The Modern Vinyl Podcast

JabberJaw Podcast Network Support The Show The newest episode of The Modern Vinyl Podcast features a return guest, Liam McCormack. McCormack, along with his musical moniker, Yellowbirddd, has an IndieGoGo campaign currently running in order to fund his upcoming full length album. You can check out the first released single, "Frogtown," through Modern Vinyl, while you can contribute to the worthy cause here: yellowbirddd.com/donate. Want to sponsor the podcast? If you'd like to sponsor the podcast, you can contact us at advertising@modern-vinyl.com. It's very affordable and you get numerous mentions throughout the podcast.

JabberJaw Podcast Network Support The Show The newest episode of The Modern Vinyl Podcast is all about Green Day. Side A contains a roundtable discussion of their new album, Revolutionary Radio, and Side B is Pick Your Poison, Green Day edition. We kick it all off with the MV Big Question, which centers around horror movies (and 2 of the 3 hosts being wusses). Timeline 2:14, MV Big Question 16:10, Side A: Green Day Roundtable Starting from a positive place 22:00, “Somewhere Now” “This is a lame record” 27:04, “Here’s the problem with Green Day” 32:08, “What does any of this even mean?” The politics behind “Revolutionary Radio” 42:20, Do they have anything to fight for? 46:00, The moment of humanity 52:01, Side B: Pick Your Poison Green Day Edition Want to sponsor the podcast? If you'd like to sponsor the podcast, you can contact us at advertising@modern-vinyl.com. It's very affordable and you get numerous mentions throughout the podcast.

Our newest episode features a roundtable discussion of the new album from Bon Iver, titled "22, A Million." We talk its accessibility (or lack thereof), the instrumental and lyrical themes at play, along with the merits of moon water. Alan Miller (The Vinyl Crawl) joins us as guest host.

JabberJaw Podcast Network Support The Show Our newest episode is a roundtable discussion of S U R V I V E's new record, "RR7349," a title which guest host Nick Spacek informed us is the Relapse Records catalog number (should I have gotten that connection sooner?). Anyways, we dig deep on judging synth music and the influence (or lack of influence) of Carpenter here, along with an MV Big Question about celebrity bands. Mostly, this podcast is always my way of getting back to X-Files talk. We are currently sponsored by Vinyl Moon. You can support them over at vinylmoon.co. Timeline 3:17, MV Big Question 12:49, Side A: Survive Roundtable How our writers review synth? Note: At 18:27 we had to switch audio sources for a small amount of time. You’ll notice a change. There's also about 3 seconds of "robot." It corrects itself. 19:25, Themes/Motifs in ambient, synth “Dirt” 29:45, Structure in Synth 37:17, Favorites 45:22, Skips 45:37, "Stranger Things" changing reception to this record 52:25, Side B: Random Pull Want to sponsor the podcast? If you'd like to sponsor the podcast, you can contact us at advertising@modern-vinyl.com. It's very affordable and you get numerous mentions throughout the podcast.

JabberJaw Podcast Network Support The Show Our newest episode of The Modern Vinyl Podcast is the fourth in our mixtape series. The newest collection of 10 tracks includes Jeff Rosenstock, Cliff Martinez, Owen and more from Tiny Engines, Polyvinyl Record Company, Near Mint, Fleeting Youth Records and more. We are currently sponsored by Vinyl Moon. You can support them over at vinylmoon.co. Timeline 2:08, Personal Space — Offering 6:50, Jeff Rosenstock — Wave Goodnight To Me 9:48, STRFKR — Never Ever 14:20, Francis Moon — Anchor 18:27, VoirVoir — I Wanna 23:01, Peaer — Third Law 25:24, Jesse Etc. — Nostalgia 29:35, Owen — Ears Ring (Cover) 34:14, Cliff Martinez — He Had A Good Time 35:39, Cliff Martinez — On The Beach Want to sponsor the podcast? If you'd like to sponsor the podcast, you can contact us at advertising@modern-vinyl.com. It's very affordable and you get numerous mentions throughout the podcast.

