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Jake and Tom are two devout music heads who spent the last several years reviewing music on YouTube as Velocities in Music. Armed with two microphones and a podcast, the guys from VIM discus...

Bands will often change and evolve their sound over time, and sometimes bands will change their lineup as well, bringing new members into th...

People track their tastes in many different ways, and some prefer not to at all. At Velocities In Music, we like to make lists of our favori...

As Velocities In Music approaches its 10-year anniversary, Jake and Tom reflect on how their tastes have changed over the last decade, and h...

For decades people have been making each other mixtapes, mixes, and playlists for a variety of reasons in a variety of formats. As technolog...

Jake and Tom discuss the pros and cons of attending record fairs, and share the hauls from their respective fairs in Phoenix and Des Moines.

In early 1966, after being dissatisfied with the results of his recording sessions in New York, Bob Dylan went to Nashville to cut his new a...

Listen to the playlist: https://open.spotify.com/user/1215237538/playlist/0XUMcTDr8UFJZJQhq0xuov?si=--eVYF24QF-x4S67kxbLRQ A lot of great so...

Another year of music is in the books! In this podcast we highlight our 20 favorite albums from 2018 and discuss what we thought of the year...

Talking Heads: 77 is a classic debut album from one of rock music's most adventurous and influential bands. In this podcast, we walk through...

This podcast was requested by Sean Murphy, winner of the first VIM Music League! It's safe to say that everyone grows up with music around,...

In an age where we have instant access to all the new albums being released each week, keeping up with new music can feel like a full-time j...

In the third and final installment of our David Bowie deep-dive, we start with his more polarizing albums from the 90s and move through his...

In the second part of this deep-dive, we start the last half of David Bowie's prolific run of albums in the 1970s with 1976's Station to Sta...

David Bowie was an inspirational creative force and a top-notch performer and songwriter. During his nearly 50-year musical career, he recor...

From the thousands of songs we listened to in 2017, it's difficult to narrow it down a list to our 30 favorites. Some are more Jake picks, s...

2017 was a great year for music--we saw a lot of well-established artists return with their strongest releases in years, and several unique...

When talking about music with fellow friends and enthusiasts, it's common to hear artists mentioned as being "ahead of their time." But what...

In this episode, Jake and Tom catch up on the life changes they've faced over the past several months and how music has played a role in the...

Velocities In Music isn't just about music discussion--it's also about Jake and Tom trying their hardest to trip each other up and make each...

Jake and Tom discuss the future of the Velocities in Music podcast, and Tom talks about his experience at 80/35 Music Festival in Des Moines...

Listen to the Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/user/1213031281/playlist/6wdn1EQtwVtrA7aFjYCTgB Featured Albums: Forest Swords - Compassion...

Spoon has been a seminal indie/alternative rock band through the 2000s, with history going back to the early and mid 90s. In this podcast, w...

Listen to the playlist here: https://open.spotify.com/user/1213031281/playlist/6uT1oe0dU6Oy5UidtchJrW Featured Albums: Father John Misty - P...

Spoon has been a seminal indie/alternative rock band through the 2000s, with history going back to the early and mid 90s. In this podcast, w...

On this podcast, Jake and Tom discuss the albums they purchased on their last few vinyl-buying excursions.

Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/user/1213031281/playlist/50GI8eRZ5eRxF4ResrCpjK Featured Albums: Grandaddy - Last Place (1:59) Th...

Velocities In Music started at the beginning of 2010, and since then we've had the privilege of witnessing the release of some monumental al...

On this show, we talk a lot about ways of discovering new music. One way that we discover new music is through Music Leagues: friendly, comp...

Listen to the playlist: https://open.spotify.com/user/1213031281/playlist/1xzK543YVcqiMbBODahmgP Featured Albums: Elbow - Little Fictions Sa...

As music in the latter half of the 90s drifted away from the Britpop style Blur had helped popularize, the band shifted into a noisier and m...

Starting as a young band in London in the late 80s and early 90s, Blur rose to fame in a few short years and helped the Britpop movement rea...

Listen to the songs featured in this episode here: https://open.spotify.com/user/1213031281/playlist/2333pXtn664J7VXlysgsC1 Featured Albums:...

It's official--Jake finally got a record player. In this podcast, we go through the records we bought on Jake's maiden record-shopping voyag...

Listen to the playlist here: https://open.spotify.com/user/1213031281/playlist/1QcB6L0iHx5DskJfkvFkED In this podcast we recommend albums fr...

2016 may have been an even better year for songs than it was for albums. We listened to thousands of tracks throughout the year, and in this...

In this podcast we cover our 20 favorite albums of 2016. See our top 70 list here: http://www.velocitiesinmusic.com/lists/top-albums-2016/

In the third and final installment of our Metallica deep-dive, we explore the music the band has put out since the year 2000, as well as whe...

In the second installment of our Metallica deep-dive, we follow the band into the 1990s, where they polish their sound further, achieve mass...

We're joined in this episode by Emily and Dan from Cross Record, who share insights on their songwriting and recording process, what it's li...

Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/user/1213031281/playlist/3kGURT4gOQ5ZJ2xNzCNBv7 Not Recommended: Justice - Woman Bruno Mars - 24K...

Metallica has always been one of the most celebrated and yet divisive bands in hard rock and metal music. In this episode, we dig into the f...

In this podcast, we cover albums that were released in October 2016. Listen to the playlist here: https://open.spotify.com/user/1213031281/p...

Humans are creatures of habit. We create our own rituals and traditions to look forward to, and music can play a big part of that. Aside fro...

Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/user/1213031281/playlist/5KVhzgoqiJG07O8hy9j5kF Helms Alee - Stillicide James Vincent McMorrow -...

Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/user/1213031281/playlist/7abxk7nBZ77Hza79o3XlT4 Jake and Tom have been touched by the Boognish to...

Listen to the playlist here: https://open.spotify.com/user/1213031281/playlist/2kpFNDXxf4nniaBDxUqqW2 Albums covered in this podcast: Wye Oa...

Today, Sunny Day Real Estate may be considered a staple in the emo genre, but what they accomplished during their relatively short time as a...

Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/user/1213031281/playlist/3hVnxbxLt8DwSjoVxkaTdB Albums covered in this wrap-up: Maxwell - blackSU...

We're joined this episode by Joe Vickers, drummer and founding member of Caspian. Joe takes us through Caspian's songwriting and album-craft...

Today in 2016, for all practical purposes, music is free. But should it be? As technology has evolved and music has become more easily acces...