Tag: Patrick Foster
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Episode 1360: What Was First: Twin/Tone Records
Based on listener suggestions, Patrick takes a peek into the historical record to locate the first release on influential Minneapolis label Twin/Tone Records.
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Episode 1357: What Was First: Slash Records
On a second-straight suggestion from listener David Leedy, Patrick takes a look at the first record released on Slash Records, a highly influential label born out of the Los Angeles punk boom.
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Episode 1356: What Was First: I.R.S. Records
It’s another edition of the “bite-size history lesson” series What Was First, where we explore the first release on iconic record labels. Today, on a suggestion from listener David Leedy, Patrick takes a look at the first record released on the I.R.S. label: the album “Singles Going Steady” by the Buzzcocks.
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Episode 1345: Instrumentals with Bill: Bangles, Go-Gos, Nick Lowe, The Police, Van Halen
Longtime friend of the pod Bill Mulligan drops by Patrick’s basement to discuss something that’s been on his mind lately: What happens when bands with perfectly good singers play instrumentals? Bill’s got a list of songs that he and Patrick discuss. Plenty of clips in this one!
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Episode 1344: What Was First: Rough Trade Records
We debut a new segment today! Have you ever wondered what record was the very first release on iconic indie record labels? So do we! Patrick investigates the first release on legendary UK label Rough Trade (which turns out to be a single from French punk band Métal Urbain). Hit play for a bite-size musical history lesson.
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Episode 1343: Exploring Frank Ocean’s “Channel Orange”
Scott Parks joins Patrick for a look inside Frank Ocean’s landmark 2012 album “Channel Orange.” And they both think it’s a masterpiece that will be passed on from generation to generation. Hit play and find out why.
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Episode 1342: Book Nook – Record Guides: Rolling Stone to Trouser Press and beyond
Patrick is back with another Book Nook, this time exploring the record guides that helped him build his collection. The New Rolling Stone Record Guide, The Trouser Press Record Guide and the Penguin Guide to Jazz are among the volumes he discusses.
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Episode 1341: Book Nook: The Beatles ‘Revolution in the Head’
Patrick opens up the Book Nook to discuss a “fab” piece of Beatles scholarship: “Revolution in the Head — The Beatles’ Records and the Sixties” by Ian MacDonald.
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Episode 1328: February New Music – Mitski, The Stroppies, Lady Dan, Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard
What have Patrick and Jim been digging? New music by the Stroppies, Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard, Lady Dan and Mitski.
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Episode 1327: Book Nook – Impulse Records
It’s time again to visit Patrick’s Book Nook. Today, he talks about “The House That Trane Built: The Story of Impulse Records,” by Ashley Kahn, about the legendary jazz label.