The State Of Mainstream Rock: Måneskin + White Reaper

Indiecast

UPROXX

Music, Indie Music, Music Commentary, Indie Rock

4.8 • 602 Ratings

🗓️ 27 January 2023

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

This week on Indiecast, Steven Hyden and Ian Cohen delve into the world of mainstream rock and assess the state of major-label bands waving the flag for guitars in a pop-dominated world.

In the "meat" portion of the episode, they review the recent album by the viral Italian band Måneskin (30:28), who make their (mostly) English language debut with Rush! Is this record enjoyably dumb or just plain dumb? They report, you decide! They also talk about the latest LP from White Reaper (44:09), Asking For A Ride, a lovable one-time indie act who made the transition to the big leagues without losing their sense of humor or ability to write a hearty arena-rock hook.

In the banter segment (1:40), they talk about the latest news regarding Panic! At The Disco (they're breaking up) and Fall Out Boy (they're putting out a new album). They then transitioned to talking about a happier topic — the 20th anniversary of Zwan's Mary Star Of The Sea, a long lost classic worth revisiting (14:39).

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0:00.0	Indycast is presented by Uprox's Indy Mix tape.
0:13.0	Hello, everyone, and welcome to Indycast.
0:15.3	On this show, we talk about the biggest indie news of the week.
0:18.1	We review albums, and we hash out trends.
0:22.2	In this episode, we talk about new albums by Monoskin and White Reaper. My name is Stephen Hayden, and I'm joined by my friend
0:28.0	and co-host. I hope he's prepared for me to go negative in the banter segment. Ian Cohen,
0:33.6	Ian, how are you? I really hope we haven't officially codified, like, let's get to the meat of the episode within
0:39.0	30 minutes because, like, this is more of a, you know, when I make like pork shoulder
0:43.7	in an instant pot, like, I feel like I have to just like set it, come back in 40 minutes
0:49.9	and just like let you cook.
0:51.5	I am so, I've like very rarely been more stoked to hear a banter segment than this one.
0:57.2	Well, it's interesting because we are basically doing, like, a state of mainstream rock episode.
1:05.2	Like, we didn't plan this.
1:06.3	It's just how things aligned.
1:08.3	Because we got the Mona Skin Talk and White Reaper in the meat segment.
1:14.1	And then in the banter segment, we have two bands who I hate.
1:21.8	I hate these bands, but they're both in the news, so we're going to talk about them.
1:26.8	And like I said, I'm going to go a little negative here. I might get a little ranty, and I just want to apologize in advance, but hopefully for our listeners and for you, Ian, it'll be cathartic. I don't know how you feel about these bands. Let's find out. The first band is Panic at the Disco. They announced this week that they are breaking up.
1:47.2	I think they're doing like one more tour.
1:49.2	Sure.
1:50.4	Right?
1:51.0	I think they're doing a tour.
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