We're back with a brand new segment called Song Techniques where we aim to explain the tools songwriters use to convey the messages in their songs. In this episode, we explore the technique when an artist purposely makes their listeners complete a musical idea with examples from MF Doom to The Killers. Then we give y'all our impressions of our favorite new releases before jumping into the first album of the week in a while and our thoughts about music made by young people.   

|Song Techniques| 
Hundred Waters - Fingers 
featuring: MF Doom, The Killers, Robin Thicke, Jamila Woods, Kanye West, Betty Who, Carly Rae Jepson, Alex De Los Santos    

|Lightning Round Albums| 
Prince Charlez - Evolution Pt. 1 
21 Savage, Offset, & Metro Boomin - Without Warning 
Yaeji - EP2 
James Holden & The Animal Spirits - Pass Through The Fire 
DUCKWRTH - An XTRA UUGLY Mixtape   

|Album of the Week|  
Willow - The 1st 
featuring: Kate Bush, Bjork, Solange, Grace VanderWaal

S1E18: What Rhymes With Twitches

With the highly anticipated release of reputation, we've decided to do a Taylor Swift deep dive! We've also brought in a special guest, Molly Schlamp, to speak from the perspective of a long time Swifty to complement our more recent experiences with Taylor's music. Listen as we make a case for why she is more similar to Kanye West than you might think, how she can write simultaneously universal and anthemic but also emotionally specific songs, and who exactly she is now and whether it's really a change from what we've known and love about Taylor. We've been looking forward to recording this episode for a long time and we're so excited to share it with you guys! 

|Featured Songs| 
From Taylor Swift's 1989: Clean 
From Taylor Swift's reputation: Ready For It, I Did Something Bad, Don't Blame Me, Delicate, Gorgeous, Dress, This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things, New Year's Day 
Katy Perry - Roar

S1E19: Taylor Swift's reputation

Disclaimer: Khiem's mic had a systemic problem that we did not notice until after we finished recording. We apologize for the sound quality.

What makes a song "indie", where's the cut-off for being a "hipster", and "how can indie songs end up on the radio"? These are the questions we addressed in this episode alongside the idea of experimental music and what Adarsh calls "The Radiohead Effect" before we got into our Lightning Rounds. Enjoy this shorter than usual episode!

|Indie Music Discussion|
The Temper Trap - Sweet Disposition
MGMT - Electric Feel
Lord Huron - The Night We Met
Empire of the Sun - Walking on a Dream
The Revivalists - Wish I Knew You
Maroon 5 - The Sun
SUPERORGANISM - It's All Good
Radiohead - Paranoid Android

|Lightning Rounds|
SiR - November
Super Whatevr - Never Nothing
First Aid Kit - Ruins
The Go! Team - Semicircle

Final Episode: I Can't Believe It's Not Indie!

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