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Disc Picks
by Neil Kelleher, TJ Kennedy, John Reynolds, Joe Cacciatore
Disc Picks is a musical review Podcast formed by three life long friends who listen to a new album each week and then get together to discuss it.
Episodes
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Soundgarden- Super Unknown
Welcome back to DiscPicks! Boy, has it been a while. This week, we're diving into Joe's album Super Unknown by the band Soundgarden!
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Band of Horses- Everything All the Time
Join us this week for John's pick: Everything All the Time by Band of Horses. Not sure how these horses formed a band, but whatever. Tune in to see who liked it, who didn't, and all the other content you've come to know and love from us here at Disc Picks! Send Tunes!
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Parcels- Loved
Does anybody even read the descriptions? Well, if you do, get ready for... You guessed it, another indie album! This week Neil, much to Joe and TJ's vexation, chose the indie album Loved by the indie band Parcles. Are we noticing a trend? Join us this week as we discuss Neil's indie pick of the...
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Menzingers- After the Party
Welcome to this week's Disc Pics. This week, TJ is the host and will be discussing the band The Menzingers and their album After the Party. Tune in to hear the review!
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EP Battle Royale!
Welcome to the Thunderdome! Join the boys this week as we each pick one EP to battle it out in a song-by-song point-style match-up! Tune in this week to see who wins, who loses, and who goes home crying.
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Marcy Playground- Marcy Playground
I smell sex and... an eponymous album title. This week, we dive into Marcy Playground, everybody's favorite one-hit-wonder from the 90's. Join us this week as we discuss whether they're better than the one-hit-wonder title given to them, or if they earned it.
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Wolf Alice- The Clearing
Welcome back to Disc Picks. Join us this week as we talk about John's pick: The Clearing by the band Wolf Alice! If you heard John's name and an obscure indie band and immediately assumed they were from somewhere overseas, you'd be correct! Wolf Alice is a band from London, England, and is named...
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Weezer- Blue Album
Tune in this week as John, Joe, and Neil discuss one of the most prolific albums from the 1990s: Weezer's Blue Album. Does it still hold up all these years post release?! Is it a cover-to-cover album, or one that's only recognizable because of its singles? Tune in this week to find out!
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Raconteurs- Consoler's of the Lonely
I salute your solution of discovering this episode to get your fix of Jack White and Friends. We take it up a Level this episode as we unpack the gritty blues-rock brilliance of Jack White, Brendan Benson, Jack Lawrence, and Patrick Keeler- the one and only Racontuers. Whether you're an Old…
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Incubus- Science
Welcome to this week's episode of Disc Picks, where we discuss Joe's pick. The band, Incubus, the album, S.C.I.E.N.C.E. Join Joe, John, and TJ as we debate "is it nu-metal?" and whether this band deserve to be lumped in with such a polarizing genre, all this and more, tune in!
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The Format- Boycott Heaven
Join us this week as we discuss John's pick: Boycott Heaven by The Format!
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Olivia Rodrigo- Sour
Join the boys this week as they discuss Olivia Rodrigo's album Sour! Who likes it, who doesn't?! Tune in to find out!
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Thrice- The Artist in the Ambulance
Welcome back to season 2! The boys are back and this week we are discussing TJ's first pick of the brand new season, the band: Thrice. The album: The Artist in Ambulance. Join us this week as we dive deep into the early 2000s introduction to the post-hardcore genre.
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Disc Picks- Final Round
Hey everyone welcome to the final episode of the first season of Disc Picks. Tune in to find out the winner of our bracket challenge!
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Disc Picks- Schweet Sixteen
Welcome to the Sweet Sixteen episode of our Finals Bracket. Listen along to see who moves on to the finals of our Disc Picks Season Ending Showdown!
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Disc Picks Bracket Episode II
Welcome back to Disc Picks, as we continue on with our bracket challenge, this week we're doing the right side of the bracket and boy oh boy, do we have some tough match-ups! Tune in to see who moves on to the next round!
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Disc Picks Bracket Episode 1
Welcome to a very special episode of Disc Picks! As we wrap up season 1, we're putting our albums through a final challenge to determine our best and most favorite album of 2025. This week, we're doing the left side of our bracket, which can be found here: https://brackethq.com/b/i0q0c/. But,...
