Streetlight Manifesto & Nolan Potter with John Carson

CrossFade: The Dueling Album Review Show

It’s a proggy, skanky episode of CrossFade with writer, editor, and podcaster John Carson (https://twitter.com/John_Carson)!

In this episode, we’re just barely scratching the surface of ska with John’s pick, Streetlight Manifesto’s “Everything Goes Numb”. Then we chart new territory with Nolan Potter’s “Music Is Dead,” one of Matt’s favorite albums to listen to on vinyl. Both are new to the other’s picks, so it turns into a really fun, big conversation about genres, how ska and its perceptions have changed over time, making music on your own, and that time John got fired from his high school ska band while working at Subway.

Find John at the following links:

• https://twitter.com/John_Carson
• https://www.twitch.tv/johncarsongames

Here’s a video of CrossFade listener Jason Wojnar singing our outro song in Ukrainian for charity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NF5_P0dvZII

We’d love it if you’d rate and review CrossFade on iTunes, ‘cause it means more people can find the show and love it, too! You can find Matt and Jason on Twitter at https://twitter.com/MattHelgeson and https://twitter.com/nintendufus respectively and in the #music channel of the MinnMax Discord server.

Our theme song is “The Lights” by Maps Of Norway from their 2008 record, “Die Off Songbird”: https://open.spotify.com/album/7tNrjnRB1f1oQizkkAePrI

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Listen to the CrossFade Community Playlist, a growing Spotify playlist of our community’s favorite music: https://spoti.fi/3aRRgox

Timestamps

0:00 - Streetlight Manifesto & Nolan Potter with John Carson

2:01 - Ska through the years and the ‘fourth wave’

8:37 - Streetlight Manifesto - “Everything Goes Numb”

9:47 - Everything Went Numb

12:06 - That’ll Be the Day

14:07 - Point / Counterpoint

21:20 - Here’s to Life

26:30 - A Moment of Silence

29:46 - A Moment of Violence

34:17 - Catch 22 - “Dear Sergio” and “Keasbey Nights”

36:48 - Nolan Potter - “Music Is Dead”

38:33 - One Eye Flees Aquapolis

40:37 - Stubborn Bubble

46:02 - Gregorian Chance

51:11 - Holy Scroller

56:28 - Preeminent Minds

1:00:49 - Music Is Dead

1:06:35 - Community questions

1:30:18 - Nazariy Yaremchuk - "Водограй" (suggested by Jason Wojnar)