After some downtime, we’re back with a new and slightly outdated episode! We discuss Kiiara, Captain Beefheart and Daughters among a few others. download episodeBy Two Brothers

In this episode, we welcome our guest and original member of The Lake, Joe Metcalf, to the show and we spend a while reminiscing about the good old days when we were first starting The Lake as well as a bunch of other random topics. You’ll just have to hear for yourself! Enjoy! download episodeBy Two Brothers

After some unexpected time off, we’re back with a new episode where… you guessed it… we cover an album from 14 years ago! Suicide Notes and Butterfly Kisses is the first full-length album from Atreyu and one that we both admire greatly. It seems like there were so audio issues with this episode (go figure)…Read more Episode 33 – Suicide Notes and B…

In this episode, we discuss Drew Struzan artwork, Francis from Youtube and goofy Toto lyrics. Oh and we also cover Millencolin’s 4th studio album Pennybridge Pioneers. Enjoy! download episodeBy Two Brothers

In this latest episode we take a bit of a detour from our usual content and discuss a video that attempts to deconstruct the complexities of rap so that even the most lay of lay persons can understand and appreciate the art form. Was it a success? Do we think it was successful? Guess you’ll just have to…Read more Episode 31 – The Deconstruction of …

After a bit of downtime, we’re back in action and have quite the unique album to review for our 30th episode. In this installment, we review A Sceptic’s Universe by the Norweigan progressive, technical, fast, melodic and all around just kinda crazy group of fellers, Spiral Architect. As per usual we also get into other shenanigans along…Read more E…

In this episode, we attempt to play a game (that backfires rather quickly), Alex recalls a horrible experience involving a hotel mix-up and we cover Underoath’s second album They’re Only Chasing Safety. Enjoy! download episodeBy Two Brothers

In this episode, Ian gives you a quick lesson on the basics of Freemasonry and also learns there’s a good chance he’s at least a little narcissistic. Alex shows off a recent discovery he made regarding an animated Disney movie and we discuss The Beautiful Mistake’s 1st full-length album Light a Match, For I Deserve to Burn.…Read more Episode 28 – L…

In this episode we’re a little all over the place, but ultimately settle on discussing Everclear’s 3rd album So Much For The Afterglow. We also talk about why Alex can’t get into Pink Floyd, our new musical adventures as well as a story about fish tacos. For our listener who may be sensitive to this sort of…Read more Episode 27 – So Much For The Af…

In this episode we welcome our first guests to the podcast. Brothers Chris and Adam Hinkel join us to chew the fat and discuss numerous music-related topics as well as a few off-topic tangents. This episode is a little on the long side, but worth every minute. Join us on our wild and wacky stream of…Read more Episode 26 – What Makes Music Good w/ S…

After a year and a half of listening to us tell inside jokes and stories only we could possibly care about, and to celebrate our 25th episode, we’ve finally made good on our threats and are discussing Tool’s 3rd full-length album Lateralus in this latest episode. We also talk about Alex’s enjoyment of Modest Yahoo and also…Read more Episode 25 – La…

In this episode we explore a variety of topics. Everything from an “islands in the stream” sing-along to whether or not Jimmy Page is Asian. We also talk about Ian’s quintessential Icelandic metal experience and how both Alex and Ian wrote songs blatantly ripping off songs from Life in Your Way. Oh and speaking of…Read more Episode 24 – Waking Gian…

In this episode we again go a little off course and don’t end up covering an actual album. That’s ok though because you get to hear about the time Ian picked up a crackhead and why even financially obligating himself to attend events he WANTS to go to isn’t enough to make him actually go. We do,…Read more Episode 23 – Blowing Off Steam…

In today’s episode we give the people what they want and review another yelly music album, Poison the Well’s The Opposite of December… A Season of Separation. We also discuss the band’s history as well as recent offers and I tease a story that is ultimately never discussed again. Enjoy! download episode…

In this episode, we reminisce about our experiences with seeing Shai Hulud over this past summer and what we took away from the first “local” feeling show either of us had been to in many years. The epigram “the more things change, the more they stay the same” is fitting in this instance. Additionally, Alex vents about…Read more Episode 21 – A Shai…

We decided to switch things up a bit with this episode and take it down a couple notches in what we are dubbing the “After Hours” episode. In this episode Alex learns something disturbing about Skrillex (besides the overall existence of Skrillex) and also tries to explain why his new bicycle purchase doesn’t make him equal to a beach bum…Read more …

In this episode we got a little off-genre again and explore a fairly straightforward rock album from just a few years ago, The Gaslight Anthem’s Handwritten. Additionally, Alex reports on another Hindu wedding he recently attended and we learn that Ian should not record a podcast after/during some mild imbibing. Enjoy! download episode…

