CrossFade: The Dueling Album Review Show

Surprise! It’s a special episode of CrossFade, thanks to a generous member of the MinnMax community. On Give to the Max Day, the MinnMax community raised more than $57,000 to help foster kids in Minneapolis. One of the many appealing donation rewards was an episode of CrossFade where the donor got to choose the album we talked about! Chris Fayter (a.k.a. Crayter) chose “Portal Of I,” the debut album of Australian prog metal band Ne Obliviscaris, which became one of his COVID-era comfort listens. We’re really jazzed to get back behind the mic to discuss some great, unique music. Thanks to Chris and the MinnMax community for their ongoing generosity! Go back a few decades to find new music: http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks.htm We’d love it if you’d rate and review CrossFade on iTunes, ‘cause it means more people can find the show and love it, too! You can find Matt and Jason on Twitter at https://twitter.com/MattHelgeson and https://twitter.com/nintendufus respectively and in the #music channel of the MinnMax Discord server. Our theme song is “The Lights” by Maps Of Norway from their 2008 record, “Die Off Songbird”: https://open.spotify.com/album/7tNrjnRB1f1oQizkkAePrI Support MinnMax on Patreon and get access to tons of great, exclusive content: https://www.patreon.com/minnmax/ Listen to the CrossFade Community Playlist, a growing Spotify playlist of our community’s favorite music: https://spoti.fi/3aRRgox Timestamps 0:00 - Give to the Max 2023: Ne Obliviscaris’s “Portal Of I” 3:04 - A message from Crayter, charitable sponsor of this episode 13:40 - Ne Obliviscaris - "Portal Of I" 14:31 - Tapestry of the Starless Abstract 24:16 - Xenoflux 30:08 - Of the Leper Butterflies 37:06 - Forget Not 41:23 - And Plague Flowers the Kaleidoscope 51:23 - As Icicles Fall 54:44 - Of Petrichor Weaves Black Noise 1:05:15 - Community questions 1:40:43 - Sampha - “Jonathan L. Seagull” (suggested by MinnMax supporter notweirder)

CrossFade is taking a break! We haven’t picked a return date yet, but Matt and Jason have ideas about how to make it even better going forward. We decided to end this season on a high note by bringing back the CrossFade Community Shuffle. It’s an episode where dozens of our Patreon supporters send us their current favorite songs, we shuffle a bunch of them, and we listen to and talk about them live on the show! It’s one of our favorite CrossFade traditions, so we hope you enjoy it. You can still enjoy all 60-some episodes of CrossFade for free wherever you listen to podcasts. From the bottom of our hearts, we want to express our appreciation for everyone who’s enjoyed the show so far. Thanks for listening, chatting, asking, tweeting, posting, and sharing in the fun of CrossFade! You’re the ones who make it great. We’d love it if you’d rate and review CrossFade on iTunes, ‘cause it means more people can find the show and love it, too! You can find Matt and Jason on Twitter at https://twitter.com/MattHelgeson and https://twitter.com/nintendufus respectively and in the #music channel of the MinnMax Discord server. Our theme song is “The Lights” by Maps Of Norway from their 2008 record, “Die Off Songbird”: https://open.spotify.com/album/7tNrjnRB1f1oQizkkAePrI Support MinnMax on Patreon and get access to tons of great, exclusive content: https://www.patreon.com/minnmax/ Listen to the CrossFade Community Playlist, a growing Spotify playlist of our community’s favorite music: https://spoti.fi/3aRRgox Timestamps 0:00 - The Last Community Shuffle for A While, Probably! 6:30 - Niyaz - “Shir Ali Mardan (Song of a Warrior)” suggested by Shazirah 11:27 - Nation of Language - “Sacred Tongue” suggested by Nolan Kelly 15:25 - Puscifer - “Green Valley” suggested by Ian Pierce 19:22 - Taylor Swift - “mirrorball” suggested by Mackenzie Beyer 23:52 - The Killers - “Miss Atomic Bomb” suggested by Ramses Garcia 28:56 - Black Country, New Road - “Chaos Space Marine” suggested by Holden Hintz 33:51 - Frightened Rabbit - “The Modern Leper” suggested by Halea Kasishke 38:00 - Craig Finn - “Messing with the Settings” suggested by Gabriel Cleveland 44:07 - The Knife - “Heartbeats - Live” by podbod 48:25 - Paolo Nutini - “Through The Echoes” suggested by Luca Alberti 51:52 - honeyhoney - “Thin Line” suggested by Matt Rogers 55:47 - Haken - “Invasion” suggested by Sjors van Berkel 1:00:34 - Rahul Sipligunj, Kaala Bhairava - “Naatu Naatu” from RRR suggested by Bob Kinnear 1:08:24 - P.O.S - “Wearing a Bear” suggested by Josh LaBaw 1:11:51 - Yot Club - “u dont kno me” suggested by Bezlo 1:16:05 - MEMBA, EVAN GIIA, Nooran Sisters - “For Aisha” suggested by Geoff Enright 1:20:43 - Algernon Cadwallader - “Pitfall”

