Part 2 of my conversation with guest Jay Breitling about our favorite music of 2018.

Show notes:

• Recorded at Clicky Clicky world HQ

• Featuring special guest/studio audience member Ric Dube

• JB's #10/JK's #9

• On-again, off-again band led by Steve Hartlett

• Ah, the old "sweatpants-with-beers-stuffed-down-the-legs" deal

• Reminiscent of "Bug"-era Dino Jr.

• JK's #10

• Labelmates of Parquet Courts with similar sound

• The downside of "Music Limited"

• JB's #9

• Boston act traffics in "millennial mopery"

• Lo-fi, self-released effort

• Stickin' it to the Man with his Bandcamp URL

• JK's #8

• Released on 1/1/18

• Fueled by political frustration and anger

• A "fun protest album"

• JB's #8

• Brand new record from a UK supergroup

• Long-awaited followup to 2007 debut

• Rhythmically diverse look at British culture

• Whither Gorillaz?

• JK's #7

• The 12th studio album from power-pop masters

• Four songwriters who each wrote three songs

• Consistently great

• The fun of hunting down B-sides and rarities before artists started releasing compilations/reissues

• The ability to fall asleep on your feet while at a rock concert

• JB's #7

• A good record from a guitar wizard

• Less volume than his main gig

• "Relatively understated throughout"

• JK's #6

• An expansive effort from a prolific indie act

• Branching out their sound with more danceable songs

• Voicing political outrage

• JB's #6

• Venturing into jazzier realms

• Led by one of the more interesting guitarists of last 25 years

• Avant-rock/jazz; "it's not like Kenny G"

• Next: The top 5

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The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian.