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NEW MUSIC FRIDAY 9/19/25 (Nine Inch Nails, Cardi B, Wednesday)

LET'S ARGUE: The Clipse Album Cover Is Mid

OK guys really sorry again for the wait! Thank you to everyone who submitted a take for the episode! Hope you enjoy 🫶🏻

There Are Only 7 Genres

Figured this little bit of pre-interview banter would be a fun outtake to share. I just posted the full interview on the fantano channel, which is a convo between Anthony and writer Kelefa Sanneh about the state of music criticism, and Sanneh's recent article about how music critics seem to have lost their edge. Enjoy!

NEW MUSIC FRIDAY 9/12/25 (Frost Children, twenty one pilots, Maruja)

😊 LET’S AGREE! 😊 (SEPTEMBER 2025 Thread)

Thank you so much for supporting us this month! I think we all could use some positive vibes, so let's make it a LET'S AGREE this time. Please drop your SAFE TAKES, LIKABLE OPINIONS, and SOFTBALL QUESTIONS down in the comments and we'll look through them all in a few weeks. Let's go!

August's LET'S ARGUE episode is here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/lets-argue-album-139096...

AUGUST ARGUE EPISODE UPDATE

Hi; it's Austen and this is a pretty embarrassing post to make, but it's probably pretty obvious by now that I've been struggling a bit this year. Insomnia sucks. OCD sucks. I'm feeling broken and panicked, and am not alone or special in that, but it's really taken me off the ball when it comes to editing. I'm really sorry about this, and have hated saying "sorry for the wait" every month lately.

I wanted to get August's LET'S ARGUE out this past weekend but my internet went out. It's u...

NEW MUSIC FRIDAY 9/5/25

Really sorry for the delay posting this! My place lost internet yesterday and they still haven't fixed it; love that lol. -austen

📀 Depeche Mode - Violator LIVESTREAM LINK 📀

The stream is happening tonite at 8:30 EDT; you can set a reminder and tune in here: https://youtube.com/live/LfNSkAKUbVA

Thank you to everyone who suggested an album for this month's stream! I'm really sorry for not announcing it with at least a day's notice for like the first time ever. Was a pretty intense week, as you could maybe guess from the two most recent fantano channel uploads. As for the vote, there...

NEW MUSIC FRIDAY 8/29/25 (Sabrina Carpenter, Joey Bada$$, Westside Gunn)

AUGUST LIVESTREAM 💿 CLASSIC ALBUM SELECTION 💿

Please let us know in the comments below what classic album you'd like to be played and discussed during this month's stream. Will let the vote run for a few days before announcing the stream. Thank you!

Please keep in mind we've already covered the following:

MCR - The Black Parade
Gorillaz - Demon Days
Radiohead - In Rainbows
Ween - The Mollusk
...

NEW MUSIC FRIDAY 8/22/25

NEW MUSIC FRIDAY 8/15/25 (Chance the Rapper / Joey Valence & Brae)

😡😤 LET’S ARGUE! 😤😡 (August 2025 Thread)

Thank you so much for supporting us this month! Now's that magical time when you hit us with your HOT TAKES, UNPOPULAR OPINIONS, and TOUGH QUESTIONS; drop em down in the comments WHENEVER YOU WANT and we'll look through them all in a couple of weeks. LET'S GO!

In case you missed July's episode going over the best & worst albums of the year so far: 2025-08-10 20:47:03 +0000 UTC View Post

LET'S ARGUE: Best & Worst Albums of 2025 So Far

Thank you to everyone who partook in this episode and to all of you for supporting us! Sorry for the delay once again. Got kinda thrown off my game the past couple weeks from a little injury but getting back into the groove of things! Hope you enjoy the vid! -Austen

NEW MUSIC FRIDAY 8/8/25 (Ethel Cain, JID, Amaarae)

📀 Black Sabbath Vol. 4 LIVESTREAM LINK 📀

Update Here's the VOD: https://vimeo.com/1107625463/14a08bf8ec

The stream's on for tonite; set a reminder and tune in here: https://youtube.com/live/4pFj0Dw2078

As always, if you can't catch it live and the replay (inevitably) gets blocked on YouTube, this post will promptly be updated with a reupload of the ...