Neil Young’s had quite a career. A hugely influential solo career, his work with CSNY, that thing during The Last Waltz, and now you can’t even hear his music on the biggest music streaming platform on Earth. Wow! To finally crack the nut on Neil, Matt brought in writer and fellow Neil Young fanatic Tyler Wilcox for an in-depth discussion on two essential Neil records: Citizen Kane Jr. Blues 1974 (Live at The Bottom Line) and Tonight’s the Night. Take a listen to some Real Neil with the biggest Youngheads out there! Find Tyler at the following links: https://twitter.com/tywilc https://doomandgloomfromthetomb.tumblr.com/ https://aquariumdrunkard.com/ https://www.uncut.co.uk/author/twilcox/ We’d love it if you’d rate and review CrossFade on iTunes, ‘cause it means more people can find the show and love it, too! You can find Matt and Jason on Twitter at https://twitter.com/MattHelgeson and https://twitter.com/nintendufus respectively and in the #music channel of the MinnMax Discord server. Our theme song is “The Lights” by Maps Of Norway from their 2008 record, “Die Off Songbird”: https://open.spotify.com/album/7tNrjnRB1f1oQizkkAePrI Support MinnMax on Patreon and get access to tons of great, exclusive content: https://www.patreon.com/minnmax/ Listen to the CrossFade Community Playlist, a growing Spotify playlist of our community’s favorite music: https://spoti.fi/3aRRgox Timestamps 0:00 - Neil Young, “Our Rock Dad” with Tyler Wilcox 0:10 - Tyler and Neil Young 3:27 - The “expanding Ditch universe” of Neil Young 5:45 - Citizen Kane Jr. Blues 1974 (Live at The Bottom Line) 8:18 - Revolution Blues 13:08 - Pushed It Over the End 19:01 - Long May You Run 24:53 - Ambulance Blues 29:45 - Motion Pictures 38:53 - Tonight’s the Night 44:25 - Speakin’ Out 47:59 - Mellow My Mind 51:06 - Come On Baby Let’s Go Downtown 55:38 - Tired Eyes 1:00:33 - Albuquerque

Was rap already everywhere by the time you were old enough to choose what you wanted to listen to? If so, then it might be hard to imagine how important a show like Yo! MTV Raps was for the genre and for the music industry as a whole. It only ran for seven years, but in that time, it had an indelible impact on the kinds of music people were exposed to. In this episode, Matt (who was around for the rise of rap) and Jason (who was not) pore over the show’s lasting impact by listening to some of the music you probably would’ve heard on Yo! MTV Raps back in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s. It’s quite a trip, spanning everything from classic braggadocio to harrowing tales of gangland paranoia to bit-based schtick and more. Watch the MTV-produced Yo! MTV Raps documentary Jason references at the beginning of the show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gyji4m-exjU We’d love it if you’d rate and review CrossFade on iTunes, ‘cause it means more people can find the show and love it, too! You can find Matt and Jason on Twitter at https://twitter.com/MattHelgeson and https://twitter.com/nintendufus respectively and in the #music channel of the MinnMax Discord server. Our theme song is “The Lights” by Maps Of Norway from their 2008 record, “Die Off Songbird”: https://open.spotify.com/album/7tNrjnRB1f1oQizkkAePrI Support MinnMax on Patreon and get access to tons of great, exclusive content: https://www.patreon.com/minnmax/ Listen to the CrossFade Community Playlist, a growing Spotify playlist of our community’s favorite music: https://spoti.fi/3aRRgox Timestamps 0:00 - The Impact of Yo! MTV Raps in 13 Songs 0:52 - Demme, Freddy, and the origin of Yo! MTV Raps 7:39 - Eric B. & Rakim - “Follow The Leader” 12:07 - Boogie Down Productions - “My Philosophy” 19:21 - Sir Mix-A-Lot - “Posse On Broadway” 24:02 - Special Ed - “I Got It Made” 27:26 - EPMD - “You Gots To Chill” 33:02 - The D.O.C. - “It’s Funky Enough” 36:55 - Queen Latifah & Monie Love - “Ladies First” 42:07 - N.W.A. - “Express Yourself” 47:22 - Jungle Brothers - “Beyond This World” 54:15 - Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth - “They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)” 1:01:13 - Slick Rick - “Children’s Story” 1:07:12 - Ghetto Boys - “My Mind Playing Tricks On Me” 1:12:51 - 3rd Bass - “The Gas Face” 1:18:28 - Ice Cube - "It Was a Good Day"

We’ve talked a lot about the Duluth-based indie rock band Low on this show, because Matt knows them well and Jason’s never heard them. In the wake of co-founder/drummer/vocalist Mimi Parker’s death in early November 2022, we wanted to dedicate an episode to a short retrospective on the group and Mimi’s contributions to it. If you know Low, we hope this is a faithful look back at the group’s impact. If you’re new to the group, we hope you find a lot to love. Also, Matt put together a Spotify playlist of Low’s music for our discussion, and you can listen along at this link: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2XvYeoVFqsiKKcQIcSQO66?si=c23db47cf12349f5 We’d love it if you’d rate and review CrossFade on iTunes, ‘cause it means more people can find the show and love it, too! You can find Matt and Jason on Twitter at https://twitter.com/MattHelgeson and https://twitter.com/nintendufus respectively and in the #music channel of the MinnMax Discord server. Our theme song is “The Lights” by Maps Of Norway from their 2008 record, “Die Off Songbird”: https://open.spotify.com/album/7tNrjnRB1f1oQizkkAePrI Support MinnMax on Patreon and get access to tons of great, exclusive content: https://www.patreon.com/minnmax/ Listen to the CrossFade Community Playlist, a growing Spotify playlist of our community’s favorite music: https://spoti.fi/3aRRgox Timestamps 0:00 - 11 Songs to Remember Mimi Parker of Low 1:53 - Discovering Low and remembering Mimi’s work 5:11 - Over The Ocean 12:18 - Shame 16:44 - Just Like Christmas 22:35 - In Metal 27:23 - Laser Beam 32:35 - (That’s How You Sing) Amazing Grace 37:52 - Monkey 43:13 - Holy Ghost 47:21 - Especially Me 53:37 - More 58:30 - Community thoughts and questions 1:06:01 - Lullaby

