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EarWax is a deep-dive music podcast hosted by two longtime record store clerks, Hilary and Cody, who are steeped in music history. Each week, we unpack the story of a single album - how it was made, where it fits in the cultural moment that shaped it, and why it still matters. From iconic classics to cult gems, we explore the music that moves us and the stories that stick. You’ll also hear about the latest releases and what’s buzzing in our world of vinyl bins and liner notes. Think of it like your favorite record store hang, just in podcast form. EarWax is for anyone who loves music with context, history, and heart.
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- Yesterday1h 28m
Ep. 119: Caroline Polachek - Desire, I Want To Turn Into You
Gorgeous. Stunning. Brilliant. Ambitious. Genius. All ways that you could describe the EarWax crew.But more accurately, all adjectives that apply to this week's album - Caroline Polacheck's Desire, I Want To Turn Into YouA piece of art-pop (and really just pop) perfection. Caroline Polachek has been labeled as one of those "your favorite artist's favorite artist" types. And for damn good reason. This record is everything that is right with thoughtful pop.You want some bangers? Pffff, here ya go. A Dido feature? Yes sir...oorrrr ma'am, we are equal opportunity here. And lyrics that feel smarter than you are? Well, yeah, but you'll have to listen to the songs multiple times. The first few run throughs you'll be too focused on her voice, or the production.It's just simply great. Go spin it, and then listen to us fawn.Check out everything we have going on via the info below:Instagram: @earwaxpodTikTok: @earwaxpodEmail: earwaxpod@gmail.comCredits:Produced by Hilary Miller, Claudia Rivera Tinsley, Spencer Belden, and Cody TinsleyEdited by Claudia Rivera TinsleyAll original music written and performed by Spencer BeldenArtwork by Hilary Miller
- Yesterday28 min
Music This Week 11-6-26
Your favorite companion show is dropping another hot episode of new releases and scorching music news takes.Spencer and crew talk Metallica and the Sphere, and how cool it is to not be at all political in a metal band...Anyhow, thanks for listening (and voting)! See what else we got in store for ya on Music. This. Week.Check out everything we have going on via the info below:Instagram: @earwaxpodTikTok: @earwaxpodEmail: earwaxpod@gmail.comCredits:Produced by Hilary Miller, Claudia Rivera Tinsley, Spencer Belden, and Cody TinsleyEdited by Claudia Rivera TinsleyAll original music written and performed by Spencer BeldenArtwork by Hilary Miller
- 1 weeks ago1h 21m
Ep. 118: King Diamond - Abigail
Ooooooooaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!! <----- That's us doing our best falsetto wail in anticipation of this week's album - Abigail, by King Diamond.We've got a lovely side quest into Anton LaVey and his definitely legitimate take on Satanism, but the focus here is the story of Abigail La'Fey, who we now know was first born dead on the 7th day of July, 1777...And watch out for those slippery stairs. The very trustworthy ghost hipped me to them.Abigail's legacy is locked into metal canon, and King Diamond (both the band and the individual) are here to take names...and souls!Check out everything we have going on via the info below:Instagram: @earwaxpodTikTok: @earwaxpodEmail: earwaxpod@gmail.comCredits:Produced by Hilary Miller, Claudia Rivera Tinsley, Spencer Belden, and Cody TinsleyEdited by Claudia Rivera TinsleyAll original music written and performed by Spencer BeldenArtwork by Hilary Miller
- 1 weeks ago24 min
Music This Week 10-30-26
Back for a spoooooooky installment of your favorite spot to hear all the totally correct takes on music news.Except this week, we've got scary stories from music history!!!!!Ozzy and Tony Iommi seeing ghosts in a castle. The Mars Volta and their cursed record (thanks a lot, Ouija boards).What else lies in store? Besides new releases, we always have some of those. Check it out, if you dare!Check out everything we have going on via the info below:Instagram: @earwaxpodTikTok: @earwaxpodEmail: earwaxpod@gmail.comCredits:Produced by Hilary Miller, Claudia Rivera Tinsley, Spencer Belden, and Cody TinsleyEdited by Claudia Rivera TinsleyAll original music written and performed by Spencer BeldenArtwork by Hilary Miller
