Todd is God

We seem to have gotten a spring in our step and autumn begins - go figure. Up this month: - The National - Sleep Well Beast Susanne Sundfor - Music for People in Trouble Alvvays - Antisocialites Foo Fighters - Concrete & Gold Queens of the Stone Age - Villians Prophets of Rage - Prophets of Rage Check out this episode!

It's been a long summer and we are struggling to keep up, clearly. So, were any of the following our soundtrack to the summer? Arcade Fire - Everything NOw HAIM  – Something to Tell You Justin Currie -This is My Kingdom Now Waxahatchee -Out in the Storm Tyler, the Creator - Flower Boy Lana Del Ray - Lust for Life Check out this episode!

Some noticed last podcast was listed a six when should have been five, so this is five when it should be six. Lorde - Melodrama Royal Blood - How Did We Get So Dark? Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit - The Nashville Sound Fleet Foxes - Crack Up Marika Hackman - I'm Not Your Man Pheonix - Ti Amo   Check out this episode!

The sun is shining and we have pop, country and Todd for your listening delights. Harry Styles - Harry Styles Chris Stapleton - From a Room Vol 1 Angaleena Presley - Wrangled Juliana Hatfield - Pussy Gorillaz - Humanz Todd Rundgren - White Knight Check out this episode!

The Sunday Express , naming it their Album of the Week , calls it his 'most satisfying record since Nearly Human. Spill Magazine has it as it's Editors pick and it's reviewer's 'favourite album so far this year.'

The album gets a Grade C from the AV Club  who describe it as Todd Rundgren gets stuck in the ’80s with some famous friends. American Songwriter rates in two and half out of five and concludes ' once you warm up to the concept, there are enough moments on the eclectic smorgasbord to keep most fans engaged.' RollingStone goes for three stars and calls it predictably odd and comments that ' Inconsistency is like a muse here.'

Pitchfork is first out of the gates with a White Knight review concluding " a testament to his individuality in an industry that demands artists choose a lane and stay in it. Either way, it’s classic Rundgren: weird, charming, and dotted with his favorite kind of jokes—the kind that only he’s in on."

Have a Half Mast beer you say ... Father John Misty - Pure Comedy The Chainsmokers - Memories ..Do Not Open Goldfrapp - Silver Eye Julia Holter - In the Same Room Aimee Mann - Mental Illness Tinie Tempah - Youth Check out this episode!

Todd tell's the Star tribune : "It's not going to happen," he said with a sigh in his voice. "We can't even get through the talks without somebody not getting on the page for whatever reason. Sometimes it's for good reason. At this point, there is nothing in the future for Utopia." Todd also speaks about the new album White Knight.

Folk, Country, Grime, Synth Rock, multi-million selling current stars, AND Ryan Adams. It must be March! Depeche Mode - Spirit Ed Sheeran - Divide Stormzy - Gang Signs and Prayers Laura Marling - Sempa Fermina Alison Krauss - Windy City Ryan Adams - Prisoner Check out this episode!

The first cut off the New Todd album is available on Soundcloud. It is a nice three minute ballad sung by Robyn. Todd vocally just hiding in the backing vox only.

"I flew all the way to Hawaii one time to write with Todd Rundgren and he had warned me that he wasn't much of a collaborator and he was right. We spent all day together and he never once sat down at the piano to try and collaborate. But we had a great time. We got nothing from it except that it was a great trip to Hawaii." - Kenny Loggins on trying to collaborate with Todd  [The Biloxi Sun Herald (Mississippi) 7 March 2017 ]

Join us as we race through : Elbow - Little Fictions Alllison Crutchfield - Tourist in this Town Brent Cash - The New High Sampha - Progress Horse Thief - Trials & Truth Big Wreck - Grace Street Added podcast noise and interference created by Pete as he plays with the cord of the mike.    Check out this episode!

Oh my god, you're still talking about David Bowie. Sorry, yes. Worse still Pete say's 'drop' meaning 'release' which is frankly unforgivable; as was my not picking him up for doing so. Welcome to 2017 Run the Jewels - RTJ3 You Me at Six - Night People Nine Inch Nails - Not the Actual Events EP David Bowie - No Plan EP BBC Sound of 2017: Ray BLK; Rag 'n' Bone Man; Raye; Jorja Smith; Nadia Rose. Check out this episode!

So another year begins and what do we have to look forward to in 2017 from Mr Rundgren? Well two major things: The Autobiography (first half 2017) New Album (first half 2017) The Autobiography has been in the works for a couple of decades, so it is good to know that it is almost a reality. As for the new album I'm expected a move away from the style of the last two albums and a return to a more soul / band feel, though I could be wrong.  

"Once upon a time, you would read about bands before you would hear them. You would then imagine what they sounded like. Sometimes, an artist would pretty much sound just like you thought they would-The Troggs are a good example. Other times, you were left thinking, wait, this is what they were getting so excited about? Todd Rundgren, for instance, is infinitely better described than heard." - Tim Sommer – " Your Facebook Teenage '10 Albums' Lists Matter More Than You Think" [New York Observer, 17 jan , 2017]

Discover our album of the year, song of the year, gig of the year and much more. Check out this episode!

erm, somewhat belated ...oh the weather outside ... Join us for some festive cheer as we take at listen to festive output from She & Him; Neil Diamond & Kacey Musgraves. And if that wasn't enough we look back on Bowie's Christmas album and another overlooked gem. Merry Christmas listener. Check out this episode!

Boston Globe has an article (A must-see Donald Glover experience – 11 December) on Donald Glover aka Childish Gambino's latest album, "Awaken My Love!" The paper describes it as is a "throwback tour de force to the funk 'n' soul sounds of the 1970s. To be precise, the thing plays like it's August 1974 on your midnight radio. There are elements of Philly Soul, Parliament-Funkadelic and Bootsy Collins, Rick James, and Rare Earth; echoes of Stevie Wonder and Kiss, smatterings of Todd Rundgren and even Frank Zappa (the George Duke era); look-aheads to Prince on the horizon. I'm just scratching the surface here."

'The Music Of Aretha Franklin', 14th annual Michael Dorf Carnegie Hall 'music of' tribute concert benefiting music education non-profit organizations, this year celebrating 18-time GRAMMY-winner and Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame-inductee Aretha Franklin. Performers include Antibalas, Melissa Etheridge, Kenny Loggins, Ann Wilson, Todd Rundgren, Sarah Dash, Glen Hansard, Rhiannon Giddens, Taj Mahal, Living Colour, Allen Stone And Bettye Lavette. 100% of net proceeds given to music education organizations for underprivileged youth