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Friday Heavy: March 18, 2022
This week, we discuss:
1. Soul Glo – “Diaspora Problems”
2. Friday Heavy playlist with 20+ songs in under 40 minutes, (almost) all under 2 minutes each
3. Equality Texas
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— TuneDig (@tunedig) March 18, 2022
Transcript
Note: our transcripts are mostly AI-generated for now.
Cliff: Welcome back to Friday Heavy, your guide to the world of aggressive and abrasive and loud and weird and things. Music brought to you by the folks behind today. I am. So each episode of Friday heavy, we cover three things. We cover one brand new release and why we think it will be worth a spin for you.
We cover one playlist that we’ve curated to help explore, a heavy sub genre artists. or scene or something like that. And then we also cover one organization.
doing critical culture, impacting work in their community. So you can do something with all that energy, because we like to remind people
that a punk is not just the genre. it’s more than.
Kyle: it’s a state of mind.
Cliff: better be a state of action. So let’s get into it, our new release this week. we want to talk about uh, his soul Glo diaspora problems. This is actually Coming out March 25th. So a week after you’re maybe here in this podcast
but it’s the release that we’re most excited about in this range.
And so we’re, uh, we’re Totally. bringing it forward and covering it.
Kyle: It’s also nice to just be able to say the name of a soul glow album title for.
Cliff: I was going to very cleverly relate or like, think about albums in the past and just let people find out for themselves while we didn’t actually say any of them.
Kyle: surprise.
They, they do a good job. I don’t remember. I think it’s on their Instagram where they ask their white drummer. Uh, they like interview him and then they throw to the other guys in the band to save the album title. So they. They handle all that stuff, sort of cleverly. I think we’ll build over a number of points about like why this band is so interesting and exciting
Cliff: Yeah. Clever is a good place to start though. It’ll give you the right key. Yeah. So, so glow is a Philly based punk or hardcore band. Those words mean whatever they mean at this point, but it’ll get you in the right space and they kind of strike this impossible balance of seriousness and lighthearted.
Uh, and there’s no lack of energy ever. Uh, and it’s, It’s wild because it’s this kind of fast and chaotic punk. And yet it’ll pretty gleefully give way to something approximating noise rap on a regular occasion.
Kyle: Yeah. I mean, the word that comes to mind for me is fearlessness. There was an interview with, I think it’s like WSB and the, the local kind of alternative radio station has featured them a number of times over the.
And they went down a rabbit hole talking about, Dembo talking about like a Caribbean club music and how they were like, whatever we’re listening to, it’s going to find its way into the music somehow. And yet on the flip side of it, you can hear that they’re like pushing it edges and they’re right at the seams of like, this should not work, but it works specifically for the reason that.
It’s them. And only them. It’s a very one of one formula. Like I, I equate everything in that vein back to Iggy pop and like only Iggy pop could pull this off. But everything about this band is like literally only this group of people could pull this off.
Cliff: Yep. And I love all of the edge pushing without all of having to focus on how artistically gifted they are for pushing edges and constantly focusing on what a big production it would be to be Artistic. Like now they’re just creative and they’re out there with it. And they’ve been, they’ve been kind of storming the.
Uh, lately, especially since 2020s, 12 minute EPE songs to eat at the sun got some positive coverage. Um, and they recently signed to epitaph and released another EIP. Uh, one of which Kyle was alluding to earlier last year. But
Kyle: to two of them, right. There was a volume one and volume
Cliff: yeah, but the S volume two.
is the one that’s released by epitaph. If I’m understanding, correct.
Yeah. And so uh, but the singles coming off this upcoming,
release are as promising as anything. Uh, and so we’re really hoping epitaph put some weights behind these dudes and gives them the attention they deserve. Um, because they’re really getting some key moments like they’re on, a. what my chemical romance is doing a big, tour, and they’re doing that thing where they’re you know, spinning through a lot of headliners in different cities. And There’s one that’s lining up in North Carolina. That’s my chemical romance turnstile. and soul glow. And I mean, that’s such a good lineup. It’s got me considering going to a, my chemical romance show.
Kyle: and across state lines,
Cliff: it would
take that much to convince me if it were in my own backyard, but
Kyle: Yeah, that’s true. I mean, not to say that my Cam’s not super rad, that that bill is extraordinary. And I like, I’m very earnestly excited about the fact that that is a thing, but yeah, it’s strange to be in a position where I’m like that excited about that.
