Let’s drive 2020 into the ground. TFT is back to ruin Christmas, trolling you harder than Chilly Gonzales, who has a Christmas album. So do Dolly Parton, Tori Amos, and Phoebe Bridgers. Episode 314: What to Expect When You’re Expecting the Son of God originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

What, did you think that Ryan and Matt wouldn’t be back to ruin Christmas? Download Subscribe: iTunes Other Apps Syllabus Wikipedia: Tyler the Creator, The Monkees, William Shatner, Old 97’s Fear (punk band) Little Drummer Boy Game ([#ldb](https://twitter.com/search?q=%23ldb)) “William Shatner’s Holiday Album Features a Military Christmas Song” on Military.com Beat Bugs “I Wish It Was Christmas Today” on SNL Episode 313: If Gritty Has His Way, Everyone Will Be Upsot...

Ryan and TFT Punk Correspondent Rachel D discuss Invasion of Privacy, the debut album from our next president, Cardi B. Download Subscribe: iTunes Other Apps Subscribe: iTunes, Other Apps Cardi B, Invasion of Privacy Invasion of Privacy: Amazon, Apple Music Lyrics Wikipedia: Cardi B, Invasion of Privacy, Love and Hip Hop: New York Reviews: P4k The Cardi B Love and Hip Hop Supercuts: Season 6, Season 7 NPR: “The Business of Being Cardi B” Episode 312: The Cardi B Manifesto...

Ryan, Matt, and Rachel D make their contribution to this scam with an episode on Jean Grae and Quelle Chris’s Everything’s Fine. Download Subscribe: iTunes Other Apps Jean Grae x Quelle Chris, Eerything’s Fine Everything’s Fine: Amazon, Apple News* Lyrics Wikipedia: Jean Grae, Quelle Chris, Everything’s Fine Reviews: P4k Episode 311: If Fine is Everything Then Everything is Fine originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of...

Ryan, Matt, and TFT Punk Correspondent Rachel D talk about “In A Poem Unlimited” by U.S. Girls. Download Subscribe: iTunes Other Apps Syllabus: U.S. Girls, In A Poem Unlimited In A Poem Unlimited Amazon, Apple Music Lyrics Wikipedia: U.S. Girls, In A Poem Unlimited Review: P4k US Girls Blogger Blog Harold Bloom Hamlet, Act II Scene 2 on Genius (!) “Duck Amuck” (function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js =...

Ryan and TFT PCRD (Punk Correspondent Rachel D) return to 2018 to discuss POST–by Jeff Rosenstock. Download Subscribe: iTunes Other Apps Syllabus: Jeff Rosenstock, POST– POST– Amazon, Apple Music Lyrics Wikipedia: Jeff Rosenstock, POST– Reviews: P4k Bowling Alone Episode 309: Punking Alone originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Rachel leaves her man at home, and Ryan and Matt leave their girl with her friends. It’s 11:30, and the podcast is jumpin’, jumpin’. Download Subscribe: iTunes Other Apps Syllabus Destiny’s Child, The Writing’s on the Wall The Writing’s on the Wall: Amazon, Apple Music Lyrics Wikipedia: Destiny’s Child, The Writing’s on the Wall P4k retrospective Belshazzar’s Feast, Daniel 5 Episode 308: Every Unhappy Destiny’s Child Boyfriend is Unhappy in His Own Way originally appeared on...

Ryan, Matt, and Rachel D try to figure out what a girl wants, what a girl needs. On Christina Aguilera, the singer’s self-titled debut album, it turns out she doesn’t even know herself—until she does. Download Subscribe: iTunes Other Apps Syllabus: Christina Aguilera, Christina Aguilera Christina Aguilera: Amazon, Apple Music Lyrics Wikipedia: Christina Aguilera, Christina Aguilera So Real, Mandy Moore Click to Enlarge Episode 307: Christina Aguilera is in a Power Pose originally...

Ryan and Matt tread the fine line between bromance and the bro-trayal as they consider Through Being Cool by Saves the Day and Something to Write Home About by The Get Up Kids. Download Subscribe: iTunes Other Apps Syllabus: Saves the Day, Through Being Cool and The Get Up Kids, Something to Write Home About Through Being Cool Amazon, Apple Music Lyrics Wikipedia: Band, Album Something to Write Home About Amazon, Apple Music Lyrics Wikipedia: Band, Album Review: P4k (2.0) (for...

