Hot Singles is BACK, and in this wonderful episode we have BOO'S LITERAL DAD. <3 We talk about Canadian pop icon Corey Heart's Boy In The Box, Muse's bridge period brainfart Absolution and Jean Dawson's CHAOS NOW*. Sydney… the ocean gateway to scenic Cape Breton Island! You can find Alexis on twitter @regresssion. You can find Boo on twitter @booca…

We made it folks, Boo and Alexis are here to guide you through another magical year of Singos. We talk about all the stuff we got excited about and the drift off into some genial chatter about AI, yaoi and the interim head coach of the Oakland Raiders. Remember that if you wanna chat about the show or hit us up, we have a spot alongside the other E…

Another bumper episode to bring us into the holiday season, as we're joined again by Jacqueline Codiga, aka DJ Horse Jeans, of music writing, promoting and podcasting fame. We've got two returning faces in Keith Rankin, who's solo project Giant Claw we've covered, on production duty for death's dynamic shoud's Faith in Persona, and our eternal obje…

This one's a heater with a runtime to match - we're joined by Marcy to talk about dance music past, present and (spectral) future in Skrillex's Quest for Fire, Evian Christ's Revanchist and Burial's self-titled debut. Come for the wubs, stay for the rave euphoria. You can find Marcy on twitter @Marcy_Anime. For connoisseurs of anime women. You can …

If you like to laugh this is the episode for you - we're joined by Ruairi (ODAE) and Maxie (secat), long time producer buddies of Alexis and power couple behind a wonderful new split album Laugh Jokes, which we talk about in this episode alongside Koreless' Agor and Arthur Russell's World of Echo. You can purchase secat and ODAE's Laugh Jokes at ht…

Hot Singles is back from the summer break with two albums that will make you cooler just for knowing about them, Jam City's Classical Curves and John Glacier's SHILOH: Lost For Words. Next episode's picks TBA but we'll be joined by friend of the pod Hannah Yoleau. You can find Alexis on twitter @regresssion. You can find Boo on twitter @boocanan, a…

This dude made some music. We talk about as much of it as we possibly can. God damn. Heads up that the last few sections deal with his illness and recent passing. If you want to follow the playlist, you can listen to it at https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6RfhF9fsIgyveGlyjyLZ3U Ryuichi's own playlist for his funeral can be found at https://open.sp…

This episode we welcome friend of the show Mark to talk about three albums all guaranteed to satisfy you whatever your occult affiliations. We're talking about Lauren Bousfield's Palimpsest, Chelsea Wolfe's Hiss Spun and Joanna Newsom's Divers. Next episode we'll be looking back on the immense, storied career of Ryuichi Sakamoto. You can find Alexi…

We only scuffed this one just a little lmao so you get Banjo and Kazooie music as a little treat. Here's a new Hot Singles all about a pantheon hip-hop record, a beautiful pop curio and one of the best fucking RnB records ever: Run-D.M.C's Raising Hell, Scritti Politti's Cupid & Psyche 85 and Janet Jackson's The Velvet Rope. All that featuring frie…

sorry i forgot to put this on the main feed and then left town i'll remember next time i swear We promised we'd do it and finally: we figure out who that hat guy is. This is a tour of the very best and most interesting bits of the career of Pharrell Williams, from a 90s RnB producer to pop star to cultural landmark all of his own. You can find the …

The hottest of singles are back, talking about two slices of early 00s UK pop that you HAVE to fucking hear. It's The Streets' Original Pirate Material and Frou Frou's Details. Music, man. we swear, we swear next time we get to pharrell. prommy. You can find Alexis on twitter @regresssion, and everything else they're up to at regresssion.carrd.co Y…

Hello dear listeners, and welcome to the year of our Lord, 2023. Hot Singles is here with a summary of the year that's just been, with Boo and Alexis talking about their favourite artists and albums, and favourite picks that we brought to the podcast. Bonus chat about movies, the only good K-pop group, and comedy organ noises. Catch you very soon w…

