Bad Wallpaper Presents: Bad Riffs: Recent Episodes
Bad Wallpaper
Two friends record some music every week with the goal of creating a full album at the end of a year.
It's been a crazy year, but we had to come back and do our year end Top 10s!
Check out the Bad Riffs EP on Spotify, Apple Music, or wherever else music is.
We're Back in the Podcast Groove (tm). Jake and Jared return once more to Jared's tune Daisy, and Jake takes a crack at another Jared tune Francine.
First, we take a look at the Pinegrove shuffle and a music festival tragedy that hit close to home.
Then we discuss some amazing albums that we've been checking out from Youth Lagoon, Feeble Little Horse, Home is Where, Jesus Piece, and Billy Woods and Kenny Segal.
Timestamps:
21:17 What Have We Been Listening To?
40:44 Demo Updates
Look we know we've been gone but we promise it was worth it. Jake and Jared reconnect on life and music, and show some demo updates. Jake redid vocals on several tracks, and remixed another, and discuss what they're working on next.
Time Stamps:
22:52 - What have you been listening to?
39:06 - Demo Updates
Bad Wallpaper has been hard at work at the riff factory, but sometimes life slows us down. Have no fear, we're back with some tunes. We catch up on Oscar movies, new tunes, and our song progress.
Time Stamps
26:36 What Have We Been Listening To
44:00 New Demos
Some more demos coming down the hatch. First Jake and Jared discuss movies (not sorry), weather (a little sorry but it's cold), and what to do with all those dollar bin records when you have to downsize.
We also discuss new tunes by King Tuff, White Reaper, Tanukichan, Fucked Up, and Parannoul
TimeStamps:
28:00 What Have We Been Listening To?
44:27 Demo-lition Derby
After a month of flu, Bad Wallpaper is back in the saddle. We talk about the incredible Japanese film House, look back on the legacy of Jeff Beck and David Crosby, and the onslaught of new singles from great bands such as Boygenius, M83, and Wednesday. Jared revisits a recent riff, and Jake reaches back to week 20.
Timestamps
13:11 What Have You Been Listening To?
33:37 Demo Debuts
Bad Wallpaper debut two new demos, both taken from week 11 of the podcast. But first, the boys discuss going to shows (Isaac Brock for Jake), not going to shows (no Ben Gibbard for Jared), and revisiting hometown bands (Somebody Still Loves You, Boris Yeltsin)
Time Stamps
30:14 What Have You Been Listening To?
47:37 Demo Debuts
It's that time of the year again to make lists about albums. Everybody is going to their favorite list sources, like Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, and Bad Wallpaper.
Jake and Jared have been compiling their 10 favorite albums of the year since college, and are here to dissect them in painstaking detail!
Thanks to all the artists that put out music this year, we have loved listening, discussing, and comparing them head to head with albums that are completely different. We look forward to releasing our own album that you can say wasn't quite good enough to make your top 10.
We say Favorite because they're the albums we listened to over and over, took inspiration from, and will hopefully stick with us through the new year! This is just like our opinion man!
It's been a year already??? Time flies when you're writing riffs. the boys talk about what they've accomplished over the past year and what the plan is going forward with the Podcast and expanding the existing riffs.
In addition, they discuss Grammy noms (and of course Christian Numetal), ticketmaster, new music from Andy Shauf, and the Drive By Truckers.
Time Stamps:
30:26 What Have you been listening to?
42:08 A Year in Review
The boys welcome Graphic Designer Andrew Sexton to discuss the new Bad Wallpaper artwork! Andrew made some great graphics for the podcast and all our social media, and has first dibs on the Bad Wallpaper Album...
He joins us to discuss various topics like going to Portland, the Metal Microsoft Logo, Taco Bell and Turnstile, and the 2022 Midterm elections (sorry we recorded this while that was actively happening)
We also discuss some of our favorite music right now. Andrew has been enjoying new releases by Jean Dawson and Joji. Jared has been checking out the Revolver Remaster, along with some quick hits. Jake has been listening to Jeff and Laura's new EP of Neil Young Covers, Younger Still.
Finally, we pick our favorite riffs of the month, our last riff selections of the year. Stay tuned for more!!
