Tune Change Castos https://tune-change.castos.com Two friends, former bandmates, and recovering music snobs give old records a new chance. Mon, 13 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0000 en © 2023 US CA https://episodes.castos.com/6388248b907193-79393717/images/podcast/covers/c1a-zojqw-2og48kvqb179-wjj3gq.jpg Tune Change https://tune-change.castos.com Two friends, former bandmates, and recovering music snobs give old records a new chance. Tune Change episodic Two friends, former bandmates, and recovering music snobs give old records a new chance. Tune Change tunechangepod@gmail.com true https://feeds.castos.com/d26zq yes <![CDATA[Radiohead - Pablo Honey]]> Mon, 13 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Tune Change https://permalink.castos.com/podcast/55389/episode/2419749 https://tune-change.castos.com/episodes/radiohead-pablo-honey Fortunately, anyone can also do podcasts (trust us, it's just talking). Grow your hair and try not to say anything too embarrassing while we ask: Can we just do a Brian De Palma podcast instead? Will there be blood? How much boomer trash can Matt name before Brett puts his foot down? For fans of: the exhilarating tension between being and becoming, agreeing to shut up but refusing to play the hits, finishing practice so you can play with pedals in your room.

]]> full 8 2 true Fortunately, anyone can also do podcasts (trust us, it's just talking). Grow your hair and try not to say anything too embarrassing while we ask: Can we just do a Brian De Palma podcast instead? Will there be blood? How much boomer trash can Matt name before Brett puts his foot down? For fans of: the exhilarating tension between being and becoming, agreeing to shut up but refusing to play the hits, finishing practice so you can play with pedals in your room.

]]> 01:15:31 <![CDATA[Devo - Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo]]> Mon, 23 Mar 2026 11:00:00 +0000 Tune Change https://permalink.castos.com/podcast/55389/episode/2401742 https://tune-change.castos.com/episodes/devo-are-we-not-men Are we all men? For good or ill, the answer is Yes. Twitch uncomfortably around the stage while we ask: Where's the one? Where's the Eno? Is Devo's message about the dehumanizing effects of technology still even relevant nowadays? For fans of: bit commitment, cartoon theme songs, the other Mothersbaugh.

]]> full 7 2 true Are we all men? For good or ill, the answer is Yes. Twitch uncomfortably around the stage while we ask: Where's the one? Where's the Eno? Is Devo's message about the dehumanizing effects of technology still even relevant nowadays? For fans of: bit commitment, cartoon theme songs, the other Mothersbaugh.

]]> 01:10:22 <![CDATA[Faith No More - Angel Dust]]> Mon, 02 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Tune Change https://permalink.castos.com/podcast/55389/episode/2373194 https://tune-change.castos.com/episodes/faith-no-more-angel-dust No, no, Mr. Bungle was my father's name. Call me Alvin. Steadily reduce your slap bass usage while we ask: Can you have it all? (You can't.) Is everything ruined? (Oh, you bet.) Did we like it? (About 70% of it, yeah!) For fans of: Mike Patton and whoever is around at the time, making people listen to Dillinger Escape Plan, videos that changed everything.

]]> full 6 2 true No, no, Mr. Bungle was my father's name. Call me Alvin. Steadily reduce your slap bass usage while we ask: Can you have it all? (You can't.) Is everything ruined? (Oh, you bet.) Did we like it? (About 70% of it, yeah!) For fans of: Mike Patton and whoever is around at the time, making people listen to Dillinger Escape Plan, videos that changed everything.

]]> 01:06:12 <![CDATA[Chic - C'est Chic]]> Mon, 09 Feb 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Tune Change https://permalink.castos.com/podcast/55389/episode/2352649 https://tune-change.castos.com/episodes/chic-cest-chic Remember, Upper Nile Rodgers refers to Nile Rodgers BELOW the waist. Put on something shiny while we ask: What am I supposed to do during this ballad? Have you heard about when we tried to go to a nightclub but instead went home? How many dances can Matt name before Brett restores order? For fans of: disco deconstruction night, close reading, taxonomy as meditation rather than organization.

]]> full 5 2 true Remember, Upper Nile Rodgers refers to Nile Rodgers BELOW the waist. Put on something shiny while we ask: What am I supposed to do during this ballad? Have you heard about when we tried to go to a nightclub but instead went home? How many dances can Matt name before Brett restores order? For fans of: disco deconstruction night, close reading, taxonomy as meditation rather than organization.