Cliff: Yup. Well, from
from 2016 to 2021 soul glow was putting together, this album, that they’re about to release according to them. Uh, and they did it nearly Completely alone. I love the simple indirect. punk statements behind it. Right. The writing about this whole record this is a huge release for them as a huge opportunity. And they’re talking about, well, we kind of did it ourselves A demo and tracking was handled exclusively by the basis, uh, in engineering close friend, Evan Barnard final tracks were recorded and that’s in a same unfinished warehouse.
And the band’s practice-based during the. hottest parts of summer 2021.
Like That’s what they choose to let us know about.
their story. And I’m super into that.
Kyle: I, uh, yeah. Yeah. It’s definitely a breath breath of fresh air. They there’s so much about dropping into their world that feels like trash talk did 10 or 12 years ago where you’re like, this is, this is a complete world that feels like it’s existed for a really long time. And I’m on the outside of an inside thing.
And I want to get inside the thing, like absolutely as soon as possible, they, they have sort of their whole ecosystem conceived already.
Cliff: Trash Hawks, the band that kept coming to mind when I kept
Kyle: Yeah. yeah. yeah. I mean, and not, not sonically, right? I mean, sonically, I, I think the only thing that, that I hear in both bands is. And, and less so on the later trash-talk stuff like a real separation, there’s a crispness to the recordings that they’re not like too clean, too polished. Um, but you can definitely hear a little bit of space in the mix.
So there is like, to your point, there is a sophistication and there’s like a real professionalism to how they’re doing it. And I think all that helps step up. The, how seriously should I take this from the extremely chaotic, like DIY flyer, energy of the whole thing
Cliff: Yeah. So let’s spend a couple of singles real fast before we just kind of give this a recommendation and say, Hey hold on for a week or go spend some money with the band.
So
First of all, uh, I mentioned the swap from punk to noise rap. So prepare yourself for the. dichotomy of these two singles. All right. So first up is jumped or get jumped by the future. Uh, which if you look at it, stylistically has a lot more, parentheses and exclamation points than I just pronounced. And that’s kind of like the single we’re looking for from the Philly hardcore vets, right. Uh, And on top of it, oh, we’re going to play the single here, but go grab the music video version because it’s got an intro. that is hilarious.
Kyle: And then there’s like some whiplash inspiration. That’s again, that’s I was watching that video like, oh, these, these dudes are clever. They’re they’re doing a thing.
Cliff: But then coming back from that their most recent single drip and Nomics, uh, has got Philly rapper, mother, Mary Rose trading versus with the front man of soul Glo. Uh, and as stereo gum puts it a quote, it’s a get money track for a very different area.
Cliff: But then coming back from that their most recent single drip and Nomics, Uh, has got Philly rapper, mother, Mary Rose trading versus
with the front man of soul Glo. Uh, and as stereo gum puts it a quote, it’s a get money track for a very different.
area.
Cliff: so that was different. That was
different than the first thing.
we played. Uh, like one of the things that band says about it is a driven Nomics is for everyone doing what they have to do to get by, and get fly oftentimes lower income and working class. People are criticized for how they survive out here, especially in times of crisis.
and people are getting more. desperate, But simultaneously more creative with their income options. And this song is a salute to that. like they’re aware of it and they still don’t.
have to take it too seriously. And this is like exactly what I’m looking for all the time. Basically.
Kyle: So there were a couple of things is like a huge Atlanta rap guy that jumped out to me. One is the cadence, like the vocal delivery of this vocalist is astounding. I don’t know when he breathes. But I, I hear two things that I really like in it. Like he, he does the Jasso flow, the sort of. Old school cut above New York type of thing, and then also switches back and forth into triplet cadences, like the real Atlanta trappy thing.
And, and does it really effortlessly? So going back to that thing about fearlessness with influences, like young people don’t care about any of that shit. Right. But it’s just, it’s cool to consider Like how many touch points and artists has sort of absorbed. And one of the things that I really like about younger artists, and I know we’ve talked about this on the main podcast in a couple of different contexts is like all, all of like a generation of genre bending and blending has led to things like this.
Like music like this, I don’t think would have been possible and cool twenty-five years ago.
Cliff: Possible and cool. Yep. That’s the Right.
Kyle: Right.
Cliff: wasn’t possible.
