A great podcast to discover new music whilst dreaming with northern California traffic. James is a great interviewer and listener. -Pedro

As an American, I realize I may be missing something about who this guy is, but I’m not really sure what’s going on. Was this guy a famous comedian who had an accident or something? He refers to having some kind of a breakdown but I don’t see anything online about it, other than bombing at some big performance. Maybe it’s a subtle humor, but I can’t tell what the joke is: that 2016 is not the best year in music (it’s quite a claim, and a bizarre one considering in the trailer he admits to not having listened to new music for about a decade.) I guess this is the joke? Seems like a strange premise for an entire series? I listened to and enjoyed his conversation with Collin from Radiohead. But nothing about this guy makes a lot of sense. I mean, who had a former career as a musician and hadn’t heard Radiohead before 2016?? I guess this guy really commits to a joke or something, but I think I’m missing something. What is this.

my dad has continued to almost exclusively wear hawaiian shirts throughout lockdown

I like this podcast setup and it made me feel passionate about listening to music again and to discover what else it out there.

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Every time I think I’ve got Acaster figured out, he goes and does something above and beyond. The regular interviews with celebs are great, but his interviews with musicians, music historians, etc are where you can actually appreciate how much Acaster has learned about music, music making and music theory. What was a terrible year for James resulted in him being more thoughtful, introspective and empathetic. Keep on growing, brother.

This guy changed the way I have listened to music! The episodes are funny and the added info makes listening to the albums so enjoyable. 10/10 recommend.

So much fun to listen to & a bonus that my music library is growing with each episode!

Love the podcast and recommend it to all my friends. I hope he does an episode of LP’s Lost on you.

I loved the book and was very excited to find the podcast. One of the best parts of my week is listening to the albums- some of my favorites were A Self Help Tragedy, AV, Worry, and Flood Network. It’s like a book club except Better!

I’m having a freaking blast listening to these!

The best

I’m not a big music person - like, I don’t seek out new musicians to listen to and I can’t pretty much never identify why i like what i like. But listen to this podcast I’ve heard so many bands I never would have heard of and who I’m now excited to listen to. Can’t wait for the book to arrive!

I love James’ comedy but when I found out about the book, I was so excited. I love every second of it and was even more excited when I saw he’d turned this project into a podcast. I love hearing how passionate he is about music and learning about new stuff to listen to.

His comedy is hilarious and it’s nice to get to know another side of him. Best of all, you get to hear some great music and the stories behind them. I’m excited for the whole season.

it’s a dope listen. please do frank ocean’s blonde soon.

James Acaster has turned a very difficult time in his life into a positive look at all kinds of music. His openness to all genres and very unique (sorry James’s dad) perspective is a welcome and uplifting distraction during these strange times. Thank you James!!!

So glad for this!

He hasn’t dropped an episode yet and I didn’t like his other podcast but I’m excited for this one. 5 stars.