Chorus Vs. Chorus

We try to convince each other that our treasure isn't the other host's trash. Featuring music from Billie Eilish, Solange, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, and more.

50 episodes. 50 states. 100 songs. Two wives. Two wife guys. Featuring music from Loretta Lynn, Nina Simone, Violent Femmes, Wu Tang Clan, Lightning Bolt, Ronny James Dio, Howlin' Wolf, The Shins, and so much more.

We explain the meaning of life. Spoiler alert: it’s subscribing to our show. The categories are: (1) birth; (2) youth; (3) adulthood; (4) death. Tune in to find out which of these stages your hosts have experienced! Featuring music from T. Rex, Faye Webster, Indigo de Souza, and more.

On the role of humor in music, where we make sure in the process to be as absolutely unfunny as possible. Given your hosts, that wasn't a challenge. The categories are: (1) a funny song that is good; (2) a good song that is funny; (3) an unintentionally funny song. Featuring music from The Lonely Island, Tom Lehrer, Disturbed, and more.

Hop in with your hosts for one last look at ten tracks (and then some) that made 2022 a great musical year for twenty-twenty-me and twenty-twenty-you. Featuring music from Djo, Doechii, Spoon, Steve Lacy, Katie Sin, and more.

We make like Leo DiCaprio and point at things we recognize, celebrating the art of art that talks about other art, or, in other words, songs that reference: (1) another song's lyrics; (2) another song's musical idea; (3) something from another medium. Featuring music from Amy Winehouse, Built to Spill, Danny Brown, and more. 

Returning champion Evan Salazar helps us veer off the beaten path with demos, b-sides, and other rare delights from artists we love. Our categories are best: (1) b-side; (2) demo; (3) alternate recording. Featuring music from A.M. Gately, Joni Mitchell, Gram Parsons, and more.

We rappel into the uncanny valley to explore songs that violate expectations and have certain qualities that don't seem like they belong. Our categories are songs that are: (1) oddly pretty; (2) oddly moving; (3) oddly familiar; (4) oddly successful. Featuring music from Caetano Veloso, Sly & the Family Stone, and more.

If music is the soundtrack of our lives (quote by Gandhi), then surely soundtracks must be the music of our movies (also Gandhi). In this episode, we celebrate the art of song selection in filmmaking. Our categories are the best: (1) film score; (2) soundtrack cut; (3) song from a movie musical; (4) soundtrack to a movie we haven't seen. Featuring music by Hot Chocolate, Mica Levi, Stealers Wheel, and more.

On the concept of missing elements from music. Our categories are songs that are missing: (1) bass; (2) drums; (3) key band members; and (4) the musician themselves. Featuring music by The Replacements, Connie Converse, Lenine, and more.

Do you like bass? Well, so did Carol Kaye, one of the dozens of legendary session musicians we'll be profiling on today's episode, where we explain the hidden histories behind the following squads of hired-gun studio instrumentalists: (1) The Wrecking Crew; (2) The Nashville A-Team; (3) The Funk Brothers; (4) The Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section. Featuring music from The Association, Roy Orbison, The Gants, and more.

Hey, scene kids: is your favorite pastime telling anyone who'll listen that you were one of five people present at Commander Venus' first show at the Sokol? Did you live in Athens in 1981 and know Michael Stipe's acupuncturist? Were you in gym class with Timbaland? Were you always... there? Then let's talk about four small American towns that, against all odds, have produced some of the most important music of the past 50 years: (1) Omaha, NE (2) Athens, GA (3) Virginia Beach, VA (4) Bakersfield, CA. Featuring music from Cursive, Aaliyah, Merle Haggard, and more.

We're joined by bard of all things brütal Luke Henley (Sex Headaches, Fibber) to discuss songs that rock, songs that stink, and the important ways in which artists sequence the music on their albums. Our categories are: (1) best first track; (2) best ‘side A’ closer; (3) best final track. Featuring music from In Solitude, Baby Huey, Lauryn Hill, and more.

We ascend to higher ground with the Captain of Clavinet; the Hotshot of Harmonica; the Champion of the Charts: the genius and the virtuoso himself, Stevie Wonder. It’s a tour through the following: (1) the ‘Little Stevie Wonder’ era; (2) the early Tamla/Motown era; (3) the classic era; (4) the later era; (5) the best Stevie Wonder song.

We hope you’ll join us for a year-end wrap-up episode as organized as our country’s COVID-19 response and as cohesive as our populace’s mask compliance. No categories, no competition – just 10 songs that we loved, that we needed, that got us through this Kevin Federline of a year. Auld lang syne, suckas! Featuring music from Nana Adjoa, Antibalas, Ohmme, and more.

Tie an onion around your belt, fix yourself a tall glass of malk, and sprint your way to the couch — on this week’s episode, we’re exploring The Simpsons’ finest musical moments, along with its terrifying lows, dizzying highs, and creamy middles: (1) Best guest musician (2) Best song featured in an episode (3) Best original song. Guest starring Evan Salazar, a comic artist and chair moistener from Sector 7G.

For this week's episode, we discuss, uh, a website you, y'know... probably haven't heard of. It's ⁠Pitchfork⁠, the most controversial, successful, despised, worshiped music criticism publication of the past 20 years. This episode is no hagiography, nor is it a typical take-down of the website's prickly legacy. We attempt to dig deep into its history, reputation, writing voice, blind-spots, and evolution from a problematic cultural juggernaut to a more thoughtful elder statesman of the publishing world. The categories are: (1) Best Album Rated 10.0 by Pitchfork (2) Artist Most Underrated by Pitchfork (3) Most Memorable Review (4) Best ⁠Sunday Review⁠.

We take our first deep dive into one artist, and pray we don't ascend too fast. A discussion about the following aspects of Radiohead's legacy: (1) Best Thom Yorke mumble (2) Best Radiohead bleep-bloop (3) Prettiest moment (4) Best lyrical image (5) Best Radiohead song.

We're joined by Matt Silcock (⁠Blastitude⁠) to consider the histories, ethos, and rosters of the following legendary record labels: (1) Chess Records (2) SST Records (3) Flying Nun Records (4) Drag City. Take a tour with us through a brief history of Chicago blues and R&B, American underground punk, New Zealand guitar-pop, Midwestern indie, and so much more in between. Featuring songs from Fontella Bass, Royal Trux, Bad Brains, and more.

A tour through five rhythms that have influenced generations of percussionists and songwriters: (1) the Purdie shuffle (2) the Bo Diddley (3) The "Rock 'n' Roll Part 2" (4) the Motorik (5) the four-on-the-floor. Tune in for fun with Bernard Purdie, an explanation about why saying "disco sucks!" is rooted in racism, and a discussion about whether Gary Glitter is going to hell (spoiler: he is). Featuring music from Cheap Trick, Alabama Shakes, and more.