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RBR.MUSIC
by rbr.music
An Unfiltered, unpolished, and unexpectedly insightful podcast; RBR.MUSIC is your backstage pass to the minds of three music obsessed mates who swap stage dives for steins. Each episode dives into music documentaries that matter and the ones that don't. No hype, no bandwagon takes, just real conversations with bold opinions, and the occasional pint fuelled rant. Whether you're crate digging or just curious, tune in for raw chats, real laughs, and rhythms that stick.
Episodes
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Lolla: The Story of Lollapalooza.
The RBR.music team dive into Lolla: The Story of Lollapalooza, the documentary exploring the extraordinary rise of one of the world’s biggest music festivals. From its beginnings as a farewell tour for Jane’s Addiction to becoming a global festival brand, we discuss how Lollapalooza evolved, what...
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DEVO
We’re diving into the Devo documentary and asking you to come think it through with us. Were they satirists or prophets? A joke band or the most accurate band of the last fifty years? We break down how “de-evolution” went from an art-school theory born out of Kent State to a genuine framework for...
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Earth, Wind & Fire (To Be Celestial vs. That's the Weight of the World)
A documentary that had every reason to soar and somehow stayed grounded. We dig into where the Questlove-produced look at Earth, Wind & Fire goes wrong the moments it skips, the questions it won’t ask, and the difference between celebrating a legacy and actually examining one. EWF reshaped what a...
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The Sparks Brothers
The Sparks Brothers is Edgar Wright’s 2021 documentary charting the singular career of Ron and Russell Mael two brothers from Los Angeles who have been confounding audiences and reinventing themselves since 1972. Witty, obsessive, and completely unlike anything else in rock, Sparks spent five...
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The Rise of the Red Hot Chili Peppers: Our Brother, Hillel
On this episode of RBR.music, we dive into The Rise of the Red Hot Chili Peppers: Our Brother, Hillel a documentary that traces the raw, chaotic beginnings of Red Hot Chili Peppers through the life and loss of their original guitarist, Hillel Slovak. More than just a band origin story, this film...
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Paul McCartney: Man On The Run.
We discuss Man on the Run in which we explore Paul McCartney rebuilding his life and music after the breakup of The Beatles a story of pressure, reinvention, and the search for a new path beyond the world’s biggest band.
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Nick Cave's Veiled World
In this episode, we step inside Nick Cave's Veiled World unpacking grief, faith, myth, and the quiet tension between revelation and restraint. RBR.music cuts thru the noise to discuss the sound and vision.
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Counting Crows: Have You Seen Me Lately?
Music documentaries love the myth of the tortured artist. But what happens when reflection becomes narrative control? In this episode of RBR.music, we take a hard look at Have You Seen Me Lately? the Counting Crows documentary that frames vulnerability as revelation, but rarely risks…
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Louder Than You Think.
A deep-dive chat into Louder Than You Think, the oddball, fuzz-covered documentary that drags you straight into the chaotic genius of Pavement drummer and underground legend Gary Young. In this episode, we pull apart the film’s messy magic the wild early days of the band, the blurred lines…
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Ozzy Osbourne: No Escape from Now
In this episode we dive into Ozzy Osbourne: No Escape from Now, the intimate and moving documentary that chronicles Ozzy’s final years, filmed over three years, capturing his bold return to the UK, his battle with health, and his lasting legacy.
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Jeff Buckley: It’s Never Over
In this episode, we dive into Jeff Buckley: It’s Never Over the new documentary exploring the life, legacy, and enduring mystery of one of music’s most haunting voices. From Grace to the stories left unfinished, we unpack how the film captures Buckley’s artistry, his restless spirit, and the myth...
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Have You Got It Yet? The Story of Syd Barrett and Pink Floyd
In this episode, we dive into Have You Got It Yet?, the moving documentary that unpacks the life, art, and legacy of Syd Barrett. We explore how the film captures Barrett’s genius and decline, what it reveals about the early days of Pink Floyd, and why his story still resonates decades later.
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Revival69
In this episode, we’re talking Revival69: The Concert That Rocked the World — the film that unpacks how a scrappy one-day festival turned into a legendary lineup featuring The Doors, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, and a last-minute appearance by John Lennon with the Plastic Ono Band. We break down...
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American Symphony – Jon Batiste’s Sound of Survival
In this episode, we dive into American Symphony — the powerful documentary that follows Jon Batiste through a year of creative triumph and personal heartbreak. We talk about the pressure of composing a genre-defying symphony, the vulnerability of fame, and how Batiste navigates love, loss, and...
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One to One: John & Yoko
We explore One to One: John & Yoko, the intimate documentary capturing John Lennon and Yoko Ono in a pivotal moment of activism, artistry, and personal transformation. From the 1972 Madison Square Garden concerts to behind-the-scenes moments of political passion and creative vision, we trace how...
