Returning guest Garry Messick (American Doom Podcast) brings us Robyn Hitchcock and The Egyptians' 1991 release, 'Perspex Island'. His third album for A&M records, it's yet another sterling example of Hitchcock's quirkily original - but always charmingly catchy - songwriting.

Songs discussed in this episode: She Doesn't Exist (Robyn Hitchcock cover) - Vic Chesnutt; American Doom Podcast Teaser - American Doom; Underwater Moonlight - The Soft Boys; Sitting Still - REM; My Wife and My Dead Wife - Robyn Hitchcock; The Gnome - Pink Floyd; Balloon Man, Oceanside, So You Think You're In Love - Robyn Hitchcock; She Loves You - The Beatles; Birds In Perspex, Ultra Unbelievable - Robyn Hitchcock; Pretty Persuasion - REM; Vegetation and Dimes, Lysander, Child of the Universe, She Doesn't Exist - Robyn Hitchcock; I'm Not In Love - 10CC; Ride, If You Go Away, Earthly Paradise, Are Friends Electric (Tubeway Army cover) - Robyn Hitchcock

In November 1973, Rolling Stone record reviewer Stephen Davis infamously slagged Elton John's double album 'Goodbye Yellow Brick Road', calling it - among other things: "a big fruity pie that simply doesn't bake". Ahem. Now often regarded as Elton and lyricist Bernie Taupin's magnum opus, returning guest and music-biz veteran Ralph Cavallaro joins us as we unpack the record that recently ranked number 112 on Rolling Stone's 2020 list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time". Go figure.

Songs discussed in this episode: Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding (Live from Madison Square Garden, 1974), Crocodile Rock, Someone Saved My Life Tonight, Tiny Dancer, Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding, Candle In The Wind 1997, Candle In The Wind, Bennie and the Jets, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, This Song Has No Title, Grey Seal (1970 B-Side), Grey Seal, Jamaica Jerk-Off - Elton John; D'yer Mak'er - Led Zeppelin; I've Seen That Movie Too, Sweet Painted Lady, The Ballad Of Danny Bailey, All The Girls Love Alice, Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting - Elton John; Can't You Hear Me Knocking - The Rolling Stones; Harmony - Elton John; Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (Elton John cover) - Queens Of The Stone Age

Returning guest Tim Hinely (Dagger Zine, Where The Wild Gigs Were) brings us Dallas, TX band Old 97's and their 1997 breakout release 'Too Far To Care'. Coming up during the alt-country boom of the 90s that also included bands like Wilco and Son Volt, their love of both Hank Williams AND punk rock shines through on this fine collection of tunes.

Songs discussed in this episode: Iron Road - Old 97's and Waylon Jennings; New Madrid - Uncle Tupelo; Drown - Son Volt; Timebomb, Barrier Reef, Broadway, Salome, W. TX. Teardrops - Old 97's; City Of Wet Angels - Funland; Melt Show, Streets Of Where I'm From, Jagged, Big Brown Eyes, Just Like California, Curtain Calls, Niteclub, House That Used To Be - Old 97's; The World's A Mess, It's In My Kiss - X; Four Leaf Clover, Rocks Off (Rolling Stones cover) - Old 97's

For this BONUS Patron-curated episode, we asked our Patrons to send in their favorite song by a 'fake' band/artist. It rocks. Take that, Daisy Jones & The Six!

Songs discussed in this episode: Cheese & Onions - The Rutles; Shape Of Things To Come - Max Frost & The Troopers; Maggie Thatcher - Ian Rubbish & The Bizarros; Touch Me I'm Sick - Mudhoney; Touch Me I'm Dick - Citizen Dick; I Can Feel Your Heartbeat - The Partridge Family; Addicted To Love - Ciccone Youth; Bedazzled - Drimble Wedge & the Vegetations; The World Is Turning On - The Pooh Sticks; Basketball Jones - Cheech & Chong; Buffalo Soldier - Bob Marley; Tra La La Song - The Banana Splits; Banana Splits - The Dickies; That's What He Said - The Smart Patrol; Angry Inch - The Angry Inch; I Know You - Angela & The Fans; On The Darkside - Eddie & The Cruisers; It's A Beautiful Game - The Cavaliers; Join The Professionals - The Looters; Professionals - The Fabulous Stains

Atlanta, GA based multi-instrumentalist singer songwriter Jeremy Wilms (J.Wilms) brings us Neil Young and his seminal 1970 release 'After The Gold Rush'. We take a deep dive into a record that has influenced Jeremy's - and countless others - songwriting and STILL, on occasion, makes him cry.

Songs featured in this episode: After The Goldrush - Linda Ronstadt; The Fighter, All The Roads, Hey My - Jeremy Wilms; Carry On, Woodstock - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young; Rockin' In The Free World, Tell Me Why, After The Gold Rush, Only Love Can Break Your Heart, Southern Man - Neil Young; Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd; The South's Gonna Do It Again - Charlie Daniels Band; Till The Morning Comes - Neil Young; Oh Lonesome Me - Don Gibson; Oh Lonesome Me, Don't Let It Bring You Down, Birds, Birds (Demo - Neil Young & Graham Nash), Birds (Mono - Neil Young Archives Vol. 1), When You Dance I Can Really Love, I Believe In You, Cripple Creek Ferry - Neil Young; Dead Flowers - Townes Van Zandt; Yes I Know - Jeremy Wilms

When English singer/songwriter Nick Drake released his ambitious second album - 'Bryter Layter' - in 1971, he all-but-squashed any chance of commercial success by failing to promote it. Three years later the troubled artist was gone. This week's guest, multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Paul Chastain (Velvet Crush, The Small Square), helps us unpack this evocative collection of songs featuring musical backing by members of Fairport Convention, The Beach Boys and John Cale among others. Essential listening.

Songs discussed in this episode: Tomorrow Is A Long Time (Bob Dylan Cover) - Nick Drake; Hold Me Up - Velvet Crush; Twenty-Third - The Small Square; Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys; Rosie - Fairport Convention; Holocaust - Big Star; Introduction, Hazey Jane II, From The Morning, At The Chime Of A City Clock - Nick Drake; Forever Instant - Lou Barlow (Sentridoh); One Of These Things First - Nick Drake; All I Want To Do - The Beach Boys; Pink Moon, Hazey Jane I - Nick Drake; Heartbeats-Jose Gonzalez; Bryter Layter, The Fly - Nick Drake; Stephanie Says - The Velvet Underground; Poor Boy - Nick Drake; Marianne - Leonard Cohen; Northern Sky, Sunday - Nick Drake; It'll Take A Long Time - Sandy Denny; Baby Face - The Small Square

This week's returning guest, political activist and co-host of The Muck Podcast Hillary Dougherty, didn't mince words when she asked to come back on the show: "boygenius just released the album of the year and I need to come on and talk about it!" OK. Luckily the debut full-length by this indie supergroup made up of three young, talented women (Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus) simply titled 'the record' IS pretty great, and well deserving of all the accolades it's been getting. Go figure.

