A loud-mouth retired rock critic and a cranky expat rock obsessive discuss, analyze and just plain old argue about rock ‘n‘ roll: the old stuff, the new stuff and why it all still matters.
Episodes
Monday Apr 11, 2022
Monday Apr 11, 2022
In which the Curmudgeons perform a very thorough, and very personal, examination of 1991. It was a year where music fans and impressionable young listeners relearned how to find and demand meaning from the music they explored. We cover the stuff you'd expect (Nirvana, The Red Hot Chili Peppers) and the stuff you might not (Slint?!). Part 1 of 2.
Songs discussed in this episode include
The Misterines, "Reeling"
The New Pornographers, "Brill Bruisers"
Nirvana, "Smells Like Teen Spirit"
Pearl Jam, "Black,"
U2, "Even Better Than the Real Thing"
The Red Hot Chili Peppers, "Breaking the Girl"
Nince Inch Nails, "Head Like a Hole"
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Monday Mar 28, 2022
Monday Mar 28, 2022
In which the Curmudgeons continue their dissection of the movements that served as a prelude to what we call The 4th Golden Age of Rock. Also known as the 1990s, and more specifically 1991 to 1997. This is the first of nine episodes in this epic series. Listen, learn, and hop in the wayback machine--and maybe rock the vote while you're at it.
Songs covered in this episode include:
The Stone Roses, "I Wanna Be Adored"
Depeche Mode, "Personal Jesus
Nine Inch Nails, "Head Like a Hole"
Jane's Addiction, "Three Days"
The Pixies, "Debaser"
The Lemonheads, "It's a Shame About Ray"
Sonic Youth, "Silver Rocket"
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Monday Mar 28, 2022
Monday Mar 28, 2022
In which the Curmudgeons continue their dissection of the movements that served as a prelude to what we call The 4th Golden Age of Rock. Also known as the 1990s, and more specifically 1991 to 1997. This is the first of nine episodes in this epic series. Listen, learn, and hop in the wayback machine--and maybe rock the vote while you're at it.
Songs covered in this episode include:
Yard Act, "Dead Horse"
Spoon, "Wild"
Melvins, "At a Crawl"
R.E.M, "Welcome to the Occupation"
Faith No More, "Epic"
Metallica, "One"
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Monday Mar 07, 2022
Monday Mar 07, 2022
In which the Curmudgeons revisit the history, catalog and influence of perhaps the greatest of the Grunge Gods. This band took elements from punk, metal, psychedelia and prog and melded them into an extraordinary template and body of work that continue to resonate. And no band of its era improved from beginning to end more than this one. Listen in to what we have to say.
Songs discussed during this episode include:
Big Thief, "Time Escaping"
Black Country, New Road, "Basketball Shoes"
Soundgarden, "Nothing to Say,"
Soundgarden, "Fopp"
Soundgarden, "Flower"
Soundgarden, "Hands All Over"
Soundgarden, "Jesus Christ Pose"
Soundgarden, "Drawing Flies"
Soundgarden, "Superunknown"
Soundgarden, "Dusty"
Soundgarden, "Burden in My Hand"
Tad, "Potlatch"
L7, "Packin' a Rod"
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Stay tuned for our epic upcoming series we proudly call "The 4th Golden Age of Rock." What's that? Find out on March 21st!
Monday Feb 21, 2022
Monday Feb 21, 2022
In which the Curmudgeons revisit the decade that perhaps changed everything and gave us gifts like funk, punk and widespread use of the word "groovy." Our list covers artists ranging from Emmylou Harris and Joni Mitchell to Al Green's last great record. Oh, and we love on Steely Dan in a way you might not expect.
Songs discussed during this episode include:
Topaz Jones, "D.I.A.L."