This episode of CrossFade (The BossFade?) featuring writer, podcaster, and music journalist Natalie Marlin (https://twitter.com/NataliesNotInIt/) is devoted to rock icon Bruce Springsteen and ‘90s indies Archers of Loaf! Matt and Natalie chat a lot about the kinds of stories Bruce tells through his music and what makes his mild corniness endearing, as well as why Archers Of Loaf’s sound cut through the Pavement-esque slacker rock vibe of the ‘90s. Follow Natalie on Twitter at https://twitter.com/NataliesNotInIt/ Starting to Feel Small Again: Twinkle Park’s “As Much As I Forget” by Natalie Marlin for Bandcamp Daily: https://daily.bandcamp.com/resonance/twinkle-park-as-much-as-i-forget-essay Broken Social Scene's Brendan Canning on 20 Years of You Forgot It in People and the Gratitude of Connection by Natalie Marlin for Paste Music: https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/broken-social-scene/you-forgot-it-in-people-20th-anniversary/ We’d love it if you’d rate and review CrossFade on iTunes, ‘cause it means more people can find the show and love it, too! You can find Matt and Jason on Twitter at https://twitter.com/MattHelgeson and https://twitter.com/nintendufus respectively and in the #music channel of the MinnMax Discord server. Our theme song is “The Lights” by Maps Of Norway from their 2008 record, “Die Off Songbird”: https://open.spotify.com/album/7tNrjnRB1f1oQizkkAePrI Support MinnMax on Patreon and get access to tons of great, exclusive content: https://www.patreon.com/minnmax/ Listen to the CrossFade Community Playlist, a growing Spotify playlist of our community’s favorite music: https://spoti.fi/3aRRgox Timestamps 0:00 - Bruce Springsteen & Archers Of Loaf with Natalie Marlin 1:09 - Bruce Springsteen - "Darkness On the Edge of Town" 6:50 - Badlands 10:45 - Adam Raised a Cain 14:47 - Something in the Night 18:38 - Candy’s Room 22:30 - Racing in the Street 27:38 - The Promised Land 31:39 - Factory 33:59 - Streets of Fire 37:42 - Prove It All Night 42:02 - Darkness On the Edge of Town 47:12 - Archers Of Loaf - “Icky Mettle” 50:36 - Web in Front 53:47 - Last Word 56:25 - Wrong 59:28 - Might 1:02:35 - Learo, You’re a Hole 1:07:43 - Hate Paste 1:11:09 - Sick File 1:13:38 - Beavis and Butt-Head clowning on Archers Of Loaf 1:15:35 - Community Questions 1:48:05 - Neil J & Daniel Wilkins with Austin C - "The Man Who Outran Time" (suggested by MinnMax supporter Tactical Dreamer)

Like the bodacious ‘dos from which the sound gets its name, “hair metal” can be a hard genre to pin down! Luckily, we’ve got writer/podcaster/critic/organizer and hair metal fan Elana Levin to run through two genre classics to help set some things straight! Matt and Elana cover Def Leppard’s “Hysteria” (the one with “Pour Some Sugar On Me” on it) and “Long Cold Winter” by Cinderella (one of the bands featured in HBO’s Peacemaker TV series). In this episode, they chat about what makes hair metal so special and popular, what role Peacemaker played in popularizing some under-heard hair metal bangers, and why neither of them like “Pour Some Sugar On Me” very much. Follow Elana on Twitter at https://twitter.com/Elana_Brooklyn/ Listen to Elana’s podcast, Graphic Policy Radio, at https://graphicpolicy.com/radio/ or wherever you get podcasts Junk Filter Podcast: Hair Metal with Elana Levin https://anchor.fm/jesse-hawken/episodes/107-Hair-Metal-with-Elana-Levin-e1p26dv “There’s No Wrong Time To Rock: A Peacemaker-Inspired Playlist” by Elana Levin https://womenwriteaboutcomics.com/2022/02/theres-no-wrong-time-to-rock-a-peacemaker-inspired-playlist/ The playlist on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3qfBE3suas4Hggga4asQZW?si=GLBR0LmjQr6fySX6AjbxNA   “Tom Keifer talks the Blues, Cinderella and the Music Industry” - American Blues Scene https://www.americanbluesscene.com/2014/03/tom-keifer-talks-the-blues-cinderella-and-the-music-industry/ “Notes on Camp: on David Lee Roth” https://medium.com/@Elana_Levin/notes-on-camp-on-david-lee-roth-ad286df3cd10 We’d love it if you’d rate and review CrossFade on iTunes, ‘cause it means more people can find the show and love it, too! You can find Matt and Jason on Twitter at https://twitter.com/MattHelgeson and https://twitter.com/nintendufus respectively and in the #music channel of the MinnMax Discord server. Our theme song is “The Lights” by Maps Of Norway from their 2008 record, “Die Off Songbird”: https://open.spotify.com/album/7tNrjnRB1f1oQizkkAePrI Support MinnMax on Patreon and get access to tons of great, exclusive content: https://www.patreon.com/minnmax/ Listen to the CrossFade Community Playlist, a growing Spotify playlist of our community’s favorite music: https://spoti.fi/3aRRgox Timestamps 0:00 - Def Leppard & Cinderella with Elana Levin 0:51 - A bit about hair metal as a genre 11:01 - Cinderella - "Long Cold Winter" 14:33 - Gypsy Road 20:43 - The Last Mile 23:56 - Don’t Know What You Got (Till It’s Gone) 30:00 - Coming Home 32:46 - Fire and Ice 34:34 - Second Wind 37:07 - Bad Seamstress Blues / Fallin’ Apart 42:22 - Def Leppard - “Hysteria” 49:53 - Animal 55:35 - Gods of War 1:01:04 - Rocket 1:08:18 - Women 1:12:39 - Pour Some Sugar On Me 1:17:16 - Hysteria 1:20:40 - Love Bites 1:23:44 - Run Riot 1:26:18 - Community Questions 1:48:11 - Alvvays - “Archie, Marry Me” (suggested by MinnMax supporter Bob Buel)