Kyle: It was possible. It just wasn’t. It wasn’t
Cliff: Yeah, we watched
Kyle: beta.
Cliff: try. Yeah.
Kyle: Yeah. Oh God.
Cliff: So check out diaspora problems out next Friday.
March 25th, uh, on epitaph, uh, like we will always tell you, go listen to it however you want. And then go send the band your money by going to shows and buying merch or just sending them dollars.
Uh, cause that’s actually the best way to get them money. Not your singular Spotify. So that’s The release this week. Uh, let’s talk about our curated playlists. God, what you got.
Kyle: The message that I sent you. When I built this playlist was here we go over 20 songs under 40 minutes, LOL. I love this kind of music. It’s like soul glow spiritually inspires me in the type of thing that they’re trying to do energy. And we’re, we’re in an insane place for underground punk. I know it’s like hard to dredge through and find the stuff that feels like you would see the logo of the band on a DIY photocopied flyer, but there are a ton of bands out there.
They’re really cool. I got to shout out Sam Veld Velda um, he is in obliterations. He was in a band called Nighthorse. He’s a music supervisor. He does music supervision for vans. And so a lot of the like cool stuff, like soul glow, I tend to find through him. He’s, he’s like one of those Questlove type people where, you know, it’s always going to be different and it’s always going to be cool and like have cred.
Um, so his band obliterations is on here. Candy is on here. They’re a band that I, I really, really love a lot. So all the like coolest gnarliest rattus I would go see it. Automatic, no questions asked type shit, like get in the pit and love someone band. A lot of that is in here. It’s a really good time for this type of music.
So, you know, enjoy this as your natural red bull or a cocaine alternative or whatever, and follow some of these bands on Instagram and go, try to check them out at underground secret warehouse show. Whatever it’s, these are the kinds of bands that are worth driving for and checking out on a weird house show contexts.
And now that we’re in our mid thirties, it’s just good. Mostly to know that this kind of thing is still ongoing and raging
Cliff: Speaking of being in our mid thirties, the one thing this made me think of, I know that you didn’t try to make a skate playlist, but I thought about this being a mid 30 skate playlist because, uh, 40 minutes.
is
probably the maximum amount of time any of us could get away with doing that. So might as well feel like you’re in a total Tony Hawk episode and you’re like, well, I ran out of music, so that’s why I stopped.
Not because I
Kyle: it’s a good, like last time we talked about, um, the Putney playlist being for power lifting. This is a good playlist for like getting outside and riding your bike or just, yeah. Doing a little goofy foot push for a little bit until you, uh, scrape your knees to hell or totally burn your lungs out.
One of the
Cliff: Yeah. So put this on the, uh, on the boom box, put it on the front porch And go outside and do wheelies with your kid.
Uh, so
Kyle: your neighbors
Cliff: yeah, that’s the right move, especially if you’re a small child, is smoking a cigarette, then you’ve aced it.
Kyle: They vape
Cliff: Yeah.
Kyle: they vape.
Cliff: Cool.
All right. So we’ve covered a new release that we want you to listen to.
I’ve covered a curated playlist. Uh, last thing we always do is cover an organization worth checking out, doing heavy work in their community. And so to do that, we always have to spin up a little bit of the topic that we’re talking about. Uh, and if you’ve like, I don’t know, been on the internet at all lately, you’re going to be familiar with what we’re talking about.
Like we get it.
Kyle: If you’re a doom scroller like
Cliff: Yeah, we still think it’s worth bringing attention to here is specially because the whole reason.
we think this segment is cool is because we can point ourselves towards people doing something about the problem.
Kyle: Yep.
We’re bringing you solutions, not problems. People we’re we’re we’re bringing you
Cliff: well,
Kyle: only by
Cliff: yeah. To be fair. we’re bringing you Other people’s solutions, uh, and trying to, trying to connect with them so we can actually get,
something done because who are we? so about a month ago, uh, in the middle of early voting in Texas, uh, Texas attorney general Ken Paxton released this non-binding opinion, which basically like grossly mis-characterized medically necessary, best practice healthcare. for trans children, transgender children uh, and decided to mischaracterize it as literal child.
abuse. Uh, and then The governor of Texas sent a letter to the parchment of family protective services, directing them, to enforce this opinion. And there’s a lot to learn about it. including the fact that the ACLU like clarifies for us that like the governor’s statement didn’t really have any legal basis and couldn’t be enforced under the current law, but this is a really important moment for us to remember. that the laws as written aren’t the only impact that laws and politics have on our society.
