The Song Of The Summer vs. Patio Music
Indiecast
Amazon Music
4.6 • 621 Ratings
🗓️ 11 August 2023
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
Every summer, the music press tries to figure out the song of the summer. For Steven, this can be a tedious exercise that feels like one of those fake holidays made up by greeting card companies to sell product. Nevertheless, the discourse is welcome during an otherwise dead time of the year. So Steven and Ian are getting down to the task this week of determining the defining track of the season.
Before that, the guys discuss the latest dust-up between musicians and music critics to unfold online. What is at the heart of this conflict, and can it ever be resolved? Also, there's a conversation about memorable review-related feuds that Steven and Ian have had over the years, including the time that Donald Glover threatened to beat Ian up. (Steven never tires of hearing this story.)
Along with talking about the song of the summer, Steven and Ian also talk about patio music, a concept that has particularly interested Steven during the summer months. What makes a good patio music album? And is it possible to appreciate this concept if (like Ian) you don't have a patio and live in a place where it's always warm?
In Recommendation Corner, Ian talks about the new release from Spirit Night while Steven recommends an overlooked album from 2022 by Greg Freeman.
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| 0:00.0 | Indycast is presented by Uprocks' Indie Mix tape. |
| 0:12.8 | Hello, everyone, and welcome to Indiecast. |
| 0:15.0 | On this show, we talk about the biggest indie news of the week. |
| 0:17.5 | We review albums, and we hash out trends. |
| 0:20.2 | In this episode, we talk about musicians feuding with music critics, The Song of the week, we review albums, and we hash out trends. In this episode, we talk about musicians |
| 0:22.3 | feuding with music critics, the song of the summer, and patio music. My name is Stephen |
| 0:28.7 | Hayden, and I'm joined by my friend and co-host. He's still waiting for Donald Glover to track |
| 0:33.2 | him down at the gym. Ian Cohen. Ian, how are you? I think that our audience needs a little bit of context for that statement. |
| 0:42.2 | By the way, though, Bodybuilders gym, a fixture of Silver Lake no longer is where it is. |
| 0:48.7 | I actually see quite a few musicians at that gym. |
| 0:51.5 | The first day I went to Bodybuilders when I moved to my new place and silver lake, |
| 0:55.8 | I saw Pat and Oswald on the treadmill next to me. |
| 0:59.4 | And I'm like, it's like, you know, a funny fucking dude, but like, you know, notoriously, |
| 1:04.9 | like, not a picture of like being a jacked entertainment dude. |
| 1:08.2 | So I'm like, yeah, this is the place for me. |
| 1:10.1 | But eventually I would see like, you know, guys from Marvel movies, guys from popular |
| 1:15.2 | black gaze metal groups, you know, hint, hint. |
| 1:18.2 | Wow. |
| 1:18.9 | Yeah, it was an interesting spot given the fact that it was like the size of a postage stamp. |
| 1:22.9 | But what you're referring to, you know, Donald Glover, aka Childish Gambino, you know, intimating to Vice Magazine that he see me at the gym and he might |
| 1:34.3 | kick my ass, like, that's a real thing. |
| 1:36.6 | Because there was a day where I like, I'm like, is that fucking him? |
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