Surprise! It’s a special episode of CrossFade, thanks to a generous member of the MinnMax community.

On Give to the Max Day, the MinnMax community raised more than $57,000 to help foster kids in Minneapolis. One of the many appealing donation rewards was an episode of CrossFade where the donor got to choose the album we talked about! Chris Fayter (a.k.a. Crayter) chose “Portal Of I,” the debut album of Australian prog metal band Ne Obliviscaris, which became one of his COVID-era comfort listens.

We’re really jazzed to get back behind the mic to discuss some great, unique music. Thanks to Chris and the MinnMax community for their ongoing generosity!

Go back a few decades to find new music: http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks.htm

We’d love it if you’d rate and review CrossFade on iTunes, ‘cause it means more people can find the show and love it, too! You can find Matt and Jason on Twitter at https://twitter.com/MattHelgeson and https://twitter.com/nintendufus respectively and in the #music channel of the MinnMax Discord server.

Our theme song is “The Lights” by Maps Of Norway from their 2008 record, “Die Off Songbird”: https://open.spotify.com/album/7tNrjnRB1f1oQizkkAePrI

Support MinnMax on Patreon and get access to tons of great, exclusive content: https://www.patreon.com/minnmax/

Listen to the CrossFade Community Playlist, a growing Spotify playlist of our community’s favorite music: https://spoti.fi/3aRRgox

Timestamps

0:00 - Give to the Max 2023: Ne Obliviscaris’s “Portal Of I”

3:04 - A message from Crayter, charitable sponsor of this episode

13:40 - Ne Obliviscaris - "Portal Of I"

14:31 - Tapestry of the Starless Abstract

24:16 - Xenoflux

30:08 - Of the Leper Butterflies

37:06 - Forget Not

41:23 - And Plague Flowers the Kaleidoscope

51:23 - As Icicles Fall

54:44 - Of Petrichor Weaves Black Noise

1:05:15 - Community questions

1:40:43 - Sampha - “Jonathan L. Seagull” (suggested by MinnMax supporter notweirder)

CrossFade is taking a break! We haven’t picked a return date yet, but Matt and Jason have ideas about how to make it even better going forward.

We decided to end this season on a high note by bringing back the CrossFade Community Shuffle. It’s an episode where dozens of our Patreon supporters send us their current favorite songs, we shuffle a bunch of them, and we listen to and talk about them live on the show! It’s one of our favorite CrossFade traditions, so we hope you enjoy it.

You can still enjoy all 60-some episodes of CrossFade for free wherever you listen to podcasts. From the bottom of our hearts, we want to express our appreciation for everyone who’s enjoyed the show so far. Thanks for listening, chatting, asking, tweeting, posting, and sharing in the fun of CrossFade! You’re the ones who make it great.

We’d love it if you’d rate and review CrossFade on iTunes, ‘cause it means more people can find the show and love it, too! You can find Matt and Jason on Twitter at https://twitter.com/MattHelgeson and https://twitter.com/nintendufus respectively and in the #music channel of the MinnMax Discord server.

Our theme song is “The Lights” by Maps Of Norway from their 2008 record, “Die Off Songbird”: https://open.spotify.com/album/7tNrjnRB1f1oQizkkAePrI

Support MinnMax on Patreon and get access to tons of great, exclusive content: https://www.patreon.com/minnmax/

Listen to the CrossFade Community Playlist, a growing Spotify playlist of our community’s favorite music: https://spoti.fi/3aRRgox

Timestamps

0:00 - The Last Community Shuffle for A While, Probably!

6:30 - Niyaz - “Shir Ali Mardan (Song of a Warrior)” suggested by Shazirah

11:27 - Nation of Language - “Sacred Tongue” suggested by Nolan Kelly

15:25 - Puscifer - “Green Valley” suggested by Ian Pierce

19:22 - Taylor Swift - “mirrorball” suggested by Mackenzie Beyer

23:52 - The Killers - “Miss Atomic Bomb” suggested by Ramses Garcia

28:56 - Black Country, New Road - “Chaos Space Marine” suggested by Holden Hintz

33:51 - Frightened Rabbit - “The Modern Leper” suggested by Halea Kasishke

38:00 - Craig Finn - “Messing with the Settings” suggested by Gabriel Cleveland

44:07 - The Knife - “Heartbeats - Live” by podbod

48:25 - Paolo Nutini - “Through The Echoes” suggested by Luca Alberti

51:52 - honeyhoney - “Thin Line” suggested by Matt Rogers

55:47 - Haken - “Invasion” suggested by Sjors van Berkel

1:00:34 - Rahul Sipligunj, Kaala Bhairava - “Naatu Naatu” from RRR suggested by Bob Kinnear

1:08:24 - P.O.S - “Wearing a Bear” suggested by Josh LaBaw

1:11:51 - Yot Club - “u dont kno me” suggested by Bezlo

1:16:05 - MEMBA, EVAN GIIA, Nooran Sisters - “For Aisha” suggested by Geoff Enright

1:20:43 - Algernon Cadwallader - “Pitfall”

Neil Young’s had quite a career. A hugely influential solo career, his work with CSNY, that thing during The Last Waltz, and now you can’t even hear his music on the biggest music streaming platform on Earth. Wow!

To finally crack the nut on Neil, Matt brought in writer and fellow Neil Young fanatic Tyler Wilcox for an in-depth discussion on two essential Neil records: Citizen Kane Jr. Blues 1974 (Live at The Bottom Line) and Tonight’s the Night. Take a listen to some Real Neil with the biggest Youngheads out there!

Find Tyler at the following links:

• https://twitter.com/tywilc
• https://doomandgloomfromthetomb.tumblr.com/
• https://aquariumdrunkard.com/
• https://www.uncut.co.uk/author/twilcox/

We’d love it if you’d rate and review CrossFade on iTunes, ‘cause it means more people can find the show and love it, too! You can find Matt and Jason on Twitter at https://twitter.com/MattHelgeson and https://twitter.com/nintendufus respectively and in the #music channel of the MinnMax Discord server.

Our theme song is “The Lights” by Maps Of Norway from their 2008 record, “Die Off Songbird”: https://open.spotify.com/album/7tNrjnRB1f1oQizkkAePrI

Support MinnMax on Patreon and get access to tons of great, exclusive content: https://www.patreon.com/minnmax/

Listen to the CrossFade Community Playlist, a growing Spotify playlist of our community’s favorite music: https://spoti.fi/3aRRgox

Timestamps

0:00 - Neil Young, “Our Rock Dad” with Tyler Wilcox

0:10 - Tyler and Neil Young

3:27 - The “expanding Ditch universe” of Neil Young

5:45 - Citizen Kane Jr. Blues 1974 (Live at The Bottom Line)

8:18 - Revolution Blues

13:08 - Pushed It Over the End

19:01 - Long May You Run

24:53 - Ambulance Blues

29:45 - Motion Pictures

38:53 - Tonight’s the Night

44:25 - Speakin’ Out

47:59 - Mellow My Mind

51:06 - Come On Baby Let’s Go Downtown

55:38 - Tired Eyes

1:00:33 - Albuquerque