Songs discussed in this episode: Not Strong Enough (Live, Saturday Sessions) - Boygenius; Ladies (Live, Ohana 2017) - Fiona Apple; Kyoto - Phoebe Bridgers; Souvenir, Without You Without Them, $20, Emily I'm Sorry, True Blue - Boygenius; The Boxer - Simon & Garfunkle; Cool About It, Not Strong Enough - Boygenius; Strong Enough - Sheryl Crow; Revolution 0, Leonard Cohen - Boygenius; Chelsea Hotel #2 - Leonard Cohen; Satanist, We're In Love, Anti-Curse, Letter To An Old Poet, Me And My Dog, Read My Mind (The Killers cover) - Boygenius

This week we're joined by Ramona Jan and Nicholas Dembling of NYC synth-punk pioneers The Comateens. For the record of discussion, Ramona chose British singer-songwriter Corinne Bailey Rae's stunningly intimate 2010 release, 'The Sea', and Nick came along for the ride...

Songs discussed in this episode: The Blackest Lily (Live in Williamsburg) - Corinne Bailey Rae; Overseas, Danger Zone - The Comateens; Elizabeth's Lover - Dizzy and the Romilars; Mandy - Barry Manilow; Ramona - Ramones; Put Your Records On, Are You Here - Corinne Bailey Rae; Magician (Internally) - Lou Reed; I Am Woman - Helen Reddy; I'd Do It All Again, Feels Like The First Time - Corinne Bailey Rae; I'll Be Seeing You - Billie Holiday; The Blackest Lily, Closer - Corinne Bailey Rae; Midnight Train To Georgia - Gladys Knight & the Pips; Love's On Its Way - Corinne Bailey Rae; Sexy Mama - Laura Nyro; Be Bop Kid - Suicide; My Girl (Rehearsal) - The Comateens; I Would Like To Call It Beauty, Paris Nights New York Mornings - Corinne Bailey Rae; Drive My Car - Nastyfacts; Paper Dolls, Diving For Hearts, The Sea, I'd Do It All Again (Acoustic) - Corinne Bailey Rae; Elizabeth's Lover - The Comateens

Originally released as a cassette in 1987 under the Sentridoh name, 'Weed Forestin' is a beautifully eclectic collection of home-recordings by songwriter Lou Barlow (Sebadoh, Dinosaur Jr). This week's guest Dave Gebroe of the Discograffiti Podcast joins us as we unpack this weirdly wonderful indie classic.

Songs discussed in this episode: Brand New Love - Ben Lee/Superchunk/Death Cab For Cutie; I Have Been Floated - The Olivia Tremor Control; Healthy Sick - Sebadoh; How Loft I Am - Guided By Voices; Metal Machine Music Pt. 1 - Lou Reed; Albuquerque '89, New Worship, My Own Religion, More Simple, Jealous Of Jesus, Mr Genius Eyes, Perfect Power, Feeding Evil, Sexual Confusion, Broken, Waited Forever - Sentridoh; Place To Be - Nick Drake; Slightest Suggestion, It's So Hard To Fall In Love - Sentridoh; It's So Hard To Fall In Love - Superchunk; Brand New Love - Sentridoh; Brand New Love - Sebadoh

This week we shine a light on Athens, Georgia band Love Tractor and their fabulous, Mitch Easter produced 1989 release 'Themes From Venus'. Our guest, Milwaukee Oregon substitute teacher Matthew Kenneth, got some insider info from the band members themselves as we unpack this recently re-released gem of a record.

Songs discussed in this episode: Satan's New Wave Soul Losers (Instrumental Mitch Easter mix), I Broke My Saw (Mitch Easter mix), Fun To Be Happy, Buy Me A Million Dollars (Live Atlanta Arts Festival 5-17-1983) - Love Tractor; Crazy - Pylon; So. Central Rain - R.E.M.; I Broke My Saw - Love Tractor; Alabama Getaway - Grateful Dead; Themes From Venus - Love Tractor; House On Fire - The Wind; Crash - Love Tractor; Moonage Daydream - David Bowie; Satan's New Wave Soul Losers - Love Tractor; All Going Out Together - Big Dipper; Venice, Crystal World - Love Tractor; Better Worsens - Gold Dust Lounge; Hey Mess, Nova Express - Love Tractor; Ska'd For Life - The Ska Dows; Fantasy, Here Come The Cops - Love Tractor

SUPER fun conversation with Chinese national Jiang Zi Xiu (Klaire) of the Shanghai band GUJI about one of her favorite records: 'Monster Movie' by the German experimental band CAN!
"You made a believer out of me..."

Songs discussed in this episode: Can Dialog - The Can Project (Irmin Schmidt with the London Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican Centre, London 2017); I Like To Hang Out In China, Judgement Day - GUJI; Billy - Round Eye; Come sta, La Luna - Can; I Can't Stand It - The Velvet Underground; Zyklus für einen Schlagzeuger (Zweite Version, 1959) - Karlheinz Stockhausen; Father Cannot Yell - Can; Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary - Mediaeval Baebes; Pale Blue Eyes - The Velvet Underground; Mary, Mary So Contrary - Can; Ballad of North Henan Province - Yu Hongmei; Outside My Door, Yoo Doo Right - Can; Build A Friend For Me, My Mao Suit - GUJI

Returning guest Joe Tunis (Carbon Records, Pengo) brings us Louisville, Kentucky math rock purveyors Rodan and their first and only full-length studio album 'Rusty'. Strap in!

