vocal nodes Transistor (https://transistor.fm) https://feeds.transistor.fm/nodes Intersections of music and millennialism. Deep dives, asides, and exasperations by Alex (+ his friends): a lifelong musician, audiophile, and editorializer turned fitness instructor, DJ, producer, and sound curator. © 2026 MGRT + Co. da20debb-baae-5110-b2d7-308ec479e3c9 yes en Sat, 02 May 2026 23:20:24 -0400 Sat, 02 May 2026 23:21:15 -0400 https://www.instagram.com/vocal.nodes https://img.transistorcdn.com/Gm9t00ssQDzAeN8soVoY9wUoxQGBx1pbgwsK8Mq4PXg/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8wODE2/YjA3MjgyYTNlMmMy/OThmMmMzYjdlOWMy/MThkNC5wbmc.jpg vocal nodes https://www.instagram.com/vocal.nodes episodic MGRT + Co. Intersections of music and millennialism. Deep dives, asides, and exasperations by Alex (+ his friends): a lifelong musician, audiophile, and editorializer turned fitness instructor, DJ, producer, and sound curator. Intersections of music and millennialism. music, music criticism, music commentary, music reviews, album reviews, millennials, millennial life, social commentary Alex Mgrt No Yes 24 | White Girl Spring: the Quarterly Pop Girl Run-Up // Maren>>HAIM>>Aly+AJ>>Ariana>>JoJo>>Tate + More 24 24 24 | White Girl Spring: the Quarterly Pop Girl Run-Up // Maren>>HAIM>>Aly+AJ>>Ariana>>JoJo>>Tate + More full 8cebfb96-8092-4f7c-9c4a-55d7dfa175c8 https://share.transistor.fm/s/9a09cdff Buckle up, loders - spring has sprung and we have a pack of wildflower pop girlies all making their first moves on the Summer 2025 chess board. Alec is back for the quarterly unpack. We start by catching up on the life and times of the Albuquerque gay men's chorus, check-in on some of our 2024 main girlies Muni Long and Jade, and finally stretch out under spring 2025's Teletubby sun where the cabbage patch is all coming up alt pop white girls.

]]> Buckle up, loders - spring has sprung and we have a pack of wildflower pop girlies all making their first moves on the Summer 2025 chess board. Alec is back for the quarterly unpack. We start by catching up on the life and times of the Albuquerque gay men's chorus, check-in on some of our 2024 main girlies Muni Long and Jade, and finally stretch out under spring 2025's Teletubby sun where the cabbage patch is all coming up alt pop white girls.

]]> Sat, 26 Apr 2025 21:26:07 -0400 MGRT + Co. MGRT + Co. 5768 Buckle up, loders - spring has sprung and we have a pack of wildflower pop girlies all making their first moves on the Summer 2025 chess board. Alec is back for the quarterly unpack. We start by catching up on the life and times of the Albuquerque gay men's chorus, check-in on some of our 2024 main girlies Muni Long and Jade, and finally stretch out under spring 2025's Teletubby sun where the cabbage patch is all coming up alt pop white girls.

]]> music, music criticism, music commentary, music reviews, album reviews, millennials, millennial life, social commentary No 23 | Mariah ch.1 BONUS - The Grunge Album + The Tokyo Dome 23 23 23 | Mariah ch.1 BONUS - The Grunge Album + The Tokyo Dome full af64255e-aeab-4dcc-89bd-79d1b47af478 https://share.transistor.fm/s/07dffb00 *** A BONUS ***

BEFORE we leave the early+mid 90s ... did you know Mariah wrote and recorded A GRUNGE album simultaneously to Daydream? AND it’s on YouTube? 


Before there was Hannah Montana, there was Chick, and Mariah. Elusive chanteuse indeed - at the pique of both her personal life frustrations, and her commercial and vocal prime, Mariah took solace in living a double life: secret grunge wailer, and pop songstress at the Tokyo Dome (often hailed as one of the greatest concerts of her career.)

]]> *** A BONUS ***

BEFORE we leave the early+mid 90s ... did you know Mariah wrote and recorded A GRUNGE album simultaneously to Daydream? AND it’s on YouTube? 


Before there was Hannah Montana, there was Chick, and Mariah. Elusive chanteuse indeed - at the pique of both her personal life frustrations, and her commercial and vocal prime, Mariah took solace in living a double life: secret grunge wailer, and pop songstress at the Tokyo Dome (often hailed as one of the greatest concerts of her career.)

]]> Sat, 22 Feb 2025 22:46:03 -0500 MGRT + Co. MGRT + Co. 2079 *** A BONUS ***

BEFORE we leave the early+mid 90s ... did you know Mariah wrote and recorded A GRUNGE album simultaneously to Daydream? AND it’s on YouTube? 


Before there was Hannah Montana, there was Chick, and Mariah. Elusive chanteuse indeed - at the pique of both her personal life frustrations, and her commercial and vocal prime, Mariah took solace in living a double life: secret grunge wailer, and pop songstress at the Tokyo Dome (often hailed as one of the greatest concerts of her career.)

]]> music, music criticism, music commentary, music reviews, album reviews, millennials, millennial life, social commentary No 22 | THE MARIAH CAREY DIVA DIVE - CHAPTER 1: 1990-1996 22 22 22 | THE MARIAH CAREY DIVA DIVE - CHAPTER 1: 1990-1996 full 7c624e60-0ee2-463b-a53f-b474b0ddb6ee https://share.transistor.fm/s/a74e8a90 The reason the Diva Dive was born - the elusive chanteuse, the woman with 19 #1s as an artist and 18 as a writer - the head Butterfly AND Lamb - and the former title holder for longest running #1 on the billboard charts: Long Island's own, Mariah Carey.

Before smartphones and the ubiquitous internet, before auto-tune and lip-syncing ran amuck, 1990-1996 Mariah defied all the rulebooks by writing and singing her way to the top. From Vision of Love to One Sweet Day, let's cover the diva's most Olympic of vocal seasons, bringing her into her prime as a global vocal talent. I explain the vocal mechanics and techniques that set her apart as well as explore how a voice like Mariah's reminds us all to connect to our throat chakra.

]]> The reason the Diva Dive was born - the elusive chanteuse, the woman with 19 #1s as an artist and 18 as a writer - the head Butterfly AND Lamb - and the former title holder for longest running #1 on the billboard charts: Long Island's own, Mariah Carey.

Before smartphones and the ubiquitous internet, before auto-tune and lip-syncing ran amuck, 1990-1996 Mariah defied all the rulebooks by writing and singing her way to the top. From Vision of Love to One Sweet Day, let's cover the diva's most Olympic of vocal seasons, bringing her into her prime as a global vocal talent. I explain the vocal mechanics and techniques that set her apart as well as explore how a voice like Mariah's reminds us all to connect to our throat chakra.

]]> Mon, 17 Feb 2025 22:43:46 -0500 MGRT + Co. MGRT + Co. 4884 The reason the Diva Dive was born - the elusive chanteuse, the woman with 19 #1s as an artist and 18 as a writer - the head Butterfly AND Lamb - and the former title holder for longest running #1 on the billboard charts: Long Island's own, Mariah Carey.

