We dive deep into the life-affirming, meaning-making power of Taylor Swift's folklore.
Dec 17, 2020
51 min
I had an in-depth quaratine call with Max Stern of Signals Midwest about their latest album Pin. Go buy it directly from the artist here.
Songs featured in this episode (in chronological order):
Can't Help But Wonder
Pin
Your Old New Apartment
Also mentioned:
Wil Wagner - More Like Signals MidBEST
May 11, 2020
1 hr
I talk to Amy and Daniel of Future Teens about their Dan Campbell-aproved record, Breakup Season.
You can find Future Teens on Twitter @FutureTeensUSA and at futureteensusa.com.
Mar 6, 2020
35 min
Kevin Devine, a unique, thoughtful, loquacious, multi-talented musician talks about the ten-year anniversary of Brother's Blood as well as a whole lot of other things. Go buy his stuff at kevindevine.net.
Dec 14, 2019
1 hr 34 min
We pay our dues to the surprise record from wunderkind Phoebe Bridgers (boygenius) and former wunderkind Conor Oberst (Bright Eyes).
Full chronological playlist:
Songs by Better Oblivion Community Center unless otherwise noted.
Chesapeake
My City
Conor Oberst - College
Bright Eyes - If Winter Ends
Bright Eyes - The City Has Sex
Bright Eyes - June on the West Coast
Bright Eyes - Interview from An Attempt to Tip the Scales
Bright Eyes - False Advertising
Conor Oberst - You All Loved Him Once
Phoebe Bridgers - Steamroller
The Replacements - Here Comes a Regular
Didn't Know What I Was in For
Sleepwalkin'
Dylan Thomas
Service Road
Forest Lawn
Big Black Heart
Phoebe Bridgers - Would You Rather (feat. Conor Oberst)
Nov 18, 2019
54 min
In this two-part interview with Erik Garlington, the brains and brawn behind the black and queer pop-punk outfit Proper., we discuss both his records, "The Surburbs Have Ruined My Life" and "I Spent the Winter Writing Songs About Getting Better," and how his background of being an outsider and a military brat lead him on a wild journey to be a pop-punk singer in New York City.
Full chronological playlist:
"Germany, 1991"
"A$AP Rocky Type Beat"
"Not Black Enough"
"Curtains Down! Throw in the Towel!"
"Bragging Rights (ft. Willow Hawks of The Sonder Bombs)"
"No Loitering"
Aug 13, 2019
1 hr 8 min
I interview the very talented and very funny Deanna Belos of Sincere Engineer about her debut album Rhombithian. We talk about the expectations of growing up, lab mice, relationships, and the time Deanna almost died getting coffee.
Full chronilogical playlist:
Corn Dog Sonnet No. 7
Clip from the film Dirty Work
Overbite
Let You Down
Ghosts In The Graveyard
May 29, 2019
50 min
blink-182, the band every punk pretends they hate, grows up on their untitled album.
All songs by blink-182 unless otherwise noted:
Here's Your Letter
Circle Jerks - I Just Want Some Skank
Frank Turner - Dammit - Live at Salty Dog Cruise 2006
Going Away to College - Live at the Pop Disaster Tour 2002
Dammit
Touchdown Boy
Dick Lips
All Systems Go
Feeling This
Obvious
Violence
Interview with Tom DeLonge
Down
Go
Easy Target
I Miss You
Asthenia
Always
Dammit - Live in Montreal 1998
Apr 28, 2019
59 min
In a Sound and the Story first, I interview Dylan Slocum of Spanish Love Songs about their album schmaltz. We talk about Dylan's painful journey south and the mechanics of mediocrity.
Full chronilogical playlist (all songs by Spanish Love Songs):
Beer and Nyquil (Hold It Together)
Sequels, Remakes, and Adaptations
Nuevo
Buffalo Buffalo
The Boy Considers His Haircut
Otis / Carl
Funeral (Phoebe Bridgers cover)
And at 54:58, you can hear Dylan's mom sighing "wow" under her breath as noted in The Boy Considers His Haircut.
Feb 10, 2019
1 hr 45 min
Today we talk about depression.
Full chronological playlist:
The Weakerthans - Virtute at Rest
Bright Eyes - Poison Oak
The Good Life - O'Rourke's, 1:20 A.M.
Laura Jane Grace - Manic Depression
Phoebe Bridgers - Funeral
Elliott Smith - 2:45 am
Frightened Rabbit - Floating in the Forth
Luke Rainsford - Frame
Titus Andronicus - No Future, Part Three: Escape from No Future
Frou Frou - Let Go
Local News Legend - i wrote this when I was super mentally bad a few months ago :^(
Jetty Bones - Bringing It Up
Van Morrison - Slim Slow Slider
Here is a Spotify playlist of this episode's songs.
Dec 31, 2018
59 min
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