Schizophrenic Music

Let Us Know Your Thoughts! Craig and Kevin bring things into the present with a look at 2025. Kevin spotlights Sweet Misery, Will Hoge's 15th studio album — a loud, hooky return to his rock 'n' roll roots after the quieter, solo-recorded Tenderhearted Boys, built for cranking the windows down and playing it loud. Craig counters with Unpopular Music, the sixth album from Nashville's Tristen — a playful, sharply observed indie-pop record featuring guest turns from Vanessa Carlton, Wilco's Pat S...

Let Us Know Your Thoughts! Craig and Kevin dig into 1989 for this week's picks. Craig leads off with Surprise Attack, the debut from Memphis hard rockers Tora Tora — a hooky, blues-tinged slice of late-'80s rock built around the hit "Walkin' Shoes." Kevin answers with No One Can Do It Better, The D.O.C.'s classic solo debut produced top to bottom by Dr. Dre — a West Coast hip-hop landmark recorded alongside Straight Outta Compton and packed with staples like "It's Funky Enough" and "The Formu...

Let Us Know Your Thoughts! This episode opens on a somber note as Craig and Kevin pay tribute to Dolly Parton, who passed away in Nashville after a brief battle with cancer. A songwriter, performer, and philanthropist whose reach went far beyond country music, Dolly was — and always will be — a national treasure, and the guys take a moment to reflect on what she meant to them and to American music as a whole. From there, they shift into travel talk. Craig recaps an impromptu beach trip, but t...

Let Us Know Your Thoughts! Craig and Kevin travel back to 2003 for this week's picks. Craig spotlights 1972 by Josh Rouse — a warm, sunny homage to the AM-radio songwriters of the year Rouse was born, steeped in Laurel Canyon vibes and widely regarded as one of his best. Kevin brings the fire with Unclassified, the studio debut from Robert Randolph and the Family Band — a gospel-tinged, sacred-steel powered blast of blues, funk, and rock that put Randolph's pedal steel wizardry on the map. Fr...

Let Us Know Your Thoughts! Craig and Kevin jump forward to 2023 for this week's spotlights. Craig picks Altitude, Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives' first new album in five years — a cosmic-country trip through dreamers, drifters, and desert-flavored twang that stakes Stuart's claim as one of country's great living traditionalists. Kevin counters with Stephen Marley's Old Soul, a stripped-down, acoustic-leaning reggae record born out of pandemic-era jam sessions and stacked with gu...