The Smile Returns, Alex G Signs With RCA, and Does Ian Remember Which Albums He Reviewed For Pitchfork?
Indiecast
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4.6 • 621 Ratings
🗓️ 26 January 2024
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
Today's episode begins with a quick Sportscast in which Steven mourns the defeat of his surprisingly good Green Bay Packers and pays tribute to the lovable Detroit Lions (3:49). He and Ian also compare Detroit and San Francisco as music cities — it's Bob Seger vs. Huey Lewis time! Then they do a quick update of the winter Fantasy Albums Draft, as it is a big day for Steven's team with new releases by The Smile and Katy Kirby. (11:25) Then they break down The Smile's Wall Of Eyes, which sounds like a Radiohead album that's 90 percent as good.
Next comes Steven's most anticipated part of the episode — it's an Ian Cohen pop quiz where Steven lists off 10 albums and asks Ian if he reviewed them for Pitchfork (25:45). This is taking "Remember Some Guys" to a whole new level. Then the guys address the discourse around Alex G's recent signing to RCA Records and whether he has the potential to become "Boygenius big." (40:38) In the mailbag, a listener asks about the recent commercial featuring a Das Racist oldie and an "explanation" of Hozier's success (48:25).
In Recommendation Corner (1:00:31), Ian talks up the latest from the British band Courting and Steven reiterates Ian's recent rave for Glass Beach.
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| 0:00.0 | Indycast is presented by Uprox's Indy Mix tape. |
| 0:12.8 | Hello, everyone, and welcome to Indycast. |
| 0:14.9 | On the show, we talk about the biggest indie news of the week. |
| 0:17.6 | We review albums, and we hash out trends. |
| 0:20.0 | In this episode, we talk about Alex |
| 0:21.5 | G signing to RCA and I quiz Ian on his own pitchfork album reviews. My name is Stephen |
| 0:28.6 | Hayden and I'm joined by my friend and co-host. He'll never forget where he was when |
| 0:32.5 | Donald Trump played a Smith song at one of his rallies. Ian Cohen, Ian, how are you? |
| 0:37.7 | Yeah, it brings me no pleasure to report that, you know, |
| 0:40.8 | they had to choose the Smith songs that Deftones covered. |
| 0:44.1 | I mean, like, there are so many Morrissey solo songs |
| 0:48.2 | that, you know, tap into the, you know, latent racism |
| 0:52.6 | and, like, fear of the future that, you know, that appeals to the |
| 0:57.3 | fan base of, you know, Donald Trump, they could have played, you're the one for me, fatty. |
| 1:02.4 | I mean, that one's also pretty appropriate, but. |
| 1:06.4 | So we should say, okay, so I think this was this week or it might have been late last week. |
| 1:10.8 | Donald Trump played the Smith's, the Smith's classic, please. should say, okay, so I think this was this week or it might have been late last week. |
| 1:17.1 | Donald Trump played the Smith's, the Smith's classic, please, please, please, let me get what I want. Yeah, at least it's a short song. |
| 1:19.9 | And the thing about that is, is like Donald Trump's self-aware. |
| 1:25.6 | Like there's something about him playing that song |
| 1:27.6 | that almost feels like he's being self-deprecating |
| 1:31.3 | because it feels like him begging to be president again. |
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