Now, people who are trying to care for their transgender children
Are scared. They’re scared of being able to be parents in their own homes. They don’t know if they have to be afraid. They don’t know how afraid to be. They don’t know what this looks like, or how it will play out or how any of this will actually happen.
And so on top of the fact that this is a really stupid thing, uh, research is constantly being published, that shows the importance of gender affirming health care for trans. and gender youth, Especially, but on top of that, the not knowing portion of what does this mean for me and my, family is wildly unacceptable.
in our reality. And so we want to tell you about equality, Texas equality, Texas works to secure, full equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer, Texans through political action education, community organizing and collaboration. Basically they’re doing all the really, really, really hard stuff for the people who really need help and need our help. Yeah.
Kyle: So if you are somebody you love basically is, is the parent of a transgender kid, and you’re more likely to no one than you might think. Uh, if it, if somebody doesn’t come to mind immediately, uh, we can’t encourage you strongly enough to check out the resources on a quality Texas website, uh, regardless of whether you’re in Texas or not.
And that’s important because. Frankly, everybody should be familiar with this information just from a literacy standpoint, whether you have kids or not cliff, I always appreciate when you take a perspective on caring about kids issues, now that you have a good friend with the, the point that you make often that I love is that we belong to one another.
Right? And that’s the kind of affirming thing that you hear from the stage at punk shows. That was the first. I ever heard validation like that, that felt really real. And from an honest place and we need to help, you know, once again, like in so many other contexts protect innocent kids from dangerous people.
Because even though this is in Texas and you may not be in Texas or know anyone in Texas, it is signaling and it has a ripple effect. Uh, there’s already laws on the field of play in Ohio and relatedly, you know, there’s the, don’t say gay bill and Florida and related bills and three or four other states, including our own, um, where it’s just crass political footballing that has a real Downfield effect of violence and harassment for kids and their families.
So again, wrap your arms around the issue in order to wrap your arms around the kids, all of whom need to be kept safe at all times.
Cliff: 100%. So you can learn more about equality, Texas at equality, texas.org, consider making a monetary donation because we’ll tell you just like We tell you to give money to Give money to nonprofits That’s the best way to help them a hundred percent of the, time. But we, we believe that people deserve access to the healthcare that they need to survive and thrive, and that we don’t really have the right to tell other people what they are and what they are not. And We definitely don’t have the right to attack them for existing.
In any case, Uh, in everyone deserves full equality. Now so if that’s not really clear from us it should be now.
And we need to join up with organizations doing something about it. Uh, and just as a personal note from me, and being very vulnerable with a whole bunch of people. who have never heard me probably before. Uh, if you’re around people or in a religious context that tells you that people are worth less because of their gender. and sexuality, you owe it to yourself, to get out.
Now, uh, you’re better off as a human being for it.
And you know that it’s not right. Uh, and You can find a
better place to love and care for people. Kyle, anything to add
before we go
Kyle: We love you and we’ll see you in the proverbial or literal.
Cliff: damn
Kyle: Th the marsh pet, not the best pet, but maybe that two
Cliff: We’ll mash in the abyss. This has been Friday heavy. We’ll be back in two weeks. Thanks so much.
Kyle: chairs,
Cliff: Go to tunedig.com or follow us on Instagram and Twitter for links to the new release, the playlist and the organization that we talked about today.
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SEASON 6
Season 6—featuring our most eclectic selection of albums yet—concludes July 1, 2022.
TuneDig Episode 50: Funkadelic’s “Maggot Brain”
Before uniting one nation under a groove, the lysergic lords of chaos in Funkadelic harnessed wild lightning into an amulet called Maggot Brain, bestowing the bearer with raw, dark power stronger than any force known to man. Between reaching our 50th episode and coping with the “maggots in the mind” of today’s universe, it felt like the right time to free our minds. We hope y’all’s asses will follow.
TuneDig Episode 49: Alice Coltrane’s “Journey in Satchidananda”
The story of Alice Coltrane — an accomplished bebop pianist from Detroit who transcended into something far greater before walking away from public life altogether — is a glimpse into what it means to be truly free. Alice’s masterpiece "Journey in Satchidananda" is a cosmic dance that sparked creation from destruction. And in a time when we’re all desperately searching for a spark of meaning and hope, Journey abides abundantly.