Before smartphones and the ubiquitous internet, before auto-tune and lip-syncing ran amuck, 1990-1996 Mariah defied all the rulebooks by writing and singing her way to the top. From Vision of Love to One Sweet Day, let's cover the diva's most Olympic of vocal seasons, bringing her into her prime as a global vocal talent. I explain the vocal mechanics and techniques that set her apart as well as explore how a voice like Mariah's reminds us all to connect to our throat chakra.

]]> music, music criticism, music commentary, music reviews, album reviews, millennials, millennial life, social commentary No 21 | the 13,000 voting members of the recording academy (+other beginnings to 2025!!) 21 21 21 | the 13,000 voting members of the recording academy (+other beginnings to 2025!!) full ba5a1440-e0f7-454c-8ad8-db85ab3dff3b https://share.transistor.fm/s/aa952914 HAPPY 2025 LODERS! A new year, a new you, a new me. Or the same ones with more crows feet!

30m: Where I've been ((SKIP IF U JUST WANT MY TAKES ON BEY))
40m: Grammys 2025 reaction
10m: Where we're going
SEE YOU MORE OFTEN THIS YEAR!

@earloder - insta

]]> HAPPY 2025 LODERS! A new year, a new you, a new me. Or the same ones with more crows feet!

30m: Where I've been ((SKIP IF U JUST WANT MY TAKES ON BEY))
40m: Grammys 2025 reaction
10m: Where we're going
SEE YOU MORE OFTEN THIS YEAR!

@earloder - insta

]]> Mon, 10 Feb 2025 01:34:19 -0500 MGRT + Co. MGRT + Co. 4930 HAPPY 2025 LODERS! A new year, a new you, a new me. Or the same ones with more crows feet!

30m: Where I've been ((SKIP IF U JUST WANT MY TAKES ON BEY))
40m: Grammys 2025 reaction
10m: Where we're going
SEE YOU MORE OFTEN THIS YEAR!

@earloder - insta

]]> music, music criticism, music commentary, music reviews, album reviews, millennials, millennial life, social commentary No 20 | WICKED PART 1 // \\ REACTION PART 2 20 20 20 | WICKED PART 1 // \\ REACTION PART 2 full b135fc4e-4c03-45ac-86e2-0e7861efb13b https://share.transistor.fm/s/f69ceb51 It's Wicked Pt. 1 : The Reaction Pt. 2 ;) And, another new welcome to the pod: Michael! In our second Wicked Pt. 1 reaction installment: will Cynthia and/or Ariana do a brief run on Wicked Broadway? How do we rate Ariana as comedic + dramatic actress? Were the cameos too long? Which parts made us cry? What are we looking forward to in part 2? And, our pod segments: I WAS WRONG/PROVE ME WRONG , and USB-REAL. Highlights: Flo, Venus, Deja Vu, and Jessie J.

]]> It's Wicked Pt. 1 : The Reaction Pt. 2 ;) And, another new welcome to the pod: Michael! In our second Wicked Pt. 1 reaction installment: will Cynthia and/or Ariana do a brief run on Wicked Broadway? How do we rate Ariana as comedic + dramatic actress? Were the cameos too long? Which parts made us cry? What are we looking forward to in part 2? And, our pod segments: I WAS WRONG/PROVE ME WRONG , and USB-REAL. Highlights: Flo, Venus, Deja Vu, and Jessie J.

]]> Sat, 30 Nov 2024 01:05:34 -0500 MGRT + Co. MGRT + Co. 2946 It's Wicked Pt. 1 : The Reaction Pt. 2 ;) And, another new welcome to the pod: Michael! In our second Wicked Pt. 1 reaction installment: will Cynthia and/or Ariana do a brief run on Wicked Broadway? How do we rate Ariana as comedic + dramatic actress? Were the cameos too long? Which parts made us cry? What are we looking forward to in part 2? And, our pod segments: I WAS WRONG/PROVE ME WRONG , and USB-REAL. Highlights: Flo, Venus, Deja Vu, and Jessie J.

]]> music, music criticism, music commentary, music reviews, album reviews, millennials, millennial life, social commentary No 19 | WICKED PART 1 // \\ REACTION PART 1 19 19 19 | WICKED PART 1 // \\ REACTION PART 1 full 25752866-6a54-43a7-8efd-2be42615eed6 https://share.transistor.fm/s/4e8ada97 My pulse is rushing // My head is reeling // My face is flushing /// What is this feeling? Fervid as a flame .... does it have a name? 
WI-CKED!! WI-CKED!!! ....
WIIII - CKKED Yes folks. It's good to [hear] me, isn't it? What a time to be alive: the Wicked soundtrack and film have dropped, and we need to talk - as much as we need to hold space. Today, it's not just me: we have the EAR LODER DEBUT of friend-of-the-podcast, Wicked super-fan, Boston vocal idol, and one of my bffs, Joe Pratolongo. Join us in dissecting the lore, the adaptation, the updates, the opt-ups, the vocal producing + comping, the arranging, and the cinematographic choices in Wicked Pt. 1, in our own Pt. 1 of 2 (because no, 1 hour was not enough.)

]]> My pulse is rushing // My head is reeling // My face is flushing /// What is this feeling? Fervid as a flame .... does it have a name? 
WI-CKED!! WI-CKED!!! ....
WIIII - CKKED Yes folks. It's good to [hear] me, isn't it? What a time to be alive: the Wicked soundtrack and film have dropped, and we need to talk - as much as we need to hold space. Today, it's not just me: we have the EAR LODER DEBUT of friend-of-the-podcast, Wicked super-fan, Boston vocal idol, and one of my bffs, Joe Pratolongo. Join us in dissecting the lore, the adaptation, the updates, the opt-ups, the vocal producing + comping, the arranging, and the cinematographic choices in Wicked Pt. 1, in our own Pt. 1 of 2 (because no, 1 hour was not enough.)

]]> Fri, 29 Nov 2024 21:16:10 -0500 MGRT + Co. MGRT + Co. 3775 My pulse is rushing // My head is reeling // My face is flushing /// What is this feeling? Fervid as a flame .... does it have a name? 
WI-CKED!! WI-CKED!!! ....
WIIII - CKKED Yes folks. It's good to [hear] me, isn't it? What a time to be alive: the Wicked soundtrack and film have dropped, and we need to talk - as much as we need to hold space. Today, it's not just me: we have the EAR LODER DEBUT of friend-of-the-podcast, Wicked super-fan, Boston vocal idol, and one of my bffs, Joe Pratolongo. Join us in dissecting the lore, the adaptation, the updates, the opt-ups, the vocal producing + comping, the arranging, and the cinematographic choices in Wicked Pt. 1, in our own Pt. 1 of 2 (because no, 1 hour was not enough.)

]]> music, music criticism, music commentary, music reviews, album reviews, millennials, millennial life, social commentary No 18 | The 2024-25 Grammy Nominations 18 18 18 | The 2024-25 Grammy Nominations full 8e0c0297-793f-47f1-813a-10e2fdb099b1 https://share.transistor.fm/s/a24e1c9e Hey loders! It's the most (controversial) time of the year, and we're not even talking about the election. It's the 2024-25 grammy nominations. Luckily, this has been our superbowl for probably half our lives - so you're in good hands. Alec is back joining Alex on the mic, and we cover the majors, the best-of genres, the omissions, and the wtf's. Join us! 

