For the Record is a conversation series where we speak with all manner of music heads — DJs, music journos, indie label captains, record shop owners, listening bar kingpins, et al — about their stories + the music that makes them.
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Professionally Sean’s racked up knowledge in major label A&R, artist management, and data science. But that is all second to being a music fan, collecting records, going to shows, and jamming.
MUSIC MENTIONS
- Deftones
- The Ramones
- Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Carol King
- AC/DC
- Rolling Stones
- Foo Fighters
- Dave Grohl
- Cage the Elephant
- Pitchfork
College radio years (5:20):
- The xx
- Kevin Nordby
- Columbia Records
- Frank Ocean
- BigXthaPlug
- United Masters
Working in A&R (23:10):
- Lil Nas X
- MTheory
- Twenty One Pilots
- Tchami
- Malaa
- DJ Snake
- Kacey Musgraves
- Flume
- Mavi
- Heems
- Das Racist
- Set Shop Boys
- Akinyemi
- Timbaland
- The Alchemist
- Madlib
- Egon
- Lapgan
- “Duniya” album by Lapgan
- knxwldge
- Anderson .Paak
- Freddie Gibbs
- Veena (label)
- The Weeknd
- “History” album by Lagan
- Thee Conducta
Q&A
- Jamie xx
- fred again..
- H31R
- brand0
- Rylo
- Charli XCX
- M.I.A.
- Massive Attack
- Portishead
- Josh Homme
- Mark Lanegan
- Kyuss
- John Cave
- J Dilla
Discovering music (39:25):
- Spotify
- Consequence of Sound
- Stereogum
- Passion of the Weiss
- Jeff Weiss
- Fake Shore Drive
- Andrew Barber
First album purchased (43:41):
- “Greatest Hits” by Foo Fighters
Last album purchased (44:16):
- “A Mixtape” by Anish Kumar
Three artists of note discovered in the past year (45:42):
- Mia Koden
- JWords
- Purelink
Under-appreciated artist from your favorite music decade (48:53):
- Nelly Furtado
Desert island discs (51:46):
- “Songs for the Deaf” by Queens of the Stone Age
- “Madvillainy” by Madvillain
- “For Those Of You Who Have Never (And Also Those Who Have)” by Huerco S