TuneDig Episode 48: Heart’s “Little Queen”
Take a moment to appreciate Ann and Nancy Wilson, who kicked down the doors of rock ‘n’ roll’s boys’ club with their peerless guitar work, soaring soul vocals, and tight songcraft. 1977’s Little Queen — an oft-overlooked gem in the classic rock canon — offers a snapshot of those elements at their most urgent and pure, powered by the Wilsons’ simple motivation (as described by their producer): “It was a war.”
TuneDig Episode 47: Tangerine Dream’s “Phaedra”
When you think of “electronic music,” what comes to mind may not be a genre you deeply love — hip-hop, house, new wave, or even dub reggae — but all of it owes some debt, scientifically or otherwise, to Tangerine Dream. Dig in with us as we study a prime example of the band’s brand of effortful innovation, where they patiently and persistently labored at the cutting edge of electronic technology to open a portal to new worlds in our minds.
TuneDig Episode 46: Olivia Rodrigo’s “SOUR”
Did you catch one of 2021’s biggest albums, or like us, did you almost overlook it? If you have any expectations of pop music, "SOUR" will likely subvert them. Teenage dream this is not; it’s an exquisitely universal portrait of a weird time to be alive.
TuneDig Episode 45: Fela Kuti’s “Expensive Shit”
The story of Fela Kuti — one of the most famous people on an *entire continent* passionately struggling to liberate power to more people — is absolutely one worth deeply knowing, regardless of whether you find yourself drawn to Afrobeat or (cringe) “world music.” But once you know it, it’s almost impossible not to fall in love with Fela and Afrika 70 as their revolutionary grooves rewire your brain in magical and meaningful ways.
TuneDig Episode 44: Meshuggah’s “ObZen”
Meshuggah’s ObZen—an artifact of human creativity pushing the limits of what’s possible—will quite literally make you hear music differently. If you’re looking for a new musical adventure, and especially if you don’t think you like “heavy” or “weird” music, consider this your sign to push past your comfort zone.
TuneDig Episode 43: mewithoutYou’s “Catch For Us the Foxes”
A misunderstood wise man once said “Let him who seeks continue seeking until he finds.” In our most personal and vulnerable episode yet, we do some seeking through the lens of songs that fill us with the bravery and sincerity to love ourselves and others fully. Dig deep with us as we fish for words about our tiny place in the universe and dance with gratitude for our ability to do so.
TuneDig Episode 42: Erykah Badu’s “Mama’s Gun”
Y’all tryna raise your vibrations? Erykah Badu is here to help. Season 6 kicks off with a meditation on realness and what being on “your own wavelength” really means. (Spoiler: it ain’t a single frequency — it’s a whole spectrum.)
FRIDAY HEAVY
For lifelong headbangers and the musically curious alike, a new podcast from TuneDig is here to push your palette with aggressive, abrasive art. Each short, fast-paced episode offers (1) a new metal, punk, noise, or experimental release we recommend, (2) a related playlist we’ve curated, and (3) a heavy issue to consider and an organization doing something about it. Join us in the void.
Friday Heavy: End of Year Review 2022
It was a great year in heavy music. In this episode, we look back at all the new releases we featured and the curated playlists they spawned.
It was a NOT great year in many other ways. We leave you with a parting message of encouragement to connect your energy and angst to on-the-ground organizations doing the work in your community.