While you're at it - check out the companion playlists to the Ear Loder podcast on spotify, just search Earloder and you'll find some of my (ever-expanding) tops from 2024, as well as earloder.fm1, my always-on shuffle-ready vibe mix.

]]> Hey loders! It's the most (controversial) time of the year, and we're not even talking about the election. It's the 2024-25 grammy nominations. Luckily, this has been our superbowl for probably half our lives - so you're in good hands. Alec is back joining Alex on the mic, and we cover the majors, the best-of genres, the omissions, and the wtf's. Join us! 

While you're at it - check out the companion playlists to the Ear Loder podcast on spotify, just search Earloder and you'll find some of my (ever-expanding) tops from 2024, as well as earloder.fm1, my always-on shuffle-ready vibe mix.

]]> Thu, 14 Nov 2024 21:00:51 -0500 MGRT + Co. MGRT + Co. 5686 Hey loders! It's the most (controversial) time of the year, and we're not even talking about the election. It's the 2024-25 grammy nominations. Luckily, this has been our superbowl for probably half our lives - so you're in good hands. Alec is back joining Alex on the mic, and we cover the majors, the best-of genres, the omissions, and the wtf's. Join us! 

While you're at it - check out the companion playlists to the Ear Loder podcast on spotify, just search Earloder and you'll find some of my (ever-expanding) tops from 2024, as well as earloder.fm1, my always-on shuffle-ready vibe mix.

]]> music, music criticism, music commentary, music reviews, album reviews, millennials, millennial life, social commentary No 17 | the autobiographical episode no one asked for 17 17 17 | the autobiographical episode no one asked for full 49b306ac-5d11-470a-9bb9-fd88135d716e https://share.transistor.fm/s/0902d1dc Somehow, it's been 4 months since my last upload. Also - hey - Alex, here. Welcome back; and welcome anew, to Ear Lode. Ready for your first?

I wanted to take a different approach to this "comeback" moment and share, in addition to some music, some of my personal 2024. I have barely edited this ep; it's a raw take, scarcely outlined and delivered organically (still up to 40% GMO). I think some of this approach may, as they say, stick.

If you are here for the fun music vibes only, go right ahead and take a pass on this one. Your next ear lode always awaits.

Included music:
- Freedom: Jordan Rakei
- Bitter Melon: Cola
- Lately: Rufus Du Soul
- Coldstar.: Gallant

]]> Somehow, it's been 4 months since my last upload. Also - hey - Alex, here. Welcome back; and welcome anew, to Ear Lode. Ready for your first?

I wanted to take a different approach to this "comeback" moment and share, in addition to some music, some of my personal 2024. I have barely edited this ep; it's a raw take, scarcely outlined and delivered organically (still up to 40% GMO). I think some of this approach may, as they say, stick.

If you are here for the fun music vibes only, go right ahead and take a pass on this one. Your next ear lode always awaits.

Included music:
- Freedom: Jordan Rakei
- Bitter Melon: Cola
- Lately: Rufus Du Soul
- Coldstar.: Gallant

]]> Mon, 28 Oct 2024 00:17:01 -0400 MGRT + Co. MGRT + Co. 4740 Somehow, it's been 4 months since my last upload. Also - hey - Alex, here. Welcome back; and welcome anew, to Ear Lode. Ready for your first?

I wanted to take a different approach to this "comeback" moment and share, in addition to some music, some of my personal 2024. I have barely edited this ep; it's a raw take, scarcely outlined and delivered organically (still up to 40% GMO). I think some of this approach may, as they say, stick.

If you are here for the fun music vibes only, go right ahead and take a pass on this one. Your next ear lode always awaits.

Included music:
- Freedom: Jordan Rakei
- Bitter Melon: Cola
- Lately: Rufus Du Soul
- Coldstar.: Gallant

]]> music, music criticism, music commentary, music reviews, album reviews, millennials, millennial life, social commentary No 16 | brat summer // i'm finally into charli?? 16 16 16 | brat summer // i'm finally into charli?? full f2cfad24-f320-4d5d-b916-eb74e8d16357 https://share.transistor.fm/s/0298c970 if Q1 2024 found us at the rodeo of pop-artists-gone-country, culminating in the magnum opus of beyonce's cowboy carter, then Q2 finds us on the dance floor, but not the glitter disco of post-pandemic yesteryear -- instead, we're underground, our boots are stuck to old beer on the floor, our tank is sweat through, the turntables are glitching, and we're kind of pissed off. frankly, we're acting a brat - cue Charli XCX's ostensible mainstream breakthrough by the same name. 2024's electronic pop and dance records have gotten heavier, synthier, bassier, bitchier, rawer, and saltier - perhaps 2 years of pink disco escapism has worn off and we're in desperate need of some eyeliner and some real talk. luckily, charli's gone and built a career off of it. from visuals, to videos, to personae, to attitude, brat has broken through - and, unlike charli's previous works, captured the zeitgeist right as it's simultaneously poised to realize it. she's finally found us mid-sentence, and we're finally ready to call her the it-girl. or at least that's what alex will explain to alec, who has long yearned for alex to wake up to charli's embodied genius. we'll probably keep talking about this record, but let's start here, and with some earlier notes from charli’s works - join us!


]]> if Q1 2024 found us at the rodeo of pop-artists-gone-country, culminating in the magnum opus of beyonce's cowboy carter, then Q2 finds us on the dance floor, but not the glitter disco of post-pandemic yesteryear -- instead, we're underground, our boots are stuck to old beer on the floor, our tank is sweat through, the turntables are glitching, and we're kind of pissed off. frankly, we're acting a brat - cue Charli XCX's ostensible mainstream breakthrough by the same name. 2024's electronic pop and dance records have gotten heavier, synthier, bassier, bitchier, rawer, and saltier - perhaps 2 years of pink disco escapism has worn off and we're in desperate need of some eyeliner and some real talk. luckily, charli's gone and built a career off of it. from visuals, to videos, to personae, to attitude, brat has broken through - and, unlike charli's previous works, captured the zeitgeist right as it's simultaneously poised to realize it. she's finally found us mid-sentence, and we're finally ready to call her the it-girl. or at least that's what alex will explain to alec, who has long yearned for alex to wake up to charli's embodied genius. we'll probably keep talking about this record, but let's start here, and with some earlier notes from charli’s works - join us!


