Latest Episodes
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Episode 1113: April New Music – Matt Sweeney & Bonnie Prince Billy, Ratboys, Together Pangea, Shadwick Wilde
What’s Jim been digging? New music by Matt Sweeney & Bonnie Prince Billy (feat. Mdou Moctar), Together Pangea, Shadwick Wilde (feat. Quiet Hollers) and Ratboys. Plus we play a cover of a Johnny and June Carter Cash classic by Trixie Mattel (feat. Orville Peck).
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Episode 1112: April New Music – Dry Cleaning, Jupiter & Okwess, Wild Pink
What’s Patrick been digging? New music by Dry Cleaning and Jupiter & Okwess. Plus, we play a cover of the “Jeopardy!” theme song by Wild Pink.
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Episode 1111: V is for Tom Verlaine, Vulgar Boatmen
Jim and Patrick each pick the 18th album from the V section of their collections. And so we discuss Tom Verlaine’s “Dreamtime” and Vulgar Boatmen’s “You and Your Sister.”
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Episode 1110: At the Movies – David Byrne and Talking Heads
Jim recently watched two incredible concert films – 1984’s “Stop Making Sense” and 2020’s “David Byrne’s American Utopia.” We discuss.
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Episode 1109: Ronnie James Dio – An Appreciation
Mike Kohli, a patron of the pod, gets to pick the topic. We discuss the career of Ronnie James Dio, including Ronnie Dio and the Prophets, Elf, Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Dio, and Heaven & Hell.
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Episode 1108: 2010s Albums – Decemberists, The Coral, Joywave, Virginia Wing, Business of Dreams
Eric Lohrenz, a patron of the pod, continues his album-a-year personal journey through the 2010s. Today’s records are by the Decemberists, the Coral, Joywave, Virginia Wing and Business of Dreams.
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Episode 1107: 2010s Albums – The National, Whigs, Beirut, Fear of Men, Trail of Dead
Eric Lohrenz, a patron of the pod, gets to pick the topic. We go on an album-a-year personal journey with him through the early 2010s, touch on records by the Whigs, Beirut, … And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead, the National and Fear of Men.
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Episode 1106: New Music – Same Eyes
Barret Ries, a patron of the pod, gets to pick the topic. We discuss the modern new wave sounds of Michigan band Same Eyes.
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Episode 1105: Frightened Rabbit – An Appreciation
Noah Crane, a patron of the pod, gets to pick the topic. We discuss the work of Scottish indie band Frightened Rabbit.
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Episode 1104: ‘Freaks and Geeks’
Nick Scalera, a patron of the pod, gets to pick the topic. We talk about the music of 1999-2000 TV show “Freaks and Geeks.”