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FREE FOR ALL (Milkit Radio) July 19, 2015

Reminiscing about 90's electronic music, early 2000's power-pop, and squeezing a short song at the end of a mix tape; new songs from Public Enemy, Ratatat, Chemical Brothers, White Reaper, Spraynard, and The Bird & The Bee; and a look back at the music happenings of the week.

FREE FOR ALL (Milkit Radio) July 12, 2015

New music from Veruca Salt, Years and Years, Ezra Furman, Bilal, and Jeff Rosenstock; an explanation on why new music is being released on Friday; Music Headlines of the Week; and a special treat for anyone named Allison.

FREE FOR ALL (Milkit Radio) June 28, 2015

New music from Refused, Desaparecidos, Swami John Reis & The Blind Shake, LA Priest, and Courtney Barnett; and thoughts on Apple Music and the new Rocky movie Creed.

FREE FOR ALL (Milkit Radio) June 21, 2015

This week I chat with Lucy & Gwendolyn Giles from the band Dog Party, discuss why I'm torn on Taylor Swift's Open Letter to Apple, talk about the state of protest music in 2015, and play new songs from Kacey Musgraves, Leon Bridges, Wolf Alice, and Desaparecidos.

FREE FOR ALL (Milkit Radio) June 14, 2015

This week I pit Nate Ruess, MIKA and Adam Lambert against each other in a Freddie Mercury-off; discuss Dave Grohl's broken leg (and why it was and wasn't a stretch for the show to continue); and revisit early 90's hip-hop courtesy of Joey Bada$$.

FREE FOR ALL (Milkit Radio) June 7, 2015

In the latest episode of the FREE FOR ALL you'll hear new music from Muse, The Vaccines, Years & Years, and Monophonics, as I discuss the Katy/Taylor feud and Apple's new streaming service. 

 As always, enjoy!

Madonna POWER HOUR!

This week marks the release of Madonna’s new album Rebel Heart, but the idea for this mix actually came to me a while ago when my wife and I were on one of our many long car rides from New York City to our hometown of Pittsburgh:

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Free For All (Best of 2014), Pt. 1

Free For All (Best of 2014), Pt. 2

1994: The Album

 
Growing up in 1994 I remember thinking that I was living in the greatest year of music EVER. I also thought that using my summer vacation to make a four-and-a-half hour homemade gangster movie was an artistic triumph. Twenty years later, I’m still convinced of the former. (One out of two ain’t bad, right?)

Looking back, 1994 was the most pop-culturally rich year of my life. It probably didn’t hurt that I was a teenager coming of age musically.

Kurt Cobain’s suicide left behind a huge void, but the creative landscape Nirvana helped cultivate left the world of music in good hands—at least for the next few years.

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