]]> Wed, 26 Jun 2024 05:05:22 -0400 MGRT + Co. MGRT + Co. 2530 if Q1 2024 found us at the rodeo of pop-artists-gone-country, culminating in the magnum opus of beyonce's cowboy carter, then Q2 finds us on the dance floor, but not the glitter disco of post-pandemic yesteryear -- instead, we're underground, our boots are stuck to old beer on the floor, our tank is sweat through, the turntables are glitching, and we're kind of pissed off. frankly, we're acting a brat - cue Charli XCX's ostensible mainstream breakthrough by the same name. 2024's electronic pop and dance records have gotten heavier, synthier, bassier, bitchier, rawer, and saltier - perhaps 2 years of pink disco escapism has worn off and we're in desperate need of some eyeliner and some real talk. luckily, charli's gone and built a career off of it. from visuals, to videos, to personae, to attitude, brat has broken through - and, unlike charli's previous works, captured the zeitgeist right as it's simultaneously poised to realize it. she's finally found us mid-sentence, and we're finally ready to call her the it-girl. or at least that's what alex will explain to alec, who has long yearned for alex to wake up to charli's embodied genius. we'll probably keep talking about this record, but let's start here, and with some earlier notes from charli’s works - join us!


]]> music, music criticism, music commentary, music reviews, album reviews, millennials, millennial life, social commentary No 15 | June '24's FIRST HALF || pride>>delta>>gaga>>dua>>becky>>olly 15 15 15 | June '24's FIRST HALF || pride>>delta>>gaga>>dua>>becky>>olly full 7516e55b-50e7-45bc-8ad0-abfa80f35a90 https://share.transistor.fm/s/c0dfd9d9 WHEW - are we already on month 6 of the year? With the amount of new music releases being packed into 2024, every week feels like a lifetime. Alec's back to jointly metabolize some of the new material by Dua, Becky Hill, and the recorded Chromatica Tour. And, because we haven't caught up in a while (and it's June!) we take a mid-month breather to recount pride festivities from Albuquerque to Los Angeles. This is a 2-parter, so get warmed up here for our next episode that's dedicated to the current critical darling of 2024, the brat herself, Charli XCX.

]]> WHEW - are we already on month 6 of the year? With the amount of new music releases being packed into 2024, every week feels like a lifetime. Alec's back to jointly metabolize some of the new material by Dua, Becky Hill, and the recorded Chromatica Tour. And, because we haven't caught up in a while (and it's June!) we take a mid-month breather to recount pride festivities from Albuquerque to Los Angeles. This is a 2-parter, so get warmed up here for our next episode that's dedicated to the current critical darling of 2024, the brat herself, Charli XCX.

]]> Wed, 26 Jun 2024 04:16:27 -0400 MGRT + Co. MGRT + Co. 4542 WHEW - are we already on month 6 of the year? With the amount of new music releases being packed into 2024, every week feels like a lifetime. Alec's back to jointly metabolize some of the new material by Dua, Becky Hill, and the recorded Chromatica Tour. And, because we haven't caught up in a while (and it's June!) we take a mid-month breather to recount pride festivities from Albuquerque to Los Angeles. This is a 2-parter, so get warmed up here for our next episode that's dedicated to the current critical darling of 2024, the brat herself, Charli XCX.

]]> music, music criticism, music commentary, music reviews, album reviews, millennials, millennial life, social commentary No 14 | VINTAGE EPISODE (2022): Normani's chapter 2 - Love Lies>>Calvin Harris>>Waves>>DNCNGW/ASTRNGR>>Motivation>>Wild Side 14 14 14 | VINTAGE EPISODE (2022): Normani's chapter 2 - Love Lies>>Calvin Harris>>Waves>>DNCNGW/ASTRNGR>>Motivation>>Wild Side full e7959172-f9fd-48c3-9fbb-86fa94cc235a https://share.transistor.fm/s/f6ef7e4d On this MOST commemorative of days, the day of Normani's debut album release "Dopamine" - galt presents the second of our 2-part, 2-year-old series tracking her early career. In today's vintage episode, we chart(ed) the course from Normani's first solo single, Love Lies, through her then-latest, Wild Side, and explicate the growing pattern of false starts, fumbles, and questionably burned bridges seeming to build in Normani's wake. What we know today, we didn't then - that at least she'd get the album out!!!!

]]> On this MOST commemorative of days, the day of Normani's debut album release "Dopamine" - galt presents the second of our 2-part, 2-year-old series tracking her early career. In today's vintage episode, we chart(ed) the course from Normani's first solo single, Love Lies, through her then-latest, Wild Side, and explicate the growing pattern of false starts, fumbles, and questionably burned bridges seeming to build in Normani's wake. What we know today, we didn't then - that at least she'd get the album out!!!!

]]> Sat, 15 Jun 2024 02:49:21 -0400 MGRT + Co. MGRT + Co. 2928 On this MOST commemorative of days, the day of Normani's debut album release "Dopamine" - galt presents the second of our 2-part, 2-year-old series tracking her early career. In today's vintage episode, we chart(ed) the course from Normani's first solo single, Love Lies, through her then-latest, Wild Side, and explicate the growing pattern of false starts, fumbles, and questionably burned bridges seeming to build in Normani's wake. What we know today, we didn't then - that at least she'd get the album out!!!!

]]> music, music criticism, music commentary, music reviews, album reviews, millennials, millennial life, social commentary No 13 | VINTAGE EPISODE (2022): Normani's chapter 1 - X Factor, Fifth Harmony, Fourth Harmony 13 13 13 | VINTAGE EPISODE (2022): Normani's chapter 1 - X Factor, Fifth Harmony, Fourth Harmony full 936223d5-b145-4288-854d-e7f5cf61b878 https://share.transistor.fm/s/fe6f9a0c Well hey y'all. Galt took most of May off while traveling to visit and support family and friends. While we reboot over here for a bigger and better next chapter of Galt's Radio, I REALIZED that a long ... long ... LONG awaited landmark is, somehow, finally upon us: Normani's debut album release. Any Normani fan thought this day would come 4-5 years ago, and yet ... here we are. Back in the infancy of this pod, Alex and Alec recorded some trial episodes, and this very one was surfaced today from the dust of early 2022 - one of the MANY times we thought we'd soon be enjoying Normani's debut. In this two part VINTAGE EPISODE SERIES (go easy on us .... we were still working out the kinks!), Alec walks us through Normani's very first entrance onto the scene: her audition for X Factor - through the collapse of Fifth (Fourth...) Harmony.

]]> Well hey y'all. Galt took most of May off while traveling to visit and support family and friends. While we reboot over here for a bigger and better next chapter of Galt's Radio, I REALIZED that a long ... long ... LONG awaited landmark is, somehow, finally upon us: Normani's debut album release. Any Normani fan thought this day would come 4-5 years ago, and yet ... here we are. Back in the infancy of this pod, Alex and Alec recorded some trial episodes, and this very one was surfaced today from the dust of early 2022 - one of the MANY times we thought we'd soon be enjoying Normani's debut. In this two part VINTAGE EPISODE SERIES (go easy on us .... we were still working out the kinks!), Alec walks us through Normani's very first entrance onto the scene: her audition for X Factor - through the collapse of Fifth (Fourth...) Harmony.

