https://www.spreaker.com/show/somebody-likes-itenSociety & CultureCopyright Kevin Newsumhttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/60bb6854cbda2c7c199085b8eb51c392.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/show/somebody-likes-itTue, 30 May 2023 02:17:40 +0000Kevin NewsumKevin Newsumfeeds@spreaker.comHello my little chickadees, and welcome to “Somebody Likes It.” Each week, we gather to talk about an album that, while very important to a lot of people, none of us really know that well. This doesn’t mean that said record is a cult classic, nay dear...yesepisodichttps://www.spreaker.com/user/10098980/t-rex-electric-warriorIt's hard to overstate his impact: T Rex enjoyed a run from 1970-73 where they charted like the Fab Four. Eleven singles in the UK top ten, among them 'Get It On,' cornerstone of Electric Warrior, touchstone of myriad covers since.
Weird stories abound: Bolan and Bowie once painted their shared manager's walls and scavenged outfits from dustbins together, and years later Bolan grabbed camp and androgyny and sexy sheen by the scruff of the neck. It's very easy to get this kind of thing wrong, but there is something no doubt fundamental at play here. It is, as Ryan suggests, both 'dirty and sweet.' The flashpoint of an attitude.
Bolan was a guy that couldn't drive but owned several cars and died in one. Life and death are funny sometimes. But in the time we're here, there's still time to start something. Something that echoes and reverbs through the ages.(Recorded May 30, 2022)In This Episode:A Few Minutes With:
Roger Miller - Dang MeA Current Affair:
NKTOB (Feat. Salt-N-Pepa, Rick Astley, En Vogue) - Bring Back The TimeListen to the album on Spotify]]>3d72e7b5-c028-4bc0-87a1-b282323ddeddTue, 30 May 2023 01:36:49 +0000Kevin NewsumMarc Bolan went out like a Roman candle or a speed bump or in some such way an incandescent rock star dies at twenty-nine, and left in his wake a glitterbomb of glam stardust and swagger a mile wide and a few albums deep. It's hard to overstate his...It's hard to overstate his impact: T Rex enjoyed a run from 1970-73 where they charted like the Fab Four. Eleven singles in the UK top ten, among them 'Get It On,' cornerstone of Electric Warrior, touchstone of myriad covers since.
Weird stories abound: Bolan and Bowie once painted their shared manager's walls and scavenged outfits from dustbins together, and years later Bolan grabbed camp and androgyny and sexy sheen by the scruff of the neck. It's very easy to get this kind of thing wrong, but there is something no doubt fundamental at play here. It is, as Ryan suggests, both 'dirty and sweet.' The flashpoint of an attitude.
Bolan was a guy that couldn't drive but owned several cars and died in one. Life and death are funny sometimes. But in the time we're here, there's still time to start something. Something that echoes and reverbs through the ages.(Recorded May 30, 2022)In This Episode:A Few Minutes With:
Roger Miller - Dang MeA Current Affair:
NKTOB (Feat. Salt-N-Pepa, Rick Astley, En Vogue) - Bring Back The TimeListen to the album on Spotify]]>2755yes174fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/10098980/10cc-the-original-soundtrackRex Orange County - Loving Is EasyA Current Affair:
Silk Sonic - Fly As MeListen to the album on Spotify]]>758893b4-893a-4415-a545-2560005975cfSun, 28 May 2023 22:00:00 +0000Kevin NewsumI'm not sure what that has to do with the band 10 cc exactly, what with their high highs and low lows, the same band capable of trotting out a perfect all time classic like 'I'm Not In Love' along side some sort of song about Minestrone (which somehow...Rex Orange County - Loving Is EasyA Current Affair:
Silk Sonic - Fly As MeListen to the album on Spotify]]>339810cc,bruno mars,hipgnosis,rex orange county,silk sonicyes168fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/10098980/oso-oso-basking-in-the-glownom de plume. You may understand the difference between the 'emo' and 'scene' scenes, and you may churn out catchy harmonies like they're growing on trees, but beneath the surface of incandescent melodies lurks melancholy. That's where we find Jade Lilitri and his erstwhile ensemble, Oso Oso. Let's put the needle in the groove, together, and unpack what it means when an optimist drinks 'half empty cups.'
(Recorded February 14, 2020)Listen to the album on SpotifyA Few Minutes WithMatthew Sweet - Thought I Knew YouA Current AffairDermot Kennedy - Outnumbered]]>1ac7a082-e57b-4f70-a66d-53b070ca3790Mon, 08 May 2023 23:00:00 +0000Kevin NewsumLet's say you have a band. It's mostly you, though you bring in a rotating cast of characters to help you fill it out. You don't love touring, but do love snapping together pop punk ditties with a surgical top-down-in-the-summertime sonic aesthetic....nom de plume. You may understand the difference between the 'emo' and 'scene' scenes, and you may churn out catchy harmonies like they're growing on trees, but beneath the surface of incandescent melodies lurks melancholy. That's where we find Jade Lilitri and his erstwhile ensemble, Oso Oso. Let's put the needle in the groove, together, and unpack what it means when an optimist drinks 'half empty cups.'