]]> 01:04:07 <![CDATA[Garth Brooks - In the Life of Chris Gaines]]> Mon, 05 Jan 2026 13:00:00 +0000 Tune Change https://permalink.castos.com/podcast/55389/episode/2258777 https://tune-change.castos.com/episodes/garth-brooks-in-the-life-of-chris-gaines Garth Brooks is a mask Chris Gaines wears. Hide behind your bangs (in the rafters, on WCW Monday Nitro) while we ask: Was Tony the talent? Would the Nashville establishment allow you to be this sad without also being drunk? Did there need to be this much behind the artist? For fans of: b-sides with backstories, Billy Joel's comments, Babyface without Babyface.

]]> full 4 2 true Garth Brooks is a mask Chris Gaines wears. Hide behind your bangs (in the rafters, on WCW Monday Nitro) while we ask: Was Tony the talent? Would the Nashville establishment allow you to be this sad without also being drunk? Did there need to be this much behind the artist? For fans of: b-sides with backstories, Billy Joel's comments, Babyface without Babyface.

]]> 01:09:28 <![CDATA[Santana - Abraxas]]> Mon, 01 Dec 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Tune Change https://permalink.castos.com/podcast/55389/episode/2257225 https://tune-change.castos.com/episodes/santana-abraxas Santana, both band and not. Face your colleagues and ask difficult questions like: How good can you really be at conga drum in relative terms? Which one of these got Michelle Branch on it? ¿Cuántos años tienes? For fans of: guitarists talk guitarists' guitarist, making it real or forgetting about it, trivia questions where you are the answer.

]]> full 3 2 true Santana, both band and not. Face your colleagues and ask difficult questions like: How good can you really be at conga drum in relative terms? Which one of these got Michelle Branch on it? ¿Cuántos años tienes? For fans of: guitarists talk guitarists' guitarist, making it real or forgetting about it, trivia questions where you are the answer.

]]> 01:16:14 <![CDATA[Patti Smith - Horses]]> Mon, 10 Nov 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Tune Change https://permalink.castos.com/podcast/55389/episode/2201367 https://tune-change.castos.com/episodes/patti-smith-horses The poems are great but I bet the bathroom's gross. Neglect to mention Blue Oyster Cult and ask: You flew to Paris for this? Does Matt suck at horse guessing? Couldn't get a Dead Boy? For fans of: gallery shows in rough neighborhoods, making Jesse Helms uncomfortable, art reasons.

]]> full 2 2 true The poems are great but I bet the bathroom's gross. Neglect to mention Blue Oyster Cult and ask: You flew to Paris for this? Does Matt suck at horse guessing? Couldn't get a Dead Boy? For fans of: gallery shows in rough neighborhoods, making Jesse Helms uncomfortable, art reasons.

]]> 01:13:05 <![CDATA[Loretta Lynn - Coal Miner's Daughter]]> Mon, 13 Oct 2025 12:18:32 +0000 Tune Change https://permalink.castos.com/podcast/55389/episode/2164068 https://tune-change.castos.com/episodes/loretta-lynn-coal-miners-daughter Where the discussion inevitably turns to what was on the radio in 1995. Put a wet rag over your mouth as we ask: Can we pick an adultery policy and stick to it? Do people of below average intelligence have feelings? How many songs are requried for this to not be a single? For fans of: fidelity, infidelity, low fidelity.

]]> full 1 2 true Where the discussion inevitably turns to what was on the radio in 1995. Put a wet rag over your mouth as we ask: Can we pick an adultery policy and stick to it? Do people of below average intelligence have feelings? How many songs are requried for this to not be a single? For fans of: fidelity, infidelity, low fidelity.

]]> 01:24:27 <![CDATA[Eric Clapton - 461 Ocean Boulevard]]> Mon, 01 Sep 2025 10:55:00 +0000 Tune Change https://permalink.castos.com/podcast/55389/episode/2127437 https://tune-change.castos.com/episodes/eric-clapton-461-ocean-boulevard Wherein God takes a nap. Questions abound: Who said what about who? Would you rather? What else can we take from George Harrison? For fans of: notable quotables, impressing Christgau, and rotting in the sun.

]]> full 25 1 true Wherein God takes a nap. Questions abound: Who said what about who? Would you rather? What else can we take from George Harrison? For fans of: notable quotables, impressing Christgau, and rotting in the sun.

