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Disclaimer: Khiem's mic had a systemic problem that we did not notice until after we finished recording. We apologize for the sound quality. What makes a song "indie", where's the cut-off for being a "hipster", and "how can indie songs end up on the radio"? These are the questions we addressed in this episode alongside the idea of experimental music and what Adarsh calls "The Radiohead Effect" before we got into our Lightning Rounds. Enjoy this shorter than usual episode!    |Indie Music Discussion| The Temper Trap - Sweet Disposition MGMT - Electric Feel Lord Huron - The Night We Met Empire of the Sun - Walking on a Dream The Revivalists - Wish I Knew You Maroon 5 - The Sun SUPERORGANISM - It's All Good Radiohead - Paranoid Android   |Lightning Rounds| SiR - November Super Whatevr - Never Nothing First Aid Kit - Ruins The Go! Team - Semicircle

Adarsh and I are finally back from our hiatus and boy did we have a lot of things to say. In this first episode, we discuss our theory of how Latin music has been able to gain such immense popularity in the States and how features and collaborations are being strategically used today. Then we each had four Lightning Rounds of albums released between December until now before getting deep into CupcakKe's Ephorize.    |Latin Takeover + Features/Collaborations| J. Balvin, Willy William, & Beyoncé - Mi Gente & Omi - Cheerleader [Felix Jaehn Remix] Drake - One Dance featuring Wiz Kid & Kyla Rihanna - Work featuring Drake Lil Wayne, Wiz Khalifa, Imagine Dragons - Sucker for Pain with Logic & Ty Dollar Sign featuring X Ambassadors   |Lightning Rounds| Camila Cabello - Camila  MMODE - S/T Charli XCX - Pop 2 Roy Blair - Cat Heaven Sylvan LaCue - Apologies in Advance Sidney Gish - No Dogs Allowed  Shame - Songs of Praise Typhoon - Offerings   |Album of the Week| CupcakKe - Ephorize & Missy Elliot - Get Your Freak On  

Our Best of 2017 episode is finally here and we've made it as jam-packed as possible with 36 song clips featuring our favorite albums and musical moments of the year. Aside from an objective top 10 list, we also gave our individual subjective top 10's and crowned hand-picked winners for superlatives from Most Overrated Album to Best Shuffle Album. As always, we also gave our thoughts on the year as a whole and what we're looking forward to in 2018. See y'all next year! |Our Objective Top 10| 1) Mount Eerie - A Crow Looked at Me 2) Lorde - Melodrama 3) Brockhampton - Saturation 4) Dirty Projectors - S/T 5) This is the Kit - Moonshine Freeze 6) Vince Staples - Big Fish Theory 7) Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit - The Nashville Sound 8) Tyler, the Creator - Flower Boy 9) The War on Drugs - A Deeper Understanding 10) IDK - I Was Very Bad   {Subjective Top 10 ; Khiem | Adarsh} 1) Lorde - Melodrama 2) This is the Kit - Moonshine Freeze | Mount Eerie - A Crow Looked at Me 3) Vince Staples - Big Fish Theory |  Taylor Swift - reputation 4) Muna - About U | Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit - The Nashville Sound 5) LANY - S/T | Lana Del Rey - Lust for Life 6) Dirty Projectors - S/T | Bleachers - Gone Now 7) Hundred Waters - Communicating | Poppy - Poppy.Computer 8) Brockhampton - Saturation | Brockhampton - Saturation II 9) Wild Ones - Mirror Touch | Vince Staples - Big Fish Theory 10) Betty Who - The Valley | Dirty Projectors - S/T   {Superlatives; Khiem | Adarsh} The "Almost Had It" Album: Jay Som - Everbody Works Best "New Artist": Charlie Puth Best New Artist: Petit Biscuit | Poppy Most Overrated Album: SZA - CTRL Most Underrated Album: Dirty Projectors - S/T Biggest Disappointment: Fergie - Double Dutchess Biggest Surprise: IDK | Bleachers Worst Album: Father John Misty - Pure Comedy Best Shuffle Album: Aminé - Good For You | HAIM - Something to Tell You Gayest Album: Partner - In Search of Lost Time   |Other Songs Featured| Kendrick Lamar - LOVE. Future Teens - In Love or Whatever EasyFun - Laplander GFOTY - Don't Wanna/Let's Do It SOPHIE - Lemonade Portugal. The Man - I Feel It Still Charlie XCX - 3AM (Pull Up)

