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EarWax is a deep-dive music podcast hosted by two longtime record store clerks, Hilary and Cody, who are steeped in music history. Each week, we unpack the story of a single album - how it was made, where it fits in the cultural moment that shaped it, and why it still matters. From iconic classics to cult gems, we explore the music that moves us and the stories that stick. You’ll also hear about the latest releases and what’s buzzing in our world of vinyl bins and liner notes. Think of it like your favorite record store hang, just in podcast form. EarWax is for anyone who loves music with context, history, and heart.
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- 2 weeks ago1h 10m
Ep. 117: Dead Man's Bones - Dead Man's Bones
What in the actually-good-celebrity-project do we have here? See, but that's not even doing this week's album justice. Because we have a prominently featured children's choir!The EarWax crew chop it up about Dead Man's Bones' self-titled (and as of this episode - only) record. If spooky-cozy were a genre, this album would be the prime example of that.Ryan Gosling and Zach Shields both love the macabre, they both wanna make some jamz, and so they did. And what we get is one of the chillest, most lovely Halloween-ish records out there.Check out everything we have going on via the info below:Instagram: @earwaxpodTikTok: @earwaxpodEmail: earwaxpod@gmail.comCredits:Produced by Hilary Miller, Claudia Rivera Tinsley, Spencer Belden, and Cody TinsleyEdited by Claudia Rivera TinsleyAll original music written and performed by Spencer BeldenArtwork by Hilary Miller
- Oct 9, 20261h 12m
Ep. 116: Wayne Shorter - Speak No Evil
Sometimes we get to tell wonderful stories about cool people. Amidst all the scumminess of the music industry, there do exist the real ones. We talk about one of the realest - Wayne Shorter - and his unbelievable record "Speak No Evil".With a lineup whose collective resumes are longer than two CVS receipts, this album bridges Shorter's timeline - connecting the past, present, and future while still sounding entirely unique.It's haunting, vulnerable, cool, and sweet. Pretty much all ways you could also describe Wayne Shorter. God, I wish we could have been friends!Check out everything we have going on via the info below:Instagram: @earwaxpodTikTok: @earwaxpodEmail: earwaxpod@gmail.comCredits:Produced by Hilary Miller, Claudia Rivera Tinsley, Spencer Belden, and Cody TinsleyEdited by Claudia Rivera TinsleyAll original music written and performed by Spencer BeldenArtwork by Hilary Miller
- Oct 9, 202624 min
Music This Week 10-9-26
Ayo, we are back. Mainly it's Spencer who is back, Hilary and Cody neva left. Regardless, we got new releases and music news aplenty in this installment of Music This Week.How about Sheryl Crow dropping a new record? Mmmm, oh, and Zach Bryan rocking the Free Palestine shirt right in Robert Kraft's stadium. Beautiful, simply beautiful.All that and a whole heck of a lot more inside Music. This. Weeeeeeeeeek.Check out everything we have going on via the info below:Instagram: @earwaxpodTikTok: @earwaxpodEmail: earwaxpod@gmail.comCredits:Produced by Hilary Miller, Claudia Rivera Tinsley, Spencer Belden, and Cody TinsleyEdited by Claudia Rivera TinsleyAll original music written and performed by Spencer BeldenArtwork by Hilary Miller
- Oct 2, 20261h 3m
Ep. 115: 100 gecs - 1000 gecs
Set the controls on full fuckin' blast, we are headed into the universe of whenever - somewhere in the future...except it's happening right now on this week's episode!Cody and Hilary hold on for dear life breaking down Dylan Brady and Laura Les' genreless and genre defining 1000 gecs.It's just weird, man, in a great way. Go listen for yourself, you'll see, and then you'll come back to it out of curiosity, then because it's just so damn catchy, and finally, because it has so. much. heart.Check out everything we have going on via the info below:Instagram: @earwaxpodTikTok: @earwaxpodEmail: earwaxpod@gmail.comCredits:Produced by Hilary Miller, Claudia Rivera Tinsley, Spencer Belden, and Cody TinsleyEdited by Claudia Rivera TinsleyAll original music written and performed by Spencer BeldenArtwork by Hilary Miller
