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Broken Record with Rick Rubin, Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam and Justin Richmond

Tame Impala

Broken Record with Rick Rubin, Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam and Justin Richmond

Pushkin Industries

Music, Society & Culture

4.54.3K Ratings

🗓️ 28 April 2020

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Rick Rubin talks to Tame Impala's Kevin Parker about his newest release, The Slow Rush, and his creative process. Kevin shares key influences on some Tame Impala songs and also plays Rick a demo for an unrealized song from his voice memos. Then Kevin turns the tables on Rick, asking about his work on Californication and Yeezus, which yields sage advice on record making.

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0:00.0

Hello, this is Brett Goldstein. I'm a comedian and actor, writer, director,

0:03.5

swimmer, and I love films. Come join me on my podcast, Films To Be Bered With,

0:07.6

where I invite a special guest over, I tell them they've died, then I get them to discuss

0:11.4

their life through the films that meant the most to them. What films scared them the most?

0:14.8

What made them cry the most? Etc. At the end, they pick a film to go and

0:18.4

neck-puff in and take to heaven. Like, death, and movies.

0:21.8

Listen to films to be buried with with Brett Goldstein on Will Ferrell's big money

0:25.2

players network on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcasts.

0:30.0

Hi, I'm David Eagleman. I have a new podcast called Inner Cosmos on iHeart. I'm going to explore

0:36.8

the relationship between our brains and our experiences by tackling unusual questions. Like,

0:43.6

can we create new senses for humans? So join me weekly to uncover how your brain

0:50.9

steers your behavior, your perception, and your reality. Listen to Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman.

0:57.4

On the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

1:11.0

Pushkin

1:14.8

In the 13 years since Kevin Parker first posted Taiman Poly music on MySpace,

1:18.8

he's gone from being a member of Perth Australia's Psych Rock scene to a huge Coachella

1:23.5

headlining act in the States. In the process, he's developed the best of both worlds.

1:28.3

The respective all-your-favorite artists and legions of fans who dissect every lyric and sound

1:33.1

on his albums. Like most of his past releases, Kevin did everything on the newest Taiman Poly

1:38.7

album, The Slow Rush, himself. All the singing, playing, production, mixing, everything.

1:45.0

He tells Rick Rubin his how he's most comfortable creating, alone. But in the five years between

1:50.1

his last record and the new one, he was busy collaborating. With the weekend, Travis Scott,

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