We're celebrating the 20th anniversary of Radiohead's Kid A by attempting to rank every song. Email us: PopShieldPod@gmail.com And subscribe to our new side-pod, "GONKCAST: An Autechre Podcast"!

Pop Shield: Perspectives on Music Past and Present

Ranking Every Song on Radiohead’s Kid A

The fall season has officially begun, so we're counting down the five greatest autumn albums of all time. Email us: PopShieldPod@gmail.com  Follow us on Twitter: @PopShieldPod

The Top 5 Autumn Albums

We celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Cocteau Twins classic, Heaven or Las Vegas, by getting into the album for the very first time. Email us: PopShieldPod@gmail.com  Follow us on Twitter: @PopShieldPod

Cocteau Twins’ Heaven or Las Vegas Turns 30

We celebrate Phil Elverum's return to The Microphones with a deep dive into Elverum's 2001 masterpiece, The Glow Pt. 2. Email us: PopShieldPod@gmail.com  Follow us on Twitter: @PopShieldPod

Revisiting The Microphones’ The Glow Pt. 2 (and Microphones in 2020!)

We're taking a brief summer break, so here's an assortment of Lou Reed and Neil Young reviews from our archives to hold you over. Email us: PopShieldPod@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @PopShieldPod

BONUS: Lou Reed and Neil Young (Flashback!)

We reflect on our past obsessions with Pink Floyd by diving deep into the band's 1971 LP, Meddle. Email us: PopShieldPod@gmail.com  Follow us on Twitter: @PopShieldPod

Reassessing Pink Floyd and Meddle

We take a deep dive into Bob Dylan's new LP, Rough and Rowdy Ways, as well as the state of Bob Dylan's legacy in 2020. Email us: PopShieldPod@gmail.com  Follow us on Twitter: @PopShieldPod

Bob Dylan’s Rough and Rowdy Ways, One Last Masterpiece?

We dive deep into the phenomenon that is 100 gecs by discussing their debut LP, 1000 gecs. Email us: PopShieldPod@gmail.com  Follow us on Twitter: @PopShieldPod

Learning to Love 100 gecs

We celebrate a ton of classics that are turning 50 this year by counting down and debating our favorite records from 1970. Email us: PopShieldPod@gmail.com 

The Top 5 Albums of 1970

In honor of Mark Mothersbaugh’s 70th birthday (but mostly to appease Dan), we're getting into Devo by exploring the band's 1978 debut, Q. Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! Email us: PopShieldPod@gmail.com 

Learning to Love Devo

We celebrate the 25th anniversary of Pavement's Wowee Zowee by diving deep into the album, as well as its curious reception history. Email us: PopShieldPod@gmail.com 

Pavement’s Wowee Zowee Turns 25

We discuss Fiona Apple's new LP, Fetch the Bolt Cutters, plus the insane hype surrounding the album, including Pitchfork's perfect 10 rating. Email us: PopShieldPod@gmail.com 

Fiona Apple’s Fetch the Bolt Cutters, a Perfect 10?

Inspired by a random tweet, we've decided to put the years of our birth head to head to head. We're talking Sonic Youth, Pixies, The Cure, and a whole lot more. Email us: PopShieldPod@gmail.com 

1987 vs. 1988 vs. 1989

When we learned that Joy Division had never "clicked" for Darin, and that Gabe hadn't listened to them in years, we decided to dive deep into the band's classic second LP, Closer. Email us: PopShieldPod@gmail.com 

Revisiting Joy Division’s Closer

We dive deep into an emerging cult classic that everybody needs to hear, Fishmans' 1996 magnum opus, Long Season. Email us: PopShieldPod@gmail.com 

Learning to Love Fishmans’ Long Season

Music fanatics Gabe, Dan, and Darin (formerly of the Metafork Music Review) use your favorite artists and albums to get at bigger trends and phenomena in the world of popular music.

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Pop Shield: Perspectives on Music Past and Present

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