(Recorded February 14, 2020)Listen to the album on SpotifyA Few Minutes WithMatthew Sweet - Thought I Knew YouA Current AffairDermot Kennedy - Outnumbered]]>3216dermot kennedy,matthew sweet,osoosoyes166fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/10098980/iron-maiden-somewhere-in-timeSomewhere In Time. Truth be told, there are gems to be pulled from this instrument of persecution that warrant a listen. If only once.(Recorded on February 06, 2020)Listen to the album on SpotifyA Few Minutes WithNine Inch Nails - CloserA Current AffairCalexico - Father Mountain]]>b17f25f0-6af8-4b6f-a641-c25344e6263cMon, 08 May 2023 22:23:34 +0000Kevin NewsumA quick search online provides many examples of the extreme torture, pain, and suffering inflicted by the heavy metal device known as the Iron Maiden. It's legendary status puts fear into the eyes of even the strongest of humans and caused the slow,...Somewhere In Time. Truth be told, there are gems to be pulled from this instrument of persecution that warrant a listen. If only once.(Recorded on February 06, 2020)Listen to the album on SpotifyA Few Minutes WithNine Inch Nails - CloserA Current AffairCalexico - Father Mountain]]>3340yes165fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/10098980/shanes-pandemic-picksListen to the Spotify PlaylistWatch The VideosTamar Aphek - Crossbow
Run The Jewels - Ooh La La
Sharon Van Etten & Angel Olsen - Like I Used To
Anderson .Paak - Lockdown
Thundercat - Dragonball Durag
Goat Girl - Sad Cowboy
Billy Eilish - My Future
Sylvan Esso - Ferris Wheel
Dayglow - Medicine
Bachelor - Stay In The Car
Clairo - Amoeba
Haim - Summer Girl]]>328a7936-4977-4abb-af6f-88eaec0be93eFri, 30 Sep 2022 05:00:00 +0000Kevin NewsumAt this point it feels almost antithetical to what we're worrying about in 2022 to talk about the pandemic, like we’ve come to regard it as some sort of distant, fuzzy memory. The scourge wasn't that long ago, and if you judge by my last trip to the...Listen to the Spotify PlaylistWatch The VideosTamar Aphek - Crossbow
Run The Jewels - Ooh La La
Sharon Van Etten & Angel Olsen - Like I Used To
Anderson .Paak - Lockdown
Thundercat - Dragonball Durag
Goat Girl - Sad Cowboy
Billy Eilish - My Future
Sylvan Esso - Ferris Wheel
Dayglow - Medicine
Bachelor - Stay In The Car
Clairo - Amoeba
Haim - Summer Girl]]>3163yes173fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/10098980/marvin-gaye-whats-going-onListen to the album on SpotifyA Few Minutes WithModern English - I Melt With YouA Current AffairHarry Styles - As It Was]]>67f4ff89-c3a2-4e9a-8e4c-ac55ebf7ba01Wed, 08 Jun 2022 00:45:00 +0000Kevin NewsumIt is tempting with Marvin Gaye to start with the last chapter. To skip ahead to the tragic end, dog ear the page, and work backwards.But that robs us of a certain sense of who he was at his epiphany, a competitive and deeply original talent who shone...Listen to the album on SpotifyA Few Minutes WithModern English - I Melt With YouA Current AffairHarry Styles - As It Was]]>3588yes172fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/10098980/jungle-brothers-done-by-the-forces-of-naDone By The Forces of Nature. And there, in the way back machine, he is...nineteen, staring down the semi opaque business end of a flimsy promotional pressing LP, slapping it on a substandard turntable, and falling hard for whatever bumped and grooved out of the tinny speaker set. For all that the Jungle Brothers didn't quite accomplish in comparison with the overt popularity of some of their Native Tongues brethren, this album signaled the serious Afrocentric arrival of an act with real chops, and even in a period of volcanic creativity in the genre, the LP rings as fresh today as it did in 1989. Listen to the album on SpotifyA Few Minutes WithCornershop - Good To Be On The Road Back HomeA Current AffairEASHA - Manic Pixie Dream Girl]]>ed5caa71-491c-48c7-b72e-6451ac8fadadTue, 31 May 2022 00:00:00 +0000Kevin NewsumGiven time, pressure, and the varied perspective that arrives with age, we can be forgiven for re-imagining the opinions we formed in our halcyon days. But as long as music bears the burden of snapping us back to the moment when we first made its...Done By The Forces of Nature. And there, in the way back machine, he is...nineteen, staring down the semi