Extended Scrolling: September 29, 2023
Welcome, Extended Family! Here are a ten things that we're digging this week at The Extended Play Podcast:
Music:
Our intrepid hosts caught Explosions in the Sky live on Tuesday. If you’re not familiar, they’re an instrumental post-rock group from Texas known for cinematic, swelling guitar sound. If you were a fan of “Friday Night Lights,” you’ve actually heard them a bunch. Watching the intricate interplay between the band members live was fascinating.
Love it when we find new takes on 50(!) year-old songs. 🤣
Speaking of old songs, it was cool to learn how Paul Simon came up with the drum sound for “Cecilia.” Might be just as cool watching how excited Howard Stern gets to learn it himself. Can’t help but think how often E and Tank sang along to this song at bars across East Lansing.
E’s excited about the new Slow Pulp album that came out today. They’d already released four songs from the album, all of which were great in their own ways. Check out this review if you want to dig in. Female-fronted, alternative country-ish indie rock. Yes, please.
Stumbled upon this old clip of pod favorite Tyler Childers talking about how important it is for him to live the lifestyle that you sing about. Dovetails pretty nicely with what Maren Morris has been saying about the Nashville machine lately.
E’s ambient music playlist is getting out of hand. Just added Laurel Halo’s new album to it. Beautiful.
From the Episodes:
Ed Lover (legendary host of “Yo! MTV Raps!”) agrees with us that there’s a major difference between artistry and popularity in hip-hop, especially now. More here.
Pretty much how E pictures the first verse of “Triumph” by Wu-Tang Clan. (From this week’s episode, “Hip-Hop” - Part Two.)
Finally someone perfectly expresses how Red Hot Chili Peppers sound to E. (Mentioned in too many episodes to count.)
A documentary on Iron & Wine (and an soundtrack to boot) is coming out in November. Here’s a performance of “Thomas County Law” from the film. Often described as “indie folk,” his music really exists somewhere separate from space and time - instantly recognizable but somehow always fresh. (SPOILER ALERT for next week’s show.)
Check out “Dreamers and Makers are my Favorite People,” a short concert film from 2015 in which he plays some of his earliest material in a really cool venue. Love that a bunch of people who’d never heard of him showed up to watch.
That’s it for this week.
Read/see/hear anything cool recently? Let us know in the comments!
See you next week!