Pharoah Sanders (not “Pharaoh”) was a disciple of John Coltrane and a pioneer in his own right, putting spiritual jazz on the map with unique, genre-blending textures. You can’t truly encapsulate an artist like Pharoah Sanders in a few songs, but on this episode, we pay our respects to the legend with seven songs that we think exemplify some of the broad strokes in artist’s sonic palette. We’d love it if you’d rate and review CrossFade on iTunes, ‘cause it means more people can find the show and love it, too! You can find Matt and Jason on Twitter at https://twitter.com/MattHelgeson and https://twitter.com/nintendufus respectively and in the #music channel of the MinnMax Discord server. Our theme song is “The Lights” by Maps Of Norway from their 2008 record, “Die Off Songbird”: https://open.spotify.com/album/7tNrjnRB1f1oQizkkAePrI Support MinnMax on Patreon and get access to tons of great, exclusive content: https://www.patreon.com/minnmax/ Listen to the CrossFade Community Playlist, a growing Spotify playlist of our community’s favorite music: https://spoti.fi/3aRRgox Timestamps 0:00 - Remembering Pharoah Sanders (1940 - 2022) 00:49 - About Pharoah Sanders 3:53 - John Coltrane – Ascension - Edition I / Pt. 2 16:35 - The Creator Has a Master Plan 28:56 - Astral Traveling 33:40 - Alice Coltrane & Pharoah Sanders – Journey In Satchidananda 41:02 - Love Is Everywhere 46:59 - Kumba 54:31 - Pharoah Sanders & Floating Points – Movement 5

“When I say ‘I like everything,’ I really, really like everything.” So says Tariq Ravelomanana (https://twitter.com/infinitykniives), who creates music under the name Infinity Knives. He means it, too: He gets inspiration from everywhere: folk, country, experimental, grunge, pop, hip-hop, prog, rap. That idealist eclecticism comes through in his own music, including his 2022 record, King Cobra, which he created with Brian Ennals. It also led him to bring “Welcome to Hard Times,” the 2020 country record by country musician Charley Crockett, to his CrossFade debut. Matt counters with 1996’s “Paradise Don’t Come Cheap,” the bombastic, iconoclastic second record by rap duo New Kingdom. Rife with industrial production and brusque lines complemented by the harsh vocals that carry them, it’s a heavier record than one might give it credit for. Then, because they’re both obsessed with music, Matt and Tariq just kind of talk about other music for, oh, about 15 minutes. It’s a real treat if you love hearing people who love music talk about music they love. Find Tariq at the following links: https://twitter.com/infinitykniives https://www.instagram.com/infinityknives/ Listen to King Cobra, the new record by Infinity Knives & Brian Ennals, at the following links: Bandcamp https://phantomlimblabel.bandcamp.com/album/king-cobra Spotify https://open.spotify.com/album/3yTbBdU09giCwa2FbgKVl2 Apple Music https://music.apple.com/us/album/king-cobra/1631816416 YouTube Music https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nCRFvhvWDT8SylVMPu-XjX0kpGIzu-lek And wherever else you get music We’d love it if you’d rate and review CrossFade on iTunes, ‘cause it means more people can find the show and love it, too! You can find Matt and Jason on Twitter at https://twitter.com/MattHelgeson and https://twitter.com/nintendufus respectively and in the #music channel of the MinnMax Discord server. Our theme song is “The Lights” by Maps Of Norway from their 2008 record, “Die Off Songbird”: https://open.spotify.com/album/7tNrjnRB1f1oQizkkAePrI Support MinnMax on Patreon and get access to tons of great, exclusive content: https://www.patreon.com/minnmax/ Listen to the CrossFade Community Playlist, a growing Spotify playlist of our community’s favorite music: https://spoti.fi/3aRRgox Timestamps 0:00 - Charley Crockett & New Kingdom with Infinity Knives (Tariq Ravelomanana) 7:41 - Infinity Knives & Brian Ennals - “Coke Jaw” 9:34 - Charley Crockett - “Welcome to Hard Times”  10:12 - Welcome to Hard Times 13:05 - Fool Somebody Else 16:53 - Tennessee Special 20:09 - Blackjack County Chain 25:57 - Paint It Blue 32:18 - Heads You Win 35:08 - New Kingdom - “Paradise Don’t Come Cheap” 39:13 - Mexico or Bust 42:58 - Unicorns Were Horses 46:13 - Valhalla Soothsayer 48:51 - Suspended in Air 59:23 - Infested

Hoy! For a special treat, Jason gathered Kyle and Sarah (aka the other pieces of the Triforce) for a roundtable adventure through the soundtrack to The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker. You can listen to it wherever you get podcasts – and in a CrossFade first, you can watch the whole discussion on YouTube at the link below! Watch this discussion on YouTube: https://youtu.be/iTiQ_7FG-OY Special thanks again to Wind Waker Game Champion Otsego12 for giving us a great reason to go back to this legendary music. If you liked it, subscribe to CrossFade wherever you get podcasts for more fun music talk! You can also follow Jason on Twitter at https://twitter.com/nintendufus, Sarah at https://twitter.com/sarahpodz, and Kyle at https://twitter.com/kylemhilliard Support MinnMax on Patreon and get access to tons of great, exclusive content: https://www.patreon.com/minnmax/ Listen to the CrossFade Community Playlist, a growing Spotify playlist of our community’s favorite music: https://spoti.fi/3aRRgox Timestamps 0:00 - The Wind Waker OST Listening Party with Sarah and Kyle 4:50 - Skip the plugs 8:00 - Title Theme 12:00 - Grandma 13:50 - Dragon Roost Island 17:30 - The E3 2002 Trailer 20:20 - Makar’s Prayer 24:10 - Encounter with Tetra 29:10 - Gohma Battle (Second Half) 31:20 - Meeting Ganondorf 34:30 - Sealed Hyrule Castle 36:40 - Molgera Battle Theme 39:15 - The Great Sea 43:30 - Grandma’s House 44:45 - Beedle’s Shop Theme 46:15 - Malo Mart (from Twilight Princess) 48:20 - Pirate Ship Theme 51:30 - The Legendary Hero 55:05 - Windfall Island 1:03:40 - Orca’s House 1:04:40 - Orca’s Sword Training 1:06:05 - Mini Boss Battle

