Send in your music story! We kick things off with pure livestream energy, then get right to what we love most: celebrating new music with people who actually care. Shavar Dante joins us to premiere his new track “I’ve Got My Mind Made Up,” and we talk about what makes it hit, from the lo-fi chill production to the layered details you only catch after a few listens. If you’re looking for independent artist discoveries, this is one of those hangs where a song turns into a whole conversation abo...
May 25
2 hr 11 min
Send in your music story! A band can lose two core members and still keep moving, but the reason matters. Godsmack’s touring fatigue headline opens the door to a bigger conversation about burnout in hard rock and metal, what the road actually demands, and why “push through it” culture breaks people. We take that news and connect it to the real economics of music today: streaming pressure, constant content, and the hidden costs artists absorb just to stay visible. Sean Martin from The Q...
May 18
1 hr 14 min
Send in your music story! A label doesn’t usually find its next big voice through RuneScape and a TikTok DM, but that’s what makes this conversation so fun and so real. We sit down with Peter James from Manicat and their new ambassador, legendary streamer Miss Pistachio, to talk about how music culture and gaming culture overlap way more than most people admit and how community can outwork algorithms every time. We get into the American Music Awards lineup, Taylor Swift’s eight nominat...
May 11
1 hr 5 min
Send in your music story! Ticketmaster just took a major legal hit and we’re asking the only question that matters for fans: does this finally change the price of concert tickets, or do we keep paying “fees” that feel like a second ticket? We break down the federal ruling that says Live Nation and Ticketmaster illegally monopolized the concert industry, what they’re accused of controlling, and what a potential breakup or new regulations could mean for ticket sales, venue power, and the future...
May 4
59 min
Send in your music story! A busted ankle, a Minecraft window full of creeps, and a karaoke queue that should probably be illegal. We start with chaotic host banter and then get painfully specific about how a “productive day” turns into a fractured ankle, a boot, and an ER trip after one step off the deck finds the wrong divot. If you’ve ever had to keep it together while your body is yelling at you, this story will hit, and the “keep your phone on you” lesson is real. Once the injury recap i...
Apr 27
1 hr 6 min
Send in your music story! Concert tickets are climbing, fan wars are louder than ever, and somehow we’re still arguing about whether the biggest artists on the planet are actually that good. We start with real-life catch-up and a little music nostalgia, including Harley picking up the guitar again and falling back into a Godsmack-heavy rotation. From there, the chaos kicks in: the clip that gets our biggest comment surge, the weird stuff people choose to be mad about, and why internet feedbac...
Apr 20
1 hr 20 min
Send in your music story! We start where real hangouts actually start: life updates, side quests, and a Minecraft plan that gets weirdly serious. Chris and I break down our “civilizations” challenge with creative-mode rules, no item hoarding, no sneaky prep, and then a hard switch to survival where alliances matter. If you’ve ever turned a chill game into a competitive project with friends, you’ll recognize the energy fast. Then we get to the main event: a Top 10 list of 80s songs that still...
Apr 13
1 hr 7 min
Send in your music story! You can hear it in Bird’s answers right away: he isn’t trying to “drop a message” and walk off. He’s building a whole world. We sit down with X Bird X to unpack how his background in fine art, comics, and DIY creativity feeds into an album rollout that includes music videos, a comic adaptation, and songs that tackle social issues without turning into a sermon. We dig into AI in music and AI-generated art from a working-artist perspective. Where is the line between a...
Apr 6
1 hr 12 min
Send in your music story! A silly Friday mood turns into the kind of conversation that’s way more real than you expect. We start with Rebecca Black nostalgia and end up unpacking the weird ways school adults sometimes try to “teach lessons,” from setting kids up to laugh to calling an entire class a future failure statistic. If you’ve ever carried a random school moment for years, you’ll understand why we went there, and why we laugh through it anyway. Then we shift into a tight music ...
Mar 30
47 min
Send in your music story! A lot of music interviews stay on the surface. We didn’t. Dom from July Crowd joins us for a conversation that starts with everyday life in Calgary and ends in the kind of honesty that makes you sit still for a second. We talk about growing up on pop punk, how marriage changes your priorities, and why the older you get, the more you notice which songs still feel true when the lights are off. Dom breaks down the story and meaning behind “The Same Way,” July Cro...
Mar 23
1 hr 13 min
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