Friday Heavy: November 11, 2022
This week, we discuss:
- He Is Legend – Endless Hallway
- Curated playlist sussing out the depths of He Is Legend’s roots, weirdness, and attitude
- Protect Our Winters (POW)
Friday Heavy: October 28, 2022
This week, we discuss:
- Witch Fever – “Congregation”
- Curated playlist of eclectic, high energy that might get your inner goth stoked on (briefly) going out
- Housing Justice League
Friday Heavy: October 14, 2022
This week, we discuss:
- The Lord † Petra Haden – “Devotional”
- Friday Heavy playlist densely packed with thick, meditative vibrations across the spectrum of drone
- Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS)
Friday Heavy: September 30, 2022
This week, we discuss:
- Escuela Grind – “Memory Theater”
- Friday Heavy playlist dedicated to the absolutely fucking hostile energy that powerviolence can bring to radical inclusion
- Zealous
Friday Heavy: September 16, 2022
This week, we discuss:
- Holy Fawn – Dimensional Bleed
- Friday Heavy playlist showcasing the incalculably extensive and wildly diverse Shoegaze Cinematic Universe (aka post-rock)
- MTB Atlanta
Friday Heavy: September 2, 2022
This week, we discuss:
- The Callous Daoboys – “Celebrity Therapist”
- Friday Heavy playlist confronting the under-appreciation of Atlanta’s heavy and weird music scene
- Mississippi Rapid Response Coalition – Water Fund
Friday Heavy: August 19, 2022
This week, we discuss:
- Osees – “A Foul Form”
- Friday Heavy playlist fuzzed out on oddball punk that smells like cigarettes just thinking about it
- Women on the Rise GA
Friday Heavy: August 5, 2022
This week, we discuss:
- Chat Pile – “God’s Country”
- Friday Heavy playlist with, uh, a bunch of very pissed off songs directed at christofascist terrorism
- The Grocery Spot
Friday Heavy: July 22, 2022
This week, we discuss:
- WAKE – “Thought Form Descent”
- Friday Heavy playlist that anchors its sound in modern production of sludge, blackened death, and post-metal
- The Planetary Society
Friday Heavy: July 8, 2022
This week, we discuss:
1. Vomit Forth – “Seething Malevolence”
2. Friday Heavy playlist that’s unsettling in the best way, leaving you feeling a little off your axis
3. Trees Atlanta
Friday Heavy: June 24, 2022
This week, we discuss:
1. CANDY – “Heaven is Here”
2. Friday Heavy playlist packed with off-the-beaten-path punk and hardcore from bands that deserve space on your battle jacket
3. Round Rock Black Parents Association
Friday Heavy: June 10, 2022
This week, we discuss:
1. Sasquatch – “Fever Fantasy”
2. Friday Heavy playlist of heavy grooves for late desert nights and hazy generator parties
3. Feed Buffalo
Friday Heavy: May 27, 2022
This week, we discuss:
1. Decapitated – “Cancer Culture”
2. Friday Heavy playlist stacked with bands putting their unique and modern spin on (occasionally tech) death metal
3. PropelATL
Friday Heavy: May 13, 2022
This week, we discuss:
1. Primitive Man – “Insurmountable”
2. Friday Heavy playlist full of SLOW, enveloping, massive and crunchy tone and big feedback
3. National Network of Abortion Funds
Friday Heavy: April 29, 2022
This week, we discuss:
1. Heriot – “Profound Morality”
2. Friday Heavy playlist packed with mid-tempo, huge guitar tone, big atmosphere and lots of industrial grit and grind
3. Invisible People
Friday Heavy: April 15, 2022
This week, we discuss:
1. Greyhaven – “The Bright And Beautiful World”
2. Friday Heavy playlist for fans of more choatic + melodic combinations
3. Campaign for Working Families
Friday Heavy: April 1, 2022
This week, we discuss:
1. Meshuggah – “Immutable”
2. Friday Heavy playlist full of high quality Meshuggah aping that AIN’T “djent”
3. The Bail Project
Friday Heavy: March 18, 2022
This week, we discuss:
1. Soul Glo – “Diaspora Problems”
2. Friday Heavy playlist with 20+ songs in under 40 minutes, (almost) all under 2 minutes each
3. Equality Texas
Friday Heavy: March 4, 2022
This week, we discuss:
1. Vein.fm – “This World Is Going To Ruin You”
2. Friday Heavy playlist exploring more of Will Putney’s work
3. Books to Prisoners
SEASON 5
TuneDig Episode 41: Miles Davis’s “Bitches Brew”
Let’s be clear: "Bitches Brew" is a challenging record, even to some of the best musicians in the world — but all of them say it’s worth the investment. It’s the kind of trip that, even if we *could* draw a map, it wouldn’t take you there. Let go of the need for meaning and enjoy the ride with us. We can promise you’ll be pleasantly surprised where you end up.
TuneDig Episode 40: Fiona Apple’s “Tidal”
On the heels of one of 2020's most acclaimed albums — Fiona Apple’s Fetch the Bolt Cutters — we revisited Apple’s debut Tidal and wound up working to extract ourselves from the mostly male gazes that made its reception … much different. We arrive at a question much like writer Jenn Pelly had: “People would constantly prod Fiona on how an 18-year-old could write songs as mature as these ... Why did they not ask instead how she became a genius?”