💿 Black Sabbath Vol. 4 LIVESTREAM DATE & TIME 💿

Thank you to everyone who suggested an album for this month's stream! Not surprising to see so many requests for a Black Sabbath album in the wake of Ozzy's passing. I gave Anthony a choice between any of their classic albums and he wants to do Vol 4. The stream'll be Thursday (the 31st) at 9PM EDT. Hope to see y'all there!

NEW MUSIC FRIDAY 7/25/25 (Quadeca / Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist)

JULY LIVESTREAM 💿 CLASSIC ALBUM SELECTION 💿

Please let us know in the comments below what classic album you'd like to be played and discussed during this month's stream. Will let the vote run for a few days before announcing the stream. Thank you!

Please keep in mind we've already covered the following:

MCR - The Black Parade
Gorillaz - Demon Days
Radiohead - In Rainbows
Ween - The Mollusk
...

Tyler, the Creator - DON'T TAP THE GLASS Stream

NEW MUSIC FRIDAY 7/18/25

NEW MUSIC FRIDAY 7/11/25 (Clipse / Justin Bieber) --ALSO IMPORTANT UPDATE ON THE NMF ARCHIVE--

Hi guys, sorry to say i'm going to have to start removing old (like several-years-old) NMF recordings from Vimeo in order to make room for new VODs. In like the past year or so, the platform started imposing storage limits even on paid accounts. I'm already paying more than I feel the service is worth and the next tier up is ridiculous. Sorry I'm not aware of an alternative hosting platform; obviously YouTube is out of the question because the recordings get blocked, not just claimed. I'm def...

😤 LET’S ARGUE - BEST & WORST ALBUMS OF THE YEAR SO FAR! 😤 (July 2025 Thread)

Thank you so much for supporting us this month! Now's that magical time when you hit us with your HOT TAKES, UNPOPULAR OPINIONS, and TOUGH QUESTIONS, but i think it'd be a nice change of pace seeing as we're at the midpoint of the year to go over what you guys think are the best and worst albums of the year thus far. Hopefully that's cool? Drop your picks and thoughts (please try to give a reason or two why you love / don't love it) down in the comments and we'll look through them in the...

Austen message:

Hi guys; i mentioned in the description box of the 2nd Kneecap vid we did that i'd be donating my revenue from both of those vids to UNRWA (i was going to give to the Red Crescent but my donations wouldn't go through despite trying on multiple days; UNRWA is great anyway so it's fine). I decided to include the Thom Yorke video too, and will eventually donate the revenue from the 2025-07-09 07:55:11 +0000 UTC View Post

LET'S ARGUE: Nevermind > In Utero

Other topics include the Sinners soundtrack deserving a review, and Lars Ulrich being an overhated drummer.

Thank you to everyone who submitted hot takes for this episode, and for supporting us this month! Hope you enjoy 🫶🏻

As mentioned in the episode, here are my (Austen's) thoughts on our old Radiohead vid; just speaking for myself:

It's more than fair to draw an ethical line at performing in an apartheid state that, among many atrocities, had been ...

📀 Sly & the Family Stone - There's a Riot Goin' On LIVESTREAM LINK 📀

Update Here's the VOD: https://vimeo.com/1107626044/6319cb40ee

The stream's on for tonite; set a reminder and tune in here: https://youtube.com/live/9323kGDMkwA

As always, if you can't catch it live and the replay (inevitably) gets blocked on YouTube, this post will promptly be updated with a reupload of the V...

💿 There's a Riot Goin On LIVESTREAM DATE & TIME 💿

Thank you to everyone who suggested an album for this month's stream! In light of Sly Stone's recent passing, we'd like to go with There's a Riot Goin On. Obviously one of the greatest funk and soul albums ever made that, for better or worse, remains thematically relevant today. The stream'll be Monday (the 30th) at 9:30PM EDT. Hope to see y'all there!

NEW MUSIC FRIDAY 6/27/25

Sorry Anthony sent the recording as two separate files. I'm embedding the longer one, while the first 40 mins of the stream is here: https://vimeo.com/1097057192/f4b607636c

JUNE LIVESTREAM 💿 CLASSIC ALBUM SELECTION 💿

Please let us know in the comments below what classic album you'd like to be played and discussed during this month's stream. Will let the vote run for a few days before announcing the stream. Thank you!

Please keep in mind we've already covered the following:

MCR - The Black Parade
Gorillaz - Demon Days
Radiohead - In Rainbows
Ween - The Mollusk
...

NEW MUSIC FRIDAY 6/20/25