We recently uncovered our old iPods. We haven’t really used them for several years, so we thought it’d be a lot of fun to hit “shuffle” and see which of the tens of thousands of songs on them came up first. Then we discussed each of them on mic! We’re proud of some and cringing at a few others. It’s a real time capsule, kind of a snapshot of who we were back then! Also, what we cared enough to download and put in iTunes and fill out the metadata for (ah, the inconvenient past). Hope you enjoy reminisce-ning along! We’d love it if you’d rate and review CrossFade on iTunes, ‘cause it means more people can find the show and love it, too! You can find Matt and Jason on Twitter at https://twitter.com/MattHelgeson and https://twitter.com/nintendufus respectively and in the #music channel of the MinnMax Discord server. Our theme song is “The Lights” by Maps Of Norway from their 2008 record, “Die Off Songbird”: https://open.spotify.com/album/7tNrjnRB1f1oQizkkAePrI Support MinnMax on Patreon and get access to tons of great, exclusive content: https://www.patreon.com/minnmax/ Listen to the CrossFade Community Playlist, a growing Spotify playlist of our community’s favorite music: https://spoti.fi/3aRRgox Timestamps 0:00 - The Great iPod Shuffle 00:41 - RIP Matt’s iPod (2006 - 2022) 2:33 - MARINA - “Better Than That” 7:26 - Screaming Females - “Ripe” 11:07 - Taking Back Sunday - “MakeDamnSure” 15:14 - The Blood Brothers - “Fucking’s Greatest Hits” 20:22 - David Bowie - “All The Young Dudes (Live 1974)” 25:27 - U.N.K.L.E. - “Unreal” 31:33 - Rhymefest - “Dancin’ Machine” 37:18 - Neil Young - “White Line (Live 1976 Bootleg)” 42:07 - The Flaming Stars - “Ten Feet Tall” 46:32 - Vampire Hands - “Safe Word” 51:49 - A bit about the iPod

This week on CrossFade, it’s all about the 𝓋𝒾𝒷𝑒𝓈 – which makes it a great episode for writer, critic, and podcast host Bijan Stephen’s debut! Uyama Hiroto was a close friend and collaborator with Nujabes (known best for his Samurai Champloo soundtrack and being an influential artist in the jazz/hip-hop space), and it shows in “freeform jazz,” his 2017 record featuring a lot of chill instrumental work and music that, as Bijan put it, lights up the pleasure centers of your brain. 𝒱𝒾𝒷𝑒𝓈 aren’t always posi, of course, so Matt’s pick, Joy Division’s “Unknown Pleasures,” is an early post-punk record marked by the tragedy of vocalist Ian Curtis’s early death and the oddball production style that makes it a sonic journey more than 30 years after its release. Thanks for listening! You can find Bijan’s work at the following links: Listen to Eclipsed, Bijan’s podcast on overlooked stories from history: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/eclipsed/id1587958685 Listen to Fun City, Bijan’s a narrative RPG podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fun-city/id1477094947 Follow him on Twitter https://twitter.com/bijanstephen and Twitch https://www.twitch.tv/bijanstephen Read his writing about Twitch and internet culture: https://www.theverge.com/authors/bijan-stephen On music: https://www.thenation.com/authors/bijan-stephen/ On games: https://culture.org/contributor/bijan-stephen/ “This Searing Light, the Sun and Everything Else: Joy Division: the Oral History” by Jon Savage: https://www.roughtrade.com/us/jon-savage/this-searing-light-the-sun-and-everything-else-joy-division-the-oral-history We’d love it if you’d rate and review CrossFade on iTunes, ‘cause it means more people can find the show and love it, too! You can find Matt and Jason on Twitter at https://twitter.com/MattHelgeson and https://twitter.com/nintendufus respectively and in the #music channel of the MinnMax Discord server. Our theme song is “The Lights” by Maps Of Norway from their 2008 record, “Die Off Songbird”: https://open.spotify.com/album/7tNrjnRB1f1oQizkkAePrI Support MinnMax on Patreon and get access to tons of great, exclusive content: https://www.patreon.com/minnmax/ Listen to the CrossFade Community Playlist, a growing Spotify playlist of our community’s favorite music: https://spoti.fi/3aRRgox Timestamps 0:00 - Uyama Hiroto & Joy Division with Bijan Stephen 5:18 - Uyama Hiroto - “freeform jazz” 10:35 - Taiko 14:43 - Yin and Yang 21:30 - South Side feat. Shing02 24:38 - Into The Freedom 28:13 - Joy Division - “Unknown Pleasures” 30:58 - Disorder 34:43 - New Dawn Fades 39:42 - She’s Lost Control 47:32 - Insight 53:35 - I Remember Nothing 57:45 - Interzone 1:01:15 - Community questions 1:29:20 - “The Girl from Ipanema” by Stan Getz, Astrud Gilberto & João Gilberto (suggested by Zeth Hillman-Johnson)

