Rhapsody In Reverie

(Warning: Explicit Content Ahead) They may be a couple of weeks late, but Adrienne and Katarina are back in time to celebrate the end of Cuffing Season! That’s right, Valentine’s Day is over and so is keeping our love songs playlist on repeat. Now it’s time to talk about Anything But Romance, whether you’re feeling mad, feeling blue, or just...in the mood...we have a tune for you! Laughs aplenty are to be had. Dive in, and share your favorite breakup song/bedroom jam/you-do-you tune with us!

Hey there listeners! Season 2 is over, but we went to PodCon last weekend and recorded a very special Bonus Episode live from the LiveU Recording Studio at PodCon 2! Listen to us talk about PodCon and our favorite songs and live performances from 2018. You can also head to our YouTube Channel to watch us podcast it up in person and hold you over until we come back for season 3! Huge thank you to Ben Ratner and LiveU for recording us!

Snow is snowing, hot cocoa’s on the fire, and the trees are trimmed: it’s Christmastime! Adrienne and Katarina celebrate the end of season 2 with an episode all about the best kind of music, namely Christmas music. Snuggle up to this cozy episode as our hosts talk about the wonders of starting the Christmas season with the right music, singing cowboys, Mariah Carey’s modern classic, Eartha Kitt's strangely sexual ‘Santa Baby,’ and more. So get your family together, set the cookies out for Santa, and grab some pie, because our hosts are ending the season with a bang! And from our family to yours, have a very merry Christmas!

We’re almost finished with season 2, and we’re bringing out the big guns! Adrienne and Katarina dissect the discography of Hozier, in an episode that starts off as a promising walk into the marsh. Will Katarina stop gushing about the intertextuality of Hozier’s music? Will Adrienne finally understand what “It Will Come Back” actually means? Will our hosts be able to pinpoint what exactly makes the music of Hozier so terrifyingly beautiful? Only time will tell!

In the antepenultimate episode of the season, Adrienne and Katarina dissect the California band The Neighbourhood and their incredible albums such as I Love You, Wiped Out!, and Hard to Imagine The Neighbourhood Ever Changing - the perfect way to celebrate that sweet, sweet sweater weather. Join them as they talk about existential ennui, their use of ‘weaponized ambiance,’ and possibly...witchcraft. Anything is possible this week, as Rhapsody in Reverie shows that there really isn’t any band that can compare to The Neighbourhood!

Happy Thanksgiving, Rhapsody Fam! This week we’re thankful for the music of Andrew McMahon. Adrienne and Katarina discuss how full of life his work is, no matter what project he’s currently operating under - whether it's Something Corporate, Jack's Mannequin, or Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness, and how amazing it is when an artist can take emotions you didn’t even know you possessed and bring them to the surface. Join them as they talk about his latest record Upside Down Flowers, the beauty of art, life, and the work of a truly inspirational musician this week. (That is, if the turkey hasn’t put you into a food coma yet).

It’s time to get spooky! Adrienne and Katarina don their best Halloween costumes and spooky voices for their Halloween music-themed episode. What’s that? Halloween music isn’t a thing? Of course it is! Our hosts break down what qualifies as Halloween music, what songs make their parties the spookiest in town, and some Up & Comers they’re just dying to share with you! And don’t worry: they’ve included their phantasmic party playlist so you too can be the ghostest with the mostest.

This week our dynamic duo takes on the incomparable emo titan, My Chemical Romance. Though they disbanded in 2013, the musical group left a lasting impact on millions of teens through their hit songs such as “I’m Not Okay (I Promise)” and “Teenagers”. So come learn why this band is perhaps the most notable of the emo trinity, how Adrienne and Katarina first fell for them, and why this band deserves its own solo show during our Punktober celebration. Welcome to the Black Parade, folks.

Part 2 of our take on Emo/Scene music is finally here in celebration of Punktober! Adrienne and Katarina take on the genre at full force, dissecting the hits of the early 00s from artists like Taking Back Sunday and Paramore that shaped a generation. They laugh, they sigh, they struggle to set clear definitions for what emo music truly is. Do they succeed? Do they care? Probably not. They aren’t professionals.

