Happy mid-new-year-ish! We're taking a short break from the Summer of Don to look back on the first half of 2024. Join us as we highlight some of our favorite new releases. Shabaka - Perceive It’s Beauty, Acknowledge It’s GraceLes Amazones d’Afrique - Musow DanseThe...
As unique as each relationship is, all relationships go through stages. From infatuation to heartbreak and everything in between, music does a great job of expressing the emotions of love. On today's show we discuss three albums that closely deal with the different...
Join us for our annual holiday extravaganza as we review some of the best selling Christmas albums of all time. Plus we get plenty of holiday album picks from friends and listeners. Cozy up by the fire and enjoy a warm cup of your favorite nerds. Happy Holidays! Susan...
Hey, guess what - its our 200th episode! To celebrate the landmark achievement, we've decided to take a look at a landmark list - Rolling Stones top 200 albums. As a fun little twist, we only picked records from artists we've never featured on the show. Here's our...
The 1970s were a great time for singer/songwriters. Many of the genres best albums were released during the decade. Which makes our job of picking just one to talk about, pretty tough. Here's where we landed: Linda Perhacs - Parallelograms (Andy)Carole King - Tapestry...
Hello Cleveland! As much as we love our studio albums, its time we gave credit to some great live albums. Today's selections all happen to come from the 1960s and in true Album Nerds fashion, cover a range of genres. James Brown - Live at the Apollo, 1962 (Andy)Simon...
Well it's time we gave some props to our great listeners and recommend some of their album picks. All these selections come from our Discord (which is free to join, by the way). Fortunately for us - our listeners have exquisite taste. Today on the show we get to talk...
On occasion, an artist will burst onto the scene with a debut album so powerful, it completely shifts your perspective on music. On today's show we discuss three such albums and how they shaped our musical tastes. Bjork - Debut (Andy)Velvet Underground & Nico -...
What's new Nerds? We've got a few new releases to share with you fine folks. Andy's pick comes from indie rock veteran Elvis Costello and his band The Imposters. The record finds Costello channeling his early straight-ahead rock sound - and doing it well. Don's...
New release recommendations from Mike Paton led super-group Tomahawk and a sophomore release from London post-punk band Shame. Our Old Dog picks feature a classic storyteller record from Bob Zimmerman Dylan and progressive rock concept album from Georgia's own...