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MinnTrax is our new music podcast hosted by Matt Helgeson and produced by Jason Dafnis where a guest has Helgeson review one of their favorite albums and vice versa. You can subscribe to MinnTrax on your favorite podcast app, new episodes are released every other Friday.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/minntrax/id1501267072

On this week's episode, the guest is Kyle Hilliard and we’ll be reviewing Blink-182’s Enema of the State and Van Morrison's Astral Weeks and . You’re welcome to listen to the albums ahead of time!

On every episode of MinnTrax, we want to involve the Patreon community as much as possible. So please leave a question or discussion topic below and we’ll read some of our favorites on the episode! Also, please leave a link to your current favorite song or a song you think is worth dissecting. We’ll be pulling questions on Tuesday morning, so try to leave one quick! In the future we’ll give you more lead time.

Thanks everybody! And just a reminder: MinnTrax won’t be on YouTube or in the Patreon exclusive feed, it’s a stand alone podcast feed that you’ll need to subscribe to. Thank you!

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Juan Cabrera

Blink 182!!! Oh this is going to be good.

PhillyYeetSteak

What are you more excited to find: an interesting cover of a song or a particularly strong live recording?

James Cooper

Hello all, With FF7 releasing early in a number of places and people being able to talk online about it but the game still being embargoed for coverage what would that be like? Please discuss

King Promethus

My two favorite bands The Dear Hunter and Coheed and Cambria tell stories through their music. TDH has The Acts albums one through five, where they are based on a play written by the lead singer. Coheed's albums (except one) are based on a comic book series also written by the singer. So my question is: do you have any preferences on whether the music is "about" something, fiction or non-fiction, or does it not affect your experience with the music at all? Thanks!

MarriottPlayer

Hey all, have you ever had a song ruined for you? Like, has something ever happened while a song is playing and that song is now forever associated with it? Thanks!

Nick DeFeo

Hey Love the show! I just wanted to share one of my favorite tracks: Jon Bellion - Woodstock (Psychedelic Fiction)

James Smith

Hey guys, sending this again cause I'm not sure if it went through the first time. Does any song fit a setting more than Stayin' Alive by the Beejees fits a disco setting? Ta very much.

Winter

Favorite song atm: No Comfort: Monolord Just found these dudes. They play Doom/Sludge Metal They have a lot of banging tracks Definitely recommend checking them out

Josh Stevens

What is a song or album you strongly disliked at first but then ended up doing a 180 and started to really like?

Mike Lynch

I just finished Astral Weeks and liked alot about it. Though I'm not usually into artists whose songs are repetitive. Elvis Costello's album When I Was Cruel has many songs that are repetitive, but it's a stronger album. Especially the title track and Tart.

CalebMurray

Ha I knew the track length was going to be brought up last week week with Opeth... So I figured I would drop this epic funeral dirge for the community playlist. Bell Witch - Mirror Reaper they made and dedicated this to there fallen drummer and yes it's all one song https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4DKUgXlotbI

Crayter

Unfortunately, it seems all of my favorite drummers have been passing away lately. Neil Peart being one of the more prolific to recently pass. A big one for me that didn't get a lot of press though was Sean Reinert. He was the drummer for Death for the Human album, but the big one for me was that he was the drummer for Cynic. Very experimental progressive metal band that was incredibly influential for a lot of people. Since his untimely passing I've been going through their discography again and when they reunited in 2008 they released what may be one of my all time favorite albums "Traced in Air". Imagine Pink Floyd making a metal album and you'll get the vibe that Traced in Air brings. This is the first track "Space for this" after the really trippy intro track, absolutely amazing musicianship: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZUHSXcpqDA

FlaminQueso

Guys, be honest. How often did you have to hide your “Enema of the State” CD from your parents? That album cover is just begging for parents to get upset.

Tim Lorow

What is your feeling about musical theater? It’s my not so guilty pleasure to listen to musical soundtracks even if I haven’t seen the show. Song: Being Alive by Stephen Sondheim

Paweł Prędki

Not a question but a memory, if you don't mind. 'All the Small Things' was the first mp3 I ever got on my PC. I listened it on repeat for hours, marveling at the technology. I had a big library of MIDI 'songs' but this was something else. Yes, I also had CDs but this was cutting edge for me at the time :) Good memories... Looking forward to your discussion! I would like to recommend Frank Turner's "Glory Hallelujah" as my community pick. I love the message of the song and it works so well with the music. An anthem if there ever was one. Cheers, Paweł

Dylan Drazek

Hey all! So, it’s no mystery that the late-80s and early-90s kids tend to handle stressful or serious situations in a more sarcastic way, especially apparent with the emergence of meme culture; But listening to Enema of the State again had me thinking: Do you think bands like Blink-182 and the bands and music scene that seemed to emerge along with them are more the product of the times, or do you think that the times and culture of the millennial generation emerged and blew up because of them and the surrounding music scene? It can definitely be a combination of the two, but I just wanted your opinion on the subject. Thanks!! Ps: i know you’re no stranger to the twin cities hip hop scene, but my recommendation for this week is Been Afraid by P.O.S. From the album Never Better.