EAR LODER
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The mother lode of music and millennialism. Deep dives, asides, vignettes and exasperations by a lifelong musician, audiophile, and editorializer turned fitness instructor, DJ, producer, and sound curator.
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- 24 | White Girl Spring: the Quarterly Pop Girl Run-Up // Maren>>HAIM>>Aly+AJ>>Ariana>>JoJo>>Tate + More · 1 h 36 min · Episode 24Buckle up, loders - spring has sprung and we have a pack of wildflower pop girlies all making their first moves on the Summer 2025 chess board. Alec is back for the quarterly…
- 23 | Mariah ch.1 BONUS - The Grunge Album + The Tokyo Dome · 35 min · Episode 23*** A BONUS *** BEFORE we leave the early+mid 90s ... did you know Mariah wrote and recorded A GRUNGE album simultaneously to Daydream? AND it’s on YouTube? Before there was…
- 22 | THE MARIAH CAREY DIVA DIVE - CHAPTER 1: 1990-1996 · 1 h 21 min · Episode 22The reason the Diva Dive was born - the elusive chanteuse, the woman with 19 #1s as an artist and 18 as a writer - the head Butterfly AND Lamb - and the former title holder for…
- 21 | the 13,000 voting members of the recording academy (+other beginnings to 2025!!) · 1 h 22 min · Episode 21HAPPY 2025 LODERS! A new year, a new you, a new me. Or the same ones with more crows feet! 30m: Where I've been ((SKIP IF U JUST WANT MY TAKES ON BEY)) 40m: Grammys 2025 reaction…
- 20 | WICKED PART 1 // \\ REACTION PART 2 · 49 min · Episode 20It's Wicked Pt. 1 : The Reaction Pt. 2 ;) And, another new welcome to the pod: Michael! In our second Wicked Pt. 1 reaction installment: will Cynthia and/or Ariana do a brief run…
- 19 | WICKED PART 1 // \\ REACTION PART 1 · 1 h 2 min · Episode 19My pulse is rushing // My head is reeling // My face is flushing /// What is this feeling? Fervid as a flame .... does it have a name? WI-CKED!! WI-CKED!!! .... WIIII - CKKED Yes…
- 18 | The 2024-25 Grammy Nominations · 1 h 34 min · Episode 18Hey loders! It's the most (controversial) time of the year, and we're not even talking about the election. It's the 2024-25 grammy nominations. Luckily, this has been our…
- 17 | the autobiographical episode no one asked for · 1 h 19 min · Episode 17Somehow, it's been 4 months since my last upload. Also - hey - Alex, here. Welcome back; and welcome anew, to Ear Lode. Ready for your first? I wanted to take a different…
- 16 | brat summer // i'm finally into charli?? · 42 min · Episode 16if Q1 2024 found us at the rodeo of pop-artists-gone-country, culminating in the magnum opus of beyonce's cowboy carter, then Q2 finds us on the dance floor, but not the glitter…
- 15 | June '24's FIRST HALF || pride>>delta>>gaga>>dua>>becky>>olly · 1 h 15 min · Episode 15WHEW - are we already on month 6 of the year? With the amount of new music releases being packed into 2024, every week feels like a lifetime. Alec's back to jointly metabolize…
- 14 | VINTAGE EPISODE (2022): Normani's chapter 2 - Love Lies>>Calvin Harris>>Waves>>DNCNGW/ASTRNGR>>Motivation>>Wild Side · 49 min · Episode 14On this MOST commemorative of days, the day of Normani's debut album release "Dopamine" - galt presents the second of our 2-part, 2-year-old series tracking her early career. In…
- 13 | VINTAGE EPISODE (2022): Normani's chapter 1 - X Factor, Fifth Harmony, Fourth Harmony · 44 min · Episode 13Well hey y'all. Galt took most of May off while traveling to visit and support family and friends. While we reboot over here for a bigger and better next chapter of Galt's Radio…
- 12 | The Jess Glynne LP3 you didn't know you were waiting for · 53 min · Episode 12Alec Mac is back!!!! and, apparently, so is Jess Glynne! It's ok to admit, you didn't know she was, or wasn't, or wasn't-but-now-is-again releasing music. But let's take a dive…
- 11 | Eternal Sunshine - one week later · 1 h 7 min · Episode 11Music is always better metabolized. You've heard my predictions, you've heard (and watched) my initial reactions, now here are the takes on Ariana Grande's Eternal Sunshine that…
- 10 | THE 2024 MAIN POP GIRLIE AVALANCHE // pitchfork pre-rankings · 1 h 11 min · Episode 10JLo . Ariana . Kacey . Bey . Taylor . Jess Glynne . Dua . Normani . Maren . Lana . Shakira . Charli . Camila . Selena . Clairo . St. Vincent . Gaga ? Katy ? Billie ? Sia ? Lorde…
- 9 | THIS AIN'T TEXAS - galt's FIRST TAKE on Beyoncé's act ii // countrYoncé · 42 min · Episode 9galt's FIRST TAKE :: @beyonce act ii // countrYoncé my inevitable, official thoughts SO FAR 🧠🧐 1) Why was Bey's announcement mid-Superbowl more palatable than Taylor's…
- 8 | AHHHHHH KELLY CLARKSON · 44 min · Episode 8It's always a Kelly day // We have SO much content when covering a career like hers. @kellyclarkson #kellyclarkson @adrewcarrnameddesire // Drew Carr is BACK CHAPTER 1…
- 7 | BeyHind the Songs // Hidden Demos for Beyoncé LPs 3-6 · 26 min · Episode 7On this week's THE VOCAL ... where do all these Beyoncé songs come from? Also : bedtime magic w Galt?? beyoncebeyoncebeyonce LP3 [I AM / SASHA FIERCE] -- Smash Into You LP4 [4]…
- 6 | IT'S ABOUT TO BE A RENEE RAPP ON THESE GIRLS · 45 min · Episode 6FIRST GUEST FEATURE — PLEASE WELCOME TO THE STAGE @adrewcarrnameddesire !!! // Drew Carr! Chapter 1 : HAVE U HEARD OF RENEE RAPP THO? Chapter 2 : It’s giving vocal technique…
- 5 | BJÖRK BY THE NUMBERS - CHAPTER 4 · 14 min · Episode 5✨🔆 the FINAL BJÖRK chapter 🔆✨ her …. masterwork?! 2015’s Vulnicura In the final installment of our Björk retrospective, I share why I think Björk hit the heartstone in 2015, and…