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, "Timeland"
The Guess Who, "Share the Land"
The Cars, "Candy-O"
The Talking Heads, "Drugs"
Led Zeppelin, "Since I've Been Loving You"
Funkadelic, "Free Your Mind...and Your Ass Will Follow"
Emmylou Harris, "To Daddy"
Queen, "Ogre Battle"
David Bowie, "DJ"
Al Green, "Belle"
Lou Reed, "Coney Island Baby"
Steely Dan, "Bodhisattva"
Mark Fry, "The Witch"
The Isley Brothers, "Fight the Power"
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Monday Feb 07, 2022
Monday Feb 07, 2022
In which the Curmudgeons extract a truly breathtaking, bruising heavy metal album from its time and place and away from the prejudices that swallowed it upon its release and give it the respect it deserves.
Songs discussed during this episode include:
Buffalo Nichols, "Another Man"
Jonny Greenwood, "Prelude"
Metallica, "Frantic"
Metallica, "Some Kind of Monster"
Metallica, "The Unnamed Feeling"
Metallica, "All Within My Hands"
Motorhead, "Built For Speed"
Motorhead, "Doctor Rock"
Mastodon, "Megalodon"
Mastodon, "Hearts Alive"
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Monday Jan 24, 2022
Monday Jan 24, 2022
In which the Curmudgeons discuss, contemplate and analyze the work of one of rock's most gifted and criminally underappreciated acts. Richard Thompson is a singular genius. We explain why.
Songs discussed on this episode include,
Curtis Harding, "Hopeful"
Japanese Breakfast, "Kokomo, IN"
Richard & Linda Thompson, "The Great Valerio"
Richard & Linda Thompson, "Hokey Pokey"
Richard & Linda Thompson, "Beat the Retreat"
Richard & Linda Thompson, "Sweet Surrender"
Richard & Linda Thompson, "You're Going to Need Somebody"
Richard & Linda Thompson, "Walking on a Wire"
Trad Gras Och Stenar, "I Can't Get No Satisfaction"
Todd Rundgren, "Hello, It's Me"
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Monday Jan 10, 2022
Monday Jan 10, 2022
In which the Curmudgeons complete our epic five-part analysis of two remarkable artists with remarkably similar biographical arcs. The 2000s found Michael Jackson and Prince in very different places in their lives and careers. Yet both of their lives ended suddenly and tragically. Our sense of loss remains profound.
Songs discussed during this episode include:
Idles, "The Wheel"
Little Simz, "Point and Kill"
Michael Jackson, "You Rock My World"
Michael Jackson, "Butterflies"
Prince, "Future Soul Song"
Prince, "Musicology"
Prince, "Welcome 2 America"
Thirteenth Floor Elevators, "Slip Inside This House"
Serge Gainsbourg, "Chatterton"
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Thursday Dec 23, 2021
Thursday Dec 23, 2021
In which the Curmudgeons dare to attach a superlative to a specific hip-hop masterpiece that stands above all the others in the canon of essentials. Let's just say the magic is in the beats: funky, in effect, and on point. Listen as we reveal our choice.
Songs discussed during this episode include:
Pip Blom, "I Know I'm Not Easy to Like"
"Courtney Barnett," "Turning Green"
Notorious B.I.G., "Gimme the Loot"
N.W.A., "Straight Outta Compton"
A Tribe Called Quest, "Check the Rhime"
Kanye West, "Power"
Jimi Hendrix, "Little Miss Lover"
Ice Cube, "No Vaseline"
Cypress Hill, "How I Can Just Kill a Man"
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Friday Dec 10, 2021
Friday Dec 10, 2021
STP was pegged as a phony grunge band, and then it was minimized as its lead singer publicly battled drug addiction. The Curmudgeons think that was unfair, and on this episode, we make the case for what we think was one of the best bands of its era.
Songs discussed during this episode include:
Sturgill Simpson, "Juanita"
Calexico, "Quattro (World Drifts In)"
Robert Plant & Allison Krauss, "That Don't Bother Me"
Stone Temple Pilots, "Dead & Bloated"
Stone Temple Pilots, "Sex Type Thing"
Stone Temple Pilots, "Vasoline"
Stone Temple Pilots, "Big Bang Baby"
Stone Temple Pilots, "Art School Girl"
Stone Temple Pilots, "Sour Girl"
Velvet Underground, "Sister Ray"
The Beatles, "The Long and Winding Road"