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The Legacy Music Hour #134: Castle Areas

The music from castle areas in video games is the topic of Episode 134.  Sometimes the music sounds majestic and royal, and sometimes it doesn’t.  Brent and Rob also talk about muscles.  Full track listing below.   Game – Composer – Song – Company – Console – Year (North American release unless otherwise indicated) Super Mario Bros. 3 – Koji Kondo – Saving the King – Nintendo – NES -… more

Catching Up With Dan Deacon

To put it lightly, Dan Deacon is fucking busy. In addition to releasing his latest LP America, the excellent, expansive follow-up to 2009’s Bromst that explores the possibilities of… more

The Legacy Music Hour #98: Shorties 2

In this episode, Brent and Rob focus on video game music tracks which are absolutely no longer than 15 seconds.  Ironically, this ends up being one of the Legacy Music… more

Nerdist Podcast: Henry Rollins

Musician, writer, spoken word artist, activist and all around AMAZING guy, Henry Rollins is on the show! He sits down with Chris, Jonah, and Nerdtern Kyle Clark to talk about… more
 

Bad Dovahkiins – “COPS: Skyrim” Theme (full)

Hey Podcastinauts! “COPS: Skyrim” is a show on the Nerdist YouTube channel that I am thrilled we are putting out, having been obsessed with Skyrim since it came out last… more

The Music Geek Track of the Week: “Cali in a Cup”

It appears that Brooklyn outfit Woods have relocated to the opposite coast for their newest single, “Cali in a Cup,” which will feature on their forthcoming LP, Bend Beyond. The… more

The Legacy Music Hour #97: Manga

Manga is the focus of Episode 97.  That is, 8-bit and 16-bit era video games based on manga (Japanese comics).  Wow, what a ton of unheard titles the boys discovered… more
 

RickRolling “Mad Men”

Every time I promise myself to lay off the videos where clips of a show or movie or every movie ever are used to “sing” a song, I have to… more

Music Geek Track of the Week: New Flight of the Conchords

It has been three long years since Flight of the Conchords graced our television sets on Sunday nights with oblivious, self-deprecating pop songs, but now Brett and Jemaine have finally… more

The Legacy Music Hour #96: World Music

Brent and Rob travel the globe, discovering world music tracks from 8-bit and 16-bit era video games.  The music heard on Episode 96 resembles the kind of music one might… more