Part 1 of my conversation with guest Jay Breitling about the best music of 2026 so far. Listen to the episode below or download directly (right click and "save as").
Show notes:
- AI music is apparently a thing on streaming services
- Saxophone Colossus, mfer (RIP)
- Blue dot syndrome: Tours getting canceled because of poor ticket sales
- Who woulda thunk Kiefer Sutherland couldn't sell out concerts?
- Many artists are trying to fill venues that are too big
- We're going to a lot of concerts
- Why is beer so expensive at music venues?
- What is a walking class?
- The Osbourne family has licensed an Ozzy hologram for use in ads
- ABBA does a hologram show of them in their prime
- Maybe older bands should be replaced by holograms
- Car Seat Headrest remade their 2016 album, removed swear words and drug references
- Books are being updated with current references
- AI is used a lot to make pop and R&B music
- Young H-Dawg is into grunge now
- Breitling's honorable mentions: Crooked Fingers, Sleaford Mods, Stomptalk Modstone, Softjaw, Reds Pinks and Purples, Mclusky, Fugazi, Hedge
- Kumar's HMs: King Tuff, Bevis Frond, New Pornographers, Gord Downie and the Sadies, Damaged Bug, Sub*T, Ecca Vandal, Broken Social Scene
- Breitling's #10: Philly's Nothing with a different sound
- Influenced by the singer's neurological disorder
- Kumar's #10: Mclusky returns with a killer mini-album
- Recent spate of touring has made the band even better
- Breitling's #9: Lofi Legs may or may not have released an album this year
- The time is right for a slacker revolution
- Kumar's #9: Joyce Manor sings about getting older
- LA trio makes with the emo pop-punk
- Breitling's #8: Reunited original lineup of the Grownup Noise
- Band deserves more props
- Kumar's #8: Pure pop magic from the Lemon Twigs
- Reminiscent of Sharp Pins and Redd Kross
- Breitling's #7: Pittsburgh's Feeble Little Horse persevere without Ryan
- All killer, no filler
- Kumar's #7: Canadian artist Daniel Romano continues to bring the heat
- Split up songwriting duties for this album
- 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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