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Episode 411 – The 2025 Record Store Day Black Friday List Is Here

Surreal Resolution @surrealresolution.bsky.social · 3d

NEW #DecibelBoost: the 2025 Record Store Day Black Friday list, plus new tracks from HEALTH, Hit Boy & The Alchemist, Megadeth, Caroline Polachek, and more! decibelboost.surrealresolution.com/2025/10/10/e...

This week: the crew discusses new songs from Megadeth, Hit-Boy & The Alchemist, Pupil Slicer, and more! In the news topics: Record Store Day unveils its Black Friday 2025 offerings. Your hosts …

Episode 410 – Bad Bunny Performing At The 2026 Super Bowl

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Surreal Resolution @surrealresolution.bsky.social · 12d

NEW #DecibelBoost: Bad Bunny headed to the Super Bowl, plus new tracks from The Acacia Strain, Tame Impala, Chat Pile, FKA Twings, Danny Brown, and more! decibelboost.surrealresolution.com/2025/10/01/e...

This week: the crew discusses new songs from Danny Brown, FKA twigs, Bruiser Wolf/Benny The Butcher/Harry Fraud, and more! In the news topics: the Super Bowl unveils the star performer for their 20…

Episode 409 – About a Decade Later, and Coachella Still Sucks This Year

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Surreal Resolution @surrealresolution.bsky.social · 19d

NEW #DecibelBoost: new tracks from Karnivool, Mitski, and Thundercat, plus the return of the show’s longest running gag of the Coachella lineup! decibelboost.surrealresolution.com/2025/09/25/e...

This week: the crew discusses new songs from Thundercat, Mitski, and Karnivool! In the news topics:P Fyre Fest’s mystery buyer is revealed, and it’s time for Eric Andre’s annual opinion on the Coac…

Episode 194 – Hashira Nightmare

Surreal Resolution @surrealresolution.bsky.social · 21d

NEW #PodcastONA: the Aniplex Online Fest, a new Tatsuki Fujimoto anthology project, the good and bad of Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle, and more! www.podcastona.surrealresolution.com/2025/09/23/e...

While the industry front has been pretty slow on things and happenings, the movie and television front has been anything but – it’s been preparing for the fall season and beyond, and we…

Monthly Album Roundup – August 2025

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Surreal Resolution @surrealresolution.bsky.social · 22d

NEW #DecibelBoost: it’s the August album roundup, talking new releases from BABYMETAL, Ethel Cain, JID, Sabrina Carpenter, Anamanaguchi, Earl Sweatshirt, and more! decibelboost.surrealresolution.com/2025/09/22/m...

Welcome to the Decibel Boost Podcast album roundup for the month of August 2025! This past August saw a noticeable uptick in prominent records of note dotted throughout the weeks, from major pop re…

Episode 408 – Time For More HEALTH Food

Surreal Resolution @surrealresolution.bsky.social · 26d

NEW #DecibelBoost: new tracks from Militarie Gun, HEALTH, Mudvayne, Gorillaz, and more! decibelboost.surrealresolution.com/2025/09/17/e...

This week: the crew discusses new songs from Gorillaz feat. Sparks, HEALTH, Militarie Gun, Mudvayne, and more! In the news topics: Fyre Fest is making its way to the world of stage plays! Your host…

Episode 407 – The Queens Have United

Surreal Resolution @surrealresolution.bsky.social · Sep 12

NEW #DecibelBoost: more Charli XCX in cinema, more laughing at Ronnie Radke, Kendrick Lamar wins an Emmy, plus new tracks from Clark, Primitive Man, Tame Impala, Tierra Whack, plus the goth-metal-djent-core teamup of the decade! decibelboost.surrealresolution.com/2025/09/11/e...

This week: the crew discusses new songs from Tame Impala, Clark, Tierra Whack, Poppy/Amy Lee/Courtney LaPlante, and more! In the news topics; Charli XCX continues her film pursuits, Ronnie Radke ca…

Episode 406 – Cradle of Chaos

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Surreal Resolution @surrealresolution.bsky.social · Sep 4

NEW #DecibelBoost: Radke v. Fantano ends in hilarious fashion, the issues with Cradle of Filth, plus new tracks from Dying Wish, Florence + the Machine, Chat Pile, and more! decibelboost.surrealresolution.com/2025/09/03/e...

