Pins, Spins, and Pints

Battle at Young, Sick Camellia

Louis and Chris break down bands who borrow heavily from bygone days, for better or worse: Battle at Garden's Gate by Greta Van Fleet (2021), and Young Sick Camellia by St. Paul and the Broken Bones (2018). Featuring: strange song titles, absolutely zero mentions of Led Zeppelin, and after Louis's second beer, the impassioned ravings of a lunatic.

The Course at the Gates of Fable

Louis and Chris break down outlier albums from two musical acts better known for other things: The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, by Pink Floyd (1967), and Course in Fable by Ryley Walker (2021). Featuring a beer that smells like B.O., a too-deep discussion about what is (and isn't) progressive rock, and whether Pink Floyd founder Sid Barrett should still be hailed a musical genius for adding, you know . . . punk-y weirdness (?) to a single album.

The Swoon

Louis and Chris break down albums from two mixed gender bands: Swoon, by Silversun Pickups (2009), and the Score by Fugees (1996). Featuring a Guinness Blonde, a brief and incomplete breakdown of 90s shoegaze bands, and a much heavier discussion than we intended to have, honestly.

Wise Up Guitar

Louis and Chris break down two collaborative albums, Wise Up Ghost (2013), by Elvis Costello and the Roots, and The Guitar Trio (1996), by Paco de Lucia, Al Di Meola, and John McLaughlin. The beer: Mill Street's Vanilla Porter. Which songs should have been cut from Wise Up Ghost? What makes a good instrumental album?

Skin and Esthetize

Louis and Chris break down Porcupine Tree's Anesthetize (2010) and the Foo Fighters's Skin and Bones (2006) over a Hobgoblin IPA. Featuring: the musical equivalent of Elijah Wood, and which Foo Fighter song sounds like a parody of music in general.