JabberJaw Podcast Network Support The Show Our newest episode is a roundtable discussion of Taking Back Sunday's new album, "Tidal Wave." Chris is joined by Mo Shafeek (Mondo) and Meghin Moore (Modern Vinyl), discussing the ramifications of the album's title track (along with possible solo album inspirations from Adam/John), favorites/skips and much more. We are currently sponsored by Vinyl Moon. You can support them over at vinylmoon.co. Timeline 7:01, Beginning of TBS discussion 11:35, The Title Track Is this the record they want to write? 30:30, Favorites 32:00, TBS Storytelling 48:10, John Nolan’s place in this band 53:38, Side B: Rank Em’ Taking Back Sunday Want to sponsor the podcast? If you'd like to sponsor the podcast, you can contact us at advertising@modern-vinyl.com. It's very affordable and you get numerous mentions throughout the podcast.

JabberJaw Podcast Network Support The Show The newest episode of The MV Podcast is another entry in our MV Goes To The Movies series. This time, we're talking the 2014 film, Frank, including the musical inspirations at play, Jon's nuanced villain and Michael Fassbender's performance as the title character. We've got a review of the new Taking Back Sunday upcoming, along with the long awaited, Mixtape #3. The cool art you see above is by Zach Behm. He can be reached for commissions at zachbehm91@gmail.com. Timeline 4:03, “Frank” introduction 5:56, Musical inspirations Frank Sidebottom/Captain Beefheart 13:06, “Secure The Galactic Perimeter” and score “Secure” is what plays during this time period 17:46, Opening of movie/Character of Jon 21:40, Plot breakdown/Fassbender’s performance 29:31, Pop vs. Art “He’s the reverse Yoko Ono” 37:21, The ending/mental illness “I Love You All” is what plays here 49:31, Final thoughts/music movies top 5 Note: I cough a lot here. I’m losing my voice. I’m sorry. 54:36, Vinyl notes 55:24, Recommendations Want to sponsor the podcast? If you'd like to sponsor the podcast, you can contact us at advertising@modern-vinyl.com. It's very affordable and you get numerous mentions throughout the podcast.

JabberJaw Podcast Network Support The Show Our 10-Year Reunion series continues with guest Mo Shafeek and featured record, The Matches' "Decomposer." The sophomore full length from the eccentric rock group features 9 producers, something we touch on quite a bit in regard to record unity. Couple that with extended segments on "Salty Eyes" (and its origin), "Sunburn vs. Rhinovirus" and "Didi," among others, and you have 40+ minutes on the record. Mo also talks MondoCon 2016, as he's the production manager for Mondo Music & Death Waltz Recording Company. We are currently sponsored by Vinyl Moon. You can support them over at vinylmoon.co. Want to sponsor the podcast? If you'd like to sponsor the podcast, you can contact us at advertising@modern-vinyl.com. It's very affordable and you get numerous mentions throughout the podcast.

JabberJaw Podcast Network Support The Show The newest episode of The Modern Vinyl Podcast has us diving deep into Frank Ocean's full length album, "Blonde." We talk Frank's current place in music and if he's in the "pantheon," along with the various themes at play within the record. We are currently sponsored by Vinyl Moon. You can support them over at vinylmoon.co. Timeline 6:18, Frank Ocean — Blonde Patience and its effect Record's accessibility 15:13, Frank and Sufjan/Being private 18:18, Music Pantheon (Does it include Frank?) Can he be an all-timer given production? 25:23, Beginning of album analysis First three tracks 32:23, Suppression/Looking back on love 38:13, “Solo” 45:53, “Facebook Story” 49:29, “Solo (Reprise)” & "Siegfried" Want to sponsor the podcast? If you'd like to sponsor the podcast, you can contact us at advertising@modern-vinyl.com. It's very affordable and you get numerous mentions throughout the podcast.

JabberJaw Podcast Network Support The Show The newest edition of 3 Up/3 Down talks the VMAs, Carly Rae Jepsen, Jimmy Eat World and much more. Coming up, we'll have our roundtable discussion on Frank Ocean's brand new full length album, Blonde. Where To Find Us @chrislantinen / @getcerebral / @notmichaelpaul Want to sponsor the podcast? If you'd like to sponsor the podcast, you can contact us at advertising@modern-vinyl.com. It's very affordable and you get numerous mentions throughout the podcast.

