Record Roulette: A Music Appreciation Podcast

Record Roulette: A Music Appreciation Podcast


Latest Episodes

Ten - Pearl Jam (Review) with Chris Jones
October 18, 2023

We asked journalist, screenwriter, author and... uh... Twitter guy Chris Jones to pick an album from the Rolling Stone 500 Greatest List. He went with Pearl Jam's 1991 debut, Ten, which makes the list at #160. Do Eamon and Nathan approve of this pick

Ten 101
October 11, 2023

Need a primer on Pearl Jam's 1991 debut album? We're here to help. This short explainer gives you everything you need to know about "Ten" to prepare for our upcoming full-length discussion. Oh, but listen to the actual album, too. It&a

BONUS EPISODE: Five Questions with Allison Rapp
October 04, 2023

We ask music journalist Allison Rapp to answer the following questions:What is your dream concert?What is, objectively, the greatest album of all time?What is your favourite album?Which album doesn't get the credit or recognition it deserves?What is

BONUS EPISODE: Which artist would you move to a different genre?
September 27, 2023

Tina Turner in heavy metal? Freddie Mercury in straight-up pop music? How about Jimi Hendrix the blues legend? If you had to pluck one artist from music history out of their genre and place them in another, who would you pick and where would you put them?

Continuum - John Mayer (Review) with Allison Rapp
September 20, 2023

We asked music journalist Allison Rapp to pick an album to chat about from the Rolling Stone 500 Greatest list and she picked... something from John Mayer?!?It's true. We're reviewing Continuum, an album that barely makes the list at #486, from

Continuum 101
September 13, 2023

Don't know anything about John Mayer's 2006 album Continuum? No problem. This short explainer gives you everything you need to know - short of listening to the actual album - to prepare for our upcoming full-length discussion. In this episode yo

BONUS EPISODE: What was the best album from Season Two?
July 05, 2023

This is the absolute last episode before we go on summer hiatus, so we're looking back on the season two to each make our pick for the *best* album of the season. Quick reminder: this season we talked about Beyonce’s self-titled album, Stevie Wonder’

Young, Gifted and Black - Aretha Franklin (Review)
June 28, 2023

In the final episode of season two, the Record Roulette crew tackled one of the FOUR albums from Aretha Franklin on the Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums list. Young, Gifted and Black comes in at #388 on the list.Can they add anything to the discussion ab

BONUS EPISODE: What's your favourite soundtrack?
June 21, 2023

It's not a genre that Rolling Stone recognizes on their list of the greatest albums of all time, but soundtracks (and scores, for that matter) are very important contributors to culture. Do you have a favourite soundtrack? We asked the Record Roulett

Random Access Memories - Daft Punk (Review)
June 14, 2023

Ten years after it was released, do we think Daft Punk's Random Access Memories - #295 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums list - is underrated, overrated or just, uh, rated? The Record Roulette crew weighs in on that question, the suggestion