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Taylor Swift- Life of a Showgirl
The episode nobody asked for but that everyone wanted. Join us this week for our first panel discussion with Gaby, friend of John, Neil, and TJ. Everyone's favorite returning guest, Breanne, and Joe's wife Erin! That's right folks were two shy of a baseball team on this weeks episode of Disc Picks.
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Zebrahead- Waste of Mind
The year was 1998. Saving Private Ryan, Armageddon, and The Truman Show were in theaters, which meant America was crying, panicking about asteroids, and questioning reality all in the same summer. Britney Spears had just hit us one more time, TRL was basically a religion, and every kid with…
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Kings of Leon- Because of the Times
Join us this week on Disc Picks as we discuss Kings of Leon's: Because of the Times. John was up in the rotation this week and chose the 3rd studio album by the band. Quite a polarizing episode for a few of us on the podcast, but hey, what fun would it be if we all enjoyed the record? Be sure to...
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Creedence Clearwater Revival- Cosmo's Factory
Set the radio dial back to the 70's this week as we discuss Neil's pick of CCR's Cosmo's Factory! Lots of great tunes on this record, join us for yet another riveting episode of your favorite album review podcast.
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Grateful Dead- American Beauty
Welcome to our 25th episode! This week we have TJ's pick, the Grateful Dead's American Beauty. Will the boys be impressed or will this be a long strange trip? Keep truckin' to find out how it was recieved by John, Joe, and Neil.
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Weird Al- Even Worse
Join us this week as the boys are joined by their friend 'Other Joe'—that's right, folks, Two Joes One Show. See how we rate Joe's pick as he chose the album Even Worse by Weird Al Yankovic this week. Be sure to stick around for a very special suprise guest at the end of the episode.
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Dirty Honey- Dirty Honey
Join the boys this week as they sit down and discuss Dirty Honey's self-titlted record! It was Joe's pick this week. Will John and Neil enjoy it? Will Neil continue to mess up the music cues? Will Joe continue to be pretentious? Tune in to find out the answers to these hard hitting questions! (TJ...
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Childish Gambino- Camp
Join the boys this week as we disc-uss our first ever rap artist, the only and only Childish Gambino and his debut studio album. John is the host this week and will take you on a guided tour of the record so be sure to tune in!
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Pool Kids- Easier Said Than Done
Wow, sorry about the delay on this drop, folks. We would like to chalk it up to technical difficulties, but really, it was more apathy and laziness. Anyway, the long-awaited Pool Kids episode is here. When we sat down to record this episode, the album was a mere two weeks old, and now it's...
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Cage the Elephant-Self-Titled
Join us this week as the boys sit down to discuss Cage the Elephant's first album, of the same name. Does this album land well amongst indie fan's John and Neil, did Host TJ do his homework to bring a steller episode, does Joe even like Cage the Elephant?! Tune in to find out!
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Local H- As Good As Dead
Join John, Neil, Tj, and Joe this week as we discuss "Chicago" natives: Local H! Will this midwest hard-hitting alt-rock band win over the likes of Neil, John, and TJ as Joe defends his pick?! Find out, on this week's episode, and as always, Send Tunes!
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The Yeah Yeah Yeahs- Fever to Tell
Join the boys this week as we discuss John's Pick: Fever to Tell the breakout record by 2000's indie icons The Yeah Yeah Yeahs!
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Queens of the Stone Age- Songs for the Deaf
Ladies and gentlemen, sorry for the delay with this episode. We experienced some technical difficulties, which caused a delay in its release. Now, without further ado, check out this week's episode and finally learn how to pronounce Josh Homme's name, and listen to us pronounce it differently...
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Postal Service- Give Up
Join us this week on Disc Picks as we dive into an album that's equal parts heartbreak, synth-pop, and early-2000s indie perfection: Give Up by The Postal Service. The one-off collab between Death Cab for Cutie's Ben Gibbard and electronic maestro Jimmy Tamborello some how managed to capture...
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Billy Joel- The Stranger
We've got a special one for you folks, we're without Neil, so we have our very first guest on to discuss this week on Disc Picks, as we head back to 1977 to dive into Billy Joel's The Stranger, an album that took the Piano Man from scrappy Long Island barrooms to global superstardom. With iconic...