In our last normal episode of the year, we're discussing movie scores and soundtracks from Star Wars to Juno and even TV shows! Tune in as we ask whether these albums are their own entity, show how they can enhance or ruin a movie, and talk about the music we've discovered from them. Then we give y'all our impression of four new releases, including our first metal feature before jumping into our second album of the week from a Smith, Syre. Stay tuned for our Best of 2017 episode coming soon!    |Scores + Soundtracks| Barry Louis Polisar - All I Want is You (Juno) Hall & Oates - You Make My Dreams (500 Days of Summer) Kendrick Lamar - Sing About Me/Dying of Thirst John Williams - Star Wars, The Imperial March, Duel of the Fates (Star Wars) Tkay Maidza - Carry On (Dear White People)   |Lightning Round Albums| The Body & Full of Hell - Ascending a Mountain of Heavy Light NSTASIA - New Religion EP Baths - Romaplasm Charlotte Gainsbourg - Rest   |Album of the Week| Jaden Smith - SYRE  

With the highly anticipated release of reputation, we've decided to do a Taylor Swift deep dive! We've also brought in a special guest, Molly Schlamp, to speak from the perspective of a long time Swifty to complement our more recent experiences with Taylor's music. Listen as we make a case for why she is more similar to Kanye West than you might think, how she can write simultaneously universal and anthemic but also emotionally specific songs, and who exactly she is now and whether it's really a change from what we've known and love about Taylor. We've been looking forward to recording this episode for a long time and we're so excited to share it with you guys! |Featured Songs| 1989 - Clean reputation - Ready For It, I Did Something Bad, Don't Blame Me, Delicate, Gorgeous, Dress, This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things, New Year's Day Katy Perry - Roar 

We're back with a brand new segment called Song Techniques where we aim to explain the tools songwriters use to convey the messages in their songs. In this episode, we explore the technique when an artist purposely makes their listeners complete a musical idea with examples from MF Doom to The Killers. Then we give y'all our impressions of our favorite new releases before jumping into The First album of the week in a while and our thoughts about music made by young people.   |Song Techniques| Hundred Waters - Fingers MF Doom, The Killers, Robin Thicke, Jamila Woods, Kanye West, Betty Who, Carly Rae Jepson, Alex De Los Santos    |Lightning Round Albums| Prince Charlez - Evolution Pt. 1 21 Savage, Offset, & Metro Boomin - Without Warning Yaeji - EP2 James Holden & The Animal Spirits - Pass Through The Fire DUCKWRTH - An XTRA UUGLY Mixtape   |Album of the Week|  Willow - The 1st Kate Bush, Bjork, Solange, Grace VanderWaal

What makes a "good" EDM song? What separates electronic subgenres from one another? Where is EDM in pop heading? These are the questions we addressed with the help of our friend and electronic-head, Zeke Chavez! We learned so much and featured everything from Chillstep to Nu Jazz and Marshmello to Electric Guest. Then, it's on to our Lightning Rounds as usual with a special mention to Gord Downie's Introduce Yourself. It's definitely a jams-packed episode! |Song of the Week: EDM| Dream Angel - Heaven With U [Slow Magic Remix] Marshmello, Blackmill, MACINTOSH PLUS, Odesza, Electric Guest, Marian Hill, Nujabes, GRiZMATiK, Syris, Louis the Child |Lightning Rounds Albums| Majid Jordan - The Space Between Rachel Platten - Waves Henry Jamison - The Wilds Julien Baker - Turn Out the Lights

