Tag: Noah Crane
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Episode 2290: Listeners Pick the Best Music of 2025, Part 14
It’s time for our annual review of the best music of 2025, as chosen by our listeners. We have a triple header to close out the week, featuring best of 2025 picks from Noah Crane, Sunny Varney and Kevin Bartlett. Get ready for a plethora of great songs from last year!
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Episode 2269: November 2025 New Music 5: Snocaps, Armand Hammer, De La Soul, Goose
The November 2025 New Music Train takes a run through the woods and then heads down to NYC in today’s episode, with Noah Crane and Jason Goebel on board. The soundtrack is new work from Snocaps, Armand Hammer, De La Soul and Goose.
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Episode 2043: Listeners Pick the Best Music of 2024 Part 19: Ducks Ltd., Waxahatchee, Total Strangers, Mdou Moctar
Happy New Year and welcome to the Best of 2024 series! Our listeners are choosing their favorite album and song from last year and today we wrap up the picks with selections from Noah Crane and Mike Snider. Noah picks Ducks Ltd. (“When You’re Outside”) and Waxahatchee (Tiger’s Blood), while Mike takes us through his year in music in an enjoyable take on the process. Thanks to you both!
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Episode 1784: Listeners Pick the Best Music of 2023, Part 14
We head into our final week of listener picks for best album and song of 2023. Starting us down the road are Kevin Bartlett (Forest Park, IL) and Noah Crane (From the Woods). They discuss music from Margo Price, Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit and Worriers.
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Episode 1588: Still Even More Concerts in College Basketball Arenas
Today we hear from Adam Coop, Noah Crane and Bud Verge about memorable concerts they saw in college hoops arenas.
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Episode 1298: 1992 – R.E.M., Uncle Tupelo, Lyle Lovett
Noah Crane, a patron of the pod, gets to pick the topic. He leads Jim & Patrick in a discussion of three favorite albums turning 30 this year: “Automatic for the People” by R.E.M., “March 16-20, 1992” by Uncle Tupelo and “Joshua Judges Ruth” by Lyle Lovett.
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Episode 1282: 2021 Favorites – Bleachers, Robert Ellis Orrall, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
Listeners Kurt Gallagher and Noah Crane pick their 2021 favorites. Kurt likes Robert Ellis Orrall’s album “467 Surf and Gun Club.” Noah goes with Jason Isbell’s “Georgia Blue,” plus a song by Bleachers feat. Bruce Springsteen.
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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 988: Sophomore Albums
Noah Crane, a patron of the pod, picks the topic. We discuss great sophomore albums by The Band, New Order, R.E.M. and Gaslight Anthem.
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Episode 894: R.E.M. – ‘Up’
Noah Crane, a patron of the pod, gets to pick the topic. He wants to talk about R.E.M.’s 1998 album “Up.” It was the first without drummer Bill Berry, and Noah stands up for “Up.”