Ryan, Matt, and TFT Punk Correspondent Rachel D listen to the psychedelic Latin rock and the highly-marketable fusion-pop of Santana’s Supernatural. Download Subscribe: iTunes Other Apps Syllabus: Santana, et al., Supernatural Supernatural: Amazon, Apple Music Lyrics Wikipedia: Santana (band), Carlos Santana, Supernatural Guiro Episode 305: Man, It’s a Hot One originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably...

Ryan, Matt, and Rachel D consider The Dismemberment Plan’s *Emergency & I* (1999), an album about which Pitchfork wrote, “If you consider yourself a fan of groundbreaking pop, go out and buy this album right now. Now. Get up. Go.” Download Subscribe: iTunes Other Apps Syllabus: The Dismemberment Plan, Emergency & I Emergency & I: Amazon, Apple Music Lyrics Wikipedia: The Dismemberment Plan, Emergency & I Reviews: P4k Original, P4k Reissue Episode 304:...

Ryan and Matt return once again to the music of their youth, and find that it is also the music of their middle age on Beck’s Mutations (1998) and Midnite Vultures (1999). Download Subscribe: iTunes Other Apps Syllabus: Beck, Mutations and Midnite Vultures Mutations Amazon, Apple Music Lyrics Midnite Vultures Amazon, Apple Music Lyrics Wikipedia: Beck, Mutations, Midnite Vultures Episode 303: One Foot in the Grave, and the Other on the Dance Floor originally appeared on...

Ryan and Matt bring their buddy act to bear in considering another buddy act, Andre 3000 and Big Boi, and OutKast’s 1998 album Aquemini. Download Subscribe: iTunes Other Apps Syllabus: OutKast, Aquemini Aquemini: Amazon, Apple Music Lyrics Wikipedia: Outkast, Aquemini, Astrology: Aquarius and Gemini “The Death Of The MC: From Lyrics and Flow to Ad-Libs and Swagger” “Rap Genius Can’t Explain Rakim’s Genius Rapping” on Overthinking It Episode 302: George Clinton Palate...

Ryan and Matt listen to the album that launched a thousand handlebar moustaches—an album they both love but can’t quite say why—Neutral Milk Hotel’s 1998 In tThe Aeroplane over The Sea. Download Subscribe: iTunes Other Apps Syllabus: Neutral Milk Hotel, In the Aeroplane over the Sea In the Aeroplane over the Sea: Amazon, Apple Music Lyrics Wikipedia: Neutral Milk Hotel, In the Aeroplane over the Sea “Radiohead, Neutral Milk Hotel Help Vinyl Sales Almost Double In 2008” from...

Matt and Ryan conjure up that Viking funeral spirit for the 300th episode of the TFT Podcast as they consider John Darnielle’s 2002 album Tallahassee. Download Subscribe: iTunes Other Apps Syllabus: Tallahassee Tallahassee: Amazon, Apple Music Lyrics “New Chevrolet in Flames” Wikipedia: The Mountain Goats, Tallahassee I Only Listen to the Mountain Goats Episode 300: Mutually Assured Creative Destruction originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the...

Ryan and Matt explore the beauty and the bitterness on plentiful display in Elliott Smith’s XO, his major-label debut from 1998. Download Subscribe: iTunes Other Apps Syllabus: Elliott Smith, XO XO: Amazon, Apple Lyrics Wikipedia: Elliott Smith, XO Reviews: P4k contemporary, P4k Retrospective, Christgau Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor, Jon Brion, Chamberlin, T-Pain and AutoTune Episode 299: Nothing or Everything or Whatever You Want originally appeared on Overthinking...

Ryan and Matt swim through Ani DiFranco’s Little Plastic Castle, her delightfully confounding and immensely listenable 1998 album of late 9 Download Subscribe: iTunes Other Apps Syllabus: Ani DiFranco, Little Plastic Castle Little Plastic Castle: Amazon, Apple Music Lyrics Wikipedia: Ani DiFranco, Little Plastic Castle Reviews: Rolling Stone, AV Club, Christgau Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds, Live at Luther College Episode 298: Great Meaning in the Telephone Book originally...