]]> 01:12:37 <![CDATA[Misfits - Walk Among Us]]> Mon, 11 Aug 2025 10:58:00 +0000 Tune Change https://permalink.castos.com/podcast/55389/episode/2108169 https://tune-change.castos.com/episodes/misfits-walk-among-us Punk rock: it was a big tent back in those days. Meet up with musclehead zombie Elvis for what turns out to be a good deal of fun. Which host is most likely to be eaten by Danzig’s cats? Did Danzig and Doyle wrestle ever? Does more Misfits mean more moms? For fans of: the horrors Eisenhower-era, plaintiff’s attorneys, Doyle.

]]> full 24 1 true Punk rock: it was a big tent back in those days. Meet up with musclehead zombie Elvis for what turns out to be a good deal of fun. Which host is most likely to be eaten by Danzig’s cats? Did Danzig and Doyle wrestle ever? Does more Misfits mean more moms? For fans of: the horrors Eisenhower-era, plaintiff’s attorneys, Doyle.

]]> 01:34:40 <![CDATA[Jethro Tull - Aqualung]]> Mon, 07 Jul 2025 11:00:00 +0000 Tune Change https://permalink.castos.com/podcast/55389/episode/2082144 https://tune-change.castos.com/episodes/jethro-tull-aqualung Dirty Van Morrison does bad Genesis and we kinda like it. Control your breathing as we ask: Did you get a load of that guy? With the nose? And the teeth? Ew. For fans of: the crazy eyes, prancing but not dancing, nicknaming the homeless rather than arming them.

]]> full 26 1 true Dirty Van Morrison does bad Genesis and we kinda like it. Control your breathing as we ask: Did you get a load of that guy? With the nose? And the teeth? Ew. For fans of: the crazy eyes, prancing but not dancing, nicknaming the homeless rather than arming them.

]]> 01:03:15 <![CDATA[Juvenile - 400 Degreez]]> Mon, 09 Jun 2025 10:59:00 +0000 Tune Change https://permalink.castos.com/podcast/55389/episode/2059980 https://tune-change.castos.com/episodes/juvenile-400-degreez That’s about 200 degrees Celsius, give or take. Feel free to use the whole disc while we ask: Doesn’t your brother own birds? If we aren’t hot boys, what would you call us? Was the world a better place when Lil Wayne really was little?

For fans of: the remix, the other remix, the other other remix.

]]> full 22 1 true That’s about 200 degrees Celsius, give or take. Feel free to use the whole disc while we ask: Doesn’t your brother own birds? If we aren’t hot boys, what would you call us? Was the world a better place when Lil Wayne really was little?

For fans of: the remix, the other remix, the other other remix.

]]> 01:15:45 <![CDATA[1990s One-Hit-Wonder Nostalgia Trip (Part 2)]]> Mon, 19 May 2025 10:00:00 +0000 Tune Change https://permalink.castos.com/podcast/55389/episode/2024596 https://tune-change.castos.com/episodes/1990s-one-hit-wonder-nostalgia-trip-part-2 This is the one where we start to get our feelings hurt about certain hosts’ rankings of certain songs. But it all works out in the end. In this episode, we ask many questions, like children often do: Tell me all your thoughts on god (oops, not a question). Where the hell is Superdrag? (fantastic question). When are you two starting a family? (Never an appropriate question, please leave).

For fans of: really knowing what it’s like to have the blues, maybe; protecting the pretty babies; being glad because one kid had it worse than that (ie, Charismatic Pentacostalism).

]]> full 24 1 true This is the one where we start to get our feelings hurt about certain hosts’ rankings of certain songs. But it all works out in the end. In this episode, we ask many questions, like children often do: Tell me all your thoughts on god (oops, not a question). Where the hell is Superdrag? (fantastic question). When are you two starting a family? (Never an appropriate question, please leave).

For fans of: really knowing what it’s like to have the blues, maybe; protecting the pretty babies; being glad because one kid had it worse than that (ie, Charismatic Pentacostalism).

