Earbuds And Earworms – Details, episodes & analysis

This week, we tackle the most amorphous of genres: Indie. What is Indie? What does it sound like? It is many things and while it tends to lean indie rock in this curated list, it isn’t just that. There is a voicemail...from a while ago. Oh, and go ahead and notice how wacky the sound of our voice is. Amy tried.

Music:

Excuse Me. - My Garden

Sled Ellis & Danke Shane - Homebody

Arctic Monkeys - When the Sun Goes Down

Deathcab for Cutie - I Was a Kaleidoscope

Spellling - Blue (American Dream)

Sebadoh - Gimme Indie Rock

Ovens - I Can’t Hang

Frightened Rabbit - I Feel Better

Close Lobsters - What Is There To Smile About

The Thermals - A Pillar of Salt

Pavement - Summer Babe

Freeloader - Not that Smart

Mitchell and Amy get themselves together and record an episode after some time spent with too much work. From cuffed jeans to how amazing sundresses are, this episode covers it all. Shockingly, there are no songs about comfy socks here, but surely there are songs about them. Also, Mitchell and Amy had no idea how tall the other one was, so there is a hefty bit of conversation astonished about each other’s height.

The Music:

The Cardboard Swords - Flannel

Brian Hyland - Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini

T Pain - Apple Bottom Jeans

Ben Folds Five - Song for the Dumped

Claud - Cuff your Jeans

NOFX - Jeff Wears Birkenstocks

The Promise Ring - Red and Blue Jeans

Portugal. The Man - Creep in a T-Shirt

Tiny Moving Parts - Sundress

The Equals - Michael and the Slipper Tree

Nelly ft Kyjuan, Ali, Murphy Lee - Air Force Ones

Summer Villains - Hoodie Weather 

Look, this year is weird, and it is almost over. It has been hard and different than any year, so we might as well have a Christmas episode that represents the complicated feelings we are collectively having about this holiday season.

Music:

Lo Fi Geek - Jingle Bells LoFi Remix 

Gus Johnson - All I Want for Christmas (is a COVID vaccine) 

Sting - Gabriel’s Message 

King Diamond - No Presents for Christmas

Emily Senn - All I Want for Christmas (is a Vaccine)

Donny Hathaway - This Christmas

Holly Golightly - Christmas Tree on Fire

Fear - F*** Christmas

Sparks - Thank God It’s Not Christmas

Spinal Tap - Christmas With the Devil

Fountains of Wayne - I Want an Alien for Christmas

Mike Viola and the Candy Butchers - Give Me a Second Chance for Christmas

While this is the second time we have covered sad songs, this episode really gets downright emotional. Mitchell breaks in with absolute heartbreak and it is layers upon layers of how to construct a proper sad song from there.  Also, Amy audibly unravels, which is a kind of ridiculous weird thing to do.

Voicemail: 731-400-BUDS(2837)

Email: eandepod@gmail.com

Music:

Bright Eyes - Messenger Bird’s Song

Graham Parker - You Can’t Be Too Strong

Eric Clapton - Tears in Heaven

Vince Gill - When I Call Your Name

Amanda Palmer - Judy Blume

Neutral Milk Hotel - Oh Comley

S. Carey - Brassy Sun

Modest Mouse - Edit the Sad Parts

Lucy Dacus - Night Shift

Terry Jacks - Seasons in the Sun

The 6ths and Sally Timms - Give Me Back My Dreams

Magnetic Fields - I Don’t Believe in the Sun

This week is all about that moody kid we all were in high school. You can’t tell us what to do! Gah, MOM! Stay out of my room! We also got some pretty sweet feedback.

Most important book about emo that Amy read in High School to have emo credentialing.

