Reviews For Life of the Record

Just listen to the sunny day real estate podcast. Such a great premise and great execution and I really enjoyed the sunny day part and can’t wait to hear more of them.

I’m grateful that this exists not only as a podcast but as a historical archive of some classic indie albums and of some gems that have been woefully overlooked. This podcast feels like the days when you’d hear about a new band from a rando, er, *new friend* at a show, or record stor, or coffee shop and then find out about other bands by digging into that new band and on and on it goes. If you’re ever taking requests: Sloan ‘Twice Removed’, Bettie Serveert’s ‘Palomine’, Damien Jurado’s ‘Saint Bartlett’’, Andy Shauf ‘The Party’…. Love the pod, please keep going 🤘

Thank you! Do cass mccombs A!!

So far I’ve listened to two: The making of, “I see a darkness”. That was so greatI will listen to it again. And I also listened to the making of “Houdini” which was good. Ultimately I guess it depends on the interviewee on how good the the episode will be. But, I can’t wait to listen to them all. I love all music and I’m so happy that this podcast focuses on these Indie/non-maega artist for records that are so important.

The best episode is the one about The sophware slump by granddaddy. I’ve listened to it like 4 times. All the episodes are excellent but people continue tho claim other eps are superior

Melvins was good. Beat Happening was great. DO UNREST!!

This is the reason I got into listening to podcasts! Paying attention to “lesser know” but amazing and inspiring indie rock bands!

The Wye Oak episode is soooo good! Thank y’all for making this

This is amazing musical oral history — I’ve listened to the Mission of Burma and Violent Femmes episodes. They are both really well done, commentary and history on each track, and make me appreciate the music even more than I already do. Kudos to the host — who always stays behind the scenes and let’s the musicians do the talking. I’m looking forward to listening to more episodes soon.

I loved the episode on Big Star! Violent Femmes was also excellent.

I really appreciate that the person making this excellent podcast gets out of the way and lets the work, and the artists, speak for themselves. They are doing a lot of work and not making it about them- much appreciated.

I love this insightful and in-depth approach to how music is created. It is indispensible!

You know how when an album’s great you can’t pick your favorite song? You keep listening and you keep changing your mind. Same with Life of the Record. Is it the NEU! episode? Mission of Burma? Low? Elliott Smith or Heatmiser? OK, both of them. Luna? Yeah, Luna. But what about Big Star? Just start there. The one thing wrong with this podcast is that there aren’t a thousand episodes of it already. Guess I’ll have to re-binge… // Come to think of it, the quality is so consistent that there are probably a few interviews that didn’t make the cut stuck on a hard drive somewhere. I can live with that.

I hope the creator(s) of this podcast know(s) how important and appreciated their work is.

I live hearing this kind of stuff and this podcast delivers. I’m having fun listening to the artists describe their memories about making the albums and then going back and listening to the album to hear some of the nuances mentioned. Started with Built to Spill’s “Perfect From Now On” and am working my way through the rest. Would love to hear what the questions are or some interaction with the host at some point, but having the artist speak for themselves is appealing too. Good stuff.

Great episode—including audio snippets of the songs is so immediate and complementary to the interviews! Great show!

I love this podcast! It gives some great insight into some of my favorite albums. I like that let’s the artist tell the stories. Just listen, it’s great!

The episode on One Year is absolutely essential to anyone interested in Colin Blunstone. Such a lighthearted and unpretentious interview. So informative about the piece and also about him as an artist. Great stuff!

This has become a favorite podcast of mine. Really great content and insights by the people who made the records!

This podcast does an amazing job of taking you inside the making of some of your favorite records. They answering the questions you always wondered about these creations, musicians process, the interpersonal dynamics the helped or hindered these albums completion.

This is a great podcast for anyone who appreciates the back story to how an album is created. Specifically related to the Grandaddy episode, a MUST HAVE for any Grandaddy fan.

Beautifully produced and edited. Artists talking about, and playing, their art - what could be nicer? Thanks for the Grandaddy episode.

Well conceived, edited, executed. Love it, thank you!

A wonderful informative pod, fascinating to hear the deetails behind the work

In-depth stories from the artist, Brendan Benson, bring personal memories from the start of his career. I’m so happy to learn these cool details. Such vivid words bring me back to the 90’s and my 20’s🤍💜🤍

Just finished listening to episode 3 and I enjoyed it immensely. This was really well put together and I appreciate the insight into the album. Looking forward to listening to more episodes.