Arcade Fire & Built to Spill with AJ Moser
Explicit content warning
03/11/22 • 95 min
Note: This episode was recorded and published before claims of misconduct against Arcade Fire frontman Win Butler were made public on Aug. 27, 2022.
AJ Moser is the biggest Arcade Fire fan we know, and in this episode of CrossFade, he got to make the case for “Funeral” being one of the greatest indie rock records of the 21st century. Matt returned the favor with the esteemed, accessible Built to Spill record “Keep It Like a Secret,” which has the spirit and energy of jam band music but in a tight, catchy, interesting package.
In this episode, we talk about Arcade Fire’s reputation and career, what makes Built to Spill such fun, and grapple with the legacy of a debut record that got so much attention on release.
Follow AJ on Twitter at https://twitter.com/Radmure
Tune into the Indieheads Podcast wherever you listen and keep an eye on their Twitter for an upcoming livestream fundraiser benefiting trans youth in Texas: https://twitter.com/indieheadspod
Donate to Direct Relief, providing humanitarian aid to affected communities in Ukraine: https://www.directrelief.org/
Support Equality Texas in their fight for equality for LGBTQ+ Texans: https://www.equalitytexas.org/
We’d love it if you’d rate and review the show on iTunes, ‘cause it means more people can find the show and love it, too! You can find Matt and Jason on Twitter at https://twitter.com/MattHelgeson and https://twitter.com/nintendufus respectively and in the #music channel of the MinnMax Discord server.
Support MinnMax on Patreon and get access to tons of great, exclusive content: https://www.patreon.com/minnmax/
Listen to the CrossFade Community Playlist, a growing Spotify playlist of our community’s favorite music: https://spoti.fi/3aRRgox
Timestamps
0:00 - Arcade Fire & Built to Spill with AJ Moser
1:19 - Arcade Fire - “Funeral”
7:24 - Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)
13:35 - Neighborhood #2 (Laika)
17:13 - Haiti
24:12 - Wake Up
30:30 - Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)
35:41 - Neighborhood #4 (7 Kettles)
36:59 - Built to Spill - “Keep It Like a Secret”
40:07 - The Plan
43:17 - Sidewalk
46:02 - Center of the Universe
48:59 - Carry the Zero
54:50 - You Were Right
1:00:04 - Broken Chairs
1:10:35 - Community Questions (Why do we ‘whoo’?, albums or top tracks, Arcade Fire rankings + more)
1:30:51 - “Freshman Thesis” by Thee More Shallows (suggested by MinnMax supporter Adam Zimmer)
Note: This episode was recorded and published before claims of misconduct against Arcade Fire frontman Win Butler were made public on Aug. 27, 2022.
AJ Moser is the biggest Arcade Fire fan we know, and in this episode of CrossFade, he got to make the case for “Funeral” being one of the greatest indie rock records of the 21st century. Matt returned the favor with the esteemed, accessible Built to Spill record “Keep It Like a Secret,” which has the spirit and energy of jam band music but in a tight, catchy, interesting package.
In this episode, we talk about Arcade Fire’s reputation and career, what makes Built to Spill such fun, and grapple with the legacy of a debut record that got so much attention on release.
Follow AJ on Twitter at https://twitter.com/Radmure
Tune into the Indieheads Podcast wherever you listen and keep an eye on their Twitter for an upcoming livestream fundraiser benefiting trans youth in Texas: https://twitter.com/indieheadspod
Donate to Direct Relief, providing humanitarian aid to affected communities in Ukraine: https://www.directrelief.org/
Support Equality Texas in their fight for equality for LGBTQ+ Texans: https://www.equalitytexas.org/
We’d love it if you’d rate and review the show on iTunes, ‘cause it means more people can find the show and love it, too! You can find Matt and Jason on Twitter at https://twitter.com/MattHelgeson and https://twitter.com/nintendufus respectively and in the #music channel of the MinnMax Discord server.
Support MinnMax on Patreon and get access to tons of great, exclusive content: https://www.patreon.com/minnmax/
Listen to the CrossFade Community Playlist, a growing Spotify playlist of our community’s favorite music: https://spoti.fi/3aRRgox
Timestamps
0:00 - Arcade Fire & Built to Spill with AJ Moser
1:19 - Arcade Fire - “Funeral”
7:24 - Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)
13:35 - Neighborhood #2 (Laika)
17:13 - Haiti
24:12 - Wake Up
30:30 - Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)
35:41 - Neighborhood #4 (7 Kettles)
36:59 - Built to Spill - “Keep It Like a Secret”
40:07 - The Plan
43:17 - Sidewalk
46:02 - Center of the Universe
48:59 - Carry the Zero
54:50 - You Were Right
1:00:04 - Broken Chairs
1:10:35 - Community Questions (Why do we ‘whoo’?, albums or top tracks, Arcade Fire rankings + more)
1:30:51 - “Freshman Thesis” by Thee More Shallows (suggested by MinnMax supporter Adam Zimmer)
Previous Episode
The Strokes’ “Is This It”
Okay so this one’s not a duel, but it’s still a hell of an album!
