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Crucial Tunes

by Crucial Tunes

Two dudes ranking shit about music and usually drinking wine.

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Episodes

  1. Run For Cover Records

    Per usual, we ranked our favorite releases from a label. This time, we did RFC. Sorry it's been so fucking long!

  2. Side One Dummy Records

    Same shit as usual. This week, we are ranking out favorite releases from Side One Dummy!

  3. BONUS EPISODE: 2024 Albums of the Year

    Yep, it's exactly that. We bullshit about our favorite records to drop in 2024.

  4. 702: Vagrant Records

    Same shit as always. This time, we did Vagrant Records releases.

  5. 701: Epitaph Records

    YO WE ARE BACK! Exact same format, exact same bullshit. Got a new co-host. His name is Luke and he's fucking cool as shit. This week, we rank out favorite Epitaph Records releases, and a bunch of other stupid shit. As we do!

  6. 30 Years Of 1994

    We're still dead, but we found the time to do a one-off episode just for fun. Since 1994 was 30 years ago, and it was a fucking HUGE years for music, we ranked our favorite releases from that year.

  7. 603: Brackets (00's Emo & Nu-Metal)

    Bracket shit, you already know.

  8. 602: Record Label Brackets (Solid State vs Victory & Trustkill vs Ferret)

    Different shit this time! Not just list based like we usually do. Was a lot of fun, for damn sure!

  9. 601: 20 Years of 2004

    New season! To kick this fucker off, we ranked our favorite album that turn 20 this year.

  10. 510: 2023 Albums of the Year

    That's a wrap on season five! Thanks for hanging with us. Here's our favorite records of 2023. Enjoy!

  11. 509: Now & Then (90's Albums For Our Childhood and Today)

    Usual shit, you know what it is!

  12. 508: 90's Country

    Business as usual. Normal format. Ranking our favorite 90's country tracks. Don't judge us because a bunch of it fucking rips.

  13. Our Least Favorite Songs (with Jason Urbanczyk)

    50 EPISODES LFG

  14. 507: 90's Metal

    You know the deal. Usual format. 90's metal this time. Enjoy!

  15. 506: 90's One Hit Wonders

    You know what it is!

  16. 505: 90's Punk (w/ Mil Savich)

    Standard format, you know the drill. Did 90's punk records this time. Shouts to the homie Mil for jumping on!

  17. 504: 90's Emo

    You know the drill. We ranked our favorite emo albums of the 90's.

  18. 503: 90's Hip-Hop

    Usual format. Ranking our favorite 90's hip-hop albums and drinking wine. You already know what it is.

  19. BONUS EPISODE: Rapid Fire Questions (with Tim Barrett)

    Our old friend Tim was in town for a bit so we got together and had a list of random ass music questions that we fucked around with. Enjoy!

  20. 502: 90's Pop Rock/College Radio

    Round two for the 90's rock shit. This time, we did the corny ass VH1 type of stuff. Enjoy!

  21. 501: 90's Alt Rock (Pt. 1)

    Same old shit! We rattle off our lists of our favorite 90's alt rock/grunge albums. Enjoy!

  22. 410: Songs From The THPS Series

    We rank our favorite songs from THPS 1-5!

  23. 409: Bullshitting About Furnace Fest '23

    Exactly what time title says. Talking about who's playing, and we who we are stoked to see. Enjoy!

  24. 408: Female Fronted Bands

    As usual, we have lists and rank shit. This time, we ranked our favorite woman fronted bands. Enjoy!

  25. 407: Random Rapid Fire Questions

    We did our first in person episode in probably over a year, and honestly it's probably the funniest shit we've ever put you.

  26. 406: Movie Soundtracks

    We rank our favorite movie soundtracks!

  27. 405: Slipknot Singles

    We rank singles that Slipknot has put out!

  28. 404: blink-182 Singles

    Title says it. We rank our favorite blink-182 singles!

  29. 403: 20 Years of 2003

    It’s exactly what it sounds like. Our favorite shit from a monumental ass year.