This week: the crew opens with reflections on the untimely passing of Mastodon guitarist Brent Hinds. Following this, we discuss new songs from Pupil Slicer, Dying Wish, Chat Pile and Hayden Pedigo…

Episode 183 – Switcheroo ’25 (Anime NYC)

Surreal Resolution @surrealresolution.bsky.social · Sep 1

NEW #PodcastONA: recapping Anime NYC, SANDA heads to Prime Video, the Sekiro discourse explained, BILLY BAT from Naoki Urasawa coming stateside soon, and more! www.podcastona.surrealresolution.com/2025/09/01/e...

Right back at it again with another convention roundup show, the happenings and goings-on at Anime NYC brought about some pleasant treats, some fun in-person experiences, and even some good surpris…

Episode 405 – Drake, It’s Time To Stop!

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Surreal Resolution @surrealresolution.bsky.social · Aug 22

NEW #DecibelBoost: even more bemoaning and laughing at Drake, plus new tracks from Militarie Gun, Fleshwater, Steve Lacy, clipping., and more! decibelboost.surrealresolution.com/2025/08/21/e...

This week: the crew discusses new songs from Steve Lacy, Militarie Gun, Clipping., Droogie Otis, and more! In the news: you thought we were done laughing at Drake? Nay nay, he has only gotten more …

Episode 192 – Anniversary (SDCC & Otakon 2025)

Surreal Resolution @surrealresolution.bsky.social · Aug 20

NEW #PodcastONA: recapping SDCC and Otakon, the madness of the Tai Chi Chasers “new” dub story, GKIDS x HBO Max, Crunchyroll’s very weird week with layoffs and Demon Slayer, and much more! www.podcastona.surrealresolution.com/2025/08/20/e...

Fashionably late and with Starbucks in hand, because that’s just the run of things around here, another three-hour tour of anime nonsense is at hand, bringing both good surprises and shenanig…

Episode 404 – Someone Call For A DragonForce Exorcism?

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Surreal Resolution @surrealresolution.bsky.social · Aug 14

NEW #DecibelBoost: new tracks from Danger Mouse, Trivium, AFI, Aesop Rock, Deftones, and much more! decibelboost.surrealresolution.com/2025/08/14/e...

This week: the crew discusses new songs from Trivium, Author & Punisher, Disclosure and Anderson .Paak, AFI, and more! In the news: A$Ap Rocky joins an A24 film, and the vocalist of DragonForce…

Monthly Album Roundup – June/July 2025

Surreal Resolution @surrealresolution.bsky.social · Aug 11

NEW #DecibelBoost: it’s the June *AND* July album roundup, talking the new (or rather, recent) releases from Boldy James, Lorde, Tyler the Creator, Open Mike Eagle, Clipse, and more! decibelboost.surrealresolution.com/2025/08/10/m...

Welcome to the Decibel Boost Podcast album roundup for the months of June/July 2025. Yes, another one of those years where the transition between the first and second halves of it sees us folding t…

Episode 403 – Giving Chance Another… Well, Chance

Surreal Resolution @surrealresolution.bsky.social · Aug 8

NEW #DecibelBoost: new tracks from Dying Wish, Yves Tumor, Fat Dog, Fleshwater, plus the return of an “old friend” in Chance the Rapper, and more! decibelboost.surrealresolution.com/2025/08/07/e...

This week: the crew discusses new songs from Chance the Rapper, YG & Leon Thomas, Fleshwater, Dying Wish, Yves Tumor & Nina, and more! In the news: the latest entry in the ongoing 2025 saga…

Album Review: Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist – ALFREDO 2

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Surreal Resolution @surrealresolution.bsky.social · Aug 4

Freddie Gibbs links back up with The Alchemist to cook up another serving of great tracks. Read @mak2hybridmedia.bsky.social's review of "ALFREDO 2" here:

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5 years ago… an unexpected project ended up not only being one of the best hip-hop records of that year, but one of the best albums of the 2020s so far. This came from a collab I should&#8217…

Episode 402 – RIP Ozzy Osbourne

Surreal Resolution @surrealresolution.bsky.social · Jul 31

NEW #DecibelBoost: remembering Ozzy Osbourne, plus new tracks from Between the Buried and Me, Moron Police, Jay Worthy & Boldy James, Mariah Carey, and Wale & Pusha T, and much more - decibelboost.surrealresolution.com/2025/07/30/e...