We've got the best vibes this side of Andromeda, as Boo and Alexis are joined by the wonderful Patrick Totally to talk about three records that will make you feel smoother and silkier than a polished smooth and silky thing. The vibes are good. Also like they made us feel stuff but that's like whatever. Highlights include: Alexis dying, Boo already …

It's time for a bumper episode. Lily from the Indieheads crew joins Boo and Alexis to pick through 3 hours of chat about some of the coolest, most cutting-edge and innovative bits of electronic music, and also Bon Iver. We're covering Tim Hecker's Love Streams, Bon Iver's i,i and Kali Malone's Living Torch. #kalihive Next episode, Boo and Alexis wi…

Time for a heater - Boocanan is joined by two dear friends of the pod, Hannah and Mark, to talk about Flying Lotus' You're Dead!, Lupe Fiasco's Tetsuo & Youth and Linkin Park's A Thousand Suns. Expect the highest and most delicious forms of ridiculous ambitious self-indulgent big brain concept album bullshit, and also some investment advice. Boo an…

With thanks for your patience, we have a quick special to drop before we return to regularly scheduled programming: Marcy came to the UK for 2 weeks and we went to see a whole bunch of music. So we talked about the gigs and club night we went to, talked about scenes and cities that support them and finally did some #content of a deeply British and …

This is a behemoth of an episode and it's about a bunch of real good and real interesting records for your listening pleasure. Special guest Jacqueline Codiga (aka Jackie, aka DJ Horse Jeans), of the Indieheads pod crew and many writing outlets, joins us to talk about HTRK's Psychic 9-5 Club, Hood's Cold House and an all-time album for all three of…

Here are some god damn rap records. They're real good. Let's talk about them. Heads up for chat about personal and intergenerational trauma as well as sexual violence throughout. Next episode, Boo and Alexis will be joined by Jacqueline Cordiga, aka DJ Horse Jeans, of many publications and the Indie Heads podcast, to talk about Hood's Cold House, H…

We've got just one album on the bill this week, but it's a biggie and very fun one to talk about at that. Autumn and Alexis are joined by Mark to talk through the 1999 project from the Magnetic Fields, 69 Love Songs. Next week, Boo is back and we've all brought rap records, and it's gonna be a fun one. We'll be talking about Earl Sweatshirt's SICK!…

//cws for discussion of rape allegation, 11:30-13:20; for sexual abuse and related injuries, 39:00-58:00. Kristin Hayter released a short statement alongside an extensive account of the abuse which can be found here - same thorough content warnings apply https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RashVW63u0JVl2WhjeUTo3nrnPgh4_sQpKF2j-6_iy0/ It's a big boy…

Alexis and Autumn are joined this time by the ever wonderful Hannah Yoleau to figure out what the hell emo is, through Rites of Spring's Rites of Spring (1985), American Football's American Football (1999) and The Wonder Years' Suburbia I've Given You All and Now I'm Nothing (2011). There will be feelings, guitars, mid-size American cities, cringe …

Playoff basketball is here, it rules, and the soul of the game touched our hearts so profoundly we just had to talk about it. Celtics-Nets, Heat-Hawks, Warriors-Nuggets, 76ers-Raptors, Grizzlies-Timberwolves, and some quick hitters. Believe in Tyrese, we do.

The singles are nice and toasty, as Boo and Alexis talk about EDM gateway drug Flume's mixtape Hi This Is Flume and J-pop icon Hikaru Utada's amazing new album BADモード. Expect recriminations about SOPHIE, Evangelion and Kingdom Hearts you could not have picked a set of topics to get us more on our bullshit if you tried. Next time, Alexis and Autumn …

Hey friends, Autumn and Alexis (that's regs' new name woo) are back after a brief time away with a check in and catch up, that covers a bunch of topics, including: Why we needed a quick break How music is fitting in our lives right now Anime girls who do Marxism The UN and global geopolitics Wholesome cooking youtubers An abundance of vagina bones …

The singles are back, hot as ever. This episode, Regs and Boo are joined by Belle Stardust, to talk about m-flo's ASTROMANTIC, SHINee's Odd, and CFCF's memoryland, taking a late nite highway drive through 90s and 00s pop culture across the globe ending up right back at the god damn internet and your headphones. Next episode we'll be …