We're tackling a bit of a heavier topic this episode and featuring a heavier song - our first metal song on the podcast! Listen as we discuss how we think music can influence action, increase conscious awareness, and persuade listeners, particularly when it comes to political/social topics. Then, we're featuring 10 new releases this week and doing another first on the show: two albums of the week, one from each of us! It's a longer episode because of that but we hope you enjoy listening to it as much as we enjoyed making it. |Song of the Week Discussion| Stray from the Path - Goodnight Alt-Right Katy Perry; Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young; Jamila Woods |Lightning Rounds| Broen - I

We had quite the experience at a nightclub this past weekend which has inspired this week's discussion to be on DJs! Hear just how frustrated we get when DJs do things that ruin parties plus what we think great DJs do right. Then, we gave our thoughts on new releases, including King Krule and Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile before we crowned St. Vincent’s MASSEDUCTION as our album of the week. Finally, listen to the end for our defense of remixes & covers! |Song of The Week: DJs| Cassie - Me & U The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Theme Song, The Cardigans - Love Fool, Sage the Gemini - Gas Pedal |Lightning Rounds| IDK - I Was Very Bad King Krule - The Ooz Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile - Lotta Sea Lice |Album of the Week|  St. Vincent - MASSEDUCTION |In Defense Of: Remixes & Covers| Santigold - You'll Find a Way [Switch & Sinden Remix] Kid Cudi - Pursuit of Happiness [Lissie Cover] The Knife - Heartbeats [José González Cover]/[Royal Teeth Cover] Wet - No Lie [Noah Breakfast Remix] JP Cooper - September Song [Gardiner Sisters & Peter Hollens Cover]

Couldn't make it out to ACL this year? No problem cause we got your back! I (Khiem) saw more than 25 bands and in this episode, I'm giving y’all the low down of my favorite acts from Tank and the Bangas to Chance the Rapper as well as my impression of ACL as a whole. Then we’re on to some awesome releases that's perfect for fall weather before diving into the indescribably weird and fascinating Poppy and her debut album! |Song of the Week|Tank and the Bangas - RollercoastersR.LUM.R, Solange, Chance the Rapper*Additional artists mentioned |Lightning Rounds|Yumi Zouma - WillowbankWild Ones - Mirror TouchAlex Lahey - I Love You Like a BrotherWeaves - Wide Open l Album of the Week|Poppy - Poppy.Computer *James Vincent McMorrow, Vulfpeck, The xx, Jay-Z, Mondo Cozmo, Car Seat Headrest, Thundercat, Angel Olsen, Cut Copy, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Jamila Woods, Danny Brown, Whitney, DRAM, First Aid Kit, Run the Jewels, Vance Joy

For this episode, we have a special guest with us - our friend Jim Hall! Jim is a beautiful singer and jazz enthusiast that has graciously agreed to join us for our discussion on music that's too clean or too beautiful (and the difference between the two). And, since Adarsh and I couldn't agree on an album of the week, we're doing an extended edition of Lightning Rounds that ends in an enlightening Q&A with Jim on his love for jazz. There was such an incredible variety of smaller releases this week; you're bound to find an album you'll love. |Song of the Week| John Mayer - Gravity (Live and Studio version) Daniel Caesar, Moses Sumney |Lightning Rounds Albums| Injury Reserve - Drive it Like It's Stolen EP Worriers - Survival Pop Iglooghost - Neō Wax Bloom Joon Moon - Moonshine Corner Maude Audet  - Comme Une Odeur De Déclin Ibeyi - Ash Future Teens - Hard Feelings J Roddy Waltson and the Business - Destroyers of the Soft Life Ella Fitzgerald - Someone to Watch Over Me  