It’s a proggy, skanky episode of CrossFade with writer, editor, and podcaster John Carson (https://twitter.com/John_Carson)! In this episode, we’re just barely scratching the surface of ska with John’s pick, Streetlight Manifesto’s “Everything Goes Numb”. Then we chart new territory with Nolan Potter’s “Music Is Dead,” one of Matt’s favorite albums to listen to on vinyl. Both are new to the other’s picks, so it turns into a really fun, big conversation about genres, how ska and its perceptions have changed over time, making music on your own, and that time John got fired from his high school ska band while working at Subway. Find John at the following links: https://twitter.com/John_Carson https://www.twitch.tv/johncarsongames Here’s a video of CrossFade listener Jason Wojnar singing our outro song in Ukrainian for charity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NF5_P0dvZII We’d love it if you’d rate and review CrossFade on iTunes, ‘cause it means more people can find the show and love it, too! You can find Matt and Jason on Twitter at https://twitter.com/MattHelgeson and https://twitter.com/nintendufus respectively and in the #music channel of the MinnMax Discord server. Our theme song is “The Lights” by Maps Of Norway from their 2008 record, “Die Off Songbird”: https://open.spotify.com/album/7tNrjnRB1f1oQizkkAePrI Support MinnMax on Patreon and get access to tons of great, exclusive content: https://www.patreon.com/minnmax/ Listen to the CrossFade Community Playlist, a growing Spotify playlist of our community’s favorite music: https://spoti.fi/3aRRgox Timestamps 0:00 - Streetlight Manifesto & Nolan Potter with John Carson 2:01 - Ska through the years and the ‘fourth wave’ 8:37 - Streetlight Manifesto - “Everything Goes Numb” 9:47 - Everything Went Numb 12:06 - That’ll Be the Day 14:07 - Point / Counterpoint 21:20 - Here’s to Life 26:30 - A Moment of Silence 29:46 - A Moment of Violence 34:17 - Catch 22 - “Dear Sergio” and “Keasbey Nights” 36:48 - Nolan Potter - “Music Is Dead” 38:33 - One Eye Flees Aquapolis 40:37 - Stubborn Bubble 46:02 - Gregorian Chance 51:11 - Holy Scroller 56:28 - Preeminent Minds 1:00:49 - Music Is Dead 1:06:35 - Community questions 1:30:18 - Nazariy Yaremchuk - "Водограй" (suggested by Jason Wojnar)

What music did you listen to when you were 5 years old? How did it impact the music you listen to or the way you approach it? Do you still listen to any of it today? In this chooglin’ episode of CrossFade, Matt and Jason take a suggestion from the community (thanks MinnMax supporter podbod!) and go back to some of the first music we can remember loving: The Doobie Brothers and Creedence Clearwater Revival! We talk about rock genre blending of the 1970s, complicated band dynamics, how these groups influenced us as musicians, and why this music has stuck with us for so long. We’d love it if you’d rate and review CrossFade on iTunes, ‘cause it means more people can find the show and love it, too! You can find Matt and Jason on Twitter at https://twitter.com/MattHelgeson and https://twitter.com/nintendufus respectively and in the #music channel of the MinnMax Discord server. Tiran Porter’s isolated bass track for “China Grove”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhBIIJpLJjU Tiran Porter’s isolated bass track for “Long Train Runnin’”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dy2hoRGOCdU Our theme song is “The Lights” by Maps Of Norway from their 2008 record, Die Off Songbird: https://open.spotify.com/album/7tNrjnRB1f1oQizkkAePrI Support MinnMax on Patreon and get access to tons of great, exclusive content: https://www.patreon.com/minnmax/ Listen to the CrossFade Community Playlist, a growing Spotify playlist of our community’s favorite music: https://spoti.fi/3aRRgox Timestamps 0:00 - Music that Made Us: The Doobie Brothers & Creedence Clearwater Revival 4:53 - The Doobie Brothers - “Best of The Doobies Vol. I” 6:26 - China Grove 12:36 - Long Train Runnin’ 16:15 - Black Water 19:43 - South City Midnight Lady 24:04 - Takin’ It to The Streets 28:17 - Jesus Is Just Alright with Me 30:18 - Art Reynolds Singers - “Jesus is Just Alright with Me” 31:41 - Without You 35:04 - Creedence Clearwater Revival - “Chronicle: 20 Greatest Hits” 39:24 - Suzie Q 44:03 - Bad Moon Rising 50:33 - Fortunate Son 54:20 - Run Through The Jungle 1:01:35 - Who’ll Stop the Rain 1:03:35 - Commotion 1:11:13 - Lookin’ Out My Back Door 1:13:55 - Lodi 1:17:31 - Someday Never Comes 1:24:16 - Keep On Chooglin’

We’re thrilled to welcome Cody Matthew Johnson, known for his music and sound work on games like Trek to Yomi, Devil May Cry 5, Guardians of the Galaxy, Resident Evil 2 Remake, and many more, to compare and contrast Bon Iver with Iron Maiden! Dare you to find another show that brings together two things THAT different. We talk with Cody about how Bon Iver’s approach to music didn’t change for “22, A Million,” even if the sound did; Iron Maiden’s groundbreaking meld of catchy rock and metal riffs; trying to learn Yes and Iron Maiden bass lines when you’re in third grade; and much more! Follow Cody on Twitter: https://twitter.com/codymatthewj Check out Cody’s company, Emperia Sound & Music: https://www.emperiasound.com/ Find Cody’s work on his website: https://www.codymatthewjohnson.com/ We’d also love it if you’d rate and review the show on iTunes, ‘cause it means more people can find the show and love it, too! You can find Matt and Jason on Twitter at https://twitter.com/MattHelgeson and https://twitter.com/nintendufus respectively and in the #music channel of the MinnMax Discord server. Our theme song is “The Lights” by Maps Of Norway from their 2008 record, Die Off Songbird: https://open.spotify.com/album/7tNrjnRB1f1oQizkkAePrI Support MinnMax on Patreon and get access to tons of great, exclusive content: https://www.patreon.com/minnmax/ Listen to the CrossFade Community Playlist, a growing Spotify playlist of our community’s favorite music: https://spoti.fi/3aRRgox Timestamps 0:00 - Iron Maiden & Bon Iver with Cody Matthew Johnson 5:39 - Bon Iver’s “22, A Million” 7:16 - 22 (OVER S∞∞N) 11:08 - 10 d E A T h b R E a s T ⚄ ⚄ 17:04 - 715 - CRΣΣKS 20:53 - 8 (circle) 23:44 - 00000 Million 28:21 - Iron Maiden - “Number of the Beast” 29:14 - Invaders 32:51 - Children of the Damned 36:35 - Run to the Hills 42:17 - The Prisoner 46:40 - The Number of the Beast