]]> 01:30:19 <![CDATA[1990s One-Hit-Wonder Nostalgia Trip (Part 1)]]> Mon, 05 May 2025 10:00:00 +0000 Tune Change https://permalink.castos.com/podcast/55389/episode/2024595 https://tune-change.castos.com/episodes/1990s-one-hit-wonder-nostalgia-trip-part-1 We love the 90s! That’s because our brains find comfort in familiarity, especially when it’s tied to a time in our lives when we had few responsibilities. That’s likely also true of your brain! Let fuzzy memories rock you to sleep as we discuss bands you’ve heard of, bands you don't remember and we do for some reason, and bands Josh made up. On part one, we mostly crawl through a bunch of muck (like Shawshank! 90s!) to find the answers to questions like: Are you Jimmy Ray? Is anyone, really? What do Dead Kennedys and Meredith Brooks have in common aside from strident political anthems?

For fans of: letting others change lanes when they are driving in their car, which is the only time it’s helpful; guy-remembering; thinking about something you don’t like until you explode.

]]> full 23 1 true We love the 90s! That’s because our brains find comfort in familiarity, especially when it’s tied to a time in our lives when we had few responsibilities. That’s likely also true of your brain! Let fuzzy memories rock you to sleep as we discuss bands you’ve heard of, bands you don't remember and we do for some reason, and bands Josh made up. On part one, we mostly crawl through a bunch of muck (like Shawshank! 90s!) to find the answers to questions like: Are you Jimmy Ray? Is anyone, really? What do Dead Kennedys and Meredith Brooks have in common aside from strident political anthems?

For fans of: letting others change lanes when they are driving in their car, which is the only time it’s helpful; guy-remembering; thinking about something you don’t like until you explode.

]]> 01:25:47 <![CDATA[Thursday - War All the Time]]> Mon, 31 Mar 2025 11:30:00 +0000 Tune Change https://permalink.castos.com/podcast/55389/episode/2003202 https://tune-change.castos.com/episodes/thursday-war-all-the-time It’s just one of those long-winded extended metaphors of Geoff’s / The kind with too many syllables and you want less. Get out your red pen and ask: Does something bad happen to you if you stop talking? Wait, aren’t they all cliffs? Should we give Thrice a shot? For fans of: verse/verse/verse, metaphor marriage, and sans serif fonts.

]]> full 22 1 true It’s just one of those long-winded extended metaphors of Geoff’s / The kind with too many syllables and you want less. Get out your red pen and ask: Does something bad happen to you if you stop talking? Wait, aren’t they all cliffs? Should we give Thrice a shot? For fans of: verse/verse/verse, metaphor marriage, and sans serif fonts.

]]> 00:59:50 <![CDATA[Celtic Frost - Into the Pandemonium]]> Mon, 03 Mar 2025 13:01:42 +0000 Tune Change https://permalink.castos.com/podcast/55389/episode/1984667 https://tune-change.castos.com/episodes/celtic-frost-into-the-pandemonium It’s a Swiss band that says they’re Celtic and you assume is Nordic doing songs about entering the oblivion even though they said they’re going into the pandemonium. FINE THEN. Let the hard frost freeze your roots and numb your senses as we ask: What genres are present (in terms of parts per million)? What’s ‘ol Tommy HellHammer got up his sleeve this time? Hey, didn’t this bell toll for thee already? For fans of: Renegade$, Celtic Pride (1996), and keeping people on their toes.

]]> full 21 1 true It’s a Swiss band that says they’re Celtic and you assume is Nordic doing songs about entering the oblivion even though they said they’re going into the pandemonium. FINE THEN. Let the hard frost freeze your roots and numb your senses as we ask: What genres are present (in terms of parts per million)? What’s ‘ol Tommy HellHammer got up his sleeve this time? Hey, didn’t this bell toll for thee already? For fans of: Renegade$, Celtic Pride (1996), and keeping people on their toes.

]]> 01:11:29 <![CDATA[Abba - Gold]]> Mon, 03 Feb 2025 13:00:00 +0000 Tune Change https://permalink.castos.com/podcast/55389/episode/1961409 https://tune-change.castos.com/episodes/abba-gold Like a rocky Nordic ridge, there are peaks and there are valleys, both extreme. Put another Eurovision trophy on the mantle as we ask: Who got musical in my discotheque? Who got discotheque in my musical? Can you feel the music industry slowly draining the joy from this enterprise, Fernando? For fans of: maximalism, matching jumpsuits, and a hint of Latin flavor.

]]> full 20 1 true Like a rocky Nordic ridge, there are peaks and there are valleys, both extreme. Put another Eurovision trophy on the mantle as we ask: Who got musical in my discotheque? Who got discotheque in my musical? Can you feel the music industry slowly draining the joy from this enterprise, Fernando? For fans of: maximalism, matching jumpsuits, and a hint of Latin flavor.

