Ice Cube - "It Was a Good Day"

    1h 24m

  5. 11/25/2022

    11 Songs to Remember Mimi Parker of Low

    We’ve talked a lot about the Duluth-based indie rock band Low on this show, because Matt knows them well and Jason’s never heard them. In the wake of co-founder/drummer/vocalist Mimi Parker’s death in early November 2022, we wanted to dedicate an episode to a short retrospective on the group and Mimi’s contributions to it. If you know Low, we hope this is a faithful look back at the group’s impact. If you’re new to the group, we hope you find a lot to love. Also, Matt put together a Spotify playlist of Low’s music for our discussion, and you can listen along at this link: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2XvYeoVFqsiKKcQIcSQO66?si=c23db47cf12349f5 We’d love it if you’d rate and review CrossFade on iTunes, ‘cause it means more people can find the show and love it, too! You can find Matt and Jason on Twitter at https://twitter.com/MattHelgeson and https://twitter.com/nintendufus respectively and in the #music channel of the MinnMax Discord server. Our theme song is “The Lights” by Maps Of Norway from their 2008 record, “Die Off Songbird”: https://open.spotify.com/album/7tNrjnRB1f1oQizkkAePrI Support MinnMax on Patreon and get access to tons of great, exclusive content: https://www.patreon.com/minnmax/ Listen to the CrossFade Community Playlist, a growing Spotify playlist of our community’s favorite music: https://spoti.fi/3aRRgox Timestamps 0:00 - 11 Songs to Remember Mimi Parker of Low 1:53 - Discovering Low and remembering Mimi’s work 5:11 - Over The Ocean 12:18 - Shame 16:44 - Just Like Christmas 22:35 - In Metal 27:23 - Laser Beam 32:35 - (That’s How You Sing) Amazing Grace 37:52 - Monkey 43:13 - Holy Ghost 47:21 - Especially Me 53:37 - More 58:30 - Community thoughts and questions 1:06:01 - Lullaby

    1h 17m
  6. Bruce Springsteen & Archers Of Loaf with Natalie Marlin

    11/11/2022

    Bruce Springsteen & Archers Of Loaf with Natalie Marlin

    This episode of CrossFade (The BossFade?) featuring writer, podcaster, and music journalist Natalie Marlin (https://twitter.com/NataliesNotInIt/) is devoted to rock icon Bruce Springsteen and ‘90s indies Archers of Loaf! Matt and Natalie chat a lot about the kinds of stories Bruce tells through his music and what makes his mild corniness endearing, as well as why Archers Of Loaf’s sound cut through the Pavement-esque slacker rock vibe of the ‘90s. Follow Natalie on Twitter at https://twitter.com/NataliesNotInIt/ Starting to Feel Small Again: Twinkle Park’s “As Much As I Forget” by Natalie Marlin for Bandcamp Daily: https://daily.bandcamp.com/resonance/twinkle-park-as-much-as-i-forget-essay Broken Social Scene's Brendan Canning on 20 Years of You Forgot It in People and the Gratitude of Connection by Natalie Marlin for Paste Music: https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/broken-social-scene/you-forgot-it-in-people-20th-anniversary/ We’d love it if you’d rate and review CrossFade on iTunes, ‘cause it means more people can find the show and love it, too! You can find Matt and Jason on Twitter at https://twitter.com/MattHelgeson and https://twitter.com/nintendufus respectively and in the #music channel of the MinnMax Discord server. Our theme song is “The Lights” by Maps Of Norway from their 2008 record, “Die Off Songbird”: https://open.spotify.com/album/7tNrjnRB1f1oQizkkAePrI Support MinnMax on Patreon and get access to tons of great, exclusive content: https://www.patreon.com/minnmax/ Listen to the CrossFade Community Playlist, a growing Spotify playlist of our community’s favorite music: https://spoti.fi/3aRRgox Timestamps 0:00 - Bruce Springsteen & Archers Of Loaf with Natalie Marlin 1:09 - Bruce Springsteen - "Darkness On the Edge of Town" 6:50 - Badlands 10:45 - Adam Raised a Cain 14:47 - Something in the Night 18:38 - Candy’s Room 22:30 - Racing in the Street 27:38 - The Promised Land 31:39 - Factory 33:59 - Streets of Fire 37:42 - Prove It All Night 42:02 - Darkness On the Edge of Town 47:12 - Archers Of Loaf - “Icky Mettle” 50:36 - Web in Front 53:47 - Last Word 56:25 - Wrong 59:28 - Might 1:02:35 - Learo, You’re a Hole 1:07:43 - Hate Paste 1:11:09 - Sick File 1:13:38 - Beavis and Butt-Head clowning on Archers Of Loaf 1:15:35 - Community Questions 1:48:05 - Neil J & Daniel Wilkins with Austin C - "The Man Who Outran Time" (suggested by MinnMax supporter Tactical Dreamer)