]]> Mon, 10 Jun 2024 02:01:31 -0400 MGRT + Co. MGRT + Co. 2615 Well hey y'all. Galt took most of May off while traveling to visit and support family and friends. While we reboot over here for a bigger and better next chapter of Galt's Radio, I REALIZED that a long ... long ... LONG awaited landmark is, somehow, finally upon us: Normani's debut album release. Any Normani fan thought this day would come 4-5 years ago, and yet ... here we are. Back in the infancy of this pod, Alex and Alec recorded some trial episodes, and this very one was surfaced today from the dust of early 2022 - one of the MANY times we thought we'd soon be enjoying Normani's debut. In this two part VINTAGE EPISODE SERIES (go easy on us .... we were still working out the kinks!), Alec walks us through Normani's very first entrance onto the scene: her audition for X Factor - through the collapse of Fifth (Fourth...) Harmony.

]]> music, music criticism, music commentary, music reviews, album reviews, millennials, millennial life, social commentary No 12 | The Jess Glynne LP3 you didn't know you were waiting for 12 12 12 | The Jess Glynne LP3 you didn't know you were waiting for full 63995db8-1a37-4819-a044-4d239fd34eeb https://share.transistor.fm/s/a3d2bd28 Alec Mac is back!!!! and, apparently, so is Jess Glynne! It's ok to admit, you didn't know she was, or wasn't, or wasn't-but-now-is-again releasing music. But let's take a dive, because the pop world (at least our 2020 + 2021) may well not have been, or be, Dua Lipa's disco kingdom without her. WHAT IS JESS' ORIGIN STORY? From where did she come? Who are Alex Newell, Louisa Johnson, Becky Hill, Ella Henderson, Clean Bandit, and did Jess G kick down the door for all of them (especially the queers??) to bring disco back to pop? AND.... IS TRACK 11 ON HER NEW ALBUM LITERALLY CALLED, “Chair” ????? Join us for all of this and more, including some of Jess' messier moments, and a first listen-and-a-half to two new tracks from Jess' third album, "Jess."

]]> Alec Mac is back!!!! and, apparently, so is Jess Glynne! It's ok to admit, you didn't know she was, or wasn't, or wasn't-but-now-is-again releasing music. But let's take a dive, because the pop world (at least our 2020 + 2021) may well not have been, or be, Dua Lipa's disco kingdom without her. WHAT IS JESS' ORIGIN STORY? From where did she come? Who are Alex Newell, Louisa Johnson, Becky Hill, Ella Henderson, Clean Bandit, and did Jess G kick down the door for all of them (especially the queers??) to bring disco back to pop? AND.... IS TRACK 11 ON HER NEW ALBUM LITERALLY CALLED, “Chair” ????? Join us for all of this and more, including some of Jess' messier moments, and a first listen-and-a-half to two new tracks from Jess' third album, "Jess."

]]> Sun, 05 May 2024 19:22:05 -0400 MGRT + Co. MGRT + Co. 3199 Alec Mac is back!!!! and, apparently, so is Jess Glynne! It's ok to admit, you didn't know she was, or wasn't, or wasn't-but-now-is-again releasing music. But let's take a dive, because the pop world (at least our 2020 + 2021) may well not have been, or be, Dua Lipa's disco kingdom without her. WHAT IS JESS' ORIGIN STORY? From where did she come? Who are Alex Newell, Louisa Johnson, Becky Hill, Ella Henderson, Clean Bandit, and did Jess G kick down the door for all of them (especially the queers??) to bring disco back to pop? AND.... IS TRACK 11 ON HER NEW ALBUM LITERALLY CALLED, “Chair” ????? Join us for all of this and more, including some of Jess' messier moments, and a first listen-and-a-half to two new tracks from Jess' third album, "Jess."

]]> music, music criticism, music commentary, music reviews, album reviews, millennials, millennial life, social commentary No 11 | Eternal Sunshine - one week later 11 11 11 | Eternal Sunshine - one week later full c5bf8cd2-f820-40f5-9472-9b1444e28110 https://share.transistor.fm/s/7e75de0c Music is always better metabolized. You've heard my predictions, you've heard (and watched) my initial reactions, now here are the takes on Ariana Grande's Eternal Sunshine that took a week+ of listening to brew, stew, chew and now spew ;) 

How a piece of music hits isn't always how it lands. Did the sun shine all the more through the cracks after a week of living with this record? Have I told strangers 'we can't be friends, but I'd like to just pretend?' Is AG7 giving wheat, or is it giving chaff? And does Pitchfork agree? Join me in this week's episode of THE VOCAL.

]]> Music is always better metabolized. You've heard my predictions, you've heard (and watched) my initial reactions, now here are the takes on Ariana Grande's Eternal Sunshine that took a week+ of listening to brew, stew, chew and now spew ;) 

How a piece of music hits isn't always how it lands. Did the sun shine all the more through the cracks after a week of living with this record? Have I told strangers 'we can't be friends, but I'd like to just pretend?' Is AG7 giving wheat, or is it giving chaff? And does Pitchfork agree? Join me in this week's episode of THE VOCAL.

]]> Sun, 17 Mar 2024 02:45:33 -0400 MGRT + Co. MGRT + Co. 4060 Music is always better metabolized. You've heard my predictions, you've heard (and watched) my initial reactions, now here are the takes on Ariana Grande's Eternal Sunshine that took a week+ of listening to brew, stew, chew and now spew ;) 

How a piece of music hits isn't always how it lands. Did the sun shine all the more through the cracks after a week of living with this record? Have I told strangers 'we can't be friends, but I'd like to just pretend?' Is AG7 giving wheat, or is it giving chaff? And does Pitchfork agree? Join me in this week's episode of THE VOCAL.

]]> music, music criticism, music commentary, music reviews, album reviews, millennials, millennial life, social commentary No 10 | THE 2024 MAIN POP GIRLIE AVALANCHE // pitchfork pre-rankings 10 10 10 | THE 2024 MAIN POP GIRLIE AVALANCHE // pitchfork pre-rankings full 8f8df8fe-3041-456a-948c-4afc0c98e11c https://share.transistor.fm/s/1e81739e JLo . Ariana . Kacey . Bey . Taylor . Jess Glynne . Dua . Normani . Maren . Lana . Shakira . Charli . Camila . Selena . Clairo . St. Vincent . 

Gaga ? Katy ? Billie ? Sia ? Lorde ? 

We're already exhausted!

a THRILL this week to welcome back to the pod...... co-conspirator, college bestie, music and culture maven...... the reason I became a Jazmine Sullivan fan...... the one and only, Alec M! 

The earliest sketches of The Vocal were Alec and Alex on Zoom -- and while better audio days still await given the current latitudes of separation, we couldn't wait any longer to have Alec back on the now-official Pod... 

...ESPECIALLY in the calm before the veritable 2024 STORM / AVALANCHE / DEULGE / ATMOSPHERIC RIVER / NOR'EASTER / non-problematic other form of extreme weather that is the forthcoming 10 months of MAIN POP GIRLIE ALBUM RELEASES

Today, we overview them all, and dive into the first half of March's offerings UPON their imminent respective releases: Ariana Grande , and Kacey Musgraves.

We also take a Pitchfork-first approach and guestimate numerical rankings of the forthcoming LPs. 

Audio only this week; join us!

Follow along on insta at: hes_galt

]]> JLo . Ariana . Kacey . Bey . Taylor . Jess Glynne . Dua . Normani . Maren . Lana . Shakira . Charli . Camila . Selena . Clairo . St. Vincent . 