For this special episode, we asked the CrossFade community to vote on albums they wanted to hear us discuss. It was a tight race (sorry, Frightened Rabbit ☹) but the vox populi won out when they voted for The Strokes’ breakthrough 2001 record, “Is This It”! Listen as Matt (very smart about music) and Jason (never listened to this album before) unpack this classic NYC pop album track-by-track, including the mix, guitar solos, bass work, and how 9/11 affected the album’s release and legacy.
So, whaddaya think? Do you like this format? Should we do more of this? We wanna make what you wanna hear, so let us know with a review, tweet, comment, or Discord message!
Big thanks to Twitter user Soda Pop for the album recommendation: (https://twitter.com/SodaPopinski13/status/1491889020925886465?s=20&t=FeKqEA7Kkc5mpFuaib7xJQ)
Special thanks to Nick Wanders’ Spotify playlist import tool: https://nickwanders.com/projects/ng-spotify-importer/
We’d love it if you’d rate and review the show on iTunes, ‘cause it means more people can find the show and love it, too! You can find Matt and Jason on Twitter at https://twitter.com/MattHelgeson and https://twitter.com/nintendufus respectively and in the #music channel of the MinnMax Discord server.
Support MinnMax on Patreon and get access to tons of great, exclusive content: https://www.patreon.com/minnmax/
Listen to the CrossFade Community Playlist, a growing Spotify playlist of our community’s favorite music: https://spoti.fi/3aRRgox
Timestamps
0:00 - The Strokes’ “Is This It”
7:15 - Is This It
12:42 - This Modern Age
16:38 - Hard to Explain
22:48 - Last Nite
27:55 - Trying Your Luck
32:58 - Alone Together
37:40 - New York City Cops
43:19 - Someday
Next Episode
The Billboard Top 20: March 2022
However big a left turn this is for you, you should know it’s also pretty wild for us, too. On this episode, Matt and Jason turn the dial to “POPULAR” for a look into the top 20 songs on the Billboard Top 200!
We discuss which songs work for us, which don’t, and how the streaming age has made it very, VERY easy to ignore what’s on the radio. From Justin Bieber to Dua Lipa, from Future to Ed Sheeran, from show tunes to future funk, it’s a whole new world of music for people who don’t know what’s popular anymore!
We’d love it if you’d rate and review the show on iTunes, ‘cause it means more people can find the show and love it, too! You can find Matt and Jason on Twitter at https://twitter.com/MattHelgeson and https://twitter.com/nintendufus respectively and in the #music channel of the MinnMax Discord server.
Support MinnMax on Patreon and get access to tons of great, exclusive content: https://www.patreon.com/minnmax/
Listen to the CrossFade Community Playlist, a growing Spotify playlist of our community’s favorite music: https://spoti.fi/3aRRgox
Timestamps
0:00 - The Billboard Top 20: March 2022
6:02 - The Weeknd - “Save Your Tears”
9:28 - Lil Durk - “AHHH HA”
14:29 - “Surface Pressure” from Encanto
20:10 - Latto - “Big Energy”
24:27 - Lil Nas X - “INDUSTRY BABY (feat. Jack Harlow)”
28:02 - Dua Lipa - “Levitating”
37:35 - Gunna, Future - “pushin P (feat. Young Thug)”
41:14 - Imagine Dragons - “Enemy (with JID)”
45:03 - Doja Cat - “Need to Know”
47:56 - Lil Nas X - “THATS WHAT I WANT”
50:38 - Elton John & Dua Lipa - “Cold Heart - PNAU Remix”
57:03 - Ed Sheeran - “Bad Habits”
59:18 - Ed Sheeran - “Shivers”
1:01:08 - Justin Bieber - “Ghost”
1:04:45 - Adele - “Easy On Me”
1:09:03 - The Kid LAROI - “STAY (with Justin Bieber)”
1:12:25 - Kodak Black - “Super Gremlin”
1:15:30 - GAYLE - “abcdefu”
1:19:09 - “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” from Encanto
1:22:12 - Glass Animals - “Heat Waves”
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