]]> 00:57:36 <![CDATA[Primus - Sailing the Seas of Cheese]]> Mon, 30 Dec 2024 08:00:00 +0000 Tune Change https://permalink.castos.com/podcast/55389/episode/1931211 https://tune-change.castos.com/episodes/primus-sailing-the-seas-of-cheese Weird guys talk weird guys who talk mostly about weird guys. Get your weird ass over here so we can ask you some questions: You get a load of that fella? Would you like to know round ‘bout how many years it’s been since we seen him and the sorts of things he would often say? What are the stories behind the music? For fans of: one band and one band only, festival circuits (plural), and tolerating your tourmates.

]]> full 19 1 true Weird guys talk weird guys who talk mostly about weird guys. Get your weird ass over here so we can ask you some questions: You get a load of that fella? Would you like to know round ‘bout how many years it’s been since we seen him and the sorts of things he would often say? What are the stories behind the music? For fans of: one band and one band only, festival circuits (plural), and tolerating your tourmates.

]]> 01:37:59 <![CDATA[Nu Metal: A Retrospective]]> Mon, 25 Nov 2024 09:00:00 +0000 Tune Change https://permalink.castos.com/podcast/55389/episode/1906887 https://tune-change.castos.com/episodes/nu-metal-a-retrospective We don’t want to blame the whole thing on 9/11, but…. Lower your denominators and ask: A clip show already? Will the Deftones forgive us? Which President is it not unlike? For fans of: snares tuned high, guitars tuned low, self-awareness simultaneously tuned high and low.

]]> full 18 1 true We don’t want to blame the whole thing on 9/11, but…. Lower your denominators and ask: A clip show already? Will the Deftones forgive us? Which President is it not unlike? For fans of: snares tuned high, guitars tuned low, self-awareness simultaneously tuned high and low.

]]> 01:24:50 <![CDATA[NOFX - Punk in Drublic]]> Mon, 28 Oct 2024 09:00:00 +0000 Tune Change https://permalink.castos.com/podcast/55389/episode/1867895 https://tune-change.castos.com/episodes/nofx-punk-in-drublic Can’t sell out if you don’t got choruses. Put a bunch of stickers on your bass and ask: Did you know the guitar strap is adjustable in both directions? Can we be serious for a minute, or maybe even more than a minute? Should skateboarding continue not being a crime? For fans of: verse/verse/verse, addressing the president directly, and fart noises as a personality trait.

]]> full 17 1 true Can’t sell out if you don’t got choruses. Put a bunch of stickers on your bass and ask: Did you know the guitar strap is adjustable in both directions? Can we be serious for a minute, or maybe even more than a minute? Should skateboarding continue not being a crime? For fans of: verse/verse/verse, addressing the president directly, and fart noises as a personality trait.

]]> 01:21:41 <![CDATA[Pet Shop Boys - Actually]]> Mon, 07 Oct 2024 07:00:00 +0000 Tune Change https://permalink.castos.com/podcast/55389/episode/1845660 https://tune-change.castos.com/episodes/pet-shop-boys-actually Featuring our friend from real life and the podcast Nailed, Blake.

Cheek, kink, and camp—we’ve got it all! Yawn for the camera as we ask: What sort of lads are we dealing with here? Can you let the lady sing a song? What King of the Hill thing are you thinking about? For fans of: dance sensations, hearing the parody first, and knowing the difference because it could mean your life.

]]> full 16 1 true Featuring our friend from real life and the podcast Nailed, Blake.

Cheek, kink, and camp—we’ve got it all! Yawn for the camera as we ask: What sort of lads are we dealing with here? Can you let the lady sing a song? What King of the Hill thing are you thinking about? For fans of: dance sensations, hearing the parody first, and knowing the difference because it could mean your life.

]]> 01:25:17 <![CDATA[Bonnie Raitt - Luck of the Draw]]> Tue, 10 Sep 2024 14:01:44 +0000 Tune Change https://permalink.castos.com/podcast/55389/episode/1832386 https://tune-change.castos.com/episodes/bonnie-raitt-luck-of-the-draw Bad news, we tricked you into joining our sleep study. Imagine your breath as the gentle rhythm of a distant sea and ask: Did you hear that rumor about us? Why, so you guys could just lie to get me here? So you could sit me here next to Britney Spears? For fans of: in-between Strat positions, sterile laboratories, and Sheryl Crow’s less difficult material. 