Gaga ? Katy ? Billie ? Sia ? Lorde ? 

We're already exhausted!

a THRILL this week to welcome back to the pod...... co-conspirator, college bestie, music and culture maven...... the reason I became a Jazmine Sullivan fan...... the one and only, Alec M! 

The earliest sketches of The Vocal were Alec and Alex on Zoom -- and while better audio days still await given the current latitudes of separation, we couldn't wait any longer to have Alec back on the now-official Pod... 

...ESPECIALLY in the calm before the veritable 2024 STORM / AVALANCHE / DEULGE / ATMOSPHERIC RIVER / NOR'EASTER / non-problematic other form of extreme weather that is the forthcoming 10 months of MAIN POP GIRLIE ALBUM RELEASES

Today, we overview them all, and dive into the first half of March's offerings UPON their imminent respective releases: Ariana Grande , and Kacey Musgraves.

We also take a Pitchfork-first approach and guestimate numerical rankings of the forthcoming LPs. 

Audio only this week; join us!

Follow along on insta at: hes_galt

]]> Mon, 04 Mar 2024 00:52:54 -0500 MGRT + Co. MGRT + Co. 4292 JLo . Ariana . Kacey . Bey . Taylor . Jess Glynne . Dua . Normani . Maren . Lana . Shakira . Charli . Camila . Selena . Clairo . St. Vincent . 

Gaga ? Katy ? Billie ? Sia ? Lorde ? 

We're already exhausted!

a THRILL this week to welcome back to the pod...... co-conspirator, college bestie, music and culture maven...... the reason I became a Jazmine Sullivan fan...... the one and only, Alec M! 

The earliest sketches of The Vocal were Alec and Alex on Zoom -- and while better audio days still await given the current latitudes of separation, we couldn't wait any longer to have Alec back on the now-official Pod... 

...ESPECIALLY in the calm before the veritable 2024 STORM / AVALANCHE / DEULGE / ATMOSPHERIC RIVER / NOR'EASTER / non-problematic other form of extreme weather that is the forthcoming 10 months of MAIN POP GIRLIE ALBUM RELEASES

Today, we overview them all, and dive into the first half of March's offerings UPON their imminent respective releases: Ariana Grande , and Kacey Musgraves.

We also take a Pitchfork-first approach and guestimate numerical rankings of the forthcoming LPs. 

Audio only this week; join us!

Follow along on insta at: hes_galt

]]> music, music criticism, music commentary, music reviews, album reviews, millennials, millennial life, social commentary No 9 | THIS AIN'T TEXAS - galt's FIRST TAKE on Beyoncé's act ii // countrYoncé 9 9 9 | THIS AIN'T TEXAS - galt's FIRST TAKE on Beyoncé's act ii // countrYoncé full efa9105c-26c9-48ea-9693-a4e6867ecdfa https://share.transistor.fm/s/1c479a95 galt's FIRST TAKE :: @beyonce act ii // countrYoncé

my inevitable, official thoughts SO FAR 🧠🧐

1) Why was Bey's announcement mid-Superbowl more palatable than Taylor's mid-Grammys?
2) Why do all pop girls end up "going West"?
3) Bey's done this before -- what happened to countrYoncé then, and how it might inform her return to the genre NOW.

All views are my own except the ones that bother you and those are a you thing

#beyonce #actii #texasholdem #16carriages #daddylessons #lemonade

video version of this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbEIumlgyR4

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]]> galt's FIRST TAKE :: @beyonce act ii // countrYoncé

my inevitable, official thoughts SO FAR 🧠🧐

1) Why was Bey's announcement mid-Superbowl more palatable than Taylor's mid-Grammys?
2) Why do all pop girls end up "going West"?
3) Bey's done this before -- what happened to countrYoncé then, and how it might inform her return to the genre NOW.

All views are my own except the ones that bother you and those are a you thing

#beyonce #actii #texasholdem #16carriages #daddylessons #lemonade

video version of this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbEIumlgyR4

follow me on insta: https://www.instagram.com/hes_galt/

]]> Thu, 29 Feb 2024 16:39:50 -0500 MGRT + Co. MGRT + Co. 2542 galt's FIRST TAKE :: @beyonce act ii // countrYoncé

my inevitable, official thoughts SO FAR 🧠🧐

1) Why was Bey's announcement mid-Superbowl more palatable than Taylor's mid-Grammys?
2) Why do all pop girls end up "going West"?
3) Bey's done this before -- what happened to countrYoncé then, and how it might inform her return to the genre NOW.

All views are my own except the ones that bother you and those are a you thing

#beyonce #actii #texasholdem #16carriages #daddylessons #lemonade

video version of this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbEIumlgyR4

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]]> music, music criticism, music commentary, music reviews, album reviews, millennials, millennial life, social commentary No 8 | AHHHHHH KELLY CLARKSON 8 8 8 | AHHHHHH KELLY CLARKSON full edfd1354-1d05-4e21-8e3c-9e28bd5cb5cb https://share.transistor.fm/s/fe663c47 It's always a Kelly day // We have SO much content when covering a career like hers. @kellyclarkson #kellyclarkson


@adrewcarrnameddesire // Drew Carr is BACK 


CHAPTER 1 : Kelly's first era // THE DREW CARR 9 YEAR OLD DEMO LEAK EXCLUSIVE - before he, some would say, BROKE AWAY


CHAPTER 2 : Kelly’s husky belt // hidden gems from the pop rock pioneer that never gets enough credit


CHAPTER 3 : Country Kelly •• We’re ready and waiting for the Kelly Clarkson Country LP // AND the Kelly Clarkson Musical !!!


#breakaway #walkaway #missindependent #thetroublewithloveis #mydecember #neveragain #oneminute #sober #yeah #allieverwanted #cry #dontletmestopyou #alreadygone #letmedown #dontyouwannastay #thedance #silentnight #highwomen #goodgoesthebye #behindthesehazeleyes

video version of this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkuH0-DSIyE

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]]> It's always a Kelly day // We have SO much content when covering a career like hers. @kellyclarkson #kellyclarkson


@adrewcarrnameddesire // Drew Carr is BACK 


CHAPTER 1 : Kelly's first era // THE DREW CARR 9 YEAR OLD DEMO LEAK EXCLUSIVE - before he, some would say, BROKE AWAY


CHAPTER 2 : Kelly’s husky belt // hidden gems from the pop rock pioneer that never gets enough credit


CHAPTER 3 : Country Kelly •• We’re ready and waiting for the Kelly Clarkson Country LP // AND the Kelly Clarkson Musical !!!