Voicemail: 731-400-BUDS

Music:

Thursday - Understanding in a Car Crash

Cursive - The Casualty

Green Day - Burnout

Apex Theory - Shhh

Further Seems Forever - The Moon is Down

Agnostic Front - Power

The Smiths - How Soon is Now

Penfold - I’ll Take You Everywhere

Secret and Whisper - XOXOXO

Deftones - My Own Summer

Blood for Blood - Wasted Youth Crew

Deadsy - The Key to Gramercy Park

Songs shape us while we are sitting in the presence of our parents and their radio. This week is all about those early music memories that were influenced by the stations our guardians listened to and the preschool pick-up car line.

Music:

Fleetwood Mac - Tusk

Charles Durning - The Sidestep

Styx - Mr. Roboto

The Monotones - Book of Love

Zager and Evans - In the Year 2525

Starship - Sara

Martika - Martika’s Kitchen

Gerry Rafferty - Baker’s Street

Kenny Loggins - Footloose

Weird Al Yankovic - Happy Birthday

B. W. Stevenson - My Maria

Mariah Carey - Always Be My Baby

On this runaway bassline hit parade, there is massive exploration of all the groovy lower end rhythms that carry songs. Seeing as Mitchell and Amy first met because of bass, there is some nostalgia before Amy declares that all bassists have the family name of Butler. This is pretty much a funky wild ride with the slightest amount of music theory.

Voicemail: 731-400-BUDS(2837)

Email: eandepod@gmail.com

Music:

Postmodern Jukebox - All About That Bass

Fleetwood Mac - The Chain

Pink Floyd - Money

Marvin Gaye - Ain’t No Mountain High Enough

Jaco Pastorius - Portrait of Tracy

Big Country - Where the Rose is Sown

Sleep - Dragonaut

Talking Heads - Psycho Killer

Suicidal Tendencies - Which Way to Free

Lakeside - Fantastic Voyage

Paul Simon - You Can Call Me Al

Duran Duran - Rio

Cartoon music is some of the first music most of us are exposed to and this show is all about cartoon and cartoon adjacent music. It spans many genres but also moods. There is plenty of excitement from Amy and Mitchell which can rival any glee that Pinkie Pie could exhibit.

Voicemail: 731-400-BUDS(2837)

Email: eandepod@gmail.com

Music:

The Ramones - Happy Birthday, Mr. Burns

SpongeBob SquarePants - The Best Day Ever

Pinkie Pie - The Smile Song

Lizzie and The Melvins - Choco Plumbing

Gargoyles Theme

Eels - My Beloved Monster

Ren and Stimpy - Climb Inside My World

Shonen Knife - Buttercup (I’m a Super Girl)

DVDA - What Would Brian Boitano Do?

Animaniacs - Yakko’s World

Powerglove - X-Men

The Beets - Shout Your Lungs Out

Songs makes us want to dance on the regular and while we all have our different genres, the beats will always get us off our butts and to the dance floor. This week is a collection of songs that will get your groove going.

Voicemail: 731-400-BUDS(2837)

Email: eandepod@gmail.com

Music:

Digital Underground - The Humpty Dance

509 SeaBreeze - Kitty

The Romantics - What I Like About You

Jamiroquai - Feels Just Like It Should

Big Wild feat. Rationale - 6s to 9s

Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine - 1, 2, 3

T-Pain - Apple Bottom Jeans (Low)

Mr. Fingers - Can You Feel It

The Lawrence Welk Show - Chicken Dance

C+C Music Factory - Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)

Gnarls Barkley - Run

In this eleven squared edition, they get super nerdy and talk about literary songs and what makes them. Amy put in some work and actually read about the songs and Mitchell knows all about the Camus. It truly is a Shawshank Redemption.

Cemetry Gates Annotated

Voicemail: 731-400-BUDS(2837)

Email: eandepod@gmail.com

Music:

Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights

The Go-Betweens - Karen

U2 - The Ground Beneath Her Feet

The Cure - Killing an Arab

Allen Ginsberg - Nurse’s Song (Songs of Innocence)

Ramones - Pet Sematary

Husker Du - Books about UFOs

The Normal - Warm Leatherette

Nataly Dawn - Book of Love

The Smiths - Cemetry Gates

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - There She Goes, My Beautiful World

Fleet Foxes - Bedouin Dress