Lorde, Big Red Machine, and Turnstile, Plus: Jimothy!

Indiecast

UPROXX

Music, Indie Music, Music Commentary, Indie Rock

4.8 • 602 Ratings

🗓️ 27 August 2021

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

During last week’s episode, Steve and Ian wondered if the latest album from Lorde, was going to follow a similar trajectory to recent releases from Clairo and Billie Eilish — LPs with rollouts that feel very muted and underwhelming, but the final product ultimately left them feeling pleasantly surprised. Solar Power, however, never manages to spin the narrative and truly deliver, offering a collection of songs that feel bland and difficult to connect with.

The new LP from Big Red Machine does not experience the same fate, with Aaron Dessner/Justin Vernon delivering an album that outshines each of their solo output over the last few years. It marks both of the acclaimed indie artists’ transition into a world that feels markedly more “pop,” integrating massive names like Taylor Swift to elevate the project.

Last but certainly not least is Glow On, the anticipated new album from Baltimore hardcore band Turnstile. Currently in the top 10 at Album of the Year, Glow On is a good example of how more bands should be making melodic hard rock records. Melodic hard rock is one of the most popular genres of all time and so few people make it now! Turnstile once again prove to be a shining example of how exciting rock music can be.

In this week’s Recommendation Corner, Steve is paying tribute to the life and music of Charlie Watts, the longtime Rolling Stones’ drummer who passed away earlier this week. Meanwhile, Ian is plugging Asbestos Weak Hood, the new album from Ohio emo band Narrow/Arrow.

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0:00.0	Indycast is presented by Uprox's Indy Mix tape.
0:13.4	Hello everyone and welcome to Indycast.
0:15.5	On this show, we talk about the biggest indie news of the week.
0:18.1	We review albums and we hash out trends.
0:20.3	In this episode, we review new
0:21.7	albums by Lord, Big Red Machine, and Turnstile. My name is Stephen Hayden, and I'm joined by my friend
0:28.2	and co-host, Jimothy. How are you? I mean, have we already, like, have we already
0:34.4	exited the Jimothy discourse window? Like like this this was sunday you know that was
0:40.2	sunday this is thursday and like i i really i really wonder well recording on thursday this is
0:47.5	going up friday i mean i think this will be like the last stand of jimothy jokes in this episode
0:53.5	but it's like we have to we have to acknowledge jithy jokes in this episode. But it's like, we have to, we have to acknowledge Jiminy.
0:56.1	We got to.
0:57.4	In an episode, because I feel like this was one of the great moments that we've had this summer on Twitter.
1:04.7	You know, the New York Times, they put out their story about this rapper from England named Jimithy.
1:13.2	And wasn't the tweet something about how he doesn't rap about cars and money?
1:19.4	So here's the thing that like a part of me like really just feels bad for this writer.
1:27.0	Because like imagine like I think about
1:29.6	the times I pitched the New York Times and got a polite, you know, pass very like saying, yeah,
1:34.3	you know, probably just not as high profile as we might need.
1:37.4	And, you know, so there's a little bit of shot before I going on here.
1:41.3	But like, imagine like being this writer. You're super excited about
1:46.0	this rapper from England who you think is just really innovating the game. They're doing
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