The second installment in the Rate Your Music Top 5s series. In this episode, we discuss the top 5 albums from 1953, most of which are highly influential to the development of western music in the 1960s and 1970s. Also important is these albums' impact on the album format itself. 

Django Reinhardt - Django Reinhardt et se rythmes: 2:55

Thelonious Monk Trio - Thelonious: 16:50

Rosalyn Tureck - The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: 29:49

Duke Ellington and His Orchestra- Ellington Uptown: 43:32

Orchestra of La Scala Opera House, Milan - Teatro alla Scala: Tosca: 52:37

Rankings: 1:08:34

The second installment in our Frank Zappa Deep Dive. This crop runs from Hot Rats through the Flo & Eddie years, culminating in Frank's being pushed off stage in London. Stay tuned for Part 3!

Hot Rats: 3:04 Burnt Weeny Sandwich: 17:17 Weasels Ripped My Flesh: 26:28 Chunga's Revenge: 39:15 Fillmore East - June 1971: 48:08 200 Motels: 1:05:13 Just Another Band From LA: 1:18:43 Rankings: 1:34:38

Sit down and grab another PLATE of RAW BEEF, number twelve in the series. In this episode, we discuss a piece of extreme metal, some Icelandic art rock, and a fairly new avant-metal album. We also manage to spend some time (i.e., way too long) discussing the sociology of music and we conclude the show with some good, old-fashioned Gorenoise meme-ing. Enjoy.

Anaal Nathrakh - The Codex Necro (2001) - 2:20 Agent Fresco - Destrier (2015) - 15:24 Imperial Triumphant - Alphaville (2020) - 45:17 Rankings and obligatory Gorenoise meme-ing - 56:54

In this episode, we one shot the deep dive of the The Mars Volta discography-- a catalogue that, on paper, shouldn't work, and yet manages to be some of the best music of the 2000s.

Tremulant (2002) -  1:49 De-Loused in the Comatorium (2003) - 12:03 Frances the Mute (2005) - 23:10 Scabdates (2005) - 34:11 Amputechture (2006) - 41:42 Bedlam in Goliath (2008) - 52:23 Octahedron (2009) - 1:00:35 Nocturniquet (2012) - 1:06:52 Rankings - 1:22:03

Coming back at you with another THICK CUT of RAW BEEF, the eleventh in the series. In this episode, we discuss three wildly varying albums as the RAW BEEFS just keep on getting weirder.

JAKE: Dead Can Dance - Within the Realm of a Dying Sun (1987) - 1:33 JIM: Eyehategod - Take as Needed for Pain (1993) - 17:03 Acid Mothers Temple - Does the Cosmic Shepherd Dream of Electric Tapirs? (2004) - 28:04 Rankings - 38:20

The third and final prog metal starter pack. In this episode, we discuss five seminal releases from the 2010s. Spoiler: it djents.

Periphery - Periphery II: This Time It's Personal (2012) - 1:12 Leprous - Coal (2013) - 27:37 TesseracT - Altered State (2013) - 46:00 Haken - The Mountain (2013) - 1:04:13 The Contortionist - Language (2014) - 1:19:15 Rankings - 1:30:58

In this episode, we discuss five early releases from the English prog rock band, Porcupine Tree. These albums are decidedly rooted in the psychedelic rock tradition, perhaps a far cry from the group's best known work in the 2000s. 

On the Sunday of Life (1992) - 0:17 Voyage 34 (1992) - 11:52 Up the Downstair (1993) - 19:30 The Sky Moves Sidways (1995) - 28:15 Signal (1996) - 36:28 Rankings - 54:16

It's a celebration, bitches. The Butter Notes comes at you hot with a special SLAB of RAW BEEF, our tenth in the series. To mark this milestone, we present possibly the most diverse set of records to date and we conclude with some superlatives for the albums that have appeared in this series. This episode is the stickiest of the icky. 

JIM: Rick James - Street Songs (1981) 0:46 JAKE: Follia - Follia! (2014) - 14:42 TON: Paysage d'Hiver - Im Wald (2020) - 30:50 RESTING JUICES - 48:12