New Albums By Kurt Vile and Guided By Voices, the Return of Wild Pink, and "Indie Rock" Electronic Albums
5/29/202657 min
The guys open with a Sportscast about the NBA playoffs, including talk about SGA flopping and the New York Knicks dominating (1:56). They then talk about a new album announcement by one of the show's "mascot" bands, Wild Pink (13:57). They also discuss the new Guided By Voices album, and Steven's recent ranking of all the band's many members (21:20). Then they delve deeper into the week's new releases, including albums by Iceage, Paul McCartney, and Turnover. (28:49). They also touch on the new Boards of Canada release, and subsequently discuss indie-adjacent electronic music (47:23). In Recommendation Corner, Ian recommends Crash Of Rhinos and Steven recommends a new archival John Prine live album (52:16).
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First 90 secondsSteven Hyden· Host0:00
Indiecast is presented by Amazon Music. [rock music] Hello, everyone, and welcome to Indiecast. On this show, we talk about the biggest indie news of the week, we review albums, and we hash out trends. In this episode, we talk about new albums by Kurt Vile and Guided by Voices, a new album announcement from Wild Pink, and the best indie rock-friendly electronic albums. My name is Steven Hyden, and I'm joined by my friend and co-host, he just fouled Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Ian Cohen. Ian, how are you?
Ian Cohen· Host0:41
So, uh, this guy's probably too famous to call out or remember some guys, but do you remember Julius Peppers?
Steven Hyden· Host0:48
Oh, yeah. Of course.
Ian Cohen· Host0:49
Yeah.
Steven Hyden· Host0:49
He played for the- Yeah, that's right ... the Packers.
Ian Cohen· Host0:51
Oh yeah, that's right. I remember him as a Panthers guy, but yeah. Uh, so Julius Peppers also played basketball at UNC, and I remember there was one game, uh, where they were playing Virginia, where I went to college, and Virginia was beating them pretty bad. This was a very down year for UNC. And at the end, towards the end of the game, they sent in Julius Peppers, and I think in the five minutes he played, he just, like, fouled guys, like, five or six times. Just like, go in there, foul out, leave the game. And I think that, uh, this is where the Spurs are messing up. Like, you need a guy who puts the fear of God in Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. That, this would not have happened in the '90s. And by the