Songs discussed in this episode: Tooth Fairy Retribution Manifesto (Live at The Black Cat, Washington, DC) - Rodan; It Don't Bring Me Down - Nod; Helen Said This - The Dead C; Good Morning Captain - Slint; Hammering So Hard - Squirrel Bait; Bumper Crop - Volcano Suns; Happily Divided - Sebadoh; Burning Too - Fugazi; June Miller - June Of 44; Southbound To Marion - Rachel's; Bible Silver Corner, Shiner - Rodan; Hirscheneck - Bastro; Fire Back About Your New Baby's Sex - Don Caballero; The Everyday World Of Bodies - Rodan; Blown (Face Down) - Dazzling Killmen; The Everyday World Of Bodies, Jungle Jim - Rodan; Hybrid Ice Princess - Retsin; Gauge, Tooth Fairy Retribution Manifesto - Rodan; Androscoggin River Ragg - Liam Grant

This week's guest Rory Cox phoned in all the way from Ljubljana, Slovenia to discuss enigmatic Seattle band The Walkabouts and their dark, haunting 1997 European release 'Nighttown'

Songs discussed in this episode: Albuquerque - The Walkabouts; Mi se imamo radi - Die Jungen original Oberkrainer; Feel Like Going Home - The Walkabouts; Jinx - Tad; The Wellspring - The Walkabouts; River Of Deceit - Mad Season; The Light Will Stay On - The Walkabouts; Sunblind - Fleet Foxes; Follow Me An Angel, These Proud Streets, Tremble Goes The Night - The Walkabouts; The Old Man's Back Again - Scott Walker; Unwind - The Walkabouts; Travelling Light - Tindersticks; Lift Your Burdens Up - The Walkabouts; Face Of Evil - Dirtmusic; Prayer For You, Immaculate, Nocturno, Heartless, Slow Red Dawn, Harbour Lights, Forever Gone - The Walkabouts; Bluer Than Midnight - The The; Nightbirds, Like A Hurricane - The Walkabouts

Originally known as The Hammersmith Gorillas, UK's The Gorillas were often thought to be the missing link between Hendrix, glam and punk. This week's guest, musician Philip King (Felt, Lush, The Jesus and Mary Chain), brings us their smashing debut album, 1978's 'Message To The World'

Songs discussed in this episode: You Really Got Me, Leavin' 'ome - The Hammersmith Gorillas; Factory Grime - Crushed Butler; Brand New Cadillac - The Clash; Gatecrasher, Foxy Lady - The Gorillas; Sunshine Of Your Love - The Jimi Hendrix Experience (Live Happening for Lulu 1969); I'm A Liar - The Gorillas; I Need You - Helter Skelter; I Need Her, Going Fishing - The Gorillas; New York Groove - Hello; New York Groover - The Gorillas; Going Back Home - Dr Feelgood; Outa My Brain, Waiting For You, No Way In - The Gorillas; Black Train - The Gun Club; Last Train - The Gorillas; New Rose - The Damned; Message To The World - The Gorillas; New Dawn Fades - Joy Division; Night Of The Vampire - The Moontrekkers; Message To The World - The Gorillas; Love Resistance - Apple Boutique; I'm Seventeen - The Gorillas

For this BONUS Patron-curated episode, we asked our Patrons to send in a song about Death and/or Dying. I thought it would be a 'fun' theme for Halloween, but then shit got real...
Such is life!

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Songs discussed in this episode: The Great Gig In The Sky - Pink Floyd; Pink Cigarette - Mr Bungle; It's A Motherfucker - Eels; Death Of A Clown - The Kinks; Dead Eye Dick - C.J. & Company; Hardly Getting Over It - Husker Du; Run Joey Run - David Geddes; Tears - Chameleons; Daffodils - Kacey Johansing; Dig Lazarus Dig - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds; Gethsemane (I Only Want to Say) - Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice; Gravedigger - Dave Matthews; What Will Death Be Like - Momus; Death Sound Blues - Country Joe & The Fish; Dying - XTC; Love Is Stronger Than Death - The The; Funeral - Phoebe Bridgers; Can't Play Dead - The Heavy; Heaven (From 1984 concert film 'Stop Making Sense') - Talking Heads

For this week's episode, Chicago musician Brian Krumm (The Great Crusades, Brian Krumm and his Barfly Friends) brings us Minneapolis pop purveyors Trip Shakespeare and their 1990 major-label debut 'Across The Universe'. 

Songs discussed in this episode: Drummer Like Me - Trip Shakespeare (Live at First Avenue, 1988); Barfly Friends, Just Fade Away - Brian Krumm and his Barfly Friends; Closing Time - Semisonic; Sioux City Swinger - The Twilight Hours; Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana; Elenore - The Turtles; Turtledove, Pearle, Snow Days, Drummer Like Me - Trip Shakespeare; Heavy Metal Drummer - Wilco; Gone Gone Gone, The Slacks, Unlucky Lady, The Nail, The Crane - Trip Shakespeare; Wonderful Tonight - Eric Clapton; Late, Honey Tree - Trip Shakespeare; Wasn't Born Yesterday - Brian Krumm and his Barfly Friends

Seattle singer/songwriter Scott Yoder took a break from his seemingly non-stop touring to sit down and discuss British folk singer Al Stewart and his beautifully enigmatic 1975 album 'Modern Times'. 
"I was drawn by the sirens of Titan
Carried along by their call
Seeking for a way to enlighten
Searching for the sense of it all"

Songs discussed in this episode: Pink Panther Theme (Live 1978 WKQX Studios, Chicago) - Al Stewart; Love Theme From How's It Gonna End, You'll Never Know - Scott Yoder; Year Of The Cat, You Should Have Listened To Al, Time Passages - Al Stewart; Cosmic Dancer - T-Rex; West End Girls - Pet Shop Boys; Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy - Elton John; Down To The Waterline - Dire Straits; Eye In The Sky - The Alan Parsons Project; Carol, Sirens Of Titan, What's Going On, Not The One - Al Stewart; Queen Bitch - David Bowie; Next Time - Al Stewart; Everybody's Talkin' - Fred Neil; Life And Life Only - Al Stewart (with Richard Thompson); Apple Cider Re-Constitution - Al Stewart; The Star Of The County Down - Graham Johnson & Ann Murray; The Dark and The Rolling Sea, Modern Times - Al Stewart; Finale From How's It Gonna End, Silver Screen Starlet - Scott Yoder

Returning guest Mick Hans brings us a lost 60s nugget this week, as we explore the music of singer/songwriter/guitarist Merrell Wayne Fankhauser and his 1968 release: Merrell Fankhauser & HMS Bounty 'Things'. It's as obscure a collection of wonderfully executed psyche/pop/blues as you're likely to come across, and we're here for it!