Ryan and Matt spell the word L-O-V-E and wonder what it means as they consider Lauryn Hill’s solo masterpiece The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, her only studio album but one which defies the passage of time to remain eternally relevant and prophetic. Download Subscribe: iTunes Other Apps Syllabus: Lauryn Hill, The Miseudcation of Lauren Hill The Miseducaton of Lauryn Hill: Amazon, Apple Music Lyrics Wikipedia: Lauryn Hill, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill Reviews: P4k...

Ryan and Matt compete to see who can bark most like a dog as they consider DMX’s 1998 major label debut, It’s Dark and Hell is Hot. Download Subscribe: iTunes Other Apps Syllabus: DMX, It’s Dark and Hell Is Hot It’s Dark and Hell Is Hot: Amazon, Apple Lyrics Wikipedia: DMX, It’s Dark and Hell Is Hot Paradise Lost, Book IV It’s Dark and Hell Is Hot on Kendrick Lamar’s 25 Favorite Albums Review: P4k Episode 296: Man is Justified by ARF and ARF Alone originally appeared on...

Ryan and Matt have a fever dream. And the only cure is more cowbell! Or maybe the cure is LCD Soundsystem’s 2017 album American Dream. Download Subscribe: iTunes Other Apps Sylabus: LCD Soundsystem, American Dream American Dream: Amazon, Apple Lyrics Wikipedia: LCD Soundsystem, American Dream Review: P4k The Phantom of Liberty, Luis Buñuel (1974) Episode 295: Buñuel on the Dance Floor originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of...

Do you like Christmas music? Well, how about you eat all the Christmas music? Ryan, Rachel D, and Matt ruin Christmas for 2017. Download Subscribe: iTunes Other Apps Syllabus: TFT Christmas Death March 2017 Bing Crosby, White Christmas: Amazon, Apple Elvis Presley, Elvis’ [sic] Christmas Album: Amazon, Apple Barbara Streisand, A Christmas Album: Amazon, Apple The Salsoul Orchestra, Christmas Jollies: Amazon, Apple Various Artists, A Very Specail Christmas: Amazon, Apple Hanson, Snowed...

Ryan and Matt down a Jack and Clark as they consider St. Vincent’s Masseducation. Download Subscribe: iTunes Other Apps Syllabus: St. Vincent, Masseduction Masseduction: Amazon, Apple Music Lyrics Wikipedia: St. Vincent, Masseduction Reviews: P4k Press: NYer, Buzzfeed Episode 293: Jagged Little Pills Pills Pills originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Ryan, Matt, and Rachel stick the unused Beretta in the Fendi as they consider cities in transition: Milan in the late 70s, New York in the late nineties, and contemporary Los Angeles, home to Daniele Luppi, the host of the theme party that is 2017’s Milano, featuring playing by Parquet Courts and some singing by Karen O. Download Subscribe: iTunes Other Apps Syllabus: Daniele Luppi, Milano Milano: Amazon Lyrics Wikipedia: Daniele Luppi, Parquet Courts, Karen O, Milano Wikipedia:...

Ryan, Matt, and Rachel D show Björk some emotional respect as they consider the purified Utopia of her new album Utopia, wondering why a flute has to play a flute, and whether the self-described “Tinder album” is actually like online dating. Download Subscribe: iTunes Other Apps Syllabus: Björk, Utopia Utopia: Amazon, iTunes Lyrics Wikipedia: Björk, Utopia “Forest Bathing” on Quartz “The Possibility of Björk’s Utopia “ by Katie Alice Greer of Priests Cute Episode 291: The...

Matt is joined by Jordan (you’re not him!) to discuss Miley Cyrus’s return to country-ish music. Download Subscribe: iTunes Other Apps Syllabus: Miley Cyrus, Younger Now Younger Now: Amazon, iTunes Lyrics Wikipedia: Miley Cyrus, Younger Now Reviews: P4k Nudie Suits Episode 290: You Can’t Step into the Same Miley Cyrus Twice originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast...