Part 1 of my conversation with guest Jay Breitling about our favorite music of 2025. Listen to the episode below or download directly (right click and "save as").
Show notes:
- The 17th annual year in music review
- AI-generated music is lame
- Especially fake music that purports to be by real artists
- Spotify is a juggernaut that still sucks
- Checking out other services (Qobuz, Amazon)
- You don't get to own downloads via streaming services
- The kids love the K-pop
- Only a handful of artists make any money these days
- Oh yay, LIve Nation is going to get richer
- Ticketmaster is now a ticket reseller as well
- We're still seeing the live rock
- Breitling: Thumbs up for the Aimee Mann/Ted Leo Christmas show
- Saw Oasis in Mexico City
- We both saw Hallelujah the Hills
- Kumar: Saw Frank Black, Narducy/Shannon do R.E.M., Gang of Four with Ted Leo, Bob Mould, Greg Norton, Ducks Ltd., Pixies, the Who, Buffalo Tom
- Breitling's bubbling under music picks: Ava Luna, Lifeguard, Winter, Frankie Cosmos, Golden Apples, Lemonheads, Sister Ray Davies, Jeff Tweedy, Glimmer, Tiberius, Telephone Numbers
- Kumar's honorable mentions: Tweedy, The Convenience, Snocaps, Turnstile, The Hives, Viagra Boys, Pulp, Car Seat Headrest, Charm School, Horsegirl, Superchunk, Pile, The Beths, Tony Molina, Sharp Pins, They Are Gutting a Body of Water, Militarie Gun, Kestrels, Destroyer, Dean Wareham, Kinski, Ty Segall, Stereolab, Lunchbox, Cam Keiber, Husker Du and Replacements box sets
- Breitling's #10: Autocamper's debut asks a valid question
- Kumar's #10: Debut solo release from TV On the Radio's Tunde Adebimpe
- Breitling's #9: Energetic indie rock from Chicago's OK Cool
- Kumar's #9: Ripper out of nowhere from The Men
- Breitling's #8: Urgent EP about ancient Greece by Strange Passage
- Reunion tours with strange combinations
- Triumph is coming around next year
- To be continued
- Completely Conspicuous is available through Apple Podcasts. Subscribe and write a review!
- The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian.
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