#breakaway #walkaway #missindependent #thetroublewithloveis #mydecember #neveragain #oneminute #sober #yeah #allieverwanted #cry #dontletmestopyou #alreadygone #letmedown #dontyouwannastay #thedance #silentnight #highwomen #goodgoesthebye #behindthesehazeleyes

video version of this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkuH0-DSIyE

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]]> Thu, 29 Feb 2024 16:20:11 -0500 MGRT + Co. MGRT + Co. 2624 It's always a Kelly day // We have SO much content when covering a career like hers. @kellyclarkson #kellyclarkson


@adrewcarrnameddesire // Drew Carr is BACK 


CHAPTER 1 : Kelly's first era // THE DREW CARR 9 YEAR OLD DEMO LEAK EXCLUSIVE - before he, some would say, BROKE AWAY


CHAPTER 2 : Kelly’s husky belt // hidden gems from the pop rock pioneer that never gets enough credit


CHAPTER 3 : Country Kelly •• We’re ready and waiting for the Kelly Clarkson Country LP // AND the Kelly Clarkson Musical !!!


#breakaway #walkaway #missindependent #thetroublewithloveis #mydecember #neveragain #oneminute #sober #yeah #allieverwanted #cry #dontletmestopyou #alreadygone #letmedown #dontyouwannastay #thedance #silentnight #highwomen #goodgoesthebye #behindthesehazeleyes

video version of this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkuH0-DSIyE

follow me on insta: https://www.instagram.com/hes_galt/

]]> music, music criticism, music commentary, music reviews, album reviews, millennials, millennial life, social commentary No 7 | BeyHind the Songs // Hidden Demos for Beyoncé LPs 3-6 7 7 7 | BeyHind the Songs // Hidden Demos for Beyoncé LPs 3-6 full 491ebedc-fc85-4ce0-88b1-814e75de8381 https://share.transistor.fm/s/c7313158 On this week's THE VOCAL ... where do all these Beyoncé songs come from?

Also : bedtime magic w Galt??

beyoncebeyoncebeyonce

LP3 [I AM / SASHA FIERCE] -- Smash Into You

LP4 [4] -- I Care , Rather Die Young

LP5 [BEYONCÉ] -- Standing on the Sun , Pretty Hurts

LP6 [Lemonade] -- Pray You Catch Me

fingers crossed copyright doesn’t peel it down for playing a couple snippets of Ms Yoncéeeeeee

@jonmclaughlin #jonmclaughlin @jeffbhasker #jeffbhasker @kevinogarrett #kevingarrett @siamusic #sia

video version of this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GompdDmhgCc

follow me on insta: https://www.instagram.com/hes_galt/

]]> On this week's THE VOCAL ... where do all these Beyoncé songs come from?

Also : bedtime magic w Galt??

beyoncebeyoncebeyonce

LP3 [I AM / SASHA FIERCE] -- Smash Into You

LP4 [4] -- I Care , Rather Die Young

LP5 [BEYONCÉ] -- Standing on the Sun , Pretty Hurts

LP6 [Lemonade] -- Pray You Catch Me

fingers crossed copyright doesn’t peel it down for playing a couple snippets of Ms Yoncéeeeeee

@jonmclaughlin #jonmclaughlin @jeffbhasker #jeffbhasker @kevinogarrett #kevingarrett @siamusic #sia

video version of this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GompdDmhgCc

follow me on insta: https://www.instagram.com/hes_galt/

]]> Thu, 29 Feb 2024 15:44:14 -0500 MGRT + Co. MGRT + Co. 1560 On this week's THE VOCAL ... where do all these Beyoncé songs come from?

Also : bedtime magic w Galt??

beyoncebeyoncebeyonce

LP3 [I AM / SASHA FIERCE] -- Smash Into You

LP4 [4] -- I Care , Rather Die Young

LP5 [BEYONCÉ] -- Standing on the Sun , Pretty Hurts

LP6 [Lemonade] -- Pray You Catch Me

fingers crossed copyright doesn’t peel it down for playing a couple snippets of Ms Yoncéeeeeee

@jonmclaughlin #jonmclaughlin @jeffbhasker #jeffbhasker @kevinogarrett #kevingarrett @siamusic #sia

video version of this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GompdDmhgCc

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]]> music, music criticism, music commentary, music reviews, album reviews, millennials, millennial life, social commentary No 6 | IT'S ABOUT TO BE A RENEE RAPP ON THESE GIRLS 6 6 6 | IT'S ABOUT TO BE A RENEE RAPP ON THESE GIRLS full 9afc3aa5-cb8b-47b6-9857-638cf21daa6e https://share.transistor.fm/s/f8293423 FIRST GUEST FEATURE — PLEASE WELCOME TO THE STAGE @adrewcarrnameddesire !!! // Drew Carr!

Chapter 1 : HAVE U HEARD OF RENEE RAPP THO?
Chapter 2 : It’s giving vocal technique, it’s giving technician , it's giving vocal prowess
Chapter 3 : white girls and rnb? // vocal affecting // why do most theatre singers NOT successfully ford the river to pop? // IS THERE BEEF BETWEEN GEN Z’S POP ROCK GIRLIES OR NAH?

Say it with us:

1) maybe I’m not the right person to be saying that
2) don’t fact check me

STAY TUNED FOR MORE FROM THE GIRLS

video version of this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBsylie9Oms

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]]> FIRST GUEST FEATURE — PLEASE WELCOME TO THE STAGE @adrewcarrnameddesire !!! // Drew Carr!

Chapter 1 : HAVE U HEARD OF RENEE RAPP THO?
Chapter 2 : It’s giving vocal technique, it’s giving technician , it's giving vocal prowess
Chapter 3 : white girls and rnb? // vocal affecting // why do most theatre singers NOT successfully ford the river to pop? // IS THERE BEEF BETWEEN GEN Z’S POP ROCK GIRLIES OR NAH?

Say it with us:

1) maybe I’m not the right person to be saying that
2) don’t fact check me

STAY TUNED FOR MORE FROM THE GIRLS

video version of this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBsylie9Oms

follow me on insta: https://www.instagram.com/hes_galt/

]]> Thu, 29 Feb 2024 15:24:43 -0500 MGRT + Co. MGRT + Co. 2690 FIRST GUEST FEATURE — PLEASE WELCOME TO THE STAGE @adrewcarrnameddesire !!! // Drew Carr!

Chapter 1 : HAVE U HEARD OF RENEE RAPP THO?
Chapter 2 : It’s giving vocal technique, it’s giving technician , it's giving vocal prowess
Chapter 3 : white girls and rnb? // vocal affecting // why do most theatre singers NOT successfully ford the river to pop? // IS THERE BEEF BETWEEN GEN Z’S POP ROCK GIRLIES OR NAH?

Say it with us:

1) maybe I’m not the right person to be saying that
2) don’t fact check me

STAY TUNED FOR MORE FROM THE GIRLS

video version of this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBsylie9Oms

follow me on insta: https://www.instagram.com/hes_galt/

]]> music, music criticism, music commentary, music reviews, album reviews, millennials, millennial life, social commentary No 5 | BJÖRK BY THE NUMBERS - CHAPTER 4 5 5 5 | BJÖRK BY THE NUMBERS - CHAPTER 4 full d2416438-946a-4cd7-9ca8-f84d1c0c9b70 https://share.transistor.fm/s/c088a14c ✨🔆 the FINAL BJÖRK chapter 🔆✨

her …. masterwork?! 2015’s Vulnicura

In the final installment of our Björk retrospective, I share why I think Björk hit the heartstone in 2015, and why her whole career led her to that point.