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Fall Out Boy- From Under the Cork Tree
Our lawyer made us change the name of this episode so we wouldn't get sued! Join the boys this week as we discuss From Under the Cork Tree, Fall Out Boy's big breakout record. This came out during a very influential point in the lives of John, Neil, and TJ...as you can probably guess, Joe did not...
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The Killers-Sam's Town
Join John, Joe, Neil, and TJ (Begrudgingly) as the explore this week's weeks album: Sam's Town by The Killers, who will like it(3/4 people)?! Who will hate it (TJ)?! Who will get kicked off?! (No one) in this weeks exciting episode of: Disc Picks
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Rancid- Out Come the Wolves
....And out comes Neil with his hot takes on Racid. This week TJ picked the record and went with Rancid's ...And Out Come the Wolves turn up the speakers as Joe, John, Neil, and TJ dive into this week's Disc Pick!
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Alabama Shakes: Boys and Girls
Weeerrrrreeee baaaaack! Join Neil, Tj, and Joe after our first of two Summer breaks as we discuss the Alabama Shakes and their debut album Boys and Girls. John was out this week setting up camp in Wyoming, but fear not, he will return!
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The Strokes- Is This It?
Join John, Joe, Neil, and TJ this week as we answer the age-old question: is this it? Of course, in this regard, it's towards The Strokes' debut album "is this it?".
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Foo Fighters- The Colour and the Shape
Join us this week as we deep-dive into the Foo Fighters' sophomore album, The Colour and the Shape, selected by Neil. The boys take us on a wonderful journey as we swoon over all things Dave Grohl.
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Black Sabbath- Paranoid
TJ headlines the show this week with his pick of Black Sabbath's 1972 album: Paranoid. Join us as we all give our hottakes on the most influential metal album ever.
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Pearl Jam- Yield
Producer Joe is in the hot seat this week as he offers up his first album here on Disc Picks! Join us on our longest episode yet as we discuss Pearl Jam's fifth studio album, Yield. Will it be every thing Joe promised it would be, or will it be flatter than a two-day-old can of Diet Coke? Find…
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Two Door Cinema Club: Tourist History
Surprise surprise, John picks a UK indie band. Listen this week as John, Joe, Neil, and TJ discuss Two Door Cinema Club. Did the other hosts receive the album well? Did TJ insult John and his taste of music? Grab a beer and unwind with the lads as we dive deep into Two Door Cinema Club's Tourist...
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Black Keys- Brothers
Listen to John, Neil, TJ, and Joe as they deep dive into the Black Key's sixth studio album: Brothers! This saucy episode is full of hot takes, musician feuds, and an intro song you'll hear not once, not twice, but almost four full times as TJ learns how to press a play button. Besure to catch…
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Linkin Park- Hybrid Theory
Join John, Neil, and TJ as they dive headfirst into the angst-ridden, genre-mashing chaos of Linkin Park's Hybrid Theory. Will this nu-metal milestone be the cure for the itch, or will it just end up breaking the habit (and the skip button)? This episode is crawling with hot takes, throwback...
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Green Day- American Idiot
Listen to our American Idiots as we walk a lonely road on this deep drive of Green Day's American Idiot. Something something novacaine, hosted by TJ, Neil, and St. Jimmy while John sleeps until September Ends
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blink-182- Enema of the State
Join John, Neil, and TJ as they dive headfirst into the pop-punk time machine and land squarely in the Summer of 1999, a time when the shorts were baggy, the teens were angsty, and Enema of the State ruled the airwaves. Blink-182's breakout album wasn't just the soundtrack of our youth; it helped...
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Nirvana: Unplugged in New York
Join us this week as John, Neil, and TJ plunge into the grunge and discuss Nirvana's greatest live album: Unplugged in New York.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Disc Picks is a musical review Podcast formed by three life long friends who listen to a new album each week and then get together to discuss it.
HOSTED BY
Neil Kelleher, TJ Kennedy, John Reynolds, Joe Cacciatore
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Disc Picks currently has 46 episodes available on PodParley. New episodes are automatically indexed when they're published to the podcast feed.
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Disc Picks is a musical review Podcast formed by three life long friends who listen to a new album each week and then get together to discuss it.
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Disc Picks is created and hosted by Neil Kelleher, TJ Kennedy, John Reynolds, Joe Cacciatore.
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