Monthly Album Roundup – August/September 2026

Welcome to the Decibel Boost Podcast album roundup for the months of August/September 2026! Due to various external circumstances, this episode contains two months worth of albums in one recording,…

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Episode 209 – Forever Indebted to Your Priceless Advice

In Memoriam“PAC” Benjamin Satterley1986-2026 Mike McFarland1970-2026 “Throw your heart out in front of you and run ahead to catch it.” We’ll return to the funny snarky bits in the description next …

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Episode 446 – Your Emo Phase Is Sponsored By Wendy’s

This week: the crew discusses new songs from Electric Callboy & Yuki Hayashi, Chvrches, Anderson .Paak & Cordae, Suicide Silence, and more! IN the news topics: GTA VI begins its soundtrack …

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Episode 445 – There’s Some Weird Ammo In Slipknot’s Arsenal

This week: the crew reconvenes after a few weeks off to discuss new songs from Slipknot, Queens of the Stone Age, Soul Glo, Your Old Droog, Steven Wilson, Slayyyter, and more! In the news: the Mast…

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Episode 208 – The 9 to 5 Grind (Anime NYC 2026)

The thumbnail isn’t for a discussion about Bleach, it’s just how we’re all feeling after this week. Yes, again. Tired and worn out and sad, yet we carry on because we live to figh…

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Episode 444 – Hunter vs. Hunter

This week: the crew discusses new songs from Godflesh, Beabadoobee, Chat Pule, Cult of Luna, and Shabazz Palaces. In the news: Spotify to start labeling AI slop on their platform, the ownership of …

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Monthly Album Roundup – July 2026

Welcome to the Decibel Boost Podcast album roundup for the month of July 2026. As the calendar rolls over into the second half of 2026, the July release calendar actually found itself pretty decent…

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Episode 443 – Good Charlotte Ruins Everything

This week: the crew discusses new songs from Dawn Richard, Colin Stetson, Benny The Butcher, Sleep, and more! In the news: further turmoil surrounding Sid Wilson, and even more depressing news abou…

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Episode 207 – Sony, You’re Making Us F**king Hostile (Otakon 2026)

We’re all mad at Sony for ALL of the reasons right now. But we’re not mad at Discotek since they and AnimEigo alike offer everyone really cool things and actually treat their customers …

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Episode 442 – The Ozzman Cometh (To Universal)

This week: the crew discusses new songs from Ninajirach and Porter Robinson, Frontierer, Slayyyter, President, SOB x RBE, Greta Van Fleet, and more! In the news topics: Shave Odadijan finds himself…

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Episode 441 – Another Retirement Album, Jourgensen?

This week: the crew discusses Chad Hugo’s debut solo single, Amon Amarth picking up their axes once again, the newest single from Orville Peck, Protomartyr taking us through an uncomfortable …

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Episode 440 – Long Live The Compact Disc

This week: the crew discusses new tracks from Queens of the Stone Age feat. Nikki Lane, Coldrain, Carly Rae Jepsen, Tinashe, and more! In the news topics: looks like it’s not all doom and glo…

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Episode 439 – Snakes? For Dinner?!

This week: the crew discusses new tracks from Mastodon feat. Josh Homme, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, DJ Premier & The Alchemist, Ladrones, Rico Nasty, and more! In the news topics: Tida…

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Monthly Album Roundup – June 2026

Welcome to the Decibel Boost Podcast album roundup for the month of June 2026! We’re finally at the halfway mark of this year, and so we must now look back on what this past June had to offer…

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Episode 206 – Tender Age In Bloom (AX 2026)

Another weekend of Anime Expo has come and gone, and with it came a LOT of things from all corners, a true cornucopia of styles for just about everyone: take your pick, be it green yuri with Nirvan…

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Episode 438 – Wink Twice If You’re Smutty

This week: the crew discusses Czarface’s latest team-up with Tom Hardy, our first taste of Carly Rae Jepsen’s upcoming double album, Charli XCX giving a fashionable wink to the audience…

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Episode 437 – The Grammy Rules For 2027 Are In

This week: the crew discusses new songs from Sleep, FKA Twigs feat. Lil Yachty, Channel Tres, and more! In the news topics: the Grammys continue to make some very odd rule changes for their next ce…

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Episode 205 – Some Kind of Monster

So who or what is the “monster” in this title? It’s whoever you want it to be, be it the former head of Kadokawa trying to sue his way back into relevancy or the people wanting to…

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Album Review: VINCE STAPLES – Cry Baby

Ay, I haven’t heard anything from Vince Staples in a while. Musically, that is. In case you don’t remember, he did have his own Netflix show, but that only lasted 2 seasons and didn’t get ren…

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Episode 436 – It’s Always Time To Listen To Chat Pile, Right?

This week: the crew discusses new songs from Chat Pile, Bonobo, Rapsody, Cult of Luna, and more! In the news topics: Mike Mangini fills in on drums for Godsmack (for some reason), and the upcoming …

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Monthly Album Roundup – May 2026

Welcome to the Decibel Boost Podcast album roundup for the month of May 2026! As we approach the midway stretch of the year, the album release schedule found more room for noteworthy and exciting t…

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Episode 435 – Keep It Classy, SEGA

This week: the crew discusses new songs from Mastodon, Tierra Whack, Protest The Hero, Weezer feat. Wednesday, Captain Murphy, and more! In the news topics: even SEGA can’t seem to stop themselves …

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Episode 434 – So Who Even *is* Playing Freedom 250?

This week: the crew discusses new songs from Ariana Grande, Barbarians of California, Rome Streetz, The Ocean, and more! In the news: the current administration’s attempts to “celebrate” this count…

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Episode 204 – There Goes My Hero (Academia)

Another year, another Crunchyroll awards show that only the influencers and most terminally online folks actually care about. We’re not some of those people, but we talked about it anyway bec…

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Album Review: JPEGMAFIA – EXPERIMENTAL RAP

So, hey, JPEGMafia is coming out with a new album… a new solo album aka “not Scaring the Hoes, pt.2” (and no, I’m not even sure if that’s still a thing now). I know I sound like I’m not…

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Episode 433 – How Many Times Do We Need To Teach Spotify A Lesson?

This week: the crew discusses new songs from Vince Staples, Haken, Anthrax, President, Fat Dog, Olivia Rodrigo, The Avalanches, and more! In the news topics: Rolling Loud is hitting the silver scre…

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Monthly Album Roundup – April 2026

Welcome to the Decibel Boost Podcast album roundup for the months of April 2026. This past April was another one of those months where, while the release calendar definitely had a lot going, the am…

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Episode 432 – Taking Brat Summer To The Mosh Pit (?)

This week: the crew discusses new songs from Charli XCX, JPEGMAFIA, Loathe, Floating Points, and more! In the news topics: layoffs at some major metal news sites, an interesting addition to DragonF…

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Episode 203 – Reduce Them All to Bones

Apologies, once again, for the delay in this show going up due to a combination of scheduling issues and some illnesses roaming around. But we’re back to catch up on the big things in the ind…

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Episode 431 -Paul Wall Still Makes Music?!

This week: the crew discusses the latest single from Devin Townsend’s upcoming orchestral epic, the first new Quicksand material in 5 years, Vince Staples turning to a bit of synth-punk on his new …

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