In this episode, we bring up a common misconception people have when they think about what musical influence means by juxtaposing Coldplay and The Fray's style and the feelings their music evokes. Then it's Lightning Rounds of our favorite new releases before we dive into Fergie's new album after an 11-year hiatus! All said and done, this is an episode about originality and why it's so important in music. We hope y'all enjoy it! |Song of the Week Discussion| The Fray - Look After You Coldplay, Keane, Cut Copy, Carly Rae Jepson |Lightning Rounds| Moses Sumney - Aromantiscism Knox Fortune - Paradise Rapsody - Laila's Wisdom Jaws of Love. - Tasha Sits Close to The Piano |Album of the Week| Fergie - Double Dutchess Lily Allen *excuse all the times we said The Double Dutchess

What happens when bad people make good music? Listen to us grapple with this controversial topic and offer our differing perspectives as we talk about one of most rapid collapse of a band we've ever seen. Then, it’s on to our favorite new releases and our album of the week before we introduce a new segment called “In Defense Of”! In this segment, we play devil’s advocate for musical things that get a bad rep. This time, Adarsh will be defending clichés! It’s a packed episode and we’re so excited to share it with y’all.   |Bad People, Good Music| PWR BTTM – Ugly Cherries John Lennon, Richard Wagner  |Lightning Rounds| Foo Fighters – Concrete and Gold Open Mike Eagle – Brick Body Kids Still Daydream Galantis – The Aviary Hundred Waters – Communicating |Album of the Week| Rostam - Half-Light |In Defense Of| Katy Petty – Hummingbird Heartbeat Kris Allen – Live Like We’re Dying The Chainsmokers featuring Chris Martin – Something Just Like This Zedd featuring Alessia Cara - Stay

We're excited to introduce a new segment to y'all called Versus where we'll pit artists, songs, albums, or anything musically antagonistic up against each other to make the case for what's better. In this episode, we're comparing all the solo singles from the former One Direction band members which lead to a discussion about the nature of ambitious music. Then, it's Lightning Rounds of our favorite releases, including Alvvays and Partner, before we talk about our album of the week, the critically acclaimed 7th album from The National.    |Featured Music in Versus| Zayn – Pillowtalk Harry Styles – Sign of the Times Liam Payne – Strip That Down Louis Tomlinson - Back to You Niall Horan – Slow Hands Anohni & Weezer   |Featured Albums in Lightning Round| Lunice – CCCLX Lomelda - THX Nothing But Thieves – Broken Machine Alvvays – Antisocialites Partner – In Search of Lost Time   |Featured Music in Album of the Week| The National – Sleep Well Beast Bon Iver & Radiohead

Drumroll, Please... is back but this time with a guest host! Our guest, Alayah Frazier, joined us for a conversation on mumble rap, a trend in hip-hop music that's everywhere right now. We then continue with 4 Lightning Rounds which includes our impression of LCD Soundsystem's american dream, as well as two older albums from this year. We conclude with a discussion on the pros and cons of concerts! |Featured Music during Mumble Rap| Travis Scott - goosebumps Kanye West, Migos, Lil Wanye, Mike Jones, Sean Paul, Future, Lil Uzi Vert |Featured Albums during Lightning Rounds| Daughter - Music from Before The Storm Tender - Modern Addiction Kobi Onyame - Gold LCD Soundsystem - american dream This is the Kit - Moonshine Freeze *correction: the lyrics are "will you know it when you find it / and do you know you're looking for it" Bedouine - S/T          

In this episode, we talk about the biggest song released this week, Taylor Swift's Look What You Made Me Do, and give y'all our opinion on her new persona and direction. Then, we give y'all our impressions of six albums from Queens of the Stone Age to Lil Uzi Vert. And finally, we'll dive into our album of the week: A Deeper Understanding by The War on Drugs. |Featured Music in General Music Discussion|Taylor Swift - Look What You Made Me DoPeaches & Beyonce |Featured Music in Lightning Rounds|Queens of the Stone Age - VilliansIron & Wine - Beast EpicLil Uzi Vert - LUV is Rage 2Old Dominion - Happy EndingsBrockhampton - Saturation IIDaniel Caesar - Freudian |Featured Music in In-Depth Discussion|The War on Drugs - A Deeper UnderstandingThe Beatles, Phil Spector, Slow Dive, Beach House, Destroyer