TuneDig Episode 39: Death Grips’s “The Money Store”
The modern world is accelerating beyond our control, shaping our reality in ways we can’t yet perceive or understand. Enter Death Grips, an art project capturing the chaotic energy and illustrating the absurdity of our hubris in trying to harmonize the surreal and extremely real — never more perfectly than on 2012’s prescient "The Money Store".
TuneDig Episode 38: Augustus Pablo’s “King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown”
Reggae music is easy to take for granted, but its impact is underappreciated and massive — in the case of dub in particular, everyone from Radiohead to Johnny Rotten to Run-DMC owes it a debt. Augustus Pablo and King Tubby together created what’s regarded as “one of the finest examples of dub ever recorded.” Join us as we dive into the culture, history, and unique engineering experiments that made it possible.
TuneDig Episode 37: Rihanna’s “ANTI”
By every measure — sales, awards, chart-toppers, global name recognition — Rihanna is objectively as big as the Beatles ever were. In fact, ANTI is so big it’s still on the charts, a record five full years later. Take a closer look with us at “the record you make when you don’t need to sell records”, and get a taste of the true freedom that comes from focusing on your inner voice when faced with insurmountable expectations.
TuneDig Episode 36: Son House’s “Father of Folk Blues”
All American music traces back to the blues, and deep at the root sits Son House. That the recordings on "Father of Folk Blues" even exist is something of a gray area that cuts to the heart of the great American myth, but wherever you land after hearing these stories, you’ll find that what matters most is what the great Muddy Waters once said of House: “That man was the king.”
TuneDig Episode 35: Melvins’s “Stoner Witch”
The futility of describing the Melvins has stretched critics in the direction of absurd words like “Dadaist” for nearly 40 years now. They’ve belligerently flogged any attempt to pinpoint their essence simply by being themselves, but "Stoner Witch" remains a reliable mall directory for the Melvins’ vast and wild discography. Grab yourself some pretzel bites.
TuneDig Episode 34: Dolly Parton’s “Jolene”
We should talk about Dolly the way we talk about Prince. Her extraordinary kindness and unique kitsch both make her universally loved, but what gets left out of the conversation is the very thing that made her famous: the music. Join in as we focus attention on the sonics and songwriting of the low-key masterpiece "Jolene".
TuneDig Episode 33: The Allman Brothers Band’s “The Allman Brothers Band”
Six enlightened rogues out of Macon, Georgia birthed an entire genre simply by being their soul-powered selves. We have not come to testify, but we’re still hung up on the dream The Allman Brothers Band helped us see. By the end of this episode, you will be, too.
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We got a bunch of interesting listener feedback in our off-season, and it encouraged us to shed some light on why we do things the way we do ‘em. Also, we reflect on our first writeup, which was ... interesting.
WHO WE ARE
We're Cliff (right) and Kyle (left). We’re two dudes born and raised in ATL with day jobs in tech and sustainability, respectively.
We met in middle school, and in one way or another, music’s been the thing that’s kept us close for the two decades since — whether it’s sharing and talking about new music (like this podcast, except in our texts or over beers), going to shows, or working with our favorite record stores to help them survive and thrive.
We started TuneDig as a little art project that connects us more deeply ourselves and to the world through the infinite gift of music. We hope you’ll join us for the conversations, let us know what you think, and share discoveries of your own.
More About TuneDig
TuneDig began as a little something called MusicGrid.me, which we created after realizing there was no place online to directly exchange music recommendations with your friends. Our aim was simple: to make rating albums simple, useful, and social. We got some love from places like Mashable, Wired, Evolver.fm, and Hypebot. We managed to foster conversation between music lovers, get thousands of reviews, and meet great people.
Along the way, we realized that record stores were an essential part of the music lovers’ community. After many a conversation about how we could helpfully connect them to the people who loved them, we began helping them leverage technology to create new revenue streams and embrace streaming services without giving up what’s unique to them: expertise and curation. (Long live the counter clerk who knows exactly which record will be the right introduction to jazz fusion!)
TuneDig is our vision to connect music lovers with the music they love, because no matter how much has changed in the way we discover and enjoy music, recommendations from people you trust and respect will always be the best way to find new music you’ll dig. With this podcast, we’re channeling the spirit of trusted curation pioneered by record stores, and bringing you something to take you deeper into music you can love.