What does perfection mean to you? What if you knew someone ELSE called something “perfect”? That’s what we wanted to find out on this episode of CrossFade, so we looked at two of the dozen albums that have received a perfect 10 score from Pitchfork, the music publication everybody famously agrees with and enjoys without reservation. Wilco’s breakthrough “Yankee Hotel Foxtrot” and Amon Tobin’s breakthrough “Bricolage” are pretty different (that’s CrossFade babyyyy), but our discussion bridges them both: How does seeing that big 10 make you think differently about the music you listen to? How much does that matter in the age of influencers, when every opinion can be validated by someone, somewhere on the internet? It’s a pretty complex question! We’d also love it if you’d rate and review the show on iTunes, ‘cause it means more people can find the show and love it, too! You can find Matt and Jason on Twitter at https://twitter.com/MattHelgeson and https://twitter.com/nintendufus respectively and in the #music channel of the MinnMax Discord server. Our theme song is “The Lights” by Maps Of Norway from their 2008 record, Die Off Songbird: https://open.spotify.com/album/7tNrjnRB1f1oQizkkAePrI Support MinnMax on Patreon and get access to tons of great, exclusive content: https://www.patreon.com/minnmax/ Listen to the CrossFade Community Playlist, a growing Spotify playlist of our community’s favorite music: https://spoti.fi/3aRRgox Timestamps 0:00 - Nitpicking Two of Pitchfork's Perfect 10s 0:59 - Wilco - "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot" 4:42 - I Am Trying to Break Your Heart 10:53 - Heavy Metal Drummer 13:44 - Jesus, Etc. 17:11 - Kamera 20:07 - War On War 23:29 - Ashes of American Flags 25:14 - What does a Pitchfork perfect 10 really mean? 36:25 - Amon Tobin - "Bricolage" 37:31 - Stoney Street 39:53 - Chomp Samba 43:34 - El Cargo from Amon Tobin's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory soundtrack 46:00 - Yasawas 49:48 - One Day In My Garden 53:49 - Wires & Snakes

2022 is almost halfway over! To mark the occasion, Matt and Jason picked their favorite records released this year for this special discussion. Jason picked Soul Glo’s “Diaspora Problems” (March 25) because it’s high-energy, it bends genres, and crams a lot of righteous fury into its lyrics. Matt’s loved the work of Benny the Butcher for a long time, so his latest release, “Tana Talk 4” (March 10), is a shoo-in for Matt’s favorite records of the year. In this episode, we talk a lot about hardcore music made by people of color, what makes rap like Benny’s timeless, and how it feels to find music that just hits all your buttons. We’d also love it if you’d rate and review the show on iTunes, ‘cause it means more people can find the show and love it, too! You can find Matt and Jason on Twitter at https://twitter.com/MattHelgeson and https://twitter.com/nintendufus respectively and in the #music channel of the MinnMax Discord server. Our theme song is “The Lights” by Maps Of Norway from their 2008 record, Die Off Songbird: https://open.spotify.com/album/7tNrjnRB1f1oQizkkAePrI Support MinnMax on Patreon and get access to tons of great, exclusive content: https://www.patreon.com/minnmax/ Listen to the CrossFade Community Playlist, a growing Spotify playlist of our community’s favorite music: https://spoti.fi/3aRRgox Timestamps 0:00 - Our Favorite Albums of 2022 So Far 0:57 - Soul Glo - “Diaspora Problems” 9:09 - Gold Chain Punk (whogonbeatmyass?) 14:04 - Coming Correct Is Cheaper 18:01 - Fucked Up If True 21:02 - Driponomics 26:10 - Spiritual Level Of Gang Shit 29:04 - Thumbsucker 32:35 - Benny the Butcher - “Tana Talk 4”  37:58 - Johnny P’s Caddy 40:59 - Back 2x (feat. Steve God Cooks) 45:01 - Uncle Bun (feat. 38 Spesh)  47:52 - Tyson vs. Ali (feat. Conway The Machine) 51:41 - Thowy’s Revenge 55:11 - Weekends in the Perry’s 58:46 - Our runner-up choices 59:00 - Nolan Potter - "Gregorian Chance" 1:00:51 - Mitski - "Working for the Knife"

