We're looking at the most anticipated albums of 2023. We're making a return trip to the vibe known as Mac DeMarco. And somewhere in the middle we're continuing our extremely scientific project of distilling the entirety of the 1990s into a one-song playlist.   The 34 Most Anticipated Albums of 2023 | Pitchfork  The Global Music Vault Wants to Safeguard the World’s Songs—But Who Decides What’s Preserved? | Pitchfork  Mac DeMarco: Here Comes the Cowboy Album Review | Pitchfork

55: Mac DeMarco

Join your Best New Hosts as they read through The Website's 50 Best Albums of 2022 list and, more importantly, discover the winner of last episode's draft. Do this with us. You simply must.  The 100 Best Songs of 2022 | Pitchfork  The 50 Best Albums of 2022 | Pitchfork  Best Albums 2022: See The List

54: Live Reading - The 50 Best Albums of 2022

Now knee-deep in the Season of Lists, we're drafting for The Website's Best Albums of 2022 and we're not afraid to say so. But first, we find ourselves in a bit of jeopardy....  Exclaim!'s 50 Best Albums of 2022 | Exclaim!  Best Albums of 2022: Beyoncé, Rosalía and More - The New York Times Alvvays: Blue Rev Album Review | Pitchfork  The 39 Best Albums of 2022: Our Favorite Music of the Year So Far | Pitchfork The 1975 - Wintering - YouTube

53: Draft - Best Albums of 2022

Continuing our newer habit of secondary and tertiary deep dives, we're going back to Weyes Blood! But first, we kick off a multi-episode project that's very hard to explain but it involves Mack probably hiding a CD-R in some bushes in Griffith Park. Or something. Editor's note: Apologies for the late posting here. We had hoped to get the episode out before The Website's Weyes Blood review. However, I ended up getting my foot stuck in a large hole. Now, you may think that the largeness of the hole would make it easy to get one's foot out. You don't know this hole. Anyways, that delayed things somewhat. Best New Podcast regrets the error.   The Global Music Vault Wants to Safeguard the World’s Songs—But Who Decides What’s Preserved? | Pitchfork Arctic Monkeys: The Car Album Review | Pitchfork Taylor Swift: Midnights Album Review | Pitchfork

52: Weyes Blood

We talk about the Best of the 1990s lists. We talk about Arctic Monkeys. We TALK about Taylor Swift. You're truly not going to find this much talking, about these specific topics, in this specific order anywhere else in Podcastland. That's the Best New Podcast guarantee! Disclaimer: Due to some unfortunate technical problems, the audio on the Arctic Monkeys segment is...not up to our usual standards. Apologies. Best New Podcast regrets the error.   The 250 Best Songs of the 1990s | Pitchfork  The 150 Best Albums of the 1990s | Pitchfork

51: Arctic Monkeys | Taylor Swift

Look, it's episode 50. We were feeling reflective. The only natural course of action was to construct a set of millennial midlife crisis deep dives.  Built to Spill: Live Album Review | Pitchfork  The 50 Best Indie Rock Albums of the Pacific Northwest | Pitchfork The Postal Service - Wikipedia  Death Cab for Cutie: We Have the Facts and We're Voting Yes Album Review | Pitchfork Why Michael referred to The Website as being "cruel to Muse" The album cover for Yeah Yeah Yeahs' Mosquito  The Mosquito poster that Duff snuck onto Mike's wall, as well as a reminder of what Instagram filers looked like in 2013 Yeah Yeah Yeahs: Yeah Yeah Yeahs EP Album Review | Pitchfork Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Spitting Off the Edge of the World ft. Perfume Genius (Official Video) - YouTube Fuggedabuddies Part 1 - YouTube Fuggedabuddies Part 2 - YouTube

50: Built to Spill | Death Cab for Cutie | Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Come for the overanalysis of one of the year's biggest event albums, stay for the multiple failed attempts at pronouncing "beabadoobee."  Pharrell Williams - Cash In Cash Out (Official Video) ft. 21 Savage, Tyler, The Creator - YouTube  The 39 Best Albums of 2022: Our Favorite Music of the Year So Far | Pitchfork Amy Phillips | Staff | Pitchfork Black Country, New Road - 'Concorde' (Official Video) - YouTube Ryan Schreiber's 2022 mid-year top 10 Pitchfork | "Break My Soul" by Beyoncé Track Review  British Vogue's Beyoncé Cover Story

49: Beyoncé

We're talking top 5's (of a sort). We're talking about the legendary "C Trilogy". We're talking about...LiveJournal for some reason.  Beth Orton: “Weather Alive” Track Review | Pitchfork  Soccer Mommy Slays Her Demons | Pitchfork Soccer Mommy: Collection Album Review | Pitchfork Soccer Mommy: “Shotgun” Track Review | Pitchfork McG - Wikipedia Duffy's Pitchfork quote regarding regarding the Future Islands singer's unusual voice Oneohtrix Point Never - Wikipedia

