The Modern Vinyl Podcast

Episode 107 of The Modern Vinyl Podcast is all about Life Of Pablo. The new Kanye West record is dissected and debated for an extra long episode, while we finish off with a game of "6 Degrees Of Mark Hoppus." Timeline 0:38, Housekeeping/Twitter bots 7:55, Side A: Kanye Roundtable 9:20, Separating Artist From Art 22:00, Lambert/Millard Pieces 25:40, Promotion Strategy 38:00, The Life Of Pablo 50:55, Favorite Tracks 56:10, FML 1:07:00, Skips 1:15:00, Re-Ranking Kanye 1:21:00, Side B: 6 Degrees Of Mark Hoppus 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.

Episode 106 of The Modern Vinyl Podcast features Kenny Vasoli of The Starting Line and Vacationer. We talk the brand new EP from TSL, Anyways, along with the relationship between his two outfits and we dig into some Starting Line deep cuts. Jabberjaw Media Podcast Network Timeline 3:05, Beginning of our conversation with Kenny 4:30, Inception of Anyways 8:30, Getting back into punk 14:30, Will Yip's production 20:00, Positivity in music and life 27:00, Starting Line Deep Cuts 38:30, Vacationer 46:00, Vinyl reissues 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.

Episode 105 of The Modern Vinyl Podcast is all about Say Anything. The new record, I Don't Think It Is, is discussed in full, while Pick Your Poison centers around two hated tracks. We eventually do some positive Say Anything talk at the end (also "17 Coked Up Speeding" is a great song). Jabberjaw Media Podcast Network Timeline 1:40, Side A: Say Anything Roundtable 6:54, Overall Thoughts 19:40, Bodily Fluids and Deadpool 27:05, "Princess" 37:32, "Say Anything is kinda like Weezer" 49:30, Side B: Pick Your Poison Say Anything Edition 53:15, Rank 'Em 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.

Episode 104 of The MV Podcast is a double header. First up, we have our conversation with artist Kevin Tong, who's work is a must. Make sure to check out his site, tragicsunshine.com and especially the Unfamiliar Objects and Info-Rama series. The second part has me calling up Grimes (who I also do the Pilot Study Podcast with) and talking the upcoming Kanye record. Unfortunately, the terrible "Bill Cosby Innocent" tweet was posted after we talked. Jabberjaw Media Podcast Network Timeline 2:10, Beginning of our talk with Kevin Tong 12:30, Talks Gravity on vinyl 16:10, Gig Posters 25:00, Explosions In The Sky/Poster Creation 31:47, Toy Design 37:03, Unfamiliar Objects 39:35, Kanye Chat with Grimes 40:00, Only One/All Day/FourFiveSeconds 54:10, Parties in LA/Real Friends 57:34, Tracklisting 1:03:44, Turning on Kanye 1:09:53, Kanye and Vinyl 1:14:30, Re-Ranking Kanye 1:20:00, Coldplay hate 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.

Episode 103 of The MV Podcast dives into Basement's new record, Promise Everything. Following the roundtable, we introduce a new feature, called Cruel World, which has us taking songs that "should of been huge" and dissecting their failure. Jabberjaw Media Podcast Network Timeline 8:25, Side A: Basement Roundtable 15:00, "Tumblr Bands" 23:30, Favorites 30:00, James/RFC/Basement history 32:34, "Font Check" 45:08, Final Thoughts 49:30, Side B: Cruel World 1:01:00, Recommendations 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.

Episode 102 of The Modern Vinyl Podcast has Chris and Mike talking their top 5 releases from the Fueled By Ramen catalog. From Gym Class Heroes to MV favorite, Razia's Shadow, we debate, attack each other personally and at times, even agree on which records belong. Side B has us bringing back Pick Your Poison for some of Panic! At The Disco's worst songs. Jabberjaw Media Podcast Network Timeline 4:30, Side A: Top 5 Fueled By Ramen Albums 11:45, Chris gets to talk Fun. again 21:56 Santi vs. Almost Here 36:30, Razia's Shadow 46:00, Our number 1 selections 53:50, Twitter responses 57:00, Side B: Pick Your Poison  Panic! At The Disco Edition 1:03:26, Rank Em' 1:08:31, Recommendations 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.

