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Episode 2349: Second Album Syndrome: Son Volt’s Straightaways with Noah Crane
Noah Crane waxes lyrical about Son Volt’s sophomore LP (where no slump is to be found) and how the band helped heal his scars from Jay and Jeff’s breakup. Many thanks, Noah!
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Episode 2348: The Laughing Hyenas… Live!
Mark Neese checks in with his thoughts on a new live album by the Ann Arbor, Michigan band Laughing Hyenas, while Patrick shares a 1989 live review he wrote on the group.
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Episode 2347: Thin Lizzy With Jo Fleischer: Part Three
Jo Fleischer joins Patrick (on the anniversary of the release of Thin Lizzy’s 1979 album Black Rose: A Rock Legend) to discuss his love of the band. In the final part of the series, Jo discusses events after Thin Lizzy broke up and tells stories of meeting two of the key people in the band’s story. Many thanks, Jo!
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Episode 2346: Thin Lizzy With Jo Fleischer: Part Two
Jo Fleischer joins Patrick (on the anniversary of the release of Thin Lizzy’s 1979 album Black Rose: A Rock Legend) to discuss his love of the band. In part two, Jo picks up the Thin Lizzy story in 1979 and takes us through the group’s final album in 1983, with stops along the way for a Phil Lynott solo LP and an appearance by Midge Ure.
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Episode 2345: A Dive Into Thin Lizzy With Jo Fleischer: Part One
Jo Fleischer joins Patrick (on the anniversary of the release of Thin Lizzy’s 1979 album Black Rose: A Rock Legend) to discuss his love of the band. In the first part of the series, Jo recalls how a long commute and the band’s album Live and Dangerous got him hooked on Thin Lizzy.
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Episode 2344: Second Album Syndrome with Steven Routledge Part Two: The Stone Roses and The Darkness
In the second of a two-episode series, Steven Routledge joins Patrick to defend the second album from the Stone Roses (Second Coming) and tell a tale of The Darkness (that brings the conversation back to Radiohead). Many thanks, Steven.
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Episode 2343: Second Album Syndrome with Steven Routledge Part One: Radiohead’s The Bends
In the first part of a two-episode series, Steven Routledge joins Patrick to discuss and analyze the second album from Radiohead, The Bends. The record broke the band big in the UK, got them a headlining spot at Glastonbury and was a top 10 hit, while it only made number 88 on the US charts.
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Episode 2342: Bob Dylan Album Hall of Fame: Tim Hoffman on Shot of Love
An induction ceremony takes place on today’s episode, as Tim Hoffman places Bob Dylan’s sublime 1981 album Shot of Love into the Dylan Album Hall of Fame.
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Episode 2341: ’90s Album Madness – A Champion is Crowned!
t’s our last ’90s Albums Madness tournament update!
Analysts Jason Goebel and Mike Kohli – and Bill Mulligan! – join Jim and Patrick to recap the Final Four and announce the champion…
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Episode 2340: February 2026 New Music 8: Tailgunner, Wicked Smile, Starbenders, The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis
It’s the last ride for the February 2026 New Music Train as it looks forward to some rest before its next journey. Sunny Varney and Patrick steer it into the depot, with new tunes from Tailgunner, Wicked Smile, Starbenders and The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis.