About this episode

Dan Goldsworthy joins Stephen Hill to discuss his hot takes on music and review recent live shows.

It's time for your weekly does of musical podcast lovliness with Trve. Cvlt. Pop! On this week's show, Steve is once again joined by artist, guitarist, metalhead and breakfast buffet enthusiast Dan Goldsworthy, who takes us through his own personal list of steaming hot takes and fury inducing atrocities from the world of music. Dan SLAMS YouTube guitarists, PRAISES Canadian punk legends Propaghandi, DISSES funeral doom and goes WILD for synths in heavy metal, and much more. There's also reviews of recent live shows from Metallica, System of a Down, Nourished by Time and Agnostic Front, quick recommendations of new albums by Quicksand and Lido Pimienta and Dan picks a Gladiators approved Lvst. Cvlt. Pop! tune from 80's wonders It Bites.

People in this episode

Host: Stephen Hill

Guest: Dan Goldsworthy

Topics covered

• music commentary
• hot takes
• live show reviews
• album recommendations
• heavy metal
• punk music

Keywords

• music
• hot takes
• live shows
• album recommendations
• heavy metal
• punk
• YouTube guitarists

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: YouTube, Propaghandi, Metallica, System of a Down, Nourished by Time, Agnostic Front, Quicksand

Books & works: It Bites, Lvst. Cvlt. Pop!

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