Content warning: This episode contains discussions of sensitive topics like depression, sexual abuse, and suicide as explored in the music of The Mountain Goats and Silver Jews. MinnMax Contributor and all-around gentleman Joe Juba brought an album by one of his favorite artists to CrossFade! This episode might be the most we’ve ever delved into lyrics. The Mountain Goats’ “Heretic Pride” and Silver Jews’ “The Natural Bridge” are both albums that go heavy on storytelling, picking unique perspectives to set the scene and evoke specific times and places. In this episode, we talk about what makes John Darnielle’s music so compelling, the legacy of David Berman, distinctive vocalists, OSTs we love even if we haven’t consumed the media they’re from, and much more thanks to questions straight from the MinnMax community! Find Joe on Twitter at https://twitter.com/Joejuba and on the MinnMax network We’d love it if you’d rate and review the show on iTunes, ‘cause it means more people can find the show and love it, too! You can find Matt and Jason on Twitter at https://twitter.com/MattHelgeson and https://twitter.com/nintendufus respectively and in the #music channel of the MinnMax Discord server. Our theme song is “The Lights” by Maps Of Norway from their 2008 record, “Die Off Songbird”: https://open.spotify.com/album/7tNrjnRB1f1oQizkkAePrI Support MinnMax on Patreon and get access to tons of great, exclusive content: https://www.patreon.com/minnmax/ Listen to the CrossFade Community Playlist, a growing Spotify playlist of our community’s favorite music: https://spoti.fi/3aRRgox Timestamps 0:00 - Silver Jews & The Mountain Goats with Joe Juba 1:16 - The Mountain Goats - “Heretic Pride” 9:29 - Sax Rohmer #1 13:32 - San Bernardino 20:56 - Heretic Pride 27:41 - Autoclave 31:41 - Sept 15 1983 35:14 - Marduk T-Shirt Men's Room Incident 41:43 - Lovecraft in Brooklyn 48:49 - Silver Jews - "The Natural Bridge" 56:02 - How to Rent a Room 1:00:35 - Pet Politics 1:06:00 - Pet Politics (cover by The Mountain Goats) 1:08:26 - Dallas 1:15:47 - Inside the Golden Days of Missing You 1:19:29 - The Frontier Index 1:23:45 - Pretty Eyes 1:31:17 - Community Questions 1:57:15 - “Rum Pum Pum (람팜팜)” by Lee Jin Ah (이진아) (suggested by MinnMax supporter YokaiBlotch)

What would make you buy digital music in 2022? Is it respect? Curiosity? Guilt? Little bit of all of the above? That’s what we wanted to know from each other – and why we took a dive into each other’s growing collections to interrogate each other’s music tastes! Matt and Jason each picked five songs from the other’s Bandcamp collection to talk about, poke fun at, or marvel at a new favorite we never would’ve found otherwise. It was a really fun exercise and we hope you enjoy listening to the results! You can find Jason’s Bandcamp collection at https://bandcamp.com/jasondafnis and Matt’s at https://bandcamp.com/matthelgeson. What’s in yours? Did you discover a new favorite from this episode? What buried gems are we missing? Get in touch at https://twitter.com/minnmaxshow and let us know! We’d also love it if you’d rate and review the show on iTunes, ‘cause it means more people can find the show and love it, too! You can find Matt and Jason on Twitter at https://twitter.com/MattHelgeson and https://twitter.com/nintendufus respectively and in the #music channel of the MinnMax Discord server. Our theme song is “The Lights” by Maps Of Norway from their 2008 record, Die Off Songbird: https://open.spotify.com/album/7tNrjnRB1f1oQizkkAePrI Support MinnMax on Patreon and get access to tons of great, exclusive content: https://www.patreon.com/minnmax/ Listen to the CrossFade Community Playlist, a growing Spotify playlist of our community’s favorite music: https://spoti.fi/3aRRgox The alternative music video for Kanye West’s “Can’t Tell Me Nothing” feat. Zach Galifianakis and Will Oldham (a.k.a. Bonnie “Prince” Billy”): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79vKj8R_h8s Timestamps 0:00 - Matt & Jason Raid Each Other’s Bandcamp Collections 11:00 - Jason’s collection 12:52 - White Denim - “Work” 17:33 - MACROSS 82-99 - “Let It Be Real (feat. Emi Aramaki)” 24:14 - Fievel Is Glauque - “Decoys” 29:32 - Fievel Is Glauque - “Simple Affairs” 32:10 - PUP - “A.M. 180” (Grandaddy cover) 41:20 - Matt Sweeney & Bonnie “Prince” Billy - “My Blue Suit” 50:11 - Matt’s collection 50:34 - zeroh - “The Lord & Nature” 55:47 - Shabaka and the Ancestors - “The Observer” 1:03:44 - Big Thief - "Time Escaping" 1:10:01 - Mark Fosson - “Jubilaya” 1:19:33 - Tropical Fuck Storm - “G.A.F.F.” 1:31:28 - Bob James - “Angela (Theme From 'Taxi')

It’s a mid-aughts extravaganza on CrossFade, featuring writer, critic, connoisseur and musician Erin Margaret Day (https://twitter.com/comeawaywithEMD)! Between English indie rockers Electrelane and SF experimental rock group Erase Errata, get ready for rock, noise, ambience, and more rock! With Erin, we break down the radical roots of these bands and the kind of music they play, what Electrelane’s largely instrumental album is saying without words, and how sometimes the sound of hopelessness actually kinda rocks. Find Erin’s work, including her writing and seasonal playlists, at https://comeawaywithemd.com/, and check out her contributions to Bandcamp Daily at https://daily.bandcamp.com/contributors/erinmargaretday We’d love it if you’d rate and review the show on iTunes, ‘cause it means more people can find the show and love it, too! You can find Matt and Jason on Twitter at https://twitter.com/MattHelgeson and https://twitter.com/nintendufus respectively and in the #music channel of the MinnMax Discord server. Support MinnMax on Patreon and get access to tons of great, exclusive content: https://www.patreon.com/minnmax/ Listen to the CrossFade Community Playlist, a growing Spotify playlist of our community’s favorite music: https://spoti.fi/3aRRgox Timestamps 0:00 - Electrelane & Erase Errata with Erin Margaret Day 3:34 - Electrelane - “Axes” 7:25 - Bells 12:26 - Two for Joy 15:52 - If Not Now, When? 22:14 - Eight Steps 25:02 - The Partisan 28:40 - Gone Darker 30:44 - I Keep Losing Heart 34:55 - Erase Errata - “Nightlife” 37:41 - Cruising 42:54 - Hotel Suicide 46:08 - Another Genius Idea From Our Governor 49:28 - Take You 55:02 - Dust 58:03 - Wasteland 1:00:53 - Community Questions (Why does Matt pick on U2? Best song for humanity? Worst concerts? & more) 1:30:36 - “Everything To Nothing” by Manchester Orchestra (suggested by MinnMax supporter Brandon Floyd)