Episode 42: Avoiding the Sophomore Jinx

Published: Sept. 27, 2016, 5:02 a.m.

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This week we welcome Rodrigo Venegas from the Listening Party Podcast and his theme "Sophomore Albums". Rod kicks things off with selections from an intimate singer/songwriter from Ireland (16:43, 1:02:05, 1:28:01, 1:57:50) while Chris plays cuts from a newer artist out of the UK (31:17, 1:09:41, 1:33:16) and Paul plays songs from a classically inspired concept album (48:13, 1:18:48, 1:47:10). All this plus Paul speaks Spanish (2:30), sophomore efforts (5:56), LA Kings (9:02), busking voice (20:14), reading into lyrics (41:30), millennials (46:30), Uncle Tom (54:17), weird dudes (1:06:48), Zooey Deschanel (1:17:17), becoming your idol (1:37:28), the kids don\'t know how to dance to rock n\' roll (1:41:48), G. Hansard keeps good on his promise/Apogee Studios (2:02:20), vinyl easels (2:06:30) and Top 5 sophomore albums list (2:08:34).

Albums this week: Glen Hansard - Didn\'t He Ramble \\xa0 The Vaccines - Come of Age \\xa0 Moody Blues - Days of Future Passed

Reach Us: @podheadrod \\xa0 @pmaier001 \\xa0@chrismaierbc \\xa0 @olinernotes \\xa0 olinernotes@gmail.com

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