Check out Andrew's Instagram https://www.instagram.com/sextondesign.ai/
and his project Collab Tracks on Spotify!
Time Stamps:
42:00 What Have we Been Listening to
56:30 Decision Time
Bad Riffs are back Baby, and they're badder than ever. Jake saw Algernon Cadwallader with Jesse, and Jared wanted to relitigate the Pitchfork 90s list for content.
We also discuss new albums by Plains and Martha, as well as a new favorite find of Jared's, Happy Diving.
Jared's Riffspiration is 1985 by Kvelertak
Jake's Riffspiration is You in Weird Cities by Jeff Rosenstock
Timestamps:
26:37 What have you been listening to?
41:30 Riffspirations
After some time off, Jake and Jared return to riffing.
We discuss hanging out in Boston and of course some movies (go see barbarian)
Tons of music came out since we last recorded, so we discuss new music from Wild Pink, The 1975, and Alvvays
Jake's Riffspiration is a morning song by Oso Oso
Jared's Riffspiration is Anthem for No State, Pt. III by Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Time Stamps:
17:50 What Have you Been Listening to?
31:51 Riffspirations
Dynamic Ticket Pricing strikes when Jared least expects it. Jake saw the National (they're top 5). Jared is getting into Jazz Open Mic nights. Seattle Fashion is real.
We also discuss some great new albums, When the Wind Forgets your Name by Built to Spill and God Save the Animals by Alex G
Jared's Riffspiration is The Wagon by Dinosaur Jr (he really likes Dinosaur Jr)
Jake's Riffspiration is Blossom (Wasting All My Time) by Soccer Mommy
Time Stamps
24:21 What Have we Been Listening To
40:15 Riffspirations
wow we've done a lot of these. We pick two more riffs, bringing our short list to 16 tracks. Luckily there were fewer bad things to talk about so we got to talk about pedals a bit.
Time Stamps:
25:00 What have we been listening to?
32:00 Decision Time
Some very different riffspirations this week, but two more tracks in the Bad Wallpaper Pantheon of riffs. Jared is smoking some meats. Jake thinks Footloose is a bad movie. Jake and Jared also discuss some (bad) music news related to Arcade Fire and AI rappers....
Jake's Riffspiration is Million Times by Fiddlehead
Jared's Riffspiration is Smoke Signals by Phoebe Bridgers
Timestamps:
22:00 What have you been listening to
34:45 Riffspirations
It's a very special covers episode from Bad Wallpaper! We discuss our favorite song covers and debut 3 demo covers to rerecord for the album!
We cover:
Reservations by Wilco
We May be the Ones by Paul Westerberg
A Good Flying Bird by Guided by Voices
Check out this playlist to see Bad Wallpaper's favorite Cover Songs
https://spoti.fi/3QY42a0
TimeStamps
22:00 Favorite Covers
44:30 Bad Wallpaper Covers
Oh boy is it twee in here or is that just me? It's an accidental 2000's indie throwback episode. We had to talk about movies, Pitchfork's home page, and imperialism first, important stuff.
Jake has been listening to Chat Pile, and Jared has been listening to Sweet Pill
Jake's Riffspiration is A Movie Script Ending by Death Cab for Cutie
Jared's Riffspiration is With Arms Outstretched by Rilo Kiley
Time Stamps
30:00 What have we been listening to
43:00 Riffspirations
The riffs just do not stop. The riffs will never stop.
Jake returns from Vegas, where he was very bad at blackjack. Jared bought a lap steel and does not know how it works.
Jared has been listening to The Sea and the Cake, while Jake has been hooked on the new album by Pool Kids
Jared is inspired by When you Sleep by My Bloody Valentine
Jake is inspired by the angel of 8th ave. by Gang of Youths
Time Stamps
21:00 What Have you Been Listening to
30:27 Riffspirations
wow another day another riff. you know what they say.
The boys discuss seeing some family and the struggles of satellite radio. They then select their favorite jams.
We also discuss what we've been listening to, The Promise Ring and Sooner
Time Stamps:
23:30 What have you been listening to?
32:20 Decision Time
It's a throwback episode with two classic bands as inspiration. Also Jared got COVID and watched a bunch of twin peaks, so we discuss the ways different TV shows use music.
