We've come to the end of an amazing year in music. We saw the rise of superstars like Cardi B, Camilla Cabello, and Ariana Grande. Streaming is only on the rise as the choice for the modern music listener. And so much more. So what's next for music? What's going to happen in 2019?
What's good, fellow Groupies? Hope your holidays were cheery and lovely. We're back at it this week with another special episode. This time, we're taking a look back at the past year in music, including what we liked, disliked, and anything in between. We talk about favorite albums (ahem, Ariana Grande's Sweetener, Drake's Scorpion) and favorite songs like "thank u next" and "God's Plan". JK, there's much more than those two artists and albums, so tune in!
A certain holiday tune has caused a lot of ruckus in the lead up to annual celebration. Baby It's Cold Outside, has taken on some new connotations with a new generation of Americans; we give our thoughts on the song, it's meanings, and what Christmas music means for multiple generations.
We here at Groupies love music; this we know. But what about a specific subset of music, like no other? That is... Christmas music. To figure out the ULTIMATE Christmas song, the Groupies crew made a tournament bracket, with customized seeding to put classic and modern Christmas tunes to the test. You may or may not be surprised at our overall winner. There are also plenty of upsets!
Ever heard "Born in the USA", by Bruce Springsteen? "Semi-Charmed Life", by Third Eye Blind? Even nursery rhymes like "You Are My Sunshine" or "Ring Around the Rosie"? This is what this B-Side is all about. The happiest sounding songs, that are deceptively sad, scary, and fearful at times. As we talked about Passion Pit in our A-Side, we saw just how powerful of a tool it is to combine happy chords with sorrowful lyrics.
We're back with an album! This week it's Grant's turn to pick. For his choice, he went to his adolescence and snagged Passion Pit's sophomore album, Gossamer. It's the album that led to him finding all sorts of indie acts like Grouplove, Generationals, and a ton more.
In this B-Side, we do a news roundup! The latest hits on the music beat, including Ariana Granda's reign on pop, Tekashi's indictment, Taylor Swift leading the charge for fair pay on Spotify, and more.
In this special edition of Groupies, we dive into our first episode featuring the Groupies playlist. In this playlist, each Groupie (Tom, Emir, Hannah, and Grant) have added a selection of songs they've been jamming to, to the playlist. Tune in, and fine some new music to listen to with us! Groupies: The Rotation https://open.spotify.com/user/1235730350/playlist/3ttzrNL4dzEoCeJKpm8lfA?si=L_1um_nOTsW7ZXCaCf0nCQ
In this latest (delayed because of Grant making a mistake) episode of Groupies, we dig right into foreign music. What qualifies an artist to be "foreign" to an American audience? What artists are on our radar? We dig into all of it.
We're very excited to premiere our first foray into foreign music on the podcast! This episode features Hannah first classic of the podcast, DEAN's 130 mood: TRBL. We talk about DEAN's influences, how we listen to music with different languages, and the overall impact that DEAN has had on Korean and America music.
We've talked about doing it, and now it's finally here. It's the Kanye episode. The episode where the group talks about Ye's career from start to present.
The masterpiece debut in Kanye West's vocal career is our topic this week on Groupies. The College Dropout is Emir's classic this week and is often considered a general classic in music. We get into the context of the album, the songs, the lyrical content, and so much more. Tune in!
In the A-Side episode this week, we discussed a classic debut album from 2011, Foster the People's Torches. That led us to think about other artists that started off their careers with stellar first albums, and slowly drifted off later in their career. How do you maintain success after smashing records with debut albums?
A new A-Side for a new week! This time, Tom brings in the personal classic, Foster the People's Torches. Packed with singles "Pumped Up Kicks", "Houdini", and "Helena Beat", the indie-electronic-mashup-combo was a hit back in 2011 that led to a new a growth of indie and pop music combining together.
In this B-Side of groupies, we dig into how musicians evolve their sound. After we produced our A-Side on Weezer's Blue Album, we started to take a look at the way they've changed their sound over the years. With that, we dug into how exactly artists change things up (for the worse or the better).
In the brand new format switchup of our A-Sides and B-sides, we dig into our first classic album on the podcast. That album? None other than the 1994 debut for nerd/pop/punk rock legends, Weezer. The Blue Album, rated as 10/10 on Pitchfork and other music reviewers, is a legendary 10 track album debuted by Rivers Cuomo and his group of rockers. We dig into what makes the album so good, talk about the history of the album, and tons more.
In this episode, we ask the penultimate question, is rock dead? With recent releases from Greta Van Fleet, 21 Pilots, and The 1975, the group gets into the state of rock music as it stands in 2018.
Paul McCartney just released his 17th solo studio album. That's a lot of music. This spurred a question that we ended up talking about on this B-Side episode of Groupies: when should musicians stop making music? Should they ever stop?
In this episode of Groupies, we dive into the latest full studio album from Twenty One Pilots, Trench. Special guest Austin from the Pinned Podcast joins Grant and Hannah to get into their history with TOP and their thoughts on their latest works.
Welcome back to Groupies! Grant, Emir, Tom, and Hannah are BACK to give you our thoughts on the latest happenings in music. On our first B-Side, we get into live music. We talk about our best live experiences, our worst, and the plain weird things that happen in live settings. We also give you some of our tried and true tips for concerts and festivals! Have any thoughts on our thoughts? Or do you just want to say hi? Email us at hi@andmore.media!
Welcome to Groupies! Grant, Emir, Tom, and Hannah are here to give you our thoughts on the latest happenings in music. This week, we get into Drake being a weirdo and texting with Millie Bobby Brown, Kanye's two (?) upcoming albums and Twitter festivities, a ton of petty rap beef that is hilarious to talk about, and the future of music with the new Music Modernization Act being passed in Congress. Have any thoughts on our thoughts? Or do you just want to say hi? Email us at hi@andmore.media!
