The son of an experimental artist and a Scientologist composer, Beck Hansen cut his teeth in the New York anti-folk scene before returning to L.A. in the late 80s as an alternative freakfolker in a sea of hairspray and spandex. He broke into the mainstream just after Kurt Cobain’s death with his hit single Loser - a genre-melding combo of hip-hop, honky tonk and grunge that rode the zeitgeist like it was a seaside pony. Odelay proved that Loser wasn’t a fluke. It was named the album of the year in 1996 Village Voice Pazz & Jop list, as well as by Spin magazine, NME and Rolling Stone.

Odelay is also the 424th Greatest Album of All Time according to Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, which means Christopher Macarthur-Boyd and Liam Withnail have done a deep dive on it and now they’re going to wax it up sissyneck-style. Featuring digressions and hot takes on everything from King of Queens, Johnny Cash, Korn, Muppets In Space, Futurama and Sex Bob-Ombs. All that plus Secret Posho, Unhinged YouTube Comment of the Week, Is This Emo?, Tattoo Woohoo/Tattoo Boohoo, and the Bop Shop Test. Enjoy!