Thanks to Bob Ham for joining us for this episode! You can listen up top, or you can download it HERE!
Topic:
- Hype/expectations: what are hype and expectations, and what do they mean for music?
- What bands have fallen victim to the “hype machine”?
- Are there bands that subvert the concept of “hype” by fairly living up to the expectations?
- Are there bands that create their own hype?
Songs:
- MIA – “Bad Girls“
- Public Enemy – “Don’t Believe the Hype“
- Mazzy Star – “Fade Into You“
Bands Mentioned
- MIA
- Reggie Watts
- Arcade Fire
- Macklemore
- Eminem
- Justin Bieber
- OK Go
- The 1975
- Kevin Devine
- Now, Now
- Cut Copy
- Modern Kin
- Charli XCX
- Janelle Monae
- Davey Havok / AFI
- Coming
- Joy Division
- Touche Amore
- The Features
- Tegan & Sara
- Kanye West
- Brendan Urie / Panic at the Disco
- Fiona Apple
- Radiohead
- Pet Shop Boys
- Public Enemy
- Death Grips
- Haim
- Arctic Monkeys
- Tapes n Tapes
- Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
- The Vaccines
- Perfect Pussy
- Mo Troper / Your Rival
- Carlos D. / Interpol
- Rivers Cuomo / Weezer
- Lou Reed
- Franz Ferdinand
- Death Cab for Cutie
- Bloc Party
- Paul McCartney / The Beatles
- The Clash
- The Kinks
- The Who
- Elvis Presley
- Pixies
- Chris Gaines
- XTC
- Aphex Twin
- The Firemen
- The Rolling Stones
- Bono / U2
- Michael Stipe / REM
- Miley Cyrus
- Drake
- Jay Z
- Lorde
- 50 Cent
- Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill ‘Em All
- Tyler, The Creator
- Earl Sweatshirt
- Shaun Ryder / Happy Mondays
- Teenage Fanclub
- Fear
- Katy Perry
- Robyn
- The Ting Tings
- !!!
- LCD Soundsystem
- Hot Hot Heat
- The Walkmen
- Joggers
- The Woolen Men
- The National
- Father John Misty
- Florence + The Machine
- Foster the People
- Kaiser Chiefs
- Kasabian
- Futureheads
- Maximo Park
- Palma Violets
- Stereophonics
- Living Color
- Bush
- Typhoon
- Yo La Tengo
- AD/DC
- The Ramones
- Slayer
- The Killers
- Coldplay
- Mazzy Star
- Emmylou Harris
- Rodney Crowell
- Richard Thompson
- Shabazz Palaces
- Natasha Kmeto
- Minden
- Autistic Youth
- Piss Test
- Cass McCombs
- Minor Alps
- Nada Surf
- Atlas Genius
- Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.
- Family of the Year
- Bill Frisell
- Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks
- Rose Window
- Sun Angle
- Lightning Bolt