- 2 weeks ago1h 10m
Ep. 117: Dead Man's Bones - Dead Man's Bones
What in the actually-good-celebrity-project do we have here? See, but that's not even doing this week's album justice. Because we have a prominently featured children's choir!The EarWax crew chop it up about Dead Man's Bones' self-titled (and as of this episode - only) record. If spooky-cozy were a genre, this album would be the prime example of that.Ryan Gosling and Zach Shields both love the macabre, they both wanna make some jamz, and so they did. And what we get is one of the chillest, most lovely Halloween-ish records out there.Check out everything we have going on via the info below:Instagram: @earwaxpodTikTok: @earwaxpodEmail: earwaxpod@gmail.comCredits:Produced by Hilary Miller, Claudia Rivera Tinsley, Spencer Belden, and Cody TinsleyEdited by Claudia Rivera TinsleyAll original music written and performed by Spencer BeldenArtwork by Hilary Miller
- 4 weeks ago1h 12m
Ep. 116: Wayne Shorter - Speak No Evil
Sometimes we get to tell wonderful stories about cool people. Amidst all the scumminess of the music industry, there do exist the real ones. We talk about one of the realest - Wayne Shorter - and his unbelievable record "Speak No Evil".With a lineup whose collective resumes are longer than two CVS receipts, this album bridges Shorter's timeline - connecting the past, present, and future while still sounding entirely unique.It's haunting, vulnerable, cool, and sweet. Pretty much all ways you could also describe Wayne Shorter. God, I wish we could have been friends!Check out everything we have going on via the info below:Instagram: @earwaxpodTikTok: @earwaxpodEmail: earwaxpod@gmail.comCredits:Produced by Hilary Miller, Claudia Rivera Tinsley, Spencer Belden, and Cody TinsleyEdited by Claudia Rivera TinsleyAll original music written and performed by Spencer BeldenArtwork by Hilary Miller
- 4 weeks ago24 min
Music This Week 10-9-26
Ayo, we are back. Mainly it's Spencer who is back, Hilary and Cody neva left. Regardless, we got new releases and music news aplenty in this installment of Music This Week.How about Sheryl Crow dropping a new record? Mmmm, oh, and Zach Bryan rocking the Free Palestine shirt right in Robert Kraft's stadium. Beautiful, simply beautiful.All that and a whole heck of a lot more inside Music. This. Weeeeeeeeeek.Check out everything we have going on via the info below:Instagram: @earwaxpodTikTok: @earwaxpodEmail: earwaxpod@gmail.comCredits:Produced by Hilary Miller, Claudia Rivera Tinsley, Spencer Belden, and Cody TinsleyEdited by Claudia Rivera TinsleyAll original music written and performed by Spencer BeldenArtwork by Hilary Miller
- Oct 2, 20261h 3m
Ep. 115: 100 gecs - 1000 gecs
Set the controls on full fuckin' blast, we are headed into the universe of whenever - somewhere in the future...except it's happening right now on this week's episode!Cody and Hilary hold on for dear life breaking down Dylan Brady and Laura Les' genreless and genre defining 1000 gecs.It's just weird, man, in a great way. Go listen for yourself, you'll see, and then you'll come back to it out of curiosity, then because it's just so damn catchy, and finally, because it has so. much. heart.Check out everything we have going on via the info below:Instagram: @earwaxpodTikTok: @earwaxpodEmail: earwaxpod@gmail.comCredits:Produced by Hilary Miller, Claudia Rivera Tinsley, Spencer Belden, and Cody TinsleyEdited by Claudia Rivera TinsleyAll original music written and performed by Spencer BeldenArtwork by Hilary Miller
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EarWax is a deep-dive music podcast hosted by two longtime record store clerks, Hilary and Cody, who are steeped in music history. Each week, we unpack the story of a single album - how it was made, where it fits in the cultural moment that shaped it, and why it still matters. From iconic classics to cult gems, we explore the music that moves us and the stories that stick. You’ll also hear about the latest releases and what’s buzzing in our world of vinyl bins and liner notes. Think of it like your favorite record store hang, just in podcast form. EarWax is for anyone who loves music with context, history, and heart.
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