Lenny and Coco

This is really, truly it: the last new songs by Leonard Cohen. We bid farewell to one of the finest discographies in modern music. Hats off!

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After the final Leonard Cohen album... came one more Leonard Cohen album. So we talked about it! Lenny and Coco's fiftieth episode.

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The last four tracks of Leonard's life—really makes you think!

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Here we are, at last and already: the final album by Leonard Cohen except that it's not. (What's the opposite of posthumous? Humous?) Here we are: the final humous album by Leonard Cohen, You Want It Darker.

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They said you couldn't make 4 live albums out of one tour. Well, Leonard proved them (mostly) wrong with Can't Forget. We talk about all the tracks, not quite in the right order, and yes, we mention the cover.

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We're back with Side B of 2014's Popular Problems — this time with proper audio!

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The short, groovy album with the great title — it's time for 2014's Popular Problems. Note that the sound quality in this one is... different. Sorry about that! Next ep will be back to normal.

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The second side of Leonard's 2012 album, Old Ideas—also known by critics everywhere as Leonard's farewell album (lol).

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We're back with Leonard's 2012 album Old Ideas, the first in a sort-of final trilogy and one that we think is pretty great!

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So concludes our coverage of the penultimate Leonard Cohen era, what we've dubbed the "Reformed Buddhist Era." No Best Of countdown this time, just this—a look into a funny little CD from 2010, plus one insurmountable stunner of a missed opportunity.

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We're taking a little break but we'll be back on November 3 with Old Ideas!

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In 2007, renowned composer of minimalist neoclassical music Philip Glass set 22 poems from Leonard Cohen's "Book of Longing" to his distinctive music. The result is one of the most beguiling records we've covered on the podcast so far. We hope you enjoy this wacky little one-off! And if you're totally unfamiliar with Glass's music, don't worry—in the episode, Ned gives Kinley (and you) a brief primer on the fascinating world of minimalist music.

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Well into his seventies, after years of making music without a band and declining opportunities to perform live, Leonard embarked on a gruelling worldwide tour, playing close to 3 hour sets every night. His July 17, 2008, performance in London's O2 arena was released as a live triple-album and DVD.

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The thrilling conclusion to Leonard's weirdest album, and the even more thrilling moment when Kinley finally becomes a fan of country music. It's what you've all been waiting for, folks!

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Just as he hit 70 years old, Leonard Cohen got weird. Listen as we try to keep up with the many moods of 2004's Dear Heather. Snap your fingers and join us for the smoky, jazzy poetry reading we didn't know we wanted,

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We continue our discussion of the 2001 Leonard Cohen album Ten New Songs. We talk about the early days of Pitchfork, Antony leaving Alexandria, and the political duties of poets. We also talk about 5 Leonard Cohen songs.

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Summer break is over and we're back to Leonard Cohen's discography, starting with 2001's Ten New Songs. Between the last album and this one, Leonard spent five years hidden away in a Buddhist monastery. Did it change him? Let's find out!

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In the thrilling conclusion to the first "Lenny and Coco at the Movies" series, we discuss Robert Altman's renowned 1971 anti-western McCabe and Mrs. Miller. Three songs from Leonard Cohen's first album are featured in the film—"The Stranger Song"; "Sisters of Mercy"; and "Winter Lady"—as well as some bits from the recording sessions that are unhearable anywhere else. But beyond that, McCabe and Mrs. Miller is a landmark piece of cinema, demolishing outdated ideas of the Old West and capturing the moment when Robert Altman's style truly crystallized.

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We finish up our discussion on the 1994 live album, Cohen Live. We talk about guitar solos, the moment when Leonard crosses over into video game music, and whether this live document accomplishes its aims.

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The tours of 1988 and 1993 are documented on this era's live album, Cohen Live, released in 1994. We discuss the performances as well as the song choices and how the whole thing compares to Leonard's previous live releases.

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Democracy is coming the USA—and our episode on Side B of The Future is coming to your ears.

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Leonard Cohen continues his streak of producing modern, electronic, dancey albums that are (for him, at least) big hits. This time it's 1992's The Future, coming hot on the heels of the fall of the Soviet Union and the apparent worldwide victory of liberal democracy—something about which Leonard definitely has some thoughts! "I have seen the future, baby—it is murder."

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Should a cappella singers stop using the word "doo"? We get to the bottom of this and many more questions in our second episode on Jennifer Warnes's album of Leonard Cohen covers, Famous Blue Raincoat. We've had the time of our lives.

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Guys like me are mad for turtle meat!!! Side B of I’m Your Man is a fun one as it features one of Leonard Cohen’s very best songs—sorry jazzers, I’m not talking about Jazz Police.

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Don't call it a comeback! Lenny and Coco tackle Leonard Cohen's beloved 1988 release, I'm Your Man. If you thought the guy's voice couldn't get any sexier, boy are you in for a surprise.

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Actor Ely Henry joins us in our quixotic journey to determine the best Hallelujah. We may or may not lose our minds along the way.

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Nigel Chapman from Nap Eyes is back to finish off our discussion of 1984's Various Positions. We talk about Hallelujah's legacy, Leonard Cohen's blend of deep wisdom and dry humour, and much more. Keep an ear out for Nigel's sweet pups!

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Lenny and Coco's first guest, Nigel Chapman of the band Nap Eyes, graciously joins us to talk about the album Various Positions. We had a lot of fun discussing Leonard's first foray into the glitzy sounds of the 1980s.

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Once again, we're looking back and picking the 10 best tracks from the era we've just come through. This time we talked too long about them so it's in two parts, so we'll save the playlist reveal until Friday.

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Yee-hoo!!!

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Leonard takes a hard left turn after the crushing maximalism of Death of a Ladies' Man, and Lenny and Coco try to follow.

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A hundred thousand fingerprints they floated to the floor. Lenny and Coco discuss the second half of Leonard's strangest album.

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We immerse ourselves in what has to be the wackiest Leonard Cohen album of all time. This should be a fun one!

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Is this album just Leonard's version of the Borat "my wife" bit? Probably not.

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Leonard goes to war, at least in his imagination. Lenny and Coco try to follow but find it difficult leaving the hotel.

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The only record side anywhere in which Leonard Cohen sings a 13-minute song. So that's cool.

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We pass through Leonard's first album of live songs, the creatively-titled "Live Songs." In the intro we promise that these episodes will be shorter than usual, but guess what? We were wrong!

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This is it. The episode where our hot takes lose us 90% of the tiny audience we've managed to accrue. It's been fun!

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We light our cigarettes, put our black clothes on, and wade into Leonard's third album. We are now in full GothCohen™Mode. (Be advised that because we're following Leonard, we go pretty deep on depression and suicide in this episode.)

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You know what we do / You've searched on Yahoo / We are the ones who like changing from nothing to two

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You know how sometimes a bird sits on a wire and then God asks you kill your son? This time we talk about the "country and western" album we've all been waiting for, Songs From a Room. (Spoilers: it's not very country.)

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