Songs discussed in this episode: Wipe Out - Merrell Fankhauser (Live from The Tiki Lounge, 2013); Chicago Shuffle Blues - Julius H; Fort Lauderdale - The Impacts; Wipe Out - Surfaris; The Music Scene - Fapardokly; Ain't No Blues - Mu; Judy In Disguise (With Glasses) - John Fred & His Playboy Band; Brother Love's Travelling Salvation Show - Neil Diamond; Things (Goin' Round In My Mind) - Merrell Fankhauser & H.M.S. Bounty;  Wasn't Born To Follow - The Byrds; Girl (I'm Waiting For You) - Merrell Fankhauser & H.M.S. Bounty;  Frownland - Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band; What Does She See In You - Merrell Fankhauser & H.M.S. Bounty;  I Can't Reach You - The Who; Lost In The City, Your Painted Lives - Merrell Fankhauser & H.M.S. Bounty;  Sweet Caroline (Fenway Park, Game 2 ALCS 10-14-2018) - Neil Diamond; Drivin' Sideways (On A One Way Street) - Merrell Fankhauser & H.M.S. Bounty;  Tomorrow's Girl - Merrell & The Xiles (Fapardokly); In A Minute Not Too Soon, A Visit With Ashiya - Merrell Fankhauser & H.M.S. Bounty;  Listen To The Flower People - Spinal Tap; The Big Gray Sky, Rich Man's Fable - Merrell Fankhauser & H.M.S. Bounty;  In A Gadda Da Vida - Iron Butterfly; Ice Cube Island, Madame Silky, I'm Flying Home, Tampa Run, Everybody's Talkin' - Merrell Fankhauser & H.M.S. Bounty

This week, singer/composer Lincoln Barr brings us the band Sparklehorse and their 2001 release: 'It's A Wonderful Life'. Led by singer and multi-instrumentalist Mark Linkous - this time joined by a cast of musical friends including Tom Waits, PJ Harvey, Nina Persson and Dave Fridmann - it's a strange yet hauntingly beautiful collection of songs that truly resonate.

Songs discussed in this episode: It's A Wonderful Life - Frank Watkinson; A Miracle Of Sorts - Lincoln Barr; Heart Of Darkness - Sparklehorse; Game Of Pricks - Guided Of Voices; It's A Wonderful Life - Sparklehorse; Lovefool - The Cardigans; Gold Day, Piano Fire, Painbirds, Sea Of Teeth, Apple Bed, King Of Nails, Eyepennies, Dog Door, More Yellow Birds - Sparklehorse; Myrtle - Vic Chesnutt; Little Fat Baby, Devils New, Comfort Me, Babies On The Sun, Morning Hollow, Maxine - Sparklehorse; Beyond The Threshold - Lincoln Barr

This week we sat down with musicians Nick Mencia aka Nick County and Danny Gonzalez (Jacuzzi Boys) at a place called Lee Ho Fooks to get a big dish of beef chow mein and to discuss Warren Zevon and his 1978 release 'Excitable Boy'.

"Dad, get me out of this!"

Songs discussed in this episode: Knockin' On Heaven's Door - Warren Zevon; If You Still Love Me - Nick County; Glazin' - Jacuzzi Boys; Orgasm Addict - Buzzcocks; Last Caress - Misfits; She Quit Me - Warren Zevon; Doctor My Eyes - Jackson Browne; Carmelita - Linda Ronstadt; Carmelita - GG Allin; My Shit's Fucked Up, Johnny Strikes Up The Band - Warren Zevon; Take It So Hard - Keith Richards and the X-Pensive Winos; Roland and the Headless Thompson Gunner - Warren Zevon; Spanish Bombs - The Clash; Excitable Boy, Werewolves Of London - Warren Zevon; Dreams - Fleetwood Mac; Accidentally Like A Martyr, Nightime In The Switching Yard - Warren Zevon; Shakedown Street - Grateful Dead; Veracruz, Tenderness On The Block - Warren Zevon; Mr President (Have Pity on the Working Man) - Randy Newman; Gotta Get Up - Harry Nilsson; Lawyers, Guns and Money - Warren Zevon; Glue - Jacuzzi Boys; Racetrack - Nick County

This week we venture a little out of our comfort zone, as our guests Francis Grenon and Jeff Snow play hooky from THEIR podcast The Sonic Temple and bring us Def Leppard's 1987 release, 'Hysteria'. Produced by rock production legend  Robert John "Mutt" Lange and taking over three years to complete (during which time drummer Rick Allen lost his arm in a car accident and famously soldiered on), the album went on to sell over 20 million copies worldwide and spawn 7 hit singles.
Take that, haters...

Songs discussed in this episode: Pour Some Sugar On Me - Deerhoof; Rock Brigade - Def Leppard; Back In Black - AC/DC; Rock and Roll Queen - Mott The Hoople; Money Honey - Bay City Rollers; Bang A Gong (Get It On) - T-Rex; Women, Rock Of Ages, Rocket - Def Leppard; Kings Of The Wild Frontier - Adam and the Ants; Any Man Of Mine - Shania Twain; Animal, Love Bites - Def Leppard; Sugar, Sugar - The Archies; Pour Some Sugar On Me, Armageddon It, Gods Of War, Don't Shoot Shot Gun, Run Riot, Hysteria - Def Leppard; Be My Baby - The Ronettes; Excitable, Love And Affection, 20th Century Boy (T-Rex cover) - Def Leppard 

For this BONUS Patron-curated episode, we asked our Patrons to send in a song about a REAL PERSON, and discuss it a little. As usual, they did NOT disappoint.

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Songs discussed in this episode: Tom Dooley - The Kingston Trio; Man On The Moon - R.E.M.; Winonna - Matthew Sweet; Nature Boy - Eden Ahbez; Terry Waite Sez - The Fall; The Missing Boy - The Durutti Column; Killing Me Softly - Roberta Flack; Biko - Peter Gabriel; Over My Head - King's X; Unfair Kind Of Fame - The Pastels; Dagenham Dave - The Stranglers; Friends Of P - The Rentals; Marcus Garvey - Burning Spear; History Lesson Part II - Minutemen; Hey Jack Keroac - 10,000 Maniacs; John, I'm Only Dancing - David Bowie; Pablo Picasso - The Modern Lovers; Rasputin - Boney M.; Alex Chilton - Replacements; Stack O' Lee - Mississippi John Hurt; Would You Be So Hot (If You Weren't Dead) - The Damned

This week's guest, writer/DJ/Tech dude Corey duBrowa, brings some deep personal insight to this episode focusing on Elliott Smith and his amazing 1997 record: 'Either/Or'. Corey was living in Portland, OR and running in the same circles as Smith during his rise as a member of the Portland rock band Heatmiser to Oscar-nominated indie solo artist. Although he was tragically taken way too soon from this earth, his wonderfully written, captivatingly delivered songs live on.

