The Anthony & Todd Show: Recent Episodes
Vincent Thomas Short
“We’re back! Join Vincent and Trevor on their journey to critique and meme music. Here, they’ll talk about the albums and music they love and conduct interviews with the artists that create them.”
Last year, Fatboi Sharif’s career blew up with the deluxe edition of his album Gandhi Loves Children, his collab album with Roper Williams. His hellish music quickly became one of our biggest musical obsessions of the year. Since then, he’s been featured on records from Billy Woods, Moor Mother, Steel Tipped Dove, and Darko the Super, bringing his unique, unmatched style to every verse he’s done. We were fortunate enough to sit down with his recently to discuss his music making process, his lyrics, and his latest album with Noface, Preaching in Havana.
“Preaching in Havana” is out now!
In a very special episode, Vincent and Trevor hold a new interview with Baltimore MC/producer Height Keech and Philly MC Darko the Super about their latest album You Gotta Have Friends!
You Gotta Have Friends is out March 4th on heightkeech.bandcamp.com
Trevor and Vincent dive into three highly anticipated projects, including the follow up from Black Country, New Road, Ants From Up There; the return to form for Animal Collective with Time Skiffs; and Saba’s big step in the right direction on Few Good Things.
Vincent and Trevor explore two new albums: the latest effort since 2019 from Combo Chimbita, IRE, and the sequel to Your Old Droog and Tha God Fahim’s project from last year, Tha Wolf on Wall St. 2: The American Dream.
Vincent and Trevor take a look at two new projects: indie-rock legend Pedro the Lion’s ode to David Bazan’s temporary childhood home Havasu and English electronic musician Bonobo’s organic yet synthetic album Fragments.
Trevor and Vincent dive into the first batch of exciting projects in 2022, including The Weeknd’s latest exploration of 80s sounds Dawn FM, the long awaited project from Earl Sweatshirt SICK!, and CAPRISONGS, the first full-length project from FKA twigs since 2019.
Vincent and Trevor take a trip down memory lane with some reissues that made it to streaming services last year, including Mac Miller’s 2014 mixtape Faces, A$AP Rocky’s debut project LIVE.LOVE.A$AP and the new double re-release of Radiohead’s early 2000s albums Kid A and Amnesiac, Kid A MNESIA.
This is the moment you’ve been waiting for. The main event of the year. Vincent and Trevor list out their favorite albums in the year of our Luigi, 2021.
Take a deep dive into some of Vincent and Trevor’s favorite hidden gems of the year. Don’t let these releases slip you by. Make sure you take the chicken out of the freezer for dinner tonight.
Welcome to End of Year 2021! To kick things off, Vincent and Trevor discuss their favorite EPs of 2021.
Trevor and Vincent discuss their final batch of albums of the year: Black Country, New Road’s long awaited debut project For the first time, Wiki’s love letter to NYC Half God, and the fiery new album from Lingua Ignota, SINNER GET READY.
Vincent and Trevor breeze through some more great projects of 2021: Cola Boyy’s colorful debut album Prosthetic Boombox, Madlib’s Four Tet curated solo release Sound Ancestors, and the perfect summertime electropop record from Myd, Born a Loser.
Trevor and Vincent dive into the upbeat world of ska with Jeff Rosenstock’s SKA DREAM, a reworking of his 2020 album NO DREAM with more skanking goodness
Vincent and Trevor fly through some of the most insane and unpredictable releases this year: JPEGMAFIA’s peak of artistry so far LP!, Lil Ugly Mane’s foray into indie rock Volcanic Bird Enemy and the Voiced Concern, and Van Goghs Left Ear, Zelooperz’s craziest and most realized album so far.
Trevor and Vincent explore three different outlets of underground hip hop on this episode: Mach-Hommy’s glorious return to Griselda on Pray For Haiti, Your Old Droog’s “debut album” TIME, and Call Me When You’re Outside, a culmination of all the hard work and production credits Steel Tipped Dove has accumulated over the years.
Vincent and Trevor dive into all different corners of pop music with three excellent releases: Grouper’s latest bedroom pop outing Shade, Juan Wauters’ ode to radio Real Life Situations, and the upbeat and soulful Music from Benny Sings.
Trevor and Vincent get into some of the smoothest albums of the year: BADBADNOTGOOD’s mature comeback Talk Memory, James Blake’s stunning solo effort Friends That Break Your Heart, and the incredible epic collaboration piece Promises from Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders, and the London Symphony Orchestra.
“Vincent and Trevor cover three spooooky albums from 2021: Injury Reserve’s groundbreaking and glitchy masterpiece By the Time I Get to Phoenix, Fatboi Sharif and Roper Williams’ brief foray into horrorcore and abstract rap Gandhi Loves Children (Deluxe), and Westside Gunn’s conclusion to his Hitler Wears Hermes mixtape series, Hitler Wears Hermes 8: Sincerely Adolf and Side B.”
In 2016 a new name burst onto the scene at prolific indie rap label Mello Music Group. That name was none other than The Lasso, a producer and multi-instrumentalist from Michigan. With him he brought a unique instrumental sound that felt retro and new at the same time. After a few collab albums with names such as Psypiritual, Chris Orrick, and ELUCID (as Small Bills), The Lasso returns with multiple new collaborators and a brand new sound. We were lucky enough to sit down and discuss that new album, 2121, on the Anthony and Todd Show with the man himself.
About 30 minutes from the border of Canada lies the town of Bellingham, Washington, a city being put on the map by the musicians of Black Noise Records. And at the heart of Black Noise is founder Klefto, a producer/beatmaker himself. In an attempt to celebrate the diversity and talent the town had to offer, he formed Black Noise with like-minded musicians. These musicians recently created their first compilation record under Kelfto’s direction, Black Noise Presents: Family Affair. In the latest installment of our interview series, we finally get the opportunity to sit down with Klefto to discuss running a label, selecting talent, and creating compelling music.
Over the last year, The Anthony and Todd Show has kept up with eclectic rapper/producer Darko the Super, our first interview guest and friend of the show. Through his music, we’ve been introduced to multiple other artists that run in his sphere and on his label, U Don’t Deserve This Beautiful Art. One of those artists is Donovan Phillips, better known as rapper/singer/producer ialive, or more recently Donovan Days. This Philly native has been working with UDDTBA and Darko for years, creating and producing music since 2004. It only made sense for us to finally sit down and get to know him better after hearing so much from him, including his newest release Donovan Days. We discuss forging his own identity in the music scene, his love affair with rap music, meeting and working with Darko, and switching up his sound and name on Donovan Days.
Vincent and Trevor sit down with Bristol based lo-fi and bedroom pop band Oro Swimming Hours. Oliver Wilde and Nicholas Stevenson talk about Haunted Mansions, Ice Cream Trucks, and their new album Pteradactyl. Pteradactyl is out now via Deertone Records and can be found on their Bandcamp or Spotify.
Vincent and Trevor sit down with Washington based plunderphonics producer Slap Serif to talk about his origins, the Avalanches, and the Neverhood. Slap just put out a collaboration with the Rhetorician called I Think We Killed Bigfoot and earlier this year put out his album Voice Inside The Music.
Vincent and Trevor sit down with Philadelphia MC Darko The Super. He chats with them about surprising connections, his new album Nevermind, and being a "non-typical" rapper.