Clint Keaton and Niyaz Pirani are back on the digital 1's and 2's, updating our Holy Grail Vinyl list from 2020! We countdown our Top 5 most wanted vinyls. Our list is comprised of records that have already been pressed on vinyl that we would love to have if resale price was no object. Obviously, we'd prefer represses, but vinyl production is so ba…

Clint Keaton and Niyaz Pirani are back on the digital 1's and 2's with vocalist Rodrigo Carvalho and guitarist Pablo Davila of Irist! Niyaz and Clint chat with Rodrigo about Irist's difficult journey through the pandemic, emerging on the other side in the midst of their first tour. Then, Rodrigo unexpectedly hands the mic to Pablo for an impromptu …

Clint Keaton & Niyaz Pirani are back on the digital 1’s and 2’s! On EPISODE 28, we are re-introduced to THE MARS VOLTA, Version 2.0, by way of the band’s newest record—a polarizing self-titled statement piece that marks its first album in more than 10 years. It’s a foray into pop music; their version of pop, at least. Niyaz recounts his experience …

Clint Keaton & Niyaz Pirani are back on the digital 1’s and 2’s! On EPISODE 27, ya boys dive headfirst into “The Efferusphere,” the sophomore work from indietronica percussionist and singer Big Wild! Unlike his previous releases, including the ethereal-yet-explosive “Superdream,” Big Wild’s second full length explores influences he has not incorpor…

🤘🫠🤘 Clint Keaton & Niyaz Pirani are back on the digital 1’s and 2’s! On EPISODE 26, ya boys get heavy—really, really heavy—as we take a deep dive into one of Clint’s favorite bands, Georgia’s IRIST. This fairly new, up-and-coming band released their first LP “Order of the Mind” during the pandemic and now have followed it up with the “Gloria EP.” I…

Clint Keaton & Niyaz Pirani are back on the digital 1’s and 2’s! On this episode, ya boys take a deep dive into the GIZZVERSE to talk about Niyaz’s favorite band—the Aussie posse—King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard. We explain their 20+ album discography and review their 20th full-length, “Omnium Gatherum.” We're on Instagram @wepodsonically We're on …

Niyaz Pirani and Clint Keaton ARE BACK on the digital 1’s and 2’s! Ya boys catch up on where we’ve been and the Best Albums of 2022 … so far! We don’t want to ruin any of the surprises so come on back and give us a listen!! We're on Instagram @wepodsonically We're on TikTok @wepodsonically We're on YouTube @ We Pod Sonically We're on Twitter @wepod…

Niyaz Pirani and Clint Keaton back on the digital 1's and 2's! Ya boys countdown our tops of 2020! We present to you the We Pod best of picks for five categories: Single, EP, Music Video, LP, and Artist. We wouldn't want to spoil the lists here, so give the episode a listen! We're on Instagram @wepodsonically We're on TikTok @wepodsonically We're o…

Niyaz Pirani and Clint Keaton back on the digital 1's and 2's! Ya boys revisit Big Wild's modern nostalgic debut LP, Superdream. Niyaz explains why Big Wild is his current fav electronic artist and Clint admits (to Niyaz's delight) that this is one of the few records that is presented so well, he couldn't even figure out a way to re-sequence the tr…

Niyaz Pirani and Clint Keaton back on the digital 1's and 2's! Ya boys discuss the evolution of live performances since the pandemic outbreak. From Glass Animals' and Run the Jewels' concert/music videos to Disclosure's and Magic Sword's DJ sets, we discuss what our favorite artist have been up to in the quarantine. Inspired by Travis Scott's Fortn…

Niyaz Pirani and Clint Keaton back on the digital 1's and 2's! Ya boys go back to 40 years ago and celebrate the release of Talking Heads' seminal release. From their hit "Once in a Lifetime" to the opening track "Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)" we take this groundbreaking, eclectic record for a spin that Niyaz describes as 'world electro-ro…

Niyaz Pirani and Clint Keaton back on the digital 1's and 2's! Ya boys finally get their hands on the long-awaited third Disclosure record. After releasing three EPs since their sophomore LP, we see Disclosure call back to the sounds and themes they've been building on, while sprinkling in some new, pleasantly unexpected bangers that take the duo t…

Niyaz Pirani and Clint Keaton back on the digital 1's and 2's! Ya boys put Logic's career into perspective, as the Maryland-born rapper sails off into retirement. From the genesis of hip-hop, to the current generation's influences, Clint gives a brief history of the five elements. Then, Clint details Logic's basement beginnings and early big-label …

Niyaz Pirani and Clint Keaton back on the digital 1's and 2's! Ya boys give the new Khruangbin record a spin, as we see the band come into its own. With a sound from another time, Mordechai takes us on a psychedelic rock journey with some jazz-vibe sensibilities. From funky hits like "Time (You and I)," and Clint's favorite, "Pelota," to groovy tun…

Niyaz Pirani and Clint Keaton back on the digital 1's and 2's! Ya boys dive into the long-awaited, much-anticipated, latest record from Tool on the one-year anniversary of its release. In what Clint declares is the band's finest work and what Niyaz describes as "perfect," we unpack Fear Inoculum's progressive density, analyze some of its themes, an…

The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival is Niyaz's music holy grail and everytime he sets foot on the premises of the Empire Polo Field in Indio, CA, it truly is a religious experience. Clint interviews Niyaz about his past Coachella experiences, as they discuss the recently released film, Coachella: 20 Years in the Desert, as well as the orig…

Niyaz Pirani and Clint Keaton back on the digital 1's and 2's! Your boys review the new RTJ4 record from Jamie and Mike. From its uncanny timeliness to its sociopolitical depths, RTJ4's lyrical content establishes it as one of the best of all-time. Period. Oh, and then there's the industrial-influenced beats that sound like they're right out of Nin…

Niyaz Pirani is back on the digital 1's and 2's with the analog expert Dave Whitaker of the Vinyl Snob Podcast. Niyaz and Dave dive deep into their personal histories with vinyl records, the history of music media, and the re-emergence of vinyl as music's most popular physical medium. Follow Dave and his podcast on Instagram @vinylsnobpodcast and a…

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Niyaz Pirani and Clint Keaton return on the digital 1's and 2's! In our final test episode (I know we said we'd do four, but this one is twice as long!), ya boys countdown our Top 6 requests for vinyl represses. For some, we simply want them repressed so they'll be affordable, while others we'd like a definitive compilation of all the songs associa…

Niyaz Pirani and Clint Keaton on the digital 1's and 2's! In our second test episode, we dive into some of the most important albums that we'd love to add to our collections. There's one problem though: they've never been officially pressed! We're on Instagram @wepodsonically We're on TikTok @wepodsonically We're on YouTube @ We Pod Sonically We're…

Niyaz Pirani and Clint Keaton on the digital 1's and 2's! We're back! After a year-long hiatus, we return! To get us back into the rhythm of recording, we decided to do four test episodes before diving back into music reviews. In our first test episode, we count down our Top 6 Holy Grail Vinyls. These are vinyls that exist, have been officially pre…

Niyaz Pirani and Clint Keaton on the digital 1's and 2's, providing you with music reviews and news! This week we celebrate the release of Cage The Elephant's new record "Social Cues" by reviewing their 2013 release "Melophobia." We're on Instagram @wepodsonically We're on TikTok @wepodsonically We're on YouTube @ We Pod Sonically We're on Twitter …

Niyaz Pirani and Clint Keaton on the digital 1's and 2's! This week we celebrate the release of Billie Eilish's new record "When We Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?" by exploring both Eilish's new LP and her previous EP, delving into her unique blend of electronic/acoustic/trap. We're on Instagram @wepodsonically We're on TikTok @wepodsonically We're o…

Niyaz Pirani and Clint Keaton on the digital 1's and 2's! This week we celebrate the 20th anniversary of the release of The Middle of Nowhere by Orbital. The brothers from Kent, England take us on a cosmically eclectic journey into the depths of electronica. From the abrasive beginnings of Niyaz's favorite "Know Where to Run," to the nostalgically …

Niyaz Pirani and Clint Keaton on the digital 1's and 2's, providing you with music reviews and news! This week we celebrate the the release of Grammy award-winning best album Golden Hour by Kacey Musgraves a year ago. Don't let Musgraves previous work fool you, as Niyaz and Clint establish early on that Golden Hour is distinctly a pop record with c…

Niyaz Pirani and Clint Keaton on the digital 1's and 2's, providing you with music reviews and news! This week we celebrate the 10th anniversary of the release of Mastodon's Crack the Skye. Fire, Water, and Earth. Mastodon has addressed almost all of the classic elements in their concept albums (air being the exception), but there is one mystic ele…

Niyaz Pirani and Clint Keaton on the digital 1's and 2's, providing you with music reviews and news! This week we celebrate the release of David Byrne's American Utopia. From the immigration-influenced, thought-provoking "Everybody's Coming to My House," Niyaz's personal favorite, to the quirky and groovy "It's Not Dark Up Here," Clint's personal f…

The inaugural episode, the first one, numero uno! Niyaz Pirani and Clint Keaton welcome you to We Pod Sonically, a weekly podcast where we retrospectively review one record per show, as well as provide our listeners with current and trending news in the music industry. This week we celebrate the 25th anniversary of the release of Nine Inch Nails' T…