We're back in the new year with a look back at the one just passed. The three of us run through the best and worst things we covered this year, and eventually get sidetracked by

They're bangers, ok? The co-hosts are reunited, with updated intro music, to talk about three incredible albums from three icons of pop music history and present, including everything from racial fetishism, the cremaster muscle, baby's first tumblr posts and a lot of screaming about how much we love these records. It's Grace Jones' Nightclubbi…

Happy holidays! This week on Hot Singles, it's Autumn and Niamh bearing yuletide cheer and yuletide sorrow with two Christmas-y classics! First, we talk about Autumn's pick, the sad indie smorgasbord that is Songs for Christmas by Sufjan Stevens. After that we get into some traditional Irish music with The Bells of Dublin by The Chieftains. Along t…

time for some lower case 2 kool 4 school copy. this hot singles its just regs and boo, and we have two electronic records - DAFTSIDE (aka DARKSIDE)'s random access memories memories and aya's im hole - that are cool as hell. we hit on sterile disco, dad funk, and what nicolas jaar is actually about, plus making dnb cool again, giving opn …

Twin terror is striking Hot Singles Towers as Boo's brother Declan joins us, brimming with the sheer audacity to bring along Radiohead's OK Computer, so we can talk about an era defining band. Also on the bill are the cartoons what make music of Gorillaz' Plastic Beach and just a really good new record in Low's HEY WHAT. Next week, i…

The singles are hotter than ever, as Boo and Regs are joined by Marcy to talk through three awesome rap albums: DAYTONA by Pusha T, By the Time I Get To Phoenix by Injury Reserve and Whole Lotta Red by Playboi Carti. Next week we're hitting the sibling siren, as we're joined by the one and only Declan (of mario fame) to rip Autumn's heart out and f…

Episode Notes It's the new wave of the future, as we welcome ✨ new co-host Boocanan ✨ to a new era of Hot Singles. Boo and Regs are joined by the wonderful Hannah Yoleau to figure out what the hell is up with hyperpop. We talk through the outsider art of Farrah Abraham's My Teenage Dream Died, the Adobe Illustrator® Baroque of Caroline Polache…

Episode Notes Hello! Autumn and Regs wanted to catch up and chat about many things, so here's a pod about country music, Pitchfork being a bunch of pussies, and a hot take or two about every damn team in the NBA. Enjoy the combo music and sports chat, and since it's a bonus pod, it's up for everyone at the same time! ben simmons grow a spine plz x…

Episode Notes This is a bumper episode of Hot Singles, where we talk about loveless by my bloody valentine, Repetition by Unwound, and Ágætis Byrjun by Sigur Rós. Avenged Sevenfold found dead in a ditch. Listen to the end to get an update on our coming plans, but joining Regs next time will be beloved former guest Hannah Yoleau, and ✨ new co-host B…

Hello! This week we talk about two phenomenal jazz albums, Bitches Brew by Miles Davis and Journey to the One by Pharoah Sanders, and we ask ourselves: what's the point of music? ALSO we talk about the website, Rate your music, for... longer than it maybe deserves BUT it was a good and interesting conversation! NEXT TIME!!! We will be talking all a…

This episode was such a fucking hoot, oh my god. I love this episode. We were joined by the one and only boocanan to talk about three of the best artists of the last ten years at three unique moments in their careers: James Blake's eponymous debut album, Age Of by Oneohtrix Point Never, and CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST by Tyler, The Creator. Next t…

this episode is DUMB. we are joined again by Niamh, for a long and silly episode about three fucking great albums: 17 by SEAGULL SCREAMING KISS HER KISS HER, Fox Confessor Brings the Flood by Neko Case, and Reflection by Loraine James. next time, we will be joined by Boocanan for an episode where i'm sure i won't say anything rude to regs. We will …