Songs discussed in this episode: Say Yes - Brown Derbies/Lucy Lowis/Ben Folds/Elliott Smith; Blackout - Heatmiser; No Confidence Man (Live at Umbra Penumbra, Portland, OR - September 17, 1994) - Elliott Smith; Plainclothes Man - Heatmiser; Miss Misery (Live at The Oscars, 1998), Speed Trials - Elliott Smith; My Valuable Hunting Knife - Guided By Voices; Alameda - Elliott Smith; The Ballad Of El Goodo - Big Star; Ballad Of Big Nothing, Don't Think Twice It's Alright (Live, Bob Dylan Cover) - Elliott Smith; Ballad Of A Thin Man - Bob Dylan; This Will Be Our Year - The Zombies; Between The Bars, Pictures Of Me, No Name No. 5, Rose Parade - Elliott Smith; I Figured You Out - Mary Lou Lord; Punch and Judy, Angeles, Cupid's Trick, 2.45 AM, Say Yes - Elliott Smith; Warsaw - Joy Division; I Figured You Out - Elliott Smith

This week's guest, musician Denis Tetreault, brings us the 1999 debut record by Washington D.C. post-punk band Burning Airlines - the blistering Mission: Control! Singer/guitarist J. Robbins and bass player Bill Barbot (Jawbox) along with drummer Peter Moffett (Government Issue) made a gloriously furious racket in the band's short existence, and we're here for it!

Songs discussed in this episode: Action (Sweet Cover) - Burning Airlines; Final Solution - Pere Ubu; Cooling Card - Jawbox; Chivaree - Channels; Harden Your Heart - Office Of Future Plans; Burning Airlines Give You So Much More - Brian Eno; Carnival, Wheaton Calling - Burning Airlines; London Calling - The Clash; Pacific 231 - Arthur Honegger; Pacific 231, Scissoring, The Escape Engine, (My Pornograph), Meccano - Burning Airlines; Forget - Mission Of Burma; 3 Sisters, Flood Of Foreign Capital, Crowned - Burning Airlines; Are You Receiving Me? - XTC; Sweet Deals On Surgery, I Sold Myself In, Back Of Love (Echo & The Bunnymen Cover) - Burning Airlines

This week we take another swing of the hammer of the Gods with Led Zeppelin's 3rd release, Led Zeppelin III. Our guest Karen Haglof came up in the Minneapolis indie music scene in the late 70s, eventually moving to NYC and playing in several of no wave pioneer Rys Chatham's guitar ensembles and later with Band Of Susans, before taking a break to earn a medical degree and join the hematology / oncology department of New York University Hospital. 
Recently retired and back at music again, Karen freely credits receiving Jimmy Page and co's eclectic 1970 release at the age of 15 as being pivotal to her future musical explorations.

Songs discussed in this episode: Since I've Been Loving You - Corinne Bailey Rae (Live at St. Lukes); The Pursuit Of Happiness - Band Of Susans; One Hand Up, Slinky 66, You're Not Where I Am - Karen Haglof; Whole Lotta Love, Immigrant Song - Led Zeppelin; Carry On - Crosby Stills Nash and Young; Friends - Led Zeppelin; Guitar Trio Pt. 1 - Rhys Chatham & His Guitar Trio; Celebration Day, Since I've Been Loving You, Out On The Tiles - Led Zeppelin; Gallows Pole - Fred Gerlach; Gallows Pole - Led Zeppelin; Knowing That I'm Losing You - The Yardbirds; Tangerine, That's The Way, Bron-Y-Aur Stomp - Led Zeppelin; Have A Cigar - Pink Floyd; Shake 'Em On Down - Booker (Bukka) White; Hats Off To (Roy) Harper - Led Zeppelin; Rte 66 Revisited - Karen Haglof

Check out Karen's music:
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Minnesota-based singer/songwriter Tony Cuchetti brings us the lone 1995 release by grunge supergroup Mad Season, 'Above'. When Pearl Jam guitarist Mike McCready and journeyman bass player John Baker Saunders met at rehab, they decided to form a band and brought in Layne Staley of Alice In Chains primarily because they thought he would benefit from being around some clean musicians. With Screaming Trees drummer Barrett Martin rounding out the band, they crafted this dense record of slow-burning jams that is as bleak a document of drug addiction as you're ever likely to hear.

Songs featured in this episode: River Of Deceit (Live at the Moore, Seattle 1995) - Mad Season; Lay It On Me, The After - Tony Cuchetti; The Rooster - Alice In Chains; Nearly Lost You - Screaming Trees; Wake Up, X-Ray Mind, River Of Deceit - Mad Season; Better Man - Pearl Jam; I'm Above, Artificial Red, Lifeless Dead - Mad Season; Hunger Strike - Temple Of The Dog; I Don't Know Anything, Long Gone Day - Mad Season; Voodoo - Godsmack; November Hotel - Mad Season; Riders On The Storm - The Doors; All Alone - Mad Season; Stubborn Bones - Tony Cuchetti

Miami drag icon Shelley Novak aka 'Tommy Strangie' joins us for another BONUS "Mixtape Episode", where we invite a special guest to curate a mixtape for our listeners and dig into their musical selections. At a time when drag performers - among others - seem to be under attack, Shelley's here to ask the question, "Why can't we all just listen to the music we love and get along??"
It's Shelley Novak's High School Musical 1985 Mixtape!

Songs discussed in this episode: English Summer - Eurythmics; Send Me An Angel - Real Life; Love Is A Stranger - Eurythmics; Dreaming - Blondie; Who's That Girl? - Eurythmics; Eighth Day - Hazel O'Connor; Doubleplusgood, It's Alright (Baby's Coming Back) - Eurythmics; All The Pretty Girls - The Judys; Sweet Dreams - Eurythmics; Let's Go Crazy, The Beautiful Ones - Prince and the Revolution; Erotic City - Prince and the Revolution (with Sheila E); Sex Shooter - Apollonia 6; Gigolos Get Lonely Too - The Time; Purple Rain - Prince and the Revolution; Purple Rain - Prince (live at Super Bowl XLI)

This week's guest, audio engineer, producer, teacher (and lead singer of Indianapolis punk band Zero Boys) Paul Mahern, brings us Public Enemy's landmark sophomore record 'It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back'. Hugely influential and sonically explosive, Chuck D, Flavor Flav and the production team known as The Bomb Squad combined rap, soul, rock, funk, punk, musique concrète and everything in-between to forge the sound of a unit keenly aware of its purpose and capabilities.
Bring the noise, indeed!

Songs discussed in this episode: Countdown To Armageddon - Public Enemy; Civilization's Dying - Zero Boys; Anarchy In The U.K. - Sex Pistols; Protect Ya Neck - Wu-Tang Clan; B-Boy Bouillabaise - Beastie Boys; The Sprawl - Sonic Youth; Cuttin' Heads - John Mellencamp; Bring The Noise - Public Enemy; Funky Drummer - James Brown; Don't Believe The Hype, Cold Lampin' With Flavor Flav, Terminator X To The Edge Of Panic - Public Enemy; The Grunt - The J.B.'s; Alone Again - Biz Markie; Mind Terrorist, Louder Than A Bomb - Public Enemy; The Robots - Kraftwerk; Caught, Can We Get A Witness, Show 'Em Whatcha Got, She Watch Channel Zero - Public Enemy; Angel Of Death - Slayer; Night Of The Living Baseheads, Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos - Public Enemy; Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic - Isaac Hayes; Security Of The First World, Rebel Without A Pause - Public Enemy; Walk This Way - Run DMC (ft. Aerosmith); Prophets Of Rage - Public Enemy; Fight For Your Right - Beastie Boys; Party For Your Right To Fight - Public Enemy; Don't Shoot, Can't Breathe - Zero Boys; Change The Style - Son Of Baserk

Milwaukee guitarist/vocalist Joe Cannon (WORK, Resurrectionists) brings us Dutch experimental/punk band The Ex, and their 1995 release 'Mudbird Shivers'.
"Fasten your seatbelts, here is the news
Just come and get it,
The Thunderstruck Blues…"

Songs discussed in this episode: Eyoleo - The Ex & Han Bennink (Ziway, Ethiopia 2004); (hotel with pool) - Resurrectionists; Bluefield #2 - Delicious Monsters; Stupid Americans - The Ex; Symfonie Voor Machines - Ex Orkest; State Of Shock, Thunderstruck Blues, Only If You Want 3, Red Roper, Embarrassment - The Ex; House Carpenter (Studio outtake, 1961) - Bob Dylan; House Carpenter, Newsense, Former Reporter, Shore Thing, Things Most People Think, Audible Bacillus - The Ex; Sleep Is Wrong - Sleepytime Gorilla Museum; Hunt Hat - The Ex; Now That We Are All Ghosts - Resurrectionists

We hate to throw around the phrase 'criminally unheralded', but it sure does seem to fit San Francisco slowcore pioneers American Music Club and lead singer/songwriter Mark Eitzel. This week's guest, DAGGERzine creator Tim Hinely, brings us their 2nd album, 'Engine'. Warning: Eitzel's poignant, devastatingly raw songs will get under your skin and fester. Beautifully.
"And anything beautiful
That you can contrive
Has no desire to survive..."

Songs discussed in this episode: Kaleidoscope World - The Chills; When Your Love Is Gone - American Music Club; 24 - Red House Painters; Big Night - American Music Club; Straight Edge - Minor Threat; Room Above The Club (AMC cover) - Frank 'Rat Bastard' Falestra (live 2012 Tobacco Road, Miami); Outside This Bar, At My Mercy, Gary's Song, Nightwatchman, Clouds, Electric Light, Mom's TV - American Music Club; I Need My Girl - The National; If You Have To Ask - Mark Eitzel; Art Of Love, Asleep, Kathleen, This Year, Outside This Bar (off 'A Toast To You', recorded live Nov 10, 2004 - Pittsburgh, PA) - American Music Club

Artist/Musician Beatriz "Betty" Monteavaro returns with an album that both frightened and inspired her twelve-years-of-Catholic-school-self, 'Join Hands' by goth pioneers Siouxsie and the Banshees.
"Are you ready?"

Songs discussed in this episode: Love In A Void - Siouxsie and The Banshees; Bowling Green - Holly Hunt; Dog Eat Dog - Adam and the Ants; Poppy Day, Regal Zone - Siouxsie and The Banshees; Colony - Joy Division; Placebo Effect, Icon, Premature Burial, Playground Twist, Mother/Oh Mein Papa, The Lords Prayer - Siouxsie and The Banshees; The Number of the Beast - Iron Maiden; Chelsea/Pigs - Floor; The Lords Prayer - Siouxsie and The Banshees

Still reeling from the drug-related deaths of Crazy Horse guitarist Danny Whitten and roadie/friend Bruce Berry, Neil Young's 'Tonight's The Night' is as raw an expression of grief and mourning you're likely to find. Canadian filmmaker Alan Zweig (Vinyl, When Jews Were Funny) joins us as we take a deep dive into this dark but ultimately beautiful document of death and loss.

Songs discussed in this episode: Tonight's The Night (Pt II) - Neil Young; O Canada - Geddy Lee & Alex Lifeson, featuring Terrance & Phillip; Macarena - Los Del Rio; Deadman's Curve - Jan & Dean; The Needle and the Damage Done - Neil Young; Show Biz Kids - Steely Dan; Walk On, Tonight's The Night, Speakin' Out, World On A String - Neil Young; Screaming Fist - The Viletones; Raised On Robbery - Joni Mitchell; Borrowed Tune - Neil Young; Lady Jane - The Rolling Stones; Come On Baby Let's Go Downtown - Neil Young; I'm Waiting For The Man - The Velvet Underground; Mellow My Mind - Neil Young; Mellow My Mind - Simply Red; Roll Another Number For The Road, Albuquerque, New Mama, Don't Be Denied (live, 1973), Lookout Joe, Tired Eyes, Tonight's The Night (Pt II), Tonight's The Night (live Roxy Theater 1973) - Neil Young

For our 300th episode (!!!), we invited original TRGMH co-host Barry Stock and That Facebook Group Got Me High admin Mark Guerita to dissect Beck's contagiously-fun magnum opus of a party album, 1999s 'Midnite Vultures'. A good time was had by all.

Songs discussed in this episode: Debra (2 Meter Sessions, 1999) - Beck; Crazy Horses - The Osmonds; Loser - Beck; Little Red Corvette - Prince; Sexx Laws, Nicotine & Gravy - Beck; The Dope Show - Marilyn Manson; Mixed Bizness - Beck; Cold Lampin' With Flavor - Public Enemy; Get Real Paid - Beck; Jam On It - Newcleus; Hollywood Freaks - Beck; Doomsday - MF Doom; Peaches & Cream, Broken Train, Milk & Honey, Beautiful Way - Beck; Countess From Hong Kong (Demo) - The Velvet Underground; Pressure Zone, Debra - Beck; Saturn Return #2 - BarryRStock

Teacher and poet Josh Medsker brings us California iconoclasts Camper Van Beethoven and their wonderful 1989 album 'Key Lime Pie'. It's a sweet, slightly tangy slice of musical heaven!

Songs discussed in this episode: Pictures Of Matchstick Men - Status Quo; Pictures Of Matchstick Men, Eye Of Fatima - Camper Van Beethoven; Finger-Pointing-Man - Mike Watt; Wasted, Take The Skinheads Bowling, Opening Theme, Jack Ruby, Sweetheart - Camper Van Beethoven; Old Mother Reagan - Violent Femmes; When I Win The Lottery, (I Was Born In A) Laundromat, Borderline, The Light From A Cake, June - Camper Van Beethoven; Bitchin' Camaro - The Dead Milkmen; All Her Favorite Fruit, Interlude, Circles, Flowers, The Humid Press Of Days - Camper Van Beethoven; Torn Curtain - Television; Pictures Of Matchstick Men, Come On Darkness, Teen Angst - Camper Van Beethoven; All Her Favorite Fruit - Starlings, TN

For this BONUS Patron-curated episode we asked our Patrons to send in a song that samples, references or pays tribute to ANOTHER song. They delivered. Remember, if YOU'D like to become a Patron of the podcast head over to:
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Songs discussed in this episode: Sister Ray - Velvet Underground; Velvet Underground - Jonathan Richman; Witness The Fitness - Roots Manuva; Blindness - The Fall; Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 2; All By Myself - Eric Carmen; Dust In The Wind - Kansas; Everything's Gonna Be Alright - Bob Marley; You Were Right - Built To Spill; Black Cow - Steely Dan; Deja Vu - Lord Tariq & Peter Gunz; Walk Away Renee - Four Tops; Walk Away Renee (Version) - Billy Bragg; M.P.L.A - The Revolutionaries; Dub M.P.L.A. - Tappa Zukie; SpottieOttieDopaliscious - Outkast; All Night - Beyonce; Baby You're A Rich Man - The Beatles; The Beautiful - P.M. Dawn; The Greatness and Perfection of Love - Julian Cope; I Feel Dread - Business Of Dreams; Spooky - Barry Walker and the Rain; Something Wicked This Way Comes - Barry Adamson; Misty - Johnny Mathis; Johnny Mathis' Feet - American Music Club; Living In America - James Brown; James Brown - Big Audio Dynamite; These Boots Are Made For Walkin' - Nancy Sinatra; Never Fight A Man With A Perm - IDLES; Man In The Box - Alice In Chains; Grunge Rock Blues - Todd Snider; Killing Me Softly - Roberta Flack; Bonita Applebaum - A Tribe Called Quest; Memory Band - Rotary Connection; Killing Me Softly - The Fugees; Cavern - Liquid Liquid; White Lines (Don't Don't Do It) - Grandmaster Melle Mel; 96 Tears - ? and the Mysterians; Human Fly - The Cramps; Straight To Hell - The Clash; Paper Planes - M.I.A.

This week, Ellia Bisker and Jeff Morris of Brooklyn based Goth-Folk duo Charming Disaster joins us to discuss PJ Harvey, and her stunning 1995 release 'To Bring You My Love'. 
"Little fish, big fish, swimming in the water
Come back here, man, gimme my daughter..."

Songs discussed in this episode: Love Will Tear Us Apart - PJ Harvey & Tim Phillips; Black Locust - Charming Disaster; Rid Of Me, Reeling - PJ Harvey; Sixteen, Fifteen, Fourteen - PJ Harvey & John Parish; To Bring You My Love - PJ Harvey; Sure 'Nuff 'N Yes I Do - Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band; Meet Ze Monsta - PJ Harvey; Tropical Hotdog Night - Captain Beefheart; Working For The Man - PJ Harvey; Trigger Happy Jack - Poe; C'mon Billy - PJ Harvey; Teclo's Death - Ennio Morricone; Teclo - PJ Harvey; Black Snake Moan - Blind Lemmon Jefferson; Long Snake Moan, Down By The Water, I Think I'm A Mother, Send His Love To Me - PJ Harvey; Bron-Y-Aur Stomp - Led Zeppelin; The Dancer - PJ Harvey; Green Things - Charming Disaster

Anthemic. Angular. Inscrutable. These are all words that could describe Wichita, Kansas indie-rock-cum blister-pop band The Embarrassment. Musician Bob Fay (Sebadoh, Cardinal, Lost Hours) discovered them at the end their short-but-prolific existence, after they moved to Boston and eventually splintered off into other bands - Big Dipper and The Del Fuegos to name two - leaving behind a slew of excellent releases including the 1983 mini-LP 'Death Travels West'.
"We Were Famous, You Don't Remember"

Songs discussed in this episode: Immigrant Song (live) - The Embarrassment; Beauty Of The Ride - Sebadoh; She's Fetching, Ron Klaus Wrecked His House - Big Dipper; Don't Run Wild - The Del Fuegos; This Is Not A Photograph - Mission Of Burma; Venus - Television; Careen, Viewmaster - The Embarrassment; Here Comes Your Man - Pixies; Drive Me To The Park - The Embarrassment; Communist Radio - The Eat; Lewis and Clark, D-Rings, Sex Drive, Chapter 12 - The Embarrassment; Love Beach - Emerson, Lake & Palmer; This Charming Man - The Smiths; Hip and Well Read, Death Travels West - The Embarrassment; Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment (live) - Ramones; Sevens Glass Lady - Lost Hours

Industry veteran, musician, composer, producer and engineer Mark Bingham has had a long and decidedly eclectic career in music. We sat down to talk some jazz - specifically Archie Shepp and his 1965 release 'Fire Music' - and may have finally cracked the code to Rob's ambivalence to the genre. REALLY fun conversation!

Songs discussed in this episode: Hambone (recorded live at the Village Gate March 28, 1965) - Archie Shepp; William Blake In Bakersfield - Mark Bingham; Doctor My Eyes - Jackson Brown; The First Girl I Loved - The Incredible String Band; Dream A Little Dream Of Me - Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong; Composition No. 122 - Anthony Braxton; The Way I Walk - The Cramps; Peripetie - Arnold Schoenberg; Hambone, Los Olvidados - Archie Shepp; I Can See For Miles - Petra Haden; Malcolm, Malcolm - Semper Malcolm - Archie Shepp; On The Corner - Miles Davis; Prelude To A Kiss - Duke Ellington; Prelude To A Kiss - Archie Shepp; The Girl From Ipanema - Stan Getz (featuring Astrud Gilberto); The Girl From Ipanema - Mike Tyson; The Girl From Ipanema - Archie Shepp; Shiny Happy People - R.E.M.; Insect Soup - Mark Bingham

Perth, Western Australia alternative/pop band The Triffids remain one of Australia's best-loved, post-punk groups, but are virtually unknown in the US. This week's guest Erik Auerbach brings us their stunning 1986 release, 'Born Sandy Devotional'. Leader David McComb's lyrically tragic songs of love, life and obsession form a sweeping soundtrack to an imaginary film that's at once disturbing and inviting.

Songs discussed in this episode: Femme Fatale - The Triffids (Live at The Club, Melbourne 1986); In a Perfect Place - The Sneetches; Field Of Glass - The Triffids; Love Goes On! - The Go-Betweens; Betrayal Takes Two - Richard Hell and The Voidoids; The Killing Moon - Echo & The Bunnymen; The Seabirds - The Triffids; Friction - Television; Estuary Bed, Chicken Killer - The Triffids; I Can't Stand It - The Velvet Underground; Tarrilup Bridge, Lonely Stretch - The Triffids; State Trooper - Bruce Springsteen; Stranger Than Kindness - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds; Wide Open Road, Life Of Crime - The Triffids; Locked In The Trunk Of A Car - The Tragically Hip; Personal Things - The Triffids; Don't Bring Harry - The Stranglers; Stolen Property, Tender Is The Night (The Long Fidelity) - The Triffids; Wide Open Road - The Church

This week's guest, Don Cowan (Kraut), brings us T. Rex's 1972 release 'The Slider'. Leader Marc Bolan - still at the top of his game - unleashes a trippy cast of characters (Telegram Sam, Baby Strange, Jungle-face Jake, Buick Mackane...etc) on this rock-and-roll dream of a record.
Rock on!

Songs discussed in this episode: Metal Guru - Nena; Don't Believe - Kraut; Ziggy Stardust, Heroes - David Bowie; Bang A Gong (Get It On), Metal Guru - T. Rex; Panic - The Smiths; Elenore - The Turtles; Mystic Lady - T. Rex; Sloop John B - The Beach Boys; Rock On, The Slider, Baby Boomerang - T. Rex; The Ballad Of John and Yoko - The Beatles; Walk On The Wild Side - Lou Reed; Spaceball Ricochet - T. Rex; Trampled Under Foot - Led Zeppelin; Buick McCane - T. Rex; Telegram Sam - Bauhaus; Telegram Sam, Rabbit Fighter, Baby Strange, Ballrooms Of Mars, Chariot Choogle, Main Man - T. Rex; Arming The World - Kraut 

Award-winning journalist, author and broadcaster Dan Nolan didn't have to think too long about a record that got him high. Coming up in Manchester UK in the early 90s, he was there right at the start of the band Oasis and their meteoric rise to superstardom. We sat down to discuss their eight times platinum 1994 debut 'Definitely Maybe', and it was definitely NOT shite.

Songs discussed in this episode: Live Forever (Live Paris in-store, 1994 - Oasis; Step On - Happy Mondays; Cigarettes and Alcohol (NME Cassette Demo Version) - Oasis; This Is How It Feels - Inspiral Carpets; Bigmouth Strikes Again - The Smiths; Rock'n'Roll Star - Oasis; I Wanna Be Adored - The Stone Roses; I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing - The New Seekers; Shakermaker, Live Forever, Up In The Sky, Columbia, Supersonic - Oasis; Sub-Mission - Sex Pistols; Bring It On Down - Oasis; Speak Now Or Forever Hold Your Peace - Cheap Trick; Cigarettes and Alcohol, Digsy's Dinner, Slide Away, Married With Children, I Am The Walrus (Live Glasgow Cathouse June '94) - Oasis

Michigan music fan Ron Wade is a sucker for alternative/pop female-fronted bands, and when he first heard Ivy and their 1997 release 'Apartment Life' while working at a Detroit weekly, it ticked all his musical boxes! Lush, breezy and expertly crafted, the songs written by Andy Chase and the late/great Adam Schlesinger - with the magnificent Dominique Durand on vocals - will most-surely tick the boxes of any/all pop music lovers.

Songs featured in this episode: Sleeping Late - Ivy; Panic In Detroit - David Bowie; Utopia Parkway - Fountains Of Wayne; Sex and Candy - Marcy Playground; That Thing You Do - The Wonders; Gepetto - Belly; Only Happy When It Rains - Garbage; The Best Thing, I've Got A Feeling, This Is The Day - Ivy; The Bright Light - Tanya Donelly; This Is The Day (Live, Philadelphia PA 3.22.98), Never Do That Again, I Get The Message, Baker - Ivy; Slide Away - Oasis; You Don't Know Anything - Ivy; I've Got A Feeling - Potty Mouth; The Noise Of Carpet - Stereolab; Ba Ba Ba - Ivy; Ba Ba Ba - Liz Phair; Get Out Of The City, These Are The Things About You, Quick, Painless and Easy, Back In Our Town - Ivy; Caribou - Pixies; Sweet Mary - Ivy

Singer/songwriter John Davis (Superdrag, The Lees of Memory) brings us the third and final album by Texas psyche rock pioneers The 13th Floor Elevators: 'Bull Of The Woods'. With other founding members Roky Erickson and Tommy Hall somewhat sidelined with various legal and personal issues, guitarist/songwriter Stacy Sutherland stepped-up to complete this dreamy, evocative slab of psychedelia that proved to be their swan song.

Songs featured in this episode: Bull Of The Woods (Radio Spot) - 13th Floor Elevators; Sucked Out - Superdrag; Lonely Everywhere - The Lees Of Memory; If I Can't Have Your Love - John Davis; Do The Vampire - Superdrag; Slip Inside This House, Before You Accuse Me, Livin' On, Barnyard Blues, Till Then - 13th Floor Elevators; Movin' On Up - Primal Scream; The Black Angel's Death Song - The Velvet Underground; Never Another, Rose and the Thorn - 13th Floor Elevators; Ranting and Raving - The Rectangle Shades; Down By The River, Scarlet and Gold - 13th Floor Elevators; The Ostrich - The Primitives; Street Song - 13th Floor Elevators; All Along The Watchtower - Bob Dylan; Dr Doom, With You, May The Circle Remain Unbroken - 13th Floor Elevators; All You Really Want Is Love - The Lees Of Memory

Hey there! For this BONUS Patron-curated episode, we asked our Patrons to send in a song about a PLACE. As usual, they delivered. Please enjoy this collection of 'songs about places', and if YOU'D like to become a Patron of the podcast head over to:
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Songs featured in this episode: Los Angeles - X;  Dirty Blvd - Lou Reed; Beverly Hills - Weezer; Viva Las Vegas - Elvis Presley; California Dreamin' - The Mamