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Analyzing the music and meaning of one album per season, one song per episode. Join host Cole Cuchna as he dives deep into albums by Kendrick Lamar, Kanye West, Radiohead, Beyonce, Tyler The Creator, Frank Ocean, and more. Let's Dissect.

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    • 4.9 • 8.9K Ratings

Analyzing the music and meaning of one album per season, one song per episode. Join host Cole Cuchna as he dives deep into albums by Kendrick Lamar, Kanye West, Radiohead, Beyonce, Tyler The Creator, Frank Ocean, and more. Let's Dissect.

    MF DOOM: A Hero in a Villain's Mask

    MF DOOM: A Hero in a Villain's Mask

    Season 12 of Dissect celebrates the life and legacy of MF DOOM through a line by line, beat by beat analysis of his art. Most of the season will be spent dissecting DOOM and Madlib’s classic album Madvillainy, but we’ll also be covering his debut Operation Doomsday, MM..FOOD, and Born Like This. 
    On today’s episode, we explore the legend of DOOM’s origin story, including Daniel Dumile’s childhood in New York, the rise and tragic fall of his rap group KMD, and his reemergence as MF DOOM in the late 90s.
    Host, Writer, EP: Cole Cuchna
    Writer/Researcher: Camden Ostrander
    Original Score/Audio: Kevin Pooler
    Additional Production Supervision: Justin Sayles
    Theme Music: Birocratic
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    • 42 min
    Radiohead: In Rainbows

    Radiohead: In Rainbows

    Our season long dissection of Radiohead's In Rainbows begins with a sweeping biography of the band, from their origins in Oxford, England to their historic run of landmark albums like The Bends, OK Computer, and Kid A.
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    • 51 min
    15 Step by Radiohead

    15 Step by Radiohead

    Our season long analysis of Radiohead's In Rainbows continues with its opening track "15 Step." We examine the song's unique asymmetrical time signature, its origins as a "rhythm experiment," the history of the number 15 in Radiohead songs, and much more.
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    Host/Writer/EP: Cole Cuchna
    Additional Analysis: Dr. Brad Osborn
    Audio Editing: Kevin Pooler
    Song Recreations: Andrew Atwood
    Theme Music: Birocratic
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    • 48 min
    Bodysnatchers by Radiohead

    Bodysnatchers by Radiohead

    Our season-long dissection of Radiohead's In Rainbows continues with its second track, Bodysnatchers - an adrenaline-fueled romp that explores the phenonemon of feeling disconnected from your own body.
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    Host/Writer/EP: Cole Cuchna
    Additional Analysis: Dr. Brad Osborn
    Audio Editing: Kevin Pooler
    Song Recreations: Andrew Atwood
    Theme Music: Birocratic
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    • 38 min
    Nude by Radiohead

    Nude by Radiohead

    Our season-long dissection of Radiohead's In Rainbows continues with its third track "Nude" - a song that took the band 10 years to get right.
    Listen to the Key Notes episode on the Minor 4 chord here.
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    Host/Writer/EP: Cole Cuchna
    Additional Analysis: Dr. Brad Osborn
    Audio Editing: Kevin Pooler
    Song Recreations: Andrew Atwood
    Theme Music: Birocratic
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    • 47 min
    Weird Fishes / Arpeggi by Radiohead

    Weird Fishes / Arpeggi by Radiohead

    Our season long dissection of Radiohead's In Rainbows continues with its fourth track "Weird Fishes / Arpeggi" - an incredibly intricate musical arrangement that's considered among the band's best. We dissect the layered, multi-pattern guitar parts that create the song's immersive, oceanic soundscape as well as the potential symbolism of Thom Yorke's lyrics about being stuck at the bottom of the sea.
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    Host/Writer/EP: Cole Cuchna
    Additional Analysis: Dr. Brad Osborn
    Song Recreations: Andrew Atwood
    Audio Editing: Kevin Pooler
    Theme Music: Birocratic
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    • 44 min

Customer Reviews

4.9 out of 5
8.9K Ratings

8.9K Ratings

bruce Al ,

K.Dot

Amazing! I’d be interested in hearing a revisit to GKMC and TPAB post Steppers considering the introspection and revelations from that album as they pertain to his childhood and that time in his life.

fix gk on by u ,

Perfect 10. Fascinating.

His research and analysis is exhaustive/in depth making the presented material very good at keeping your attention. This team also has a gift at explaining complex musical concepts to both musicians and non-musicians at the same time while not losing one or the other. Love it

MShelkow ,

Came for Radiohead. Might stay for others…

This podcast is such an immense joy. I love how insanely in depth it is, and explained in a way that even us non-music theory people can understand. I always just kind of felt Radiohead’s brilliance in their music without understanding really why, but Cole gave me concrete evidence to it. What a gift! Inspired to listen to other seasons now!

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