Part 2 of my conversation with guest Phil Stacey about the music of 2010.
Show notes:
- Black Keys cancel arena tour after way overestimating their popularity
- Phil's #5: Black Keys establish their popularity with poppier blues sound
- Phil's and Jay's #4: Superchunk returns after a nine-year break with an energetic pop-punk ripper
- Phil's #3: Lo-fi psych from Philly duo Reading Rainbow (now called Bleeding Rainbow)
- Jay's #3: Nick Cave returns with his harder rocking Grinderman project
- Phil's #2 and Jay's #5: More rock-oriented album from Drive-By Truckers
- Jay's #2: Politically-driven melodic punk from Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
- Phil's #1: Neil Young with a solo effort with a lot of guitar effects
- Jay's #1: Titus Andronicus with your typical epic Civil War-meets-modern-day NJ concept album
- Jay: Titus Andronicus is one of my favorite current bands
- Favorite songs: "Hitchhiker" (Phil), "Theme from Cheers" (Jay)
- Next time we get together, we'll sum up the decade of the 2010s
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The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian.