I tend to spend more time listening to music than researching it thoroughly. I know — that’s blasphemy considering I co-run a music website. But so much of the music I cover is brand new and I don’t want to critique it by making a lot of historical comparisons. And while I carry a bit of history in my brain, I leave most of that burden of knowledge to Sean, who’s literally a walking music encyclopedia. But lately, I’ve been listening to TRASH THEORY, and it’s helping me catch up a bit with Sean’s inexhaustible musical knowledge. TRASH THEORY makes short documentaries/podcasts that expand on genres, bands, and musical movements that touch a lot of what we cover here on CVLT Nation. Here are a few of the episodes I’ve watched recently that have opened my eyes up to the music I’ve been listening to for decades but didn’t really know enough about…
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