48: Soccer Mommy

This episode we're deep diving into two of The Website's all-time heavy hitters, two artists known for speaking to the current moment who've been largely absent since 2017, two artists given to bold, ambitious statements. They're essentially indistinguishable, really, but we'll do our best to...distinguish...them. K bye.   Soccer Mommy Slays Her Demons | Pitchfork  Report: Kendrick Lamar Exploring Rock Sound on New Album | Rap-Up Kendrick Lamar – nu thoughts  Early 2000's Kendrick on the "Family Ties" single cover art Arcade Fire - We Used to Wait (Official Lyric Video) - YouTube  Stereogum - Arcade Fire 'WE' Review: Now This Is More Like It

47: Kendrick Lamar | Arcade Fire

Today we investigate the power of indie rock myth via three different artists, from three different generations, and how they've construct their narratives (or how those narratives get constructed for them.) Kind of. Okay, that might be a bit of retroactive continuity — really it's just three bands with records coming out and we wanted to talk about them. Ugh, tax season, right?   Duffy's Debuts Slides - Wet Leg  Duffy's Wet Leg playlist on YouTube Wet Leg's bio on Domino YouTube: Father John Misty - Bored in the USA Live on David Letterman YouTube: Father John Misty - Only Son Of The Ladies' Man (Live on David Letterman) YouTube: Future Islands - "Seasons" @ Letterman 3/3/14  "the as yet uncanceled agitator Father John Misty" Sheryl Crow - All I Wanna Do (original music video) Stealers Wheel - "Stuck in the Middle With You"  Album Review: Father John Misty's 'Chloë and the Next 20th Century' | The New Voice  Father John Misty: “Funny Girl” Track Review | Pitchfork  Belle & Sebastian - The Boy With the Arab Strap - Original Pitchfork review  Belle and Sebastian: Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like a Peasant Album Review | Pitchfork Pitchfork's documentary on If You're Feeling Sinister  Top 100 Albums of the 1990s | Pitchfork  Belle & Sebastian's Stuart Murdoch interviewed on Bullseye with Jesse Thorn YouTube: Belle and Sebastian- "If They're Shooting at You" (Visual Collage)

46: Wet Leg | Father John Misty | Belle & Sebastian

Two artists following up on massive breakthrough albums, as well as a bright, brand new, soon-to-be-hit opening segment that you'll have to hear to believe. It's all happening, and it's all a podcast. Play ball!   Duffy's Debuts Side Deck - caroline  Duffy's caroline YouTube playlist Pitchfork's caroline review, posted a few days after we recorded the segment ROSALÍA - SAOKO (Official Video) - YouTube Motomami - Wikipedia The Weather Station - Endless Time (Official Video) - YouTube The Weather Station – Fat Possum Records  The Weather Station - How is it That I Should Look at the Stars - Vinyl LP – Rough Trade

45: Rosalia | The Weather Station

Dream Pop...Space Rock.... Frankly, I'm stunned by how little the topic of drugs came up on this episode.   Black Country, New Road Announce New Album, Share New Song: Listen | Pitchfork  Black Country, New Road Frontman Isaac Wood Departs Band Days Before New Album Release | Pitchfork  Beach House Announce New Album Once Twice Melody and 2022 Tour | Pitchfork  Migos, Drake, Future: Why Are Albums So Long Right Now? - Rolling Stone Beach House: Bloom Album Review | Pitchfork  Spiritualized Announce New Album Everything Was Beautiful, Share New Song “Always Together With You”: Listen | Pitchfork

44: Beach House | Spiritualized

Deep dives on Earl Sweatshirt and Mitski. Also, the 2021 Best New Podcast Year in Review. Or is it the inaugural Best New Podcast Awards? We didn't quite work that out. Anyways, how've you been?   The 45 Most Anticipated Albums of 2022 | Pitchfork  Did Chromatics’ Album Dear Tommy Ever Exist in the First Place? | Pitchfork What Mack was trying to refer to when he said "Atlas Thugged" Billy Ocean - Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car (Official Video) - YouTube  Earl Sweatshirt Announces Sick! Project, Shares New Song: Listen | Pitchfork Mitski Laurel Hell album announcement on Dead Oceans  Mitski Interview: New Album 'Laurel Hell,' Quitting, Return to Music - Rolling Stone

43: Earl Sweatshirt | Mitski

The time has come. The results are in. Join your Best New Hosts as they read through The Website's Best Albums of 2021 list and, more importantly, discover the winner of last episode's draft.  The 100 Best Songs of 2021 | Pitchfork  The 50 Best Albums of 2021 | Pitchfork Give me fuel, give me fire, etc. NPM packages James Blunt - You're Beautiful (Official Music Video) 4K - YouTube The results have been...increbidle.

