Frank Ocean's Coachella Fail, The Scary Rise of AI Music, and Our Favorite Backyard BBQ Albums
Indiecast
UPROXX
4.8 • 602 Ratings
🗓️ 21 April 2023
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
Indiecast talks about the biggest music news of the week, and this week the biggest music news involved Frank Ocean's disastrous appearance at Coachella, and the subsequent cancelation of his performance this weekend. Steven and Ian try to comprehend the original concept for the performance — apparently it involved an ice rink and an army of skaters? — and why Frank Ocean is the sort of artist that people love precisely because he's likely to bail on a Coachella headliner performance. (7:02)
They also talked about the current status of AI music, which this week included a fake near-hit by Drake and The Weeknd and a faux-Oasis record that kinda replicated their mid-'90s prime. Ian tried to talk Steve out of having a nervous breakdown over the destructive potential of artificial intelligence replacing the human race. Was he successful? Find out! (23:17)
After a brief conversation over whether 72 Seasons is an AI Metallica record — it kind of sounds like it! — the guys dove into the mailbag (32:55). A listener from Australia asked for a "yay or nay" verdict on the iconic punk band Against Me!, while an audience member from Quebec inquired about their favorite backyard barbecue music (43:10). Is it a surprise that Steven and Ian both had My Morning Jacket on their lists?
In Recommendation Corner (55:45), Ian talked up Superviolet, a solo project by an ex-member of the Ohio emo band The Sidekicks, while Steven stumped for singer-songwriter Kara Jackson, whose recent LP Why Does The Earth Give Us People To Love? is a singular jazzy folk gem.
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| 0:00.0 | Indycast is presented by Uprocks's Indie Mix tape. |
| 0:12.8 | Hello everyone and welcome to Indycast. |
| 0:15.3 | On this show, we talk about the biggest indie news of the week. |
| 0:18.2 | We review albums, and we hash out trends. |
| 0:22.7 | In this episode, we discuss Frank Ocean's disastrous stint at Coachella, the looming specter of AI music, and our favorite |
| 0:28.4 | barbecue backyard music of all time. My name is Stephen Hayden, and I'm joined by my friend |
| 0:34.2 | and co-host. He's back and healthier than ever. Ian Cohen. Ian, how are you? |
| 0:39.5 | Yeah, I think last week's episode is going to go right up there with my broken foot episode in terms of Indycast's lore. |
| 0:47.5 | I don't know if, I mean, it was, it was very obvious to the point where like my brother called me on Friday. |
| 0:52.6 | It's like, hey, are you doing all right, man? |
| 0:54.3 | You kind of sounded like complete dog shit on your podcast. |
| 0:58.2 | And yeah, it turns out that about an hour after we recorded that episode, |
| 1:02.7 | I got my first positive COVID test in a 2023. |
| 1:07.4 | Unbelievable. |
| 1:08.4 | This is your Jordan pizza game last week. |
| 1:12.5 | We got to get M.J. Lenderman to write a song about last week's episode and how you pulled it off. |
| 1:19.2 | Yeah, because I was concerned about you, too. |
| 1:21.1 | You sounded pretty ragged as the episode went on. |
| 1:25.3 | And then, of course, yeah, you message me an hour afterward and like yeah |
| 1:29.6 | i have covid but it it sounds like your covid was relatively uneventful no i've been like |
| 1:37.0 | asymptomatic uh since saturday i'm still getting positive tests or whatever but i mean i'm just |
| 1:43.5 | thinking of this past episode you know how like |
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