We discuss new albums by Soccer Mommy and Perspective, A Lovely Hand to Hold, a new track by Alvvays, and exploring the catalog of Archers of Loaf
Jake's Riffspiration is Cool Thing by Sonic Youth
Jared's Riffspiration is Bastard's of Young by The Replacements
Timestamps
25:00 What Have You Been Listening To?
39:00 Riffspirations and Riffs
Jared talks about his exciting Father's Day (spoiler alert he played guitar) and we celebrate the 20th anniversary of a special St. Louis album, Nellyville.
Jared's Riffspiration is Souvenir by Joyce Manor
Jake's Riffspiration is You are Every Girl to Me by MJ Lenderman
Time Stamps
15:00 What Have we Been Listening to
29:00 Riffspirations
We talk about many adult things, like what scared us on PBS and what to do as an adult at Disney World. We also make some more jams
Jake's Riffspiration is Teeth Like God's Shoeshine by Modest Mouse
Jared's Riffspiration is Whisper by Ty Segall
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TimeStamps
9:32 What We've Been Listening to
22:54 Riffspirations
It's that time to pick our favorite riffs, love to pick some riffs. But this week we also have a full length demo to share with the world! Now the world can judge us not just for our 45 second diddies, but also our 3 minute diddies. Check it out on our soundcloud!
https://soundcloud.com/badwallpaper/columbia?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
We were all very sad when we recorded this but we tried to talk about baseball stadiums to make us feel better. Things go off the rails when a surprise guest enters the pod. We talk a lot about Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood.
Jared's Riffspiration is Thin Thing by The Smile
Jake's Riffspiration is Optimistic by Radiohead
Time Stamps
18:17 What Have you Been Listening To
41:22 Riffspirations
We're back after a long (accidental) hiatus to hit the riffs yet again. We have some fun reading old Pitchfork reviews, chat about some music news like the official death of the iPod, and get into some chill new riffs
Jake's Riffspiration is Nocturnalia by Caracara
Jared's Riffspiration is Camelblues by Mndsgn
Time Stamps
29:00 What We've Been Listening To
37:00 Riffspirations
It's riffmas time in the city
Jared's Riffspiration is My Chinchilla by Cub
Jake's Riiffspiration is Adrenaline Nightshift by Japandroids
Timestamps
24:00 What have you been listening to?
34:00 Riffspirations
It's that time again, can't believe we've done this for 5 months. To celebrate we talked about a lot of nonsense and then picked some Riffs
We said our peace about Will Smith (as all podcasters are contractually obligated to do) and reminisced about Taylor Hawkins (RIP)
So much good music came out, so we talked about the great new albums by Soul Glo, Caracara, and Destroyer
Jake's Riffspiration is Died in the Prison of the Holy Office by The World Is A Beautiful Place & I am No Longer Afraid to Die
Jared's Riffspiration is Unlicensed Hall Monitor by Drug Church
Back at it after a little time off, the boys get a little lofty with their riffspiration goals. Also Jesse doesn't have COVID anymore so that's good.
We discuss a few New Albums, Hygiene by Drug Church & Sore Thumb by Oso Oso
Jared's Riffspiration is When You Were Young by The Killers
Jake's Riffspiration is New York, I Love You But You're Bringing Me Down by LCD Soundsystem
Timestamps:
11:49 What have you been listening to
25:00 Riffspirations
We're back in the riff zone folks. We had some all timer riffspirations that led to some at least decent Bad Riffs
Jake's Riffspiration is Dark Days by PUP
Jared's Riffspiration is Never Meant by American Football
Time Stamps
10:25 What Have You Been Listening to
22:35 Riffspirations
We're back at it to pick some riffs yet again, but not before talking about both guitars and band camp and Roald Dahl
TimeStamps:
25:00 What Have we Been Listening To
47:00 Pickin Riffs
Tune in for tunes and also a miracle hiccup cure. Also in depth fast food franchise analysis.
Jared's Riffspiration is Pain by Jimmy Eat World
Jake's Riffspiration is Spit Fountain by Algernon Cadwallader
Time Stamps (If you want to skip the fast food talk)
24:48 What have you been listening to
39:02 Riffspirations
It's a throwback episode to Jake and Jared, so you know they're gonna babble about guitar picks for 10 minutes. And you know some names of albums are gonna get misremembered. But it's all in the spirit of the game. The boys also discuss 2nd Wave Emo and how Pinkerton slots in perfectly, and rave about the New Big Thief album Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You
Jake's Riffspiration is Wake Me Up to Drive by Big Thief
Jared's Riffspiration is Thy Mission by The Garden
Time Stamps:
26:20 What Have you Been Listening To?
50:10 Riffspirations
Jake and Jared had a long weekend recording during Jared's Birthday, so we're back with a special acoustic week for riffs!
Also Jake is very sorry for his audio it'll be back to normal next week
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TimeStamps
21:17 What Have you Been Listening to
37:00 Riffspirations
The boys sit down to yet again pick some Riffs. But first we discuss stuff like NFTs, old vs new music, and Neil Young (again sorry).
Time Stamps
29:04 What have we been listening to
46:27 Decision Time
The boys discuss their favorite songs from video game soundtracks. Also just a tiny bit of Neil Young vs Spotify. But then it's down to business with some new jams on the menu.
Jake's Riffspiration is Stone Meadows by Bartees Strange
Jared's Riffspiration is First Breath After Coma by Explosions in the Sky
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We introduce the 4th member of bad wallpaper, our (new) bassist Jesse. We play "Guess that NuMetal Band", talk about the curse of Wordle, and jam out to some new tracks.
Jared's Riffspiration is Laid by The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
Jake's Riffspiration is Lite Dream by Diarrhea Planet
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Time Stamps
0:00 Game and Intro
18:30 What's Up
32:15 What are you listening to
50:00 Riffspirations
We bring out a new game, Name That Riff, and discover Jack and Jared do not know the names to songs. We also talk about movies and festival lineups and forgetting to listen to music
Jake's Riffspiration is Secret Meeting by the National
Jared's Riffspiration is Pierce the Morning Sky by Dinosaur Jr.
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Time Stamps:
0:00 Game and Intro
13:50 What's Up
27:44 What we've been listening to
42:00 Riffspirations
The Boys are back in town to pick our favorite riffs from the last month(ish)
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We take a bit of a break from our regular stuff to bring you the Riff-O-Rama. Jared and Jake have been discussing their top ablums every year since college, and now we're bringing it to the podcast! We put our lists on Spotify if you want to check out the music we're talking about! Jared's Top Ten: https://spoti.fi/3Fxusu3 Jake's Top Ten: https://spoti.fi/3eriiqC Shout out to our podfathers Grierson & Leitch and The Indiecast
We talk about what songs get us in the Christmas Spirit and play some tunes (non-holiday variety) Jake's Riffspiration is Circles of Hell by Greet Death Jared's Riffspiration is Absolutely by Nine Days Check us out on Instagram @bad.wallpaper.band and on Twitter @bad_wallpaper
Jack enacts a little Nashville style revenge with a game of his own. We ask ourselves what the meaning of riff is.
Jared's Riffspiration is Get Away by Yuck
Jake's Riffspiration is Dear Nora by Alien Boy
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A very front heavy episode as we play a game, talk about theme parks, and Jake tries to start a fight over television programs
Jared's Riffspiration is THE PLAN by BUILT TO SPILL
Jake's Riffspiration is POT KETTLE BLACK by WILCO
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We discuss old video games that we still like and also music I guess
Jake's Riffspiration is KILLER PARTIES by THE HOLD STEADY
Jared's Riffspiration is SUPER SOAKER by WAVVES
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We've figured out the format and that leaves even more time to talk about stupid things like Bourbon and Acapella.
Jared's Riffspiration is HOMO SAPIEN by PARQUET COURTS
Jake's Riffspiration is ACADEMY FIGHT SONG by MISSION OF BURMA
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Jake and Jared embark on a quest to make an album. We do figure out the format next episode I promise!
Jake is inspired by TURNSTILE and their song DON'T PLAY
Jared is inspired by CORRIDOR and their song DOMINO
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The time has come for the boys to make a decision for once. We bring in our drummer Jack to help us pick the best tracks of the month.
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