John Michael “Ozzy” Osbourne 1948-2025 This week: the crew discusses new songs from Moron Police, Tame Impala, Wale & Pusha T, Jay Worthy & Boldy James, and more. In the news: v…

Album Review: Tyler, The Creator – DON’T TAP THE GLASS

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Surreal Resolution @surrealresolution.bsky.social · Jul 27

The title may say "Don't Tap The Glass", but we say tap the link below to read @mak2hybridmedia.bsky.social's review of Tyler the Creator's latest album here:

www.surrealresolution.com/index.php/20...

Well, that was quick. And I mean that both in the sense of me writing another album review and that Tyler, The Creator releases another album just 9 months after Chromakopia and a few weeks after …

Episode 401 – Kendrick Just Opened His Mouth, Someone Go Hand Him An Emmy Right Now

Surreal Resolution @surrealresolution.bsky.social · Jul 24

NEW #DecibelBoost: Kendrick gets an Emmy nomination, Jane’s Addiction implodes in court, plus new tracks from Nine Inch Nails, The Acacia Strain, Blood Orange, Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist, and more! decibelboost.surrealresolution.com/2025/07/24/e...

This week: the crew discusses new songs from Nine Inch Nails, Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist, The Acacia Strain, Blood Orange, and more! In the news: Kendrick Lamar gets another award nomination…

Album Review: Clipse – Let God Sort Em Out

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Surreal Resolution @surrealresolution.bsky.social · Jul 21

The almighty rap duo Clipse return after 15+ years with their much-anticipated new album "Let God Sort 'Em Out." Read @mak2hybridmedia.bsky.social's review here:

www.surrealresolution.com/index.php/20...

So… we talked a lot about the infamous Drake/Kendrick Lamar beef last year since it was the thing that everybody was talking about, but let’s not forget that while Kendrick managed to h…

Episode 400 – Seriously, Who’s Bidding On Fyre Fest?!

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Surreal Resolution @surrealresolution.bsky.social · Jul 17

NEW #DecibelBoost: it’s the 400th episode, talking about another stupid entry in the FYRE saga, plus new tracks from Kaytranada, Deftones, Car Bomb, and more! decibelboost.surrealresolution.com/2025/07/16/e...

This week: the crew discusses new songs from Deftones, Lip Critic, Venera, FLO & Kaytranada, and Car Bomb. In the news topics: You can buy Fyre Fest on the same website where you try to buy use…

Episode 191 – Fire Drill (Anime Expo 2025)

Surreal Resolution @surrealresolution.bsky.social · Jul 15

NEW #PodcastONA: it’s the annual Anime Expo episode, a 3-hour tour talking Cyberpunk Edgerunners 2, a 100 Girlfriends world record, the NEW new Detective Conan dub, the return of Rie Matsumoto, and much more! www.podcastona.surrealresolution.com/2025/07/15/e...

Just sit right back and you’ll hear a tale, a tale of a fateful trip – that started from this tropic port aboard this tiny ship. Xander was a mighty sailin’ man, and Andrew brave …

So…. look at me reviewing anime on this site again, eh? Well, I picked the right one to do it. Yep, looks like we got another Shinichiro Watanabe project in our hands, and like Space Dandy, …

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Surreal Resolution @surrealresolution.bsky.social · Jul 11

A renegade scientist dooms humanity to impending death, and these five agents are the only ones who can stop him. Read @mak2hybridmedia.bsky.social's review of the series #Lazarus here:

www.surrealresolution.com/index.php/20...

Anime Review: LAZARUS

So…. look at me reviewing anime on this site again, eh? Well, I picked the right one to do it. Yep, looks like we got another Shinichiro Watanabe project in our hands, and like Space Dandy, …

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Surreal Resolution @surrealresolution.bsky.social · Jul 11

A renegade scientist dooms humanity to impending death, and these five agents are the only ones who can stop him. Read @mak2hybridmedia.bsky.social's review of the series #Lazarus here:

www.surrealresolution.com/index.php/20...

Anime Review: LAZARUS

Episode 399 – The Velvet Sundown Is a Very Stupid Project

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Surreal Resolution @surrealresolution.bsky.social · Jul 9

NEW #DecibelBoost: a whoooooooole lot of AI ranting and roasting, plus new tracks from Ethel Cain, Benny the Butcher, Street Secs, and more! decibelboost.surrealresolution.com/2025/07/09/e...

This week: the crew discusses new songs from Street Sects, Benny The Butcher, Ethel Cain, and Arcadea! In the news: some asshole made a fake AI band and botted its metrics to prove some stupid poin…