]]> full 15 1 true Bad news, we tricked you into joining our sleep study. Imagine your breath as the gentle rhythm of a distant sea and ask: Did you hear that rumor about us? Why, so you guys could just lie to get me here? So you could sit me here next to Britney Spears? For fans of: in-between Strat positions, sterile laboratories, and Sheryl Crow’s less difficult material. 

]]> 01:00:53 <![CDATA[Run DMC - Raising Hell]]> Mon, 05 Aug 2024 12:59:50 +0000 Tune Change https://permalink.castos.com/podcast/55389/episode/1799395 https://tune-change.castos.com/episodes/run-dmc-raising-hell We swapped microphones every few words for this one. Walk calmly but quickly away from Steven Tyler and ask: Were we supposed to do basslines for all of them? Which 30-year-old cheerleader is it not unlike? What does Jewel think about all this? For fans of: VH1 through the ages, authorial intent, and desperately grasping for Run DMC’s coattails. 

]]> full 14 1 true We swapped microphones every few words for this one. Walk calmly but quickly away from Steven Tyler and ask: Were we supposed to do basslines for all of them? Which 30-year-old cheerleader is it not unlike? What does Jewel think about all this? For fans of: VH1 through the ages, authorial intent, and desperately grasping for Run DMC’s coattails. 

]]> 01:25:36 <![CDATA[Genesis - Selling England by the Pound]]> Tue, 09 Jul 2024 13:56:21 +0000 Tune Change https://permalink.castos.com/podcast/55389/episode/1782624 https://tune-change.castos.com/episodes/genesis-selling-england-by-the-pound Selling England by the Pound 

Joe Strummer is going to be so mad. Keep your voice down while we ask: Not English enough, ha? How can such a small island support so many supermarket chains? If the band doesn’t work, maybe film school? For fans of: Intended puns, all English everything, and superfluous ‘postrophes that’s all scatter’d about.  

]]> full 13 1 true Selling England by the Pound 

Joe Strummer is going to be so mad. Keep your voice down while we ask: Not English enough, ha? How can such a small island support so many supermarket chains? If the band doesn’t work, maybe film school? For fans of: Intended puns, all English everything, and superfluous ‘postrophes that’s all scatter’d about.  

]]> 01:14:42 <![CDATA[Sunn O))) - Monoliths & Dimensions]]> Tue, 11 Jun 2024 21:35:44 +0000 Tune Change https://permalink.castos.com/podcast/55389/episode/1760670 https://tune-change.castos.com/episodes/sunn-o-monoliths-dimensions Monoliths and Dimensions 

The producer is giving us the “stretch it out” signal. Come to the far north of…oh, America. That’s disappointing. But anyway: What kind of amps do y’all use? How much greater is the whole than the parts? Are we gonna do Stonehenge tomorrow night? For fans of: DUUUUUUUUNNNNNNNN, commitment to the bit, and lying in the bed you made. 

]]> full 12 1 true Monoliths and Dimensions 

The producer is giving us the “stretch it out” signal. Come to the far north of…oh, America. That’s disappointing. But anyway: What kind of amps do y’all use? How much greater is the whole than the parts? Are we gonna do Stonehenge tomorrow night? For fans of: DUUUUUUUUNNNNNNNN, commitment to the bit, and lying in the bed you made. 

]]> 00:46:54 <![CDATA[Modest Mouse - The Golden Casket]]> Mon, 20 May 2024 19:20:56 +0000 Tune Change https://permalink.castos.com/podcast/55389/episode/1746245 https://tune-change.castos.com/episodes/modest-mouse-the-golden-casket The Golden Casket 

Let’s see what most of the boys have been up to. Push/pull from above and below the stars and dirt and ask: How many Modest Mouses are there these days? Did we give Jeremiah Green enough to do? Can the love of a child melt even the coldest of hearts? For fans of: Creative direction, things and the opposite of those things, and kidding because you love the major third interval.

]]> full 11 1 true The Golden Casket 

Let’s see what most of the boys have been up to. Push/pull from above and below the stars and dirt and ask: How many Modest Mouses are there these days? Did we give Jeremiah Green enough to do? Can the love of a child melt even the coldest of hearts? For fans of: Creative direction, things and the opposite of those things, and kidding because you love the major third interval.

