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Albums, loud opinions, deep lore.
Every Album Ever with Mike Mansour treats records like tangled crime scenes, family trees, and arguments waiting to happen. Episodes move from Zeni Geva, Amebix, Neurosis, Devin Townsend, Love, Squirrel Bait, The Fall, and Jay Reatard into lineup chaos, label drama, influence chains, and hard personal rankings.
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Every Album Ever with Mike Mansour turns album reviewing into a sprint through taste, history, gossip, and obsession. It is a music-commentary show, but not the tidy kind. Episodes follow records and discographies across punk, metal, noise rock, prog metal, garage punk, and other corners where bands tend to leave wreckage behind them. The show is especially strong when a record has a messy life around it. Zeni Geva brings in Japanese noise metal, Keke Null, Steve Albini collaborations, Mitsuru Tabata, touring stories, missing bass, and shifting drummers. Amebix opens into crust punk, Neurosis influence, bleak atmosphere, odd songwriting turns, and the strange force of a band that helped heavier music get uglier and larger. Neurosis gets handled through both excitement and discomfort, with Aaron Turner’s arrival framed against the band’s unpleasant recent history. Devin Townsend’s Ocean Machine becomes a saga of broken promises, failed record deals, photos, and an album that opened out into an eclectic solo career. Love’s Forever Changes gets treated as both a beautiful classic and a disaster story full of rivalry, drugs, commercial failure, and Arthur Lee’s tragic gravity. Squirrel Bait becomes a bridge from teenage punk energy to Slint, King Kong, Bitch Magnet, Bastro, Gastr Del Sol, Husker Du, Homestead, and the long shadow of indirect emo influence. The Fall episode turns Mark E. Smith’s volatility into part myth, part caution sign, and part absurd comedy. The show’s rhythm is quick and jagged. It starts with a verdict, swerves into scene lore, doubles back for a lineup detail, then lands on a ranking with surprising force. That looseness is the point. It feels like a record-store argument from someone who actually did the homework. Patreon requests and listener polls also shape the coverage, so the catalog has the feel of a living queue rather than a fixed critic’s syllabus. Best suited to listeners who want music history with teeth, strong opinions, and very little polish.
Made for: For listeners who obsess over album histories, band family trees, heavy music influence chains, and opinionated rankings. It especially suits fans of punk, metal, noise rock, and records with messy backstories.
What sets it apart: The show combines discography-scale completism with the energy of a fan argument, moving quickly between research, jokes, scene lore, and firm verdicts. It treats obscure lineup shifts and label decisions as part of the record’s actual meaning.
Failing musician and music-lover Michael Mansour dissects a different album every week and an entire discography once a month. ALL their albums…even the ones they wish you forgot. On those episodes, Mike picks that artist's best and worst albums, in addition to his personal favorites and least favorites. He's also sometimes joined by musician and music journalist Tom Osman, his brother Robert, and even members of the bands themselves.Come get down with the sickness with us every Tuesday at noon PT.
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Detailed listening and firm opinions turn album reviews and full-discography discussions into lively arguments about how records work.
Michael Mansour treats albums as arguments to be worked through track by track, with Alexander Voltz often beside him and full discographies providing the larger frame.
Mike and Alex take your band obsession from every album to the riff that won't leave you alone.
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A discography deep dive where Zeni Geva's evolving heaviness stays tied to its drummers, lineup shifts, and Steve Albini connection.
Zeni Geva gets treated here as a band in constant motion, with an album-by-album survey opening into a clearer sense of how its heaviness kept changing shape.
A loose, affectionate pass through Amebix's strange mix of punk, metal, and ritual.
A six-year wait becomes a full-discography reckoning with Amebix, the Devon band framed as a foundational force in crust through its rough fusion of punk and metal.
A candid Neurosis reckoning becomes an excited case for Aaron Turner's place in the band.
Neurosis's first album in 10 years frames this episode as both a reckoning and a release valve. It first addresses Scott Kelly's abuse of his family and his departure from the band, then shifts into the music with a clear sense of momentum around Aaron Turner's arrival.
A focused look at Squirrelbait's records and the Louisville scene that helped make Slint possible.
Squirrelbait sits at a telling hinge between overlooked 1980s punk and the Louisville scene that later helped make Slint possible. The episode moves through the band's album, EP, and demos while letting the host's long devotion to Slint sharpen the frame.
A darkly funny Fall discussion where Mark E. Smith's chaos keeps testing the boundaries of musical mythology.
The Fall's This Nation's Saving Grace gives Every Album Ever a thorny assignment: how to talk about a fan-favored record when Mark E. Smith's volatility keeps taking over the conversation.
A delayed Hot Snakes deep dive turns driving drums, bitter riffs, and ranking debates into fresh enthusiasm.
Every Album Ever arrives at Hot Snakes as a delayed reckoning, with the hosts finally working through the band's albums and reconnecting the music to the Rick Froberg and John Rhys pairing after years of postponement.
A Bunuel episode that follows "Fixer" from its kooky riff to its brutal outro.
Every Album Ever treats Bunuel's Mancitude as a tight burst of controlled disorder, with Mike and Alex drawn first to the strange main riff in "Fixer," its oddly light, almost silly mood, and the brutal turn waiting at the outro.
Records worth hearing, reasons worth arguing over.
Annual Songlines Music Awards ceremonies spotlighting global artists, from Afrobeat to sevda.
A high schooler's music diary — Grammys press pass stories to family concert interviews.
Rap verdicts, fight-night takes and wandering movie arguments.
Mike Mansour and Alexander Volt discuss every album by the band Hot Snakes, requested by a Patreon supporter.
Mike and Alex review Kathryn Mohr's new album 'Waiting Room', describing it as a vibes album for zoning out.
Mike and Alex review Buñuel's fourth album 'Mansuetude,' praising its chaotic blend of heavy music, noise-rock, and experimental tracks.
Every Album Ever with Mike Mansour follows Bitch Magnet from its 1986 formation in Oberlin, Ohio, through three albums.
A deep dive into every album by Japanese noise metal band Zeni Geva, featuring guitarist Mitsuru Tabata, with discussion of their evolution, Steve Albini collaborations, and a new reissue.
The host discusses the influential crust punk band Amebix, their unique blend of metal and punk, and their impact on extreme metal.
A review of Neurosis's surprise album 'An Undying Love for a Burning World' and discussion of the band's history with former member Scott Kelly's abuse scandal.
A podcast episode discussing the making and significance of Devin Townsend's album Ocean Machine, including its troubled production and quirky anecdotes.
The host discusses the backstory of Love's album Forever Changes, its initial failure, and the tragic story of Arthur Lee.
Mike Mansour traces Squirrel Bait from the 1982 "Squirrel Bait Youth" demos to the 1987 LP "Skag Heaven," with Louisville, Kentucky as the center of the story.
Every Album Ever with Mike Mansour covers The Fall's "This Nation's Saving Grace," while focusing on Mark E.
Mike Minstaur introduces a solo episode of Every Album Ever, discussing the life and music of garage punk artist Jay Reatard, including his drug problems and bands like The Retards and Lost Sounds.
Mike and Alex review Deftones' latest album 'private music', discussing its quality and the band's legacy.
Michael and Alex review Sparks' latest album 'MAD!' and discuss the band's enduring creativity in old age.
Interview with Michael Gira of Swans about their upcoming album 'Birthing' and his thoughts on continuing to create music.