Scathingly Brilliant

By: Michael Levine & Phillip Backhouse
  • Summary

  • Welcome to Scathingly Brilliant! We review newly released music and discuss the shows we attend here in NYC. We occasionally review classic albums you should know and interview musicians.
    2024
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Episodes
  • Episode 5
    Dec 5 2024

    In this special episode, Michael & Phillip unpack the Laura Nyro 19-CD box set "Hear My Song: The Collection, 1966 – 1995", which will be released by Madfish Music on Friday (12/6). We take a walk through her decades-long career and sample songs from the collection.

    Track List:

    1. Wedding Bell Blues
    2. Stoned Soul Picnic
    3. Poverty Train
    4. Eli's Coming
    5. You Don't Love Me When I Cry
    6. Captain St. Lucifer
    7. Beads of Sweat
    8. Gonna Take a Miracle (feat. LaBelle)
    9. Nowhere to Run
    10. I Am the Blues
    11. Save the Country (Live at the Fillmore East, 1971)
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    1 hr and 29 mins
  • Episode 4
    Nov 11 2024

    Michael & Phillip play and discuss some of our favorite new (and new-ish) releases.

    Track Listing:

    00:20 Diamanda Galás // A Soul That's Been Abused
    13:10 Guided By Voices // Fictional Environment Dream
    27:02 Joni Mitchell // A Strange Boy
    43:42 Nico // Frozen Warnings

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    1 hr
  • Episode 3
    Oct 5 2024

    Michael & Phillip play and discuss some of our favorite new (and new-ish) releases.

    Track Listing:

    00:40 Jon Hopkins // RITUAL (Evocation)
    15:24 Molchat Doma // Ты Же Не Знаешь Кто Я (Ty Zhe Ne Znaesh Kto Ya)
    30:23 Nikka Costa // Dance N’ Forget
    42:18 Cassandra Jenkins // Petco
    53:34 Tedious & Brief // Relief

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    1 hr and 4 mins

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