    1h 49m
  7. Cinderella & Def Leppard with Elana Levin

    10/28/2022

    Cinderella & Def Leppard with Elana Levin

    Like the bodacious ‘dos from which the sound gets its name, “hair metal” can be a hard genre to pin down! Luckily, we’ve got writer/podcaster/critic/organizer and hair metal fan Elana Levin to run through two genre classics to help set some things straight! Matt and Elana cover Def Leppard’s “Hysteria” (the one with “Pour Some Sugar On Me” on it) and “Long Cold Winter” by Cinderella (one of the bands featured in HBO’s Peacemaker TV series). In this episode, they chat about what makes hair metal so special and popular, what role Peacemaker played in popularizing some under-heard hair metal bangers, and why neither of them like “Pour Some Sugar On Me” very much. Follow Elana on Twitter at https://twitter.com/Elana_Brooklyn/ Listen to Elana’s podcast, Graphic Policy Radio, at https://graphicpolicy.com/radio/ or wherever you get podcasts Junk Filter Podcast: Hair Metal with Elana Levin https://anchor.fm/jesse-hawken/episodes/107-Hair-Metal-with-Elana-Levin-e1p26dv “There’s No Wrong Time To Rock: A Peacemaker-Inspired Playlist” by Elana Levin https://womenwriteaboutcomics.com/2022/02/theres-no-wrong-time-to-rock-a-peacemaker-inspired-playlist/ The playlist on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3qfBE3suas4Hggga4asQZW?si=GLBR0LmjQr6fySX6AjbxNA   “Tom Keifer talks the Blues, Cinderella and the Music Industry” - American Blues Scene https://www.americanbluesscene.com/2014/03/tom-keifer-talks-the-blues-cinderella-and-the-music-industry/ “Notes on Camp: on David Lee Roth” https://medium.com/@Elana_Levin/notes-on-camp-on-david-lee-roth-ad286df3cd10 We’d love it if you’d rate and review CrossFade on iTunes, ‘cause it means more people can find the show and love it, too! You can find Matt and Jason on Twitter at https://twitter.com/MattHelgeson and https://twitter.com/nintendufus respectively and in the #music channel of the MinnMax Discord server. Our theme song is “The Lights” by Maps Of Norway from their 2008 record, “Die Off Songbird”: https://open.spotify.com/album/7tNrjnRB1f1oQizkkAePrI Support MinnMax on Patreon and get access to tons of great, exclusive content: https://www.patreon.com/minnmax/ Listen to the CrossFade Community Playlist, a growing Spotify playlist of our community’s favorite music: https://spoti.fi/3aRRgox Timestamps 0:00 - Def Leppard & Cinderella with Elana Levin 0:51 - A bit about hair metal as a genre 11:01 - Cinderella - "Long Cold Winter" 14:33 - Gypsy Road 20:43 - The Last Mile 23:56 - Don’t Know What You Got (Till It’s Gone) 30:00 - Coming Home 32:46 - Fire and Ice 34:34 - Second Wind 37:07 - Bad Seamstress Blues / Fallin’ Apart 42:22 - Def Leppard - “Hysteria” 49:53 - Animal 55:35 - Gods of War 1:01:04 - Rocket 1:08:18 - Women 1:12:39 - Pour Some Sugar On Me 1:17:16 - Hysteria 1:20:40 - Love Bites 1:23:44 - Run Riot 1:26:18 - Community Questions 1:48:11 - Alvvays - “Archie, Marry Me” (suggested by MinnMax supporter Bob Buel)

    1h 54m
  8. 7 Songs to Remember Pharoah Sanders (1940 - 2022)

    10/14/2022

    7 Songs to Remember Pharoah Sanders (1940 - 2022)

    Pharoah Sanders (not “Pharaoh”) was a disciple of John Coltrane and a pioneer in his own right, putting spiritual jazz on the map with unique, genre-blending textures. You can’t truly encapsulate an artist like Pharoah Sanders in a few songs, but on this episode, we pay our respects to the legend with seven songs that we think exemplify some of the broad strokes in artist’s sonic palette. We’d love it if you’d rate and review CrossFade on iTunes, ‘cause it means more people can find the show and love it, too! You can find Matt and Jason on Twitter at https://twitter.com/MattHelgeson and https://twitter.com/nintendufus respectively and in the #music channel of the MinnMax Discord server. Our theme song is “The Lights” by Maps Of Norway from their 2008 record, “Die Off Songbird”: https://open.spotify.com/album/7tNrjnRB1f1oQizkkAePrI Support MinnMax on Patreon and get access to tons of great, exclusive content: https://www.patreon.com/minnmax/ Listen to the CrossFade Community Playlist, a growing Spotify playlist of our community’s favorite music: https://spoti.fi/3aRRgox Timestamps 0:00 - Remembering Pharoah Sanders (1940 - 2022) 00:49 - About Pharoah Sanders 3:53 - John Coltrane – Ascension - Edition I / Pt. 2 16:35 - The Creator Has a Master Plan 28:56 - Astral Traveling 33:40 - Alice Coltrane & Pharoah Sanders – Journey In Satchidananda 41:02 - Love Is Everywhere 46:59 - Kumba 54:31 - Pharoah Sanders & Floating Points – Movement 5

    1h 5m
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CrossFade is a dueling album review show about expanding your musical horizons hosted by Matt Helgeson. Released every two weeks, CrossFade has guests introduce one of their favorite albums of all time to Matt Helgeson (and vice versa) as they review the highlights, play clips, and compare each other's picks. On every episode, we answer questions from the community via MinnMax's Patreon page - https://www.patreon.com/minnmax

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