Vinyl Four Podcast
The Vinyl 4 Podcast, brought to you by Signal Syndicate Productions, puts a tournament spin on the Rolling Stone Top 500 Albums of All Time. Each week, Shawn and Craig face off with 16 randomly selected records, whittling them down through head-to-head matchups until only the ultimate “Vinyl 4” remains. Equal parts music nerdery and bracket madness, it’s a fresh take on discovering classics, debating favorites, and having fun with the albums that shaped music history.
Vinyl Four Podcast
S1 - Ep 9: Round 8: From Dr. John to Sonic Youth – The Bracket Gets Wild
Shawn and Craig return for Round 8 of the Vinyl 4 Podcast — and the bracket just keeps getting weirder (and better). This week’s 16 albums stretch the boundaries of genre, from Dr. John’s swamp-rock voodoo to Sonic Youth’s experimental noise, from Kiss’s arena-rock theatrics to James Brown’s timeless funk and soul.
Throw in Radiohead’s ambient modernism and Meat Loaf’s operatic bombast, and you’ve got one of the most unpredictable rounds yet. Genres collide — psych rock, alternative, soul, and more — but only four will advance.
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