JabberJaw Podcast Network Support The Show The newest episode of The Modern Vinyl Podcast is all about Hopeless Records. Detailing our top 5 favorite releases from their catalog allows us to look at their history, analyze the notion of pop-punk and remember bands like The Dangerous Summer. Next week, we go on a deep dive of Frank Ocean's "Blonde." Timeline 0:36, Intros, Office Talk 4:15, Top 5 Hopeless Records 6:10, Honorable Mentions 9:41, Number 5 records 20:00, Have Mercy 31:08, Pop-Punk’s new "Enema" 36:18, Number 2 records 39:42, "Southern Air" 50:48, Number 1 records 57:30, "Pop-punk is like SNL" 1:05:07, Recommendations Want to sponsor the podcast? If you'd like to sponsor the podcast, you can contact us at advertising@modern-vinyl.com. It's very affordable and you get numerous mentions throughout the podcast.

JabberJaw Podcast Network Support The Show The newest episode of The Modern Vinyl Podcast is all about catching up. After some personal business (marriage, spirit renewals, new jobs), we put a slew of songs through the Quickfire grinder. We talk Green Day, Bon Iver, Fences and much more. Next up, we'll have a Top 5 album episode for Hopeless Records. Timeline 10:58, MV Big Question (By James) 16:04, Quickfire Green Day/Regina Spektor 31:30, The Menzingers 38,40, Fences 46:00, Bon Iver 53:00, S U R V I V E 1:00:06, Joyce Manor 1:06:35, Basically a Carly Rae song 1:12:12, MV Big Question (By Chris) Want to sponsor the podcast? If you'd like to sponsor the podcast, you can contact us at advertising@modern-vinyl.com. It's very affordable and you get numerous mentions throughout the podcast.

JabberJaw Podcast Network Support The Show The newest episode of The Modern Vinyl Podcast features guest Tom Mullen (Washed Up Emo). Tom participates in our 10-Year Reunion feature, bringing along Maritime's We, The Vehicles for discussion. We talk the record's history, lyrics and standout tracks, along with what makes "German Engineering" so damn good. We also talk about Washed Up Emo and Tom answers some quickfire questions. Timeline 3:50, Beginning of chat with Tom 8:00, Defending Emo 17:14, Podcasting 26:20, 10-Year Reunion Maritime — We The Vehicles 28:30, Reception of Glass Floor 33:44, "Parade of Punk Rock T-Shirts" 35:44, Collective “We” 42:40, Some highlighted lyrics 53:08, Quickfire Note: The snippet of Maritime on this episode is from "Tearing Up The Oxygen." Where To Find Us @chrislantinen Want to sponsor the podcast? If you'd like to sponsor the podcast, you can contact us at advertising@modern-vinyl.com. It's very affordable and you get numerous mentions throughout the podcast.

The newest episode of The Modern Vinyl Podcast is all about wedding music. One of the hosts is getting married this weekend, so we talked modern wedding tracks, the true classics (and not just annoying wedding songs) and the notion of the "hipster wedding."

JabberJaw Podcast Network Support The Show The Modern Vinyl Podcast is back with another installment of its 10-Year Reunion feature. This time, we welcome Chuck Daley to the program, co-founder of Tiny Engines and Beartrap PR. We talk the sophomore album from Tiny Hawks, People Without End, along with new bands on the Tiny Engines roster, the state of vinyl and much more. Timeline 3:30, Beginning/Tiny Engines talk 9:49, Dealing with Hotelier reactions 16:14, Tiny Engines and vinyl 26:17, New Tiny Engines bands 29:47, Quickfire 30:41, Intro into emo 33:48, 10-Year Reunion Tiny Hawks — People Without End 38:23, Scarcity of the record 44:34, Chaos and lyrics Note: The snippets of Tiny Hawks songs on this episode are from "Instrumental #2" and "Give It Rest." Where To Find Us @chrislantinen Want to sponsor the podcast? If you'd like to sponsor the podcast, you can contact us at advertising@modern-vinyl.com. It's very affordable and you get numerous mentions throughout the podcast.