  30. 402: Holiday Special (Our Favorite Christmas Songs)

    Happy holidays, y'all! We bullshit about Christmas rippers in this one. Enjoy!

  31. 401: 2022 Albums of the Year

    Season 4! Let's fucking go! These are our favorite records to drop in 2022.

  32. BONUS EPISODE: Side One Track One (w/ Erik Bakrevski)

    Chris is impossible to catch free. So Larry had Erik on and they drank beer and talked about album opening tracks, along with a bunch of other stupid shit.

  33. 310: Our Favorite Releases From Solid State Records

    That's a wrap on season three, y'all! Solid State Records has a ridiculously good catalog, so we ranked our favorites.

  34. 309: Cover Songs

    Been a bit! Sorry y'all. It's hard to do anything when you're in your mid 30's and have to live life. Anyway, standard format and we talk about cover songs. Enjoy!

  35. 308: 20 Years of "Bless the Martyr and Kiss the Child" (with Daryn Frank)

    Norma Jean's debut album "Bless the Martyr and Kiss the Child" just turned 20 years old, so we bullshat about it. Per usual, we sidetrack and shit but that's on brand, so whatever! We were joined by Daryn Frank, the homiest of homies. Couldn't think of someone who would have a better insight on...

  36. 307: Features We Think Are Sick

    Punk, metal, and hardcore songs with guest stops we fuck with! Enjoy.

  37. 306: Good Songs By Artists We Don’t Like

    Self explanatory. Called back to early season two and got a little more drunk than usual. Was fun!

  38. 305: Mount Rushmores of 20 Incredibly Specific Styles (with Jason Urbanczyk)

    We drew a super specific genre out of a camo New Found Glory hat and each have our Mount Rushmore representation of said genre. We ate pizza and drank White Claws at noon on a Saturday. It was tight. Shout out Jason for rolling up!

  39. 304: Fictional Artists

    We sat down and bullshat about artists exist only in movies and TV. It was a damn good time! Enjoy!

  40. 303: Music Videos (pt. 1)

    We are both millennials in our mid 30’s and are straight up products of the golden era of MTV, so we talk about it.

  41. 302: Our Favorite Producers & Engineers

    We bullshit about people who mixed, mastered, recorded, and produced albums we love. And get drunk. And it was done remotely. Enjoy!

  42. 301: New Season, New Host, New Bands

    Season three y’all! We added the homie Andy as our third host. We bullshit about newer bands we dig, and a whole bunch of other stuff too. Enjoy!

  43. 210: Our Favorite Releases From Victory Records

    To wrap up season two, we bullshat about our favorite albums that Victory Records has released.

  44. 209: Bridges

    This episode, we talk about our favorite bridges. You know, that part of the towards the end-ish that's different than any other part. Anyway, enjoy!

  45. 208: “When We Were Young & Furnace Fest 2022”

    Two big music festivals that are really huge for the stuff we like are happening this year, so we drank wine and talked about them. Enjoy!

  46. 207: Twenty Years Of 2002

    We talk about 2002. It was FULL of incredible releases. Definitely not as a good time. Excuse the few technical issues we had. As usual, wine was involved.

  47. 206: Disney Rippers

    We talk about the sickest Disney bangers, but only the ones that took place is our lifetime because otherwise we’d have to cover like a whole ass century. Enjoy!

  48. 205: TV Theme Songs

    We drank wine and beer and talked about TV themes. Title kinda says it all. Enjoy!

  49. 204: Nu-Metal Rambling (w/ Jason Urbanczyk)

    Per usual, we talked about nu-metal. But at least we planned it this time! We were joined by the homie Jason Urbanczyk for this one. Enjoy!

  50. 203: A Deep Dive on Thursday’s “Full Collapse”

    We dive into an incredibly important, influential, monumental record. Chris and Larry both absolutely adore it and had a great time talking about it. Enjoy!

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Two dudes ranking shit about music and usually drinking wine.

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