Video version of this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qh_Qc1jk1Ok

Follow me on insta: https://www.instagram.com/hes_galt/

]]> ✨🔆 the FINAL BJÖRK chapter 🔆✨

her …. masterwork?! 2015’s Vulnicura

In the final installment of our Björk retrospective, I share why I think Björk hit the heartstone in 2015, and why her whole career led her to that point.

Video version of this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qh_Qc1jk1Ok

Follow me on insta: https://www.instagram.com/hes_galt/

]]> Wed, 28 Feb 2024 02:05:50 -0500 MGRT + Co. MGRT + Co. 865 ✨🔆 the FINAL BJÖRK chapter 🔆✨

her …. masterwork?! 2015’s Vulnicura

In the final installment of our Björk retrospective, I share why I think Björk hit the heartstone in 2015, and why her whole career led her to that point.

Video version of this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qh_Qc1jk1Ok

Follow me on insta: https://www.instagram.com/hes_galt/

]]> music, music criticism, music commentary, music reviews, album reviews, millennials, millennial life, social commentary No 4 | BJÖRK BY THE NUMBERS - CHAPTER 3 4 4 4 | BJÖRK BY THE NUMBERS - CHAPTER 3 full a4c7ff71-5de4-4a61-921c-0bb2aa1cf8f0 https://share.transistor.fm/s/573319f2 Here we are, in something of Björk's final form ... her NATURE NYMPH ERA ☘️🌿🍃🌱🐛🌳🦠🌞🌝⚡️Sit tight for this week's installment of THE VOCAL -- as I spill all the tea you never knew you needed about Björk’s awakening as mother 🌲 nature.

We're covering 15 years of her career this week, so pace yourself and take a self-appointed intermission!

video version of this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gn425xZcw0

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]]> Here we are, in something of Björk's final form ... her NATURE NYMPH ERA ☘️🌿🍃🌱🐛🌳🦠🌞🌝⚡️Sit tight for this week's installment of THE VOCAL -- as I spill all the tea you never knew you needed about Björk’s awakening as mother 🌲 nature.

We're covering 15 years of her career this week, so pace yourself and take a self-appointed intermission!

video version of this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gn425xZcw0

follow me on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hes_galt/

]]> Wed, 28 Feb 2024 01:22:54 -0500 MGRT + Co. MGRT + Co. 1788 Here we are, in something of Björk's final form ... her NATURE NYMPH ERA ☘️🌿🍃🌱🐛🌳🦠🌞🌝⚡️Sit tight for this week's installment of THE VOCAL -- as I spill all the tea you never knew you needed about Björk’s awakening as mother 🌲 nature.

We're covering 15 years of her career this week, so pace yourself and take a self-appointed intermission!

video version of this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gn425xZcw0

follow me on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hes_galt/

]]> music, music criticism, music commentary, music reviews, album reviews, millennials, millennial life, social commentary No 3 | BJÖRK BY THE NUMBERS - CHAPTER 2 3 3 3 | BJÖRK BY THE NUMBERS - CHAPTER 2 full bf07e5f6-7257-47f1-b957-71d52ff41a55 https://share.transistor.fm/s/09647e78 On this week's THE VOCAL .... You're doing it! You're going back for a second taste of Björk! Today we mine chapter 2 of Bjork's iconic career, and we find some unique, concept-record gems.

video version of this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-Ol7BKORXA

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]]> On this week's THE VOCAL .... You're doing it! You're going back for a second taste of Björk! Today we mine chapter 2 of Bjork's iconic career, and we find some unique, concept-record gems.

video version of this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-Ol7BKORXA

follow me on insta: https://www.instagram.com/hes_galt/

]]> Tue, 27 Feb 2024 23:58:51 -0500 MGRT + Co. MGRT + Co. 818 On this week's THE VOCAL .... You're doing it! You're going back for a second taste of Björk! Today we mine chapter 2 of Bjork's iconic career, and we find some unique, concept-record gems.

video version of this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-Ol7BKORXA

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]]> music, music criticism, music commentary, music reviews, album reviews, millennials, millennial life, social commentary No 2 | BJÖRK BY THE NUMBERS - CHAPTER 1 2 2 2 | BJÖRK BY THE NUMBERS - CHAPTER 1 full 54674638-8108-409a-9cac-fe6aba88a8f2 https://share.transistor.fm/s/3dd47251 On this week's ep .... perhaps you've wondered: how do I get into Björk? Or, perhaps you've tried, failed, tried again ... and you still have questions. An acquired taste she is -- and I've acquired it. I'd love to walk you through how I see her career, one chapter at a time. Here's chapter 1.

video version of this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kj5qiH-qbQ

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]]> On this week's ep .... perhaps you've wondered: how do I get into Björk? Or, perhaps you've tried, failed, tried again ... and you still have questions. An acquired taste she is -- and I've acquired it. I'd love to walk you through how I see her career, one chapter at a time. Here's chapter 1.

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]]> Tue, 27 Feb 2024 23:35:02 -0500 MGRT + Co. MGRT + Co. 1011 On this week's ep .... perhaps you've wondered: how do I get into Björk? Or, perhaps you've tried, failed, tried again ... and you still have questions. An acquired taste she is -- and I've acquired it. I'd love to walk you through how I see her career, one chapter at a time. Here's chapter 1.

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]]> music, music criticism, music commentary, music reviews, album reviews, millennials, millennial life, social commentary No 1 | Ariana is back -- AG7 Predictions + "Yes, And?" Reaction 1 1 1 | Ariana is back -- AG7 Predictions + "Yes, And?" Reaction full ffd1883c-355d-45b7-a059-8d3dec86ef46 https://share.transistor.fm/s/beb3967c Call me Galt ..... and welcome to the Vocal!

I've had this podcast in the incubator for a good decade now. Music has been my lifeblood since before I could speak, and I'm excited to share my slices of it with you, and to get to know one another. Here on THE VOCAL - we deep dive into a musician, album, song, genre, industry trend, or piece of hot goss in the world of music.

This week: AG7 is upon us. Is this Ariana's Charmbracelet Era? And, I take a first listen to Ariana's new single, "Yes, And?"

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]]> Call me Galt ..... and welcome to the Vocal!

I've had this podcast in the incubator for a good decade now. Music has been my lifeblood since before I could speak, and I'm excited to share my slices of it with you, and to get to know one another. Here on THE VOCAL - we deep dive into a musician, album, song, genre, industry trend, or piece of hot goss in the world of music.

This week: AG7 is upon us. Is this Ariana's Charmbracelet Era? And, I take a first listen to Ariana's new single, "Yes, And?"

video version of this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGRepm8phwU

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I've had this podcast in the incubator for a good decade now. Music has been my lifeblood since before I could speak, and I'm excited to share my slices of it with you, and to get to know one another. Here on THE VOCAL - we deep dive into a musician, album, song, genre, industry trend, or piece of hot goss in the world of music.

This week: AG7 is upon us. Is this Ariana's Charmbracelet Era? And, I take a first listen to Ariana's new single, "Yes, And?"

video version of this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGRepm8phwU

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