Episode 101 of The Modern Vinyl Podcast features author Andrew Schartmann, who penned the 33 1/3 series book on Koji Kondo's Super Mario Brothers soundtrack. A short, yet impactful work, we discuss the soundtrack in depth, along with Kondo's limitations in creation and how music theory drives the book's second half. You can purchase the book at Amazon. Jabberjaw Media Podcast Network Timeline 1:45, Start of our chat with Andrew 4:20, The rise in retro gaming/The ashes of arcade game music 11:10, Mario Brothers as an album 19:33, Limitations creating innovation 27:30, Embodied Cognition and sound effects 38:27, The 33 1/3 Pitch 41:00, Quick Hits Where To Find Us @chrislantinen / @333books 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.  

Episode 100! Enjoy the flashback at the beginning of the episode, along with the second installment of Revisiting The Smiths. On Side B we bring back Quickfire, while touching on tracks from The Starting Line, Slingshot Dakota, Explosions In The Sky and WEEEEZEEEERRRRR. Jabberjaw Media Podcast Network Timeline 0:40, Previously On MV 7:20, Rank Em' 12:39, Side A: Revisiting The Smiths (Meat Is Murder) 28:30, Cohesiveness of an album 31:02, "The Riches of the Poor" 40:00, Depression in Meat Is Murder 45:00, Skips 49:15, Side B: Quickfire 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.

The newest episode of The MV Podcast features our conversation with Sam Means. Means, formerly of The Format, has a new solo record coming out on January 22nd, titled 10 Songs. We do a deep dive on the record, along with some Hello Merch talk and at the end, we do touch on The Format and what he'd want out of a reunion. Coming soon we'll have our second installment of Revisiting The Smiths (and episode 100!!!). Jabberjaw Media Podcast Network Timeline 2:15, Beginning of our chat with Sam 9:08, Writing 10 Songs 15:50, "We're Alone" 19:25, Romantic Longing 28:29, The Ending of 10 Songs 38:28, Running Hello Merch/Vinyl 45:41, The Format 52:25, Introducing his kid to music 57:27, "Other Side Of You" Where To Find Us @chrislantinen / @sammeans 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 MV Podcast features our chat with Slow and Steady, the musical moniker of Jacob Lawter. Lawter recently took part in a 4-way split that we hit on in the beginning of the episode, while we eventually talk his recent full length, In Time We Belong. Coming up we have our conversation with Sam Means (The Format). Jabberjaw Media Podcast Network Timeline 4:40, Beginning of our chat with Jacob Lawter 9:00, The holidays and writing about Christmas 14:17, Doing splits with label mates 25:25, In Time We Belong talk Note: Previous MV Interview 37:10, Using Drake and Weezer and influences 47:22, Vinyl Delays 53:35, "Lawter & Order" Where To Find Us @chrislantinen / @slowandsteadytn 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 MV Podcast (and our last of 2015) has us taking the "Up" or "Down" on concepts and artists from the year past. We also talk about improving the podcast in 2016, "Karma Points" and not going insane next year. Coming up we continue our Revisiting The Smiths series.

This one's special. For the first time, we let listeners of The MV Podcast on the show, in order to talk favorite holiday records, holiday traditions and so much more. We'll be doing this again around Valentine's Day so you'll have more chances to get involved and get on the air. Coming up we have our last podcast of 2015, a classic Feelings episode. Jabberjaw Media Podcast Network Timeline/Show Notes 1:50, Alison tells us about Charlie Brown and buying her kid a turntable 10:00, Adam tells us about his family traditions and Johnny Cash 18:45, John digs deep into Charlie Brown's place at Christmas 28:40, Mike talks Frozen and his own podcasts 36:00, Ed talks Psychostick's holiday hate Where To Find Us @chrislantinen /@getcerebral 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.

Part 2 of our year-end recap highlights some of our predictions for 2016. We start with talk on 10-year tours and pressings, while talking about cassette tapes, Cymbal and some bands on the rise. Coming up we have our holiday All-Listener podcast and a year-end feelings episode.

To start off our year-end celebration we've got Chris, James and guest host Scott detailing their top music moments of 2015. From personal accomplishments, to live shows, to specific tracks that knocked us out, 2015 was an eventful one. The episode closes with music from the great Pentimento. Part 2 of this conversation details our 2016 predictions.

The newest episode of The MV Podcast features our interview with Josh Coll, lyricist and bassist for Foxing. Coll opens up on the process behind writing new record, Dealer, while taking some time to answer Twitter questions. Coming up we have our year-end shows and the first all-listener podcast! Jabberjaw Media Podcast Network Timeline/Show Notes 3:50, Beginning of our conversation with Josh 9:55, Beginnings in music 15:00, Writing Dealer 28:00, "Weave" 35:50, Religion in the record 44:30, Working with a big canvas 49:30, Signing with Triple Crown 53:10, Twitter questions 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.