42: Live Reading - The 50 Best Albums of 2021

At long last your Best New Hosts have returned for a good old fashioned draft in anticipation of The Website's 2021 year end list(s).   Pitchfork Reviews: Rescored | Pitchfork Puja Patel's song of the year tweet

41: Draft - Best Albums of 2021

This episode, two artists taking left turns. Also, we debut a new segment in which one of the worst modern US presidents becomes a kind of Carmen Sandiego-like figure, traveling mysteriously through time, space, and Pitchfork interviews.  “Hold U” by Indigo De Souza Review | Pitchfork Clairo: Sling Album Review | Pitchfork  Lorde Releases ‘Solar Power’ and Announces New Album of the Same Name “Solar Power” by Lorde Review | Pitchfork  “Stoned at the Nail Salon” by Lorde Review | Pitchfork  How Deafheaven Made Their Least Metal Album Yet | Pitchfork Blackgaze - Wikipedia Justin Meldal-Johnsen - Wikipedia

40: Lorde | Deafheaven

We're talking pop and you can't stop us.   Billie Eilish: When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? Album Review | Pitchfork  https://web.archive.org/web/20200225234101/https://themusicnetwork.com/becoming-billie-how-apple-music-and-spotify-helped-make-billie-eilish-musics-new-gen-z-superstar/  Bleachers’ Jack Antonoff Is Your Favorite Pop Star’s Secret Weapon | Pitchfork

39: Billie Eilish | Jack Antonoff

Three artists that we feel The Website is a little scared to admit they don't quite know what to do with. Note: At one point in the show we inaccurately claim that Tyler, the Creator's 2019 album IGOR won a Grammy in the "Urban" category. It in fact won the Best Rap Album Grammy and, for the record, we did know that. We simply forgot it for about 30 minutes. Best New Podcast regrets the error.  Jimmy Eat World: Clarity Album Review | Pitchfork All Eyes On Me | Bo Burnham Modest Mouse's Lonesome Crowded West | Pitchfork Classic Documentary Lucy Dacus | "Thumbs" Official Audio | YouTube  The /b/ Boys: Odd Future and the Swag Generation | Pitchfork Parents Music Resource Center - Wikipedia  Grammys problem with black artists like Lizzo, Tyler the Creator - Chicago Tribune YouTube | HipHopDX | Tyler, The Creator Says 'Urban' Is Just Another Way To Say The N Word  NME | The Grammys have dropped the 'Urban' music term. What took so long?

38: Modest Mouse | Lucy Dacus | Tyler, the Creator

In this episode we discuss two artists with origins in very prestigious music schools, where they presumably do very prestigious music things. Does all this prestige guarantee a BNM? Absolutely not. That's ridiculous and, frankly, I'm embarrassed for having suggested it.  Flock of Dimes | "Hard Way" | Official Music Video Korn - Wikipedia Concept album - Wikipedia Black MIDI (music genre) - Wikipedia black midi - John L - YouTube black midi - Full Performance (Live on KEXP) - YouTube - 2018 black midi - Full Performance (Live on KEXP at Home) - YouTube - 2021 St. Vincent : Bullseye with Jesse Thorn : NPR  St. Vincent Told Me To Kill This Interview  St. Vincent Doesn't Have to Give Interviews

37: black midi | St. Vincent

Have you ever showed up to what you assumed would be the physical manifestation of a pop album, only to find out it was just a regular old theme park?! If so, you're not alone and this class action lawsuit may be for you.   The Weeknd Says to Expect “No Special Guests” at Super Bowl 2021 Halftime Show | Pitchfork  Taylor Swift Sued by Utah Theme Park Evermore Over Trademark | Pitchfork  New Spotify Patent Involves Monitoring Users’ Speech to Recommend Music | Pitchfork  Watch Death Cab for Cutie Cover TLC’s “Waterfalls” on Kimmel | Pitchfork  Drake Says New Album Certified Lover Boy Isn’t Coming This Month | Pitchfork  The Wrens' New Album: "Plans Are Afoot," Says Charles Bissell  Julien Baker: Turn Out the Lights Album Review | Pitchfork boygenius: boygenius EP Album Review | Pitchfork  Listen to Julien Baker’s New Song “Favor,” Featuring Lucy Dacus and Phoebe Bridgers | Pitchfork The Hold Steady: Almost Killed Me Album Review | Pitchfork  The Hold Steady: Boys and Girls in America Album Review | Pitchfork Hipster (contemporary subculture) - Wikipedia

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