Inside The Archives

The Mystique And Intrigue Of Halloween Concerts

Halloween is the best day of the year for music. It presents an incredible musical opportunity. The chance to do something so bizarre. So out of left field that your fans will be delighted you’ve taken that chance. We take a look at the history of rock and roll Halloween concerts. From artists "dressing up" as other bands and covering their albums to some truly bizarre instances. Inside The Archivesis available onApple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/inside-the-archives/id1391775154]andRADIO.COM [https://www.radio.com/media/podcast/inside-archives].Subscribe to the podcast [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/inside-the-archives/id1391775154], leave a rating and a review, and listen to every single episode.

The Unlikely Comeback Of The Cassette Tape

There's a chance many have left the cassette tape for dead. Heck, I know I did. In recent years though, it's started to make a comeback. Cassette tape sales grew 23% in 2018 with a total of 219,000 tapes sold. If you go back to 2016, this represents almost a 100,000 unit increase when 129,000 tapes were sold. This episode ofInside The Archives [https://wxrt.radio.com/insidethearchives]looks at why the unlikely revival of the cassette tape has taken place, whether or not it's a flash in the pan, and offering an explanation for the format's newfound popularity. Joining me is Doug Kaplan, co-owner of the Chicago record label Hausu Mountain [https://hausumountain.com/]. Kaplan specializes in releasing music on tape and has built an extensive network of like-minded musicians using cassette tape to share and release music. Inside The Archivesis available onApple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/inside-the-archives/id1391775154]andRADIO.COM [https://www.radio.com/media/podcast/inside-archives].Subscribe to the podcast [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/inside-the-archives/id1391775154], leave a rating and a review, and listen to every single episode.

Are Music Festival Lineups All The Same Now?

Lollapalooza, Bonnaroo, and Coachella are the three biggest music festivals in the United States. After all three lineups were released this past year, a common sentiment online was that they were all kind of the same. Is this actually the case though? This episode of Inside The Archives looks at the headliners for all three festivals dating back to 2005 to see if this sentiment is true and if it's a newer phenomena. Inside The Archives is available on iTunes [https://itunes.apple.com/tt/podcast/inside-the-archives/id1391775154?mt=2] and RADIO.COM [https://www.radio.com/media/podcast/inside-archives]. Subscribe to the podcast [https://itunes.apple.com/tt/podcast/inside-the-archives/id1391775154?mt=2], leave a rating and a review, and listen to every episode.

Where Have All The Live Albums Gone?

On the surface, it appears the live album is no longer a force. The seeming decline of live records makes it look like a novelty more than a driving force to present your music. However, that couldn't be further from the truth. XRT's night guy Ryan Arnold joins us to discuss how musicians have reinvented the way they distribute their live material to fans. It's just as powerful as ever and can have the exact same impact as it did for listeners of live records 40 years ago. Plus, we dig into the results of our poll asking XRT's social media followers to name their favorite live album that's been released in the past ten years. Inside The Archives is available on iTunes [https://itunes.apple.com/tt/podcast/inside-the-archives/id1391775154?mt=2] and RADIO.COM [https://www.radio.com/media/podcast/inside-archives]. Subscribe to the podcast [https://itunes.apple.com/tt/podcast/inside-the-archives/id1391775154?mt=2], leave a rating and a review, and listen to every episode.

How Music & Artists Become A Guilty Pleasure Pt. 2

The second part of our foray into guilty pleasure music looks at the science behind the phenomena. Why some artists get the guilty pleasure label and if they can ever escape it. What common themes are found in guilty pleasure songs? Is the term guilty pleasure a recent one? Dr. Nicholas Wallin, an Associate Professor of Music at Lake Forest College joins the podcast to discuss the psychology behind guilty pleasure music, why we're attracted to it, and much more. In case you missed the first part of this podcast, you can listen to it here [https://wxrt.radio.com/guilty-pleasure-music-podcast-study-bands]. Inside The Archivesis available oniTunes [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/inside-the-archives/id1391775154?mt=2]&RADIO.COM [https://www.radio.com/media/podcast/inside-archives].Subscribe to the podcast [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/inside-the-archives/id1391775154?mt=2], leave a rating and a review, and listen to every episode.