We! Are! Back! Thank you being so patient with us over the break, I think we have returned with an excellent episode that is mostly just about my various neuroses. It's a good episode, we really liked both Tha Carter by Lil Wayne and songs by Adrianne Lenker! Next time we will be joined again by Niamh of Ornate Stairwells fame for what i'm sure wil…

Hi! Due to scheduling, we aren't gonna be able to do a regular episode for a couple weeks, but we wanted to hang out and give y'all some bonus content! We start by answering two listener questions, then talk about Skyrim for a while, and then of course.............................. the philidelphia seventy-sixers [deep sigh]. And the rest of the nb…

The gayest music podcast is here this week to talk about an eclectic little mix of albums. We lead off with the hit 2019 they/themo album, the first glass beach album. Then we move into a weird part of Bruce Springsteen's career with Tunnel of Love. And finally we take some hyperreal twists and turns through Giant Claw's new project, Mirror Guide! …

We are joined again by Marcy to have a really all over the place episode! We start with '90s IDM [a fake genre? read on to find out], move on to '10s rave music, and close out with L-E-A-N-I-N-G! It's a good time, I really hope you enjoy. Next time we will be joined by yet another guest, Grace Benfell, to talk about an '80s divorced dad classic, Tu…

We are joined once again by medium special guest, Marcy! This time we talk about Strange Mercy by St. Vincent as we bully Regs for a bad pick, e by Ecco2k as we discuss just the ultimate kissing the homies music, and LIVE.LOVE.A$AP by A$AP Rocky as we discuss... well really everything there is to discuss about 2010s rap lol. It's a good time! We lo…

This week we are joined by Niamh of Ghost Divers to talk about........... well a lot of things. But that discussion is framed around 3 fantastic albums lol. First, we talk about Flowers by Sin Fang and the history of krútt music in Iceland. Then we move on to Apocalypse Girl by Jenny Hval and psychoanalytic gender feelings and transubstantiation. A…

SORRY I KEEP FORGETTING TO UPLOAD EPISODES ON TIME I'M SORRY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This week it's a nice cozy normal podcast. No theme, no guests. Just two gays emoting into a microphone about music they feel passionately about. First we have Autumn's pick, The Truth Hurts by Drakeo The Ruler, followed by Regs' pick, Descender by Post Louis. These …

This week we are joined by the lovely Hannah Yoleau to talk all things 00s rock! We pick apart the fascinating historicity of Relationship of Command by At The Drive-In, all things Canadian with You Forgot It In People by Broken Social Scene, and all things insufferable with Vampire Weekend by Vampire Weekend! Next time, we will be discussing.... w…

This week we are joined by Marcy as we talk about some dad raps and then a bunch of electronic music! Specifically those albums are The Low End Theory by A Tribe Called Quest, Eccojams by Chuck Person, and Dxys Xff by Teams. We get into the nitty gritty of legacy, microgenres, and bad pitchfork lists. It's a really good one! Next time we will be jo…

A podcast releasing weekly on the export audio podcast network, if you can believe it. Hot Singles is back to talk about the PHENOMENAL post-punky record Silence Yourself by Savages and the all-time classic hip-hop record Madvillainy by Madvillain. We of course get diverted several times to talk the state of rock music in the 2010s, DOOM's legacy a…

Your favorite homos are back at it again in the new year to talk about two really great albums! We're here to chat about the self-titled albums by Arca and Aaliyah, the latter of which you cannot find on streaming services unfortunately. The episode runs long as we also tie this into discussions about how Spotify warps our understanding of history …

Regs and I forgo our usual format to just chat about BULLSHIT for nearly two hours. just. absolute bullshit. we reflect on 2020, look toward 2021, and live react to the MD Geist OP among other topics Next time we're covering two self-titled albums, by Arca and Aaliyah. Again, the Aaliyah album is not available on streaming services, so if you want …

A holiday treat! We're back again to talk about Owen Pallett's In Conflict and both the post-Blonde singles and the visual album Endless by Frank Ocean! As before - the Frank material is dispersed behind a lot of paywalls and providers, so drop an email to exportaudiopodcast@gmail.com if you need a hand getting hold of them. We chat about genr…