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The Stones & Brian Jones
We’re diving into The Stones & Brian Jones — a documentary that pulls back the curtain on the early chaos, genius, and tragedy at the heart of The Rolling Stones. We talk about Brian’s outsized influence, the cracks that formed inside the band, and how the myth of the Stones was built on both...
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SLY LIVES!
An affectionate celebration of Sly & the Family Stone that's all the more powerful for recognizing its subject's flaws, SLY LIVES! is a sterling sophomore documentary feature from Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson.
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Becoming Led Zeppelin
The documentary presents the origins of Led Zeppelin, this doc isn’t the definitive document on the band but blows the roof off with its killer soundtrack.
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Catching Fire: The Story of Anita Pallenberg
An exploration of the life of Anita Pallenberg, European actress and rock ’n’ roll muse. Told in Anita’s own words, from her unpublished memoir, and in the words of her family, this bittersweet film is a never-seen-before look at life with The Rolling Stones.
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Oasis - Supersonic
We discuss Oasis - Supersonic. From award-winning director Mat Whitecross and featuring extensive unseen archive footage, Supersonic charts the meteoric rise of Oasis from the council estates of Manchester to some of the biggest concerts of all time in just three short years. This palpable, raw…
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The Velvet Underground
The Velvet Underground takes a fittingly idiosyncratic approach to delivering a rock documentary that captures the band as well as its era.
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Moonage Daydream
MOONAGE DAYDREAM: a cinematic odyssey exploring Bowie's creative, spiritual and musical journey. From the visionary mind of Brett Morgen, Moonage Daydream features captivating, never-before-seen footage and performances spanning David Bowie's 54-year career. The film includes 40 exclusively...
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Dig!
After the alternative music boom of the early 1990s, two bands choose very different paths to fame. Portland, Oregon's the Dandy Warhols, led by the self-conscious and career-minded Courtney Taylor-Taylor, sign with a major label and score a radio hit. San Francisco's Brian Jonestown Massacre,...
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Miles Davis: Birth Of The Cool
Entertaining for longtime fans as well as casually interested viewers, Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool brings to life the legacy of a brilliant artist.
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The Doors - When You’re Strange.
A history of Jim Morrison and The Doors When You’re Strange uncovers historic and previously unseen footage of the illustrious rock quartet and provides insight into the revolutionary impact of their music and legacy. Hear the RBR.Music team get to grips with the documentary.
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The Two Killings of Sam Cooke
ReMastered: The Two Killings of Sam Cooke gets put under the microscope of the RBR.Music team. The incredible power of Cooke’s life is discussed front and center. While Sam Cooke rose to stardom as a soul singer, his outspoken views on civil rights drew attention that may have contributed to his...
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Louis Theroux x Pete Doherty
Louis Theroux meets controversial rockstar Pete Doherty, spending time with him at his home in Normandy and on the road with his notorious band, The Libertines. Infamous for his tumultuous relationship with drugs as well as a high-profile relationship with Kate Moss, Doherty has been a figure…
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Beware of Mr Baker
We discuss Beware of Mr Baker; Filmmaker Jay Bulger interviews Ginger Baker, the legendary and often volatile drummer of the rock groups Cream and Blind Faith. The documentary is free of the hagiographic overtones that dog many documentary profiles, Beware of Mr. Baker presents a clear-eyed,...
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Sinéad O’Connor - Nothing Compares
We discuss this fiery 2022 documentary about the fearless singer’s rise and fall in the US a brilliant and timely reminder of Sinéad O’Connors defiant, courageous spirit, the angelic skinhead for whom love, intelligence and madness were inseparable.
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Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck
We take a deep dive into the authorized documentary on the late musician Kurt Cobain, from his early days in Aberdeen, Washington to his success and downfall with the grunge band Nirvana.
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Searching For Sugar Man
We discuss a documentary about lost Detroit musician Sixto Rodriguez – once touted as the new Dylan – opens an unexpected window on the secret history of white South Africa
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Crock Of Gold - A Few Rounds With Shane Macgowan
Hear the RBR Team discuss the Shane MacGowan documentary, the tortured vocalist best known as the lead singer and songwriter of the Pogues, who famously combined traditional Irish music with the visceral energy of punk rock.
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The National - First Two Pages of Frankenstein.
Matt Berninger's murmured musings are placed at the forefront, yet the band follow his every pause and sigh, giving the music the impression of riding a wave; things surge forward, then recede.
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Tom Petty - Full Moon Fever
Petty's roots rock becomes clean and glossy, layered with shimmering vocal harmonies, keyboards, and acoustic guitars. It's a friendly, radio-ready sound, and if it has dated somewhat over the years, the craft is still admirable and appealing. Newsly app http://newsly.me promo code RBRMUS
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Boygenius - The Record
Born out of chance encounters by three young musicians on uncommon but similar paths, indie supergroup Boygenius collects the talents of Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers, and Lucy Dacus and results in an exciting and inspired chemistry. Already respectively successful when the idea to collaborate…
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Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
Personal tensions fueled nearly every song on Rumours, which makes listening to the album a nearly voyeuristic experience. You're eavesdropping on the bandmates singing painful truths about each other, spreading nasty lies and rumors and wallowing in their grief, all in the presence of the person...
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Gorillaz - Cracker Island
Cracker Island marks something of a retreat for Gorillaz, moving the virtual group away from the excess of The Song Machine, a multi-part series of collaborations that sometimes threatened to collapse upon its own weight. Guests are still featured on Cracker Island -- collaboration is one of the...
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Young Fathers - Heavy Heavy
gospel, soul, folk, dub, and hip-hop recombined with punk energy -- and reaffirm that deeply physical music can have a psychedelic quality. Hear the RBR team try to break this wall of sound record down. Newsly app http://Newsly.me promo code: RBRMUS
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The Strokes - Is This It
Blessed and cursed with an enormous amount of hype from the press at the time, The Strokes may or may not be completely arty and calculated, but that doesn't prevent Is This It from being an exciting, compulsively listenable debut. Newsly app http://Newsly.me promo code: RBRMUS
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The Doors - LA Woman
The final album with Jim Morrison in the lineup is by far their most blues-oriented, and the singer's poetic ardor is undiminished, with cuts that rate among their finest and most disturbing work. The seven-minute title track was a car-cruising classic that celebrated both the glamour and…
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Bruce Springsteen - Only The Strong Survive
Only the Strong Survive may be the first time Bruce Springsteen has recorded an album dedicated to soul and R&B, yet those styles have always been present in his music, welling up in the rhythms and outlook of the E Street Band at their most jubilant. Here Springsteen goes it alone - with varying...
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Ben Harper - Bloodline Maintenance
The soul at the heart of Bloodline Maintenance functions as the music that bonds generations, allowing the singer/songwriter to delve into blues, doo wop, and hip-hop, all in a manner that feels heartfelt, not flashy. The result is one of Harper's richer records: it's impossible to separate the...
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Beth Orton - Weather Alive.
Weather Alive nestles into a comparatively hushed, atmospheric blend of acoustic and electronic timbres that's meticulous and indistinct at once. Newsly app http://newsly.me promo code: RBRMUS
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Arctic Monkeys - The Car.
The Car is in every way a sequel to Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino, the 2018 album that found Alex Turner pushing Arctic Monkeys in the direction his side project Last Shadow Puppets pursued. Louche and lugubrious, The Car is rife with signifiers of a stylish, seedy past: wah-wah guitars…
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Primal Scream - Screamadelica
There's no overestimating the importance of Screamadelica, the record that brought acid house, techno, and rave culture crashing into the British mainstream. Newsly app https://newsly.me promo code: RBRMUS
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Eli “Paper Boy” Reed - Down Every Road
Throughout his career as an R&B revivalist, Eli "Paperboy" Reed has centered his attention on the soul made in the back half of the 1960s and the early years of the '70s -- He now takes on the Merle Haggard songbook.
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Liam Gallagher - C'mon You Know
Nearly three decades into his career, Gallagher retains a slight edge to his voice; he remains a rock & roll star, the kind who turns generic material into something worth a listen.
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Yard Act - The Overload
Merging wiry post-punk minimalism with a dry and sometimes abstract wit, Leeds based Yard Act have built a devoted audience. Their full-length debut, Overload, gets the RBR.Music teams attention this episode.
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Fantastic Negrito - White Jesus Black Problems
White Jesus Black Problems is a tightly constructed collection of funky contemporary blues as it tells a story of forbidden love in the 1750s.
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The Rolling Stones - Exile On Main Street
Few double albums, have been so rich and masterful as Exile on Main St. and it stands not only as one of the Stones' best records, but sets a remarkably high standard for all of rock.
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An Unfiltered, unpolished, and unexpectedly insightful podcast; RBR.MUSIC is your backstage pass to the minds of three music obsessed mates who swap stage dives for steins. Each episode dives into music documentaries that matter and the ones that don't. No hype, no bandwagon takes, just real conversations with bold opinions, and the occasional pint fuelled rant. Whether you're crate digging or just curious, tune in for raw chats, real laughs, and rhythms that stick.
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An Unfiltered, unpolished, and unexpectedly insightful podcast; RBR.MUSIC is your backstage pass to the minds of three music obsessed mates who swap stage dives for steins. Each episode dives into music documentaries that matter and the ones that don't. No hype, no bandwagon takes, just real...
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