This week's general music discussion is a little different than all the rest. We're going to be talking about how we both got into music so that you guys can get to know us better. We think that it's important for our listeners to have an idea of what we know and what we don't so y'all can make more holistic decisions upon listening to our opinions and impressions on this podcast! After that, it's Lightning Rounds and In-Depth Discussion as usual. See y'all next week! |Featured Music in General Music Discussion| Eminem - Mockingbird J-Kwon, Lupe Fiasco, & Black Sabbath |Featured Albums in Lightning Rounds| Grizzly Bear - Painted Ruins Neck Deep - The Peace and the Panic Everything Everything - A Fever Dream UNKLE - The Road, Pt. 1 |Featured Album for In-Depth Discussion| Brand New - Science Fiction

Lots of great smaller releases have come out in the last two weeks and we've done the heavy lifting for y'all. Listen as we give y'all our impressions of eight new releases during our recurring Lightning Rounds segment so you can decide for yourself. In addition, we discussed the rise and current state of alternative R&B and our thoughts on genres as a whole and took a dive into Randy Newman's Dark Matter for a more in-depth review. |Featured Alternative R&B music| Frank Ocean - Thinkin Bout You Rihanna, Kanye West, Bryson Tiller, FKA Twigs |Featured Light Rounds Albums| Billie Eilish - don't smile at me EP Mondo Cozmo - Plastic Soul Sibusile Xaba - An Open Letter to Adoniah/Unlearning Briana Marela - Call It Love Tyler Childers  - Purgatory Milo - Who Told You To Think??!!?!?!?! The Districts - Popular Manipulations Kesha - Rainbow |Featured Album Discussion| Randy Newman - Dark Matter From now on, we will be uploading episodes every week! Also, please follow us on Twitter and Instagram @pleasedrumroll for any music that we don't get to feature on the show to supplement your experience! Feel free to interact with us and let us know what you think about Drumroll, Please... on social media or via our email drumrollplease2017@gmail.com

We're implementing a new format for our podcast that we're really excited for you guys to hear! We'll start by sharing one song that will prompt our discussion on female country artists on the charts. Then, due to the sheer volume of anticipated releases in this period, we have added a Lightning Round where we will take turns giving y'all TL;DR versions of our impressions of nine albums. Lastly, we'll dive deeper into our collective favorite album and explain why we love it! |Featured Song| Cam - Burning House |Lightning Round Albums| 1. Cornelius - Mellow Waves 2. Nyck @ Knight - S/T 3. Arcade Fire - Everything Now 4. Vic Mensa - The Autobiography 5. Foster The People - Sacred Hearts Club 6. Aminé - Good For You 7. Lana Del Rey - Lust For Life 8. Manchester Orchestra - A Black Mile To The Surface 9. Passion Pit - Tremendous Sea of Love |Featured Album| Tyler, The Creator - Flower Boy

Drumroll, Please... is back to talk about the music we love and why we love it. Summer is chock-full of our most anticipated releases and we couldn't be more excited to share them with you all! We'll start off by discussing our favorite songs and then delve into the albums we had the foresight to download before we went on a four-states road trip! I'm Khiem Hoang and my co-host is Adarsh Nednur and these are the songs and albums we featured in "44": |Featured Songs| Lany - Hurts Sheer Mag - Expect the Bayonet Local Natives - Who Knows Who Cares The Offspring - Self Esteem |Featured Albums| Haim - Something to Tell You Jay-Z - 4:44 Mura Masa - S/T Japanese Breakfast - Soft Sounds From Another Planet *Correction: Mura Masa's What If I Go? was actually released in 2016, not 2015.