]]> 01:33:09 <![CDATA[ZZ Top - Degüello]]> Tue, 30 Apr 2024 07:04:05 +0000 Tune Change https://permalink.castos.com/podcast/55389/episode/1730693 https://tune-change.castos.com/episodes/zz-top-deguello Deguello 

Honestly, the unexamined life sounds pretty fun. Bring A MINIMUM OF one friend and ask: Does this everyday object remind you of anything? Can you play the blues without having them? Qualis artifex pereo? For fans of: Careful sequencing, incrementalism, and that sweet Donahue sound. 

]]> full 10 1 true Deguello 

Honestly, the unexamined life sounds pretty fun. Bring A MINIMUM OF one friend and ask: Does this everyday object remind you of anything? Can you play the blues without having them? Qualis artifex pereo? For fans of: Careful sequencing, incrementalism, and that sweet Donahue sound. 

]]> 01:13:05 <![CDATA[Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Brain Salad Surgery]]> Mon, 01 Apr 2024 17:47:13 +0000 Tune Change https://permalink.castos.com/podcast/55389/episode/1710255 https://tune-change.castos.com/episodes/emerson-lake-palmer Wait, I just got it. Wink at your art school friends and ask: evil robot space carnival? Pretty impressive, huh? What hath Paul wrought? For fans of: nearly one song per side, evil clowns who won’t cover you in root beer, and, if we’re being honest, lots and lots of keyboards. 

Programming note: Matt had a recording mishap, so he sounds a bit different this episode. The dulcet tones will return next episode.

]]> full 9 1 true Wait, I just got it. Wink at your art school friends and ask: evil robot space carnival? Pretty impressive, huh? What hath Paul wrought? For fans of: nearly one song per side, evil clowns who won’t cover you in root beer, and, if we’re being honest, lots and lots of keyboards. 

Programming note: Matt had a recording mishap, so he sounds a bit different this episode. The dulcet tones will return next episode.

]]> 00:57:06 <![CDATA[Hatebreed - Satisfaction is the Death of Desire]]> Mon, 04 Mar 2024 21:44:56 +0000 Tune Change https://permalink.castos.com/podcast/55389/episode/1680357 https://tune-change.castos.com/episodes/hatebreed-satisfaction-is-the-death-of-desire Unnamed others are the disease, and Hatebreed’s got the cure. Look out for each other in the pit and ask: Are you talking to me? Does this read a little different in the current climate? Why don’t we just skip to the breakdown? For fans of: perseverance, undifferentiated sludge, and OK tastes that taste OK together. 

]]> full 8 1 true Unnamed others are the disease, and Hatebreed’s got the cure. Look out for each other in the pit and ask: Are you talking to me? Does this read a little different in the current climate? Why don’t we just skip to the breakdown? For fans of: perseverance, undifferentiated sludge, and OK tastes that taste OK together. 

]]> 00:50:48 <![CDATA[Tears for Fears - Songs from the Big Chair]]> Tue, 06 Feb 2024 01:09:23 +0000 Tune Change https://permalink.castos.com/podcast/55389/episode/1655135 https://tune-change.castos.com/episodes/tears-for-fears-songs-from-the-big-chair Songs from the Big Chair 

They made most of an album and we made most of an episode about it. Take your sweet time and ask: Will we ever laugh again? What if we slowed it down? Does this seem familiar to anyone else? For fans of: overthinking it, shouting it out, and occasionally requiring a jacket. 

]]> full 7 1 true Songs from the Big Chair 

They made most of an album and we made most of an episode about it. Take your sweet time and ask: Will we ever laugh again? What if we slowed it down? Does this seem familiar to anyone else? For fans of: overthinking it, shouting it out, and occasionally requiring a jacket. 

]]> 00:53:18 <![CDATA[Sonic Youth - NYC Ghosts & Flowers]]> Mon, 08 Jan 2024 19:42:55 +0000 Tune Change https://permalink.castos.com/podcast/55389/episode/1629284 https://tune-change.castos.com/episodes/sonic-youth-nyc-ghosts-flowers The four coolest people on Earth got robbed, and now you’re gonna hear some poems. Prepare your guitars and ask: who’s paying for these poet dens? What do the cool kids talk about? Wait, are there other cities? For fans of: roughly six square blocks of Manhattan, a pre-9/11 world, and seeing how you do up there without all the assistance.

