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long live the music

The podcast for people who take music personally.

Long Live the Music is a podcast from It’s All Dead. We dig into new releases, revisit classics, and talk about the artists and moments that still make an impact. New episodes drop every few weeks.

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Meet Kiel and Nadia

Kiel has been writing about music longer than he’d like to admit, with bylines at PopMatters and a decade-plus running It’s All Dead. He believes every album deserves a fair hearing and that the best conversations about music happen after midnight.

Nadia came for the music and stayed for the arguments. A lifelong listener with strong opinions and an even stronger playlist, she is currently on a quest to prove that 1,001 albums isn’t that many to listen to (it is).

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There’s been interesting perspectives on keeping your fandom going during a pandemic and generally being curious about musical tastes and feelings. Really fun and breezy to listen to!

MvExtra

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Love this music podcast that feels more about how we connect with artists and songs and why that matters rather than a pretentious criticism of albums and releases.

Dukeboy2

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This podcast is exactly what I was looking for, covering a wide range of artists across musical styles. Feels like we’re all just hanging out, talking about music.

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Nadia Takes on the 1001 Albums Challenge

What better time than now to start listening to the 1001 Albums to Listen to Before You Die? That’s the journey that Nadia Alves has taken up, and she joins Kiel Hauck on the pod to break down the experience so far. The two discuss the entire process from end-to-end and how one manages to…
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It’s All Madness! Our Favorite Albums Bracket

A lot of great music has been released since we launched our site back in 2013. So we compiled our favorite albums over the past 13 years and crammed them into a bracket to decide which album reins supreme! Kiel Hauck is joined by Nadia Alves and old friend Kyle Schultz to break down each…
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