Part 1 of my conversation with guest Jay Breitling about our favorite music of 2025 so far. Listen to the episode below or download directly (right click and "save as").
Show notes:
- Drinking some Italian beer
- Rock is dead commercially
- Billboard album chart contains nearly no rock
- Fleetwood Mac's Rumours still riding high for some reason
- Festival cancellations: Bonnaroo, Boston Calling next year, Lollapalooza
- Too many festivals, high ticket prices
- Black Sabbath farewell show
- Lots of big rock deaths: Brian Wilson, Sly Stone, David Johansen, Marianne Faithfull, etc.
- We saw Hallelujah the Hills recently and it was glorious
- Kumar saw some shows: Frank Black, Shannon/Narducy, Gang of Four, Bob Mould
- Breitling will see Oasis in Mexico, as one does
- Who's the Who's drummer?
- Breitling's bubbling under albums: Whirr, Winter, Lunchbox, Pink Floyd reissue, Rough Francis, The Get Quick, Autocamper, Viagra Boys, Thalia Zedek Band
- Kumar's list: Kinski, Ty Segall, Civic, Cameron Keiber, Dean Wareham, Pulp, Psychedelic Porn Crumpets, The Bug Club, Turnstile, The Tubs, Kestrels, Lifeguard, Hotline TNT
- Breitling's #10: An electronic collab between Mark Pritchard and Thom Yorke
- Kumar's #10: Sophomore release from Horsegirl explores mellower sounds
- So much music to listen to these days
- Breitling's #9: Ambient situation delivered by William Tyler
- Of Bills Frisell and Laswell
- Kumar's #9: Post-punk ripper from Charm School
- Kurt Loder is still with us
- Kumar's #8: Heavy Spoon influence on the new album from The Convenience
- Breitling's #7: Dean Wareham is still bringing it
- To be continued
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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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