]]> full 6 1 true The four coolest people on Earth got robbed, and now you’re gonna hear some poems. Prepare your guitars and ask: who’s paying for these poet dens? What do the cool kids talk about? Wait, are there other cities? For fans of: roughly six square blocks of Manhattan, a pre-9/11 world, and seeing how you do up there without all the assistance.

]]> 01:06:04 <![CDATA[Madonna - Ray of Light]]> Mon, 04 Dec 2023 13:41:05 +0000 Tune Change https://permalink.castos.com/podcast/55389/episode/1607664 https://tune-change.castos.com/episodes/madonna-ray-of-light Madonna returns with a vocal coach and a newfound understanding that the world does not disappear when she closes her eyes. Open your heart and ask: who let all these guitars in here? Can anyone compete with this list of singles? Do our speakers suck? For fans of: kidding because you love, carefully produced drum loops, and belting it out. 

]]> full 5 1 true Madonna returns with a vocal coach and a newfound understanding that the world does not disappear when she closes her eyes. Open your heart and ask: who let all these guitars in here? Can anyone compete with this list of singles? Do our speakers suck? For fans of: kidding because you love, carefully produced drum loops, and belting it out. 

]]> 01:25:12 <![CDATA[Grateful Dead - American Beauty]]> Mon, 13 Nov 2023 19:12:33 +0000 Tune Change https://permalink.castos.com/podcast/55389/episode/1595710 https://tune-change.castos.com/episodes/the-grateful-dead-american-beauty It was all happening, man. You just had to be there. Follow us around and ask: can we try that again? Where’s the noodling? Is it really just about the journey? For fans of: heavy air, spiteful disregard of the Boomer canon, and just maintaining, man.

]]> full 4 1 true It was all happening, man. You just had to be there. Follow us around and ask: can we try that again? Where’s the noodling? Is it really just about the journey? For fans of: heavy air, spiteful disregard of the Boomer canon, and just maintaining, man.

]]> 00:51:36 <![CDATA[Techno! The New Dance Sound of Detroit]]> Mon, 23 Oct 2023 14:30:58 +0000 Tune Change https://permalink.castos.com/podcast/55389/episode/1582395 https://tune-change.castos.com/episodes/techno-the-new-dance-sound-of-detroit I say we give the robots a shot at it, see what they come up with. Come with us if you want to live and ask: what part of this house are we sharing, exactly? Which drum machine is this? Big Fun, where have you been all my life? For fans of: being big in Europe, beep boops, and the crumbling husk of American industry. 

]]> full 3 1 true I say we give the robots a shot at it, see what they come up with. Come with us if you want to live and ask: what part of this house are we sharing, exactly? Which drum machine is this? Big Fun, where have you been all my life? For fans of: being big in Europe, beep boops, and the crumbling husk of American industry. 

]]> 01:28:49 <![CDATA[Phil Collins - No Jacket Required]]> Mon, 11 Sep 2023 13:01:00 +0000 Tune Change https://permalink.castos.com/podcast/55389/episode/1550268 https://tune-change.castos.com/episodes/phil-collins-no-jacket-required Just say the wooooooooooord. Se-self-confidence. Scrunch up your sleeves as we get suckered in by the craft and ask: you can, but should you? Which singing drummer is it not unlike? And why can’t rock star marriages stay together anymore? For fans of: preset patches, Live Aid logistics, and basing it on improvisation.

]]> full 2 1 true Just say the wooooooooooord. Se-self-confidence. Scrunch up your sleeves as we get suckered in by the craft and ask: you can, but should you? Which singing drummer is it not unlike? And why can’t rock star marriages stay together anymore? For fans of: preset patches, Live Aid logistics, and basing it on improvisation.

]]> 01:10:31 <![CDATA[Slipknot - Iowa]]> Tue, 15 Aug 2023 16:25:49 +0000 Tune Change https://permalink.castos.com/podcast/55389/episode/1537325 https://tune-change.castos.com/episodes/slipknot-iowa Music preferences might be a costume. Costumes are definitely costumes, though. Numbers 0 and 1 discuss: how many of these guys were essential, really? What’s nu? Are we having fun yet? For fans of: not calling it nu metal, Robocop, and self-immolation. Are you exactly our age? Perfect.

]]> full 1 1 true Music preferences might be a costume. Costumes are definitely costumes, though. Numbers 0 and 1 discuss: how many of these guys were essential, really? What’s nu? Are we having fun yet? For fans of: not calling it nu metal, Robocop, and self-immolation. Are you exactly our age? Perfect.

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