- Sep 25, 20261h 21m
Ep. 114: Lil' Kim - Hard Core
We don't do parental advisories here, because we're cool. But if we did, this week's episode would be plastered with warnings so the youths' ears are not exposed to the intense, raw, unfiltered glory that is Lil' Kim's "Hard Core".Kim unflinchingly tackles basically everything to do with her sexuality with candor far ahead of its time."Hard Core" is really the only title befitting the debut album from one of hip-hop's pioneers.Check out everything we have going on via the info below:Instagram: @earwaxpodTikTok: @earwaxpodEmail: earwaxpod@gmail.comCredits:Produced by Hilary Miller, Claudia Rivera Tinsley, Spencer Belden, and Cody TinsleyEdited by Claudia Rivera TinsleyAll original music written and performed by Spencer BeldenArtwork by Hilary Miller
- Sep 25, 202631 min
Music this Week 9-25-2026
Hey, enjoy this episode of Music This Week. Because next week, you won't have one to enjoy. Why? How dare you pry. Don't fret, it'll only be a one week absence.But for now, enjoy Spencer guiding the EarWax crew along a stable of new releases, a follow-up to a story from last week, oh and William Shatner making a metal album. That'll be great. For sure it will be.Check out everything we have going on via the info below:Instagram: @earwaxpodTikTok: @earwaxpodEmail: earwaxpod@gmail.comCredits:Produced by Hilary Miller, Claudia Rivera Tinsley, Spencer Belden, and Cody TinsleyEdited by Claudia Rivera TinsleyAll original music written and performed by Spencer BeldenArtwork by Hilary Miller
- Sep 18, 20261h 20m
Ep. 113: Glen Campbell - Rhinestone Cowboy
We need you folks to help determine whether or not this week's album is truly a concept record.Cody and Hilary debate (not really, it's not a concept album) the conceptness of Glen Campbell's "Rhinestone Cowboy". In the midst of a career slump, relative to his stellar career, of course, Campbell linked up with a couple of pop producers and churned out a record full of proto-yacht rock grooves and earnest sadboy lyrics.Gorgeous production and immaculate execution, "Rhinestone Cowboy" rocketed Glen Campbell right back where he belongs among the music royalty.Check out everything we have going on via the info below:Instagram: @earwaxpodTikTok: @earwaxpodEmail: earwaxpod@gmail.comCredits:Produced by Hilary Miller, Claudia Rivera Tinsley, Spencer Belden, and Cody TinsleyEdited by Claudia Rivera TinsleyAll original music written and performed by Spencer BeldenArtwork by Hilary Miller
- Sep 18, 202628 min
Music This Week 9-18-26
New releases galore! How about Neil Young crossing the 50 album mark?But really, we all know what the big headline is this week. Bon Iver writing a bar jingle! Meatloaf dippers!But really really, Spencer leads the way as we chat about what's coming out, as well as the public outcry from Macklemore being removed from Ed Sheeran's tour.Tune in and hear our takes on all the new drops and headlines.Free Palestine.Check out everything we have going on via the info below:Instagram: @earwaxpodTikTok: @earwaxpodEmail: earwaxpod@gmail.comCredits:Produced by Hilary Miller, Claudia Rivera Tinsley, Spencer Belden, and Cody TinsleyEdited by Claudia Rivera TinsleyAll original music written and performed by Spencer BeldenArtwork by Hilary Miller
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About EarWax
EarWax is a deep-dive music podcast hosted by two longtime record store clerks, Hilary and Cody, who are steeped in music history. Each week, we unpack the story of a single album - how it was made, where it fits in the cultural moment that shaped it, and why it still matters. From iconic classics to cult gems, we explore the music that moves us and the stories that stick. You’ll also hear about the latest releases and what’s buzzing in our world of vinyl bins and liner notes. Think of it like your favorite record store hang, just in podcast form. EarWax is for anyone who loves music with context, history, and heart.
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