In the first part of a very special 2-part episode, Adrienne and Katarina kick off Punktober by diving into their favorite Scene and Emo hits from artists like Hellogoodbye, The All-American Rejects, and Cobra Starship, while simultaneously reliving what is arguably the most embarrassing and confusing time of our lives: the teen years. You’re sad, you’re mad, you’re sexually frustrated, and only thing that “gets” you is the music blasting through your speakers. So come laugh, come jam, come relive the highs and lows of the early 00s scene, and discover what Emo means to you.

This week on another themed episode, Adrienne and Katarina grab you by the hand and pull you onto the dance floor to talk all things Disco...with a little funk thrown in. From Earth, Wind, and Fire to Donna Summer, from the Bee Gees to Cheryl Lynn, our hosts dive right into what makes Disco so endearing long after we hung up our bell-bottoms.

This week, our hosts talk all about the band Bombay Bicycle Club, a band that’s held a special place in their hearts for many years with songs such as "Shuffle" and "Lights Out, Words Gone". Listen to Adrienne and Katarina talk about how musicians utilize visuals for aesthetically pleasing shows, why bad movies happen to good soundtracks, apologies, and one of the most unique bands to grace the indie scene that created something truly beautiful.

Our hosts shake things up this week to bring you their first-ever themed episode! Adrienne and Katarina dive headfirst into the surprising multitude of songs about Jenny that exist in our world by artists like The Killers, Taking Back Sunday, John Denver and Tommy Tutone. Who is Jenny? Why is everyone writing songs about her? Why is she such a heartbreaker? And was Jenny really a friend of mine? Listen and find out!

Episode 2 of Season 2 is here! This week, our hosts Adrienne and Katarina discuss Canadian pop icon Carly Rae Jepsen. Since she exploded onto American charts with her hit single “Call Me Maybe,” Adrienne and Katarina have had some...thoughts. Now they’re here to talk about her growth as a lyricist, her latest album Emotion, reinvention, and what it really means to be a pop star in 2018.

Happy Season Premiere listeners! In the first episode of season 2 of Rhapsody in Reverie, Adrienne and Katarina discuss their childhood favorites and Philadelphia duo, Hall and Oates. Daryl Hall and John Oates have had an incredible multi-decade career with hits such as “I Can’t Go For That”, “Rich Girl” and “You Make My Dreams”. Listen to our hosts discuss their favorite songs and memories that have touched their lives.

In the season one finale episode of Rhapsody In Reverie, Adrienne and Katarina discuss the rock band The Maine. The Arizona band is about to embark on the last Vans Warped Tour and has an acoustic record coming out on June 22nd. Listen to Adrienne and Katarina praise some of their favorite albums and songs from The Maine’s discography, and talk about their love for the 11 year old band.

In this week’s episode of Rhapsody In Reverie, Adrienne and Katarina discuss a huge favorite artist - Passion Pit. Frontman and songwriter, Michael Angelakos, has released deeply personal records such as Gossamer and most recently Tremendous Sea of Love. Listen to Adrienne and Katarina celebrate Passion Pit’s incredibly intimate discography, and open up about how Passion Pit’s music has soundtracked their lives and what it means to be human.

In this week’s episode of Rhapsody In Reverie, Adrienne and Katarina discuss a personal favorite of Adrienne’s, 30 Seconds To Mars. This Los Angeles based band fronted by actor Jared Leto has released 5 albums to date with their most recent, AMERICA, being released this April. Listen to Adrienne and Katarina discuss their favorite 30 Seconds To Mars songs, the emotion within 30 Seconds To Mars’s music, and how important their music was in their lives.

In this week’s episode of Rhapsody in Reverie, Adrienne and Katarina discuss their love for Las Vegas band, The Killers. Their 2017 album, Wonderful Wonderful, was their first new album in five years. Listen to Adrienne and Katarina discuss that album, The Killers impressive discography with songs such as “Mr. Brightside” and “Human”, and their provocative writing style.

In this week’s episode, Adrienne and Katarina discuss British artist, Harry Styles. This 24 year old former One Direction member released his first solo self-titled album last year and dominated charts with the lead single “Sign of the Times”. Listen to Adrienne and Katarina discuss 70’s inspired songs like “Carolina” and “Kiwi”, praise Styles’s work as a solo artist, and attempt to process their feelings about Harry Styles’s transition from boy band to center stage.