In today’s episode, we get to a new level of emo by reviewing Death Cab for Cutie’s Transatlanticism. In order to make that more bearable, we sandwich the review with a little metal-talk about a youtube video Ian recently saw of Cattle Decapitation’s vocalist exploring new dirty vocal techniques in the studio as well as play…Read more Episode 18 – …

In this episode we explore our guilty music pleasures. Artists such as Big Freedia, Karmella’s Game, Brooks & Dunn and Craig David. And if you can get through both of us showing off how we can sing along to songs from the 90s (REM and Outkast), you’ll get to hear a story about how Ian was…Read more Episode 17 – Guilty Pleasures…

In this week’s episode we discuss what happened to Charles Bukowski for being such a nice guy, why Sara Bareilles may or may not make good music for a long commute and how it’s possible for someone to like both emo tunes and the bounce music of Big Freedia at the same time. Oh and we also…Read more Episode 16 – Bleed American…

This episode is full of fun shenanigans! Care to learn how I (Ian) attempt to pretend like I’m a foreigner at a party where I know no one? Or how about the first (and probably only) episode of a new game show called Victory or Bust? Or maybe you’ve come to enjoy our review of The…Read more Episode 15 – Say It Like You Mean It…

As a way of getting back at me (Ian) for making Alex do the The Moon is Down episode, Alex asked if we could do an album of his sole selection that I was not familiar with. I agreed and thus this episode was born. In this episode we discuss De-Loused in the Comatorium by The Mars…Read more Episode 14 – De-Loused in the Comatorium…

What started out as a good idea quickly devolved into an unorganized mess of discussions about bands and stories both related and unrelated to said bands. Stories such as how one of us ended up playing night golf shirtless or shirts inspired by the cartoon character Chit Rodriguez. Enjoy! download episode…

After a few yelly music episodes, we go back to the clean vocals and explore Further Seems Forever’s first album The Moon is Down, which introduced the world to Chris Carrabba (at least on a large(r) scale). Turns out Alex is not the biggest fan of this album, so this time it’s not just the…Read more Episode 12 – The Moon is Down…

We break the mold a bit again in this episode where we discuss the lineage of metal. Who would have thunk someone would attempt to trace modern metal back to the days of Cream, Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix? Find out what we think and if your opinions line up with ours (hint: probably not).…Read more Episode 11 – The Lineage of Metal…

For our 10th episode, we go back to the yelly music and discuss an album that we both agree is a good introduction for anyone interested in exploring the metalcore genre, The End of Heartache by Killswitch Engage. Plus, we discuss taking back roads to get to the grand canyon and yet again talk about the issues we have…Read more Episode 10 – The End…

We travel to the bowels of Spotify to find the most underplayed (and sometimes underrated) songs the music streaming service has to offer. Hopefully you find this little experiment as entertaining as we did! download episodeBy Two Brothers

For our latest episode, we explore an album briefly mentioned in a previous week – Hot Rod Circuit’s “Sorry About Tomorrow”. And our course, the latest banter concerning the turning of the new year! Download Episode eBy Two Brothers

And now we finish the two parter with the second half of Through Being Cool. In addition to finally finishing the last few tracks of the album, Ian learns the difference between Bob Seger and Garth Brooks and Alex discloses some personal information about what gets him pumped up for strenuous physical endurance events. Hope you…Read more Episode 7,…

After much anticipation, we are back with new material! For reasons why this episode/album/set of tangents will be broken up into 2 parts, please see previous post. In today’s episode we talk about how to properly wear a beanie, why Ian enjoys romantic movie trilogies, oh and the first half of Saves The Day’s second…Read more Episode 7, Part 1 – Th…

Have you ever wondered how this podcast and a power hour are similar? How about what yelly music played at 11am sounds like? Or what happens when you go to a concert expecting two guys talking and all you get is music? Have no fear because in this episode, we explore all these topics and…Read more Episode 6 – We Are The Only Friends We Have…

In this episode we explore the yellier side of music and talk about an album that has been extremely influential for both of us, Hopesfall’s (technically) second album “The Satellite Years.” Download EpisodeBy Two Brothers

3 episodes in and we’ve already broken the format we established for ourselves. One of us turned 30 on the day this episode was recorded and was in the midst of a temporary existential crisis and needed to talk about it for an hour and a half. Can you guess which one?! We’ll be back with…Read more Episode 3 – Therapy Session…

To quote the great Dave Dameshek, hi and hello, podcasters. We’ve decided to take a listen to and talk about Coheed’s second album In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3 before we begin to venture out into new genres. If you thought the first episode was nerdy, you ain’t heard nothing yet. Hope you enjoy! Looking…Read more Episode 2 – “In Keeping Se…

We’ve started off on this journey by taking a crack at the first album released by the prog-rock Rush-wannabe group Coheed and Cambria entitled The Second Stage Turbine Blade. As with any new project, we are going to have some growing pains. The audio quality in this first episode is well below par, but that is something…Read more Episode 1 – “The …