opaque business end of a flimsy promotional pressing LP, slapping it on a substandard turntable, and falling hard for whatever bumped and grooved out of the tinny speaker set. For all that the Jungle Brothers didn't quite accomplish in comparison with the overt popularity of some of their Native Tongues brethren, this album signaled the serious Afrocentric arrival of an act with real chops, and even in a period of volcanic creativity in the genre, the LP rings as fresh today as it did in 1989. Listen to the album on SpotifyA Few Minutes WithCornershop - Good To Be On The Road Back HomeA Current AffairEASHA - Manic Pixie Dream Girl]]>3383jungle brothers,native tonguesyes171fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/10098980/charlie-martin-imaginary-peopleListen to the album on SpotifyA Few Minutes WithEddie Grant - Electric AvenueA Current AffairThe Weeknd - Blinding Lights]]>96177090-5494-4353-95a2-6cfde2dcbdc4Thu, 03 Mar 2022 19:00:00 +0000Kevin NewsumCharlie Martin's pandemic experience has been much like the rest of ours, until it wasn't.Martin, one half of the having-an-indie-moment act Hovvdy, spent much of the first two COVID years huddled up with his Mrs, tethered to extended family from...Listen to the album on SpotifyA Few Minutes WithEddie Grant - Electric AvenueA Current AffairThe Weeknd - Blinding Lights]]>2652austin,charlie martin,eddie grant,electric avenue,hovvdy,the weekndclean170fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/10098980/taylor-swift-red-taylors-versionFind it on AmazonA Few Minutes WithYoung MC - Bust A MoveA Current Affairfanclubwallet - Car Crash in G Major]]>8fe1a991-2df7-4920-a062-09c2e5453d15Tue, 01 Mar 2022 06:00:00 +0000Kevin NewsumSo let's just start with the obvious: we don't know where the scarf is.We don't know if the legends about said scarf are real, nor do we have insight from various Gyllenhaals as to the status of the aforementioned scarf, and we don't know with...Find it on AmazonA Few Minutes WithYoung MC - Bust A MoveA Current Affairfanclubwallet - Car Crash in G Major]]>3277red scarf,taylor's version,taylor swiftclean169fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/10098980/pandemic-mixtape47946933-b473-4234-8a43-7a4a34c943d1Wed, 19 Jan 2022 06:00:00 +0000Kevin NewsumThe one where we finally come out of lockdown and talk about some of our favorites from 2020 and 2021.3289calliope musicals,geese,hailey whitters,kristiane,la luz,lucy dacus,miloe,mixtape,thurston moore,wallowsyesfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/10098980/willie-nelson-red-headed-stranger
Recorded November 20, 2019]]>680d8bc8-b75d-4d72-8472-d773ce16fa42Mon, 31 Aug 2020 20:05:58 +0000Kevin NewsumIt can be difficult to recall on occasion that Willie Nelson is more than just the proverbial Kevin Bacon of country music. Recorded November 20, 2019
Recorded November 20, 2019]]>3222yesfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/10098980/singles-of-2019-mixtapec34853f0-69d4-48fb-9111-c78c26e41d65Mon, 27 Jan 2020 14:44:21 +0000Kevin NewsumAfter a couple of months hiatus, it's time to get back into things and what better way than with another mixtape show. We discuss some of our favorite tracks of 2019.4050yesfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/10098980/barrie-happy-to-be-hereeef0383f-4f26-4b00-9a5c-af03531f4cacTue, 01 Oct 2019 23:34:35 +0000Kevin NewsumWe ran into an interesting set of circumstances with Barrie and their initial release Happy To Be Here, from the SXSW set Mark and I caught in a Mezcal bar (with a local weatherman) to the fact that through dumb luck they came through Austin literally...2875yesfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/10098980/labor-day-mix-tape-vol-203935850-3ddc-4856-9762-66b2d7db38a9Mon, 02 Sep 2019 08:19:19 +0000Kevin NewsumFor our Labor Day Mixtape Show, we decided (cleverly? You decide-) that we'd bring to bear songs specifically about Work, Birth (or Babies) and/or British Parliament (though that Labour has a U in it).4261yesfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/10098980/spacehog-resident-aliencfaa46be-8fd4-4c84-8d34-9fb19a2cca4aTue, 27 Aug 2019 02:28:53 +0000Kevin NewsumIn 1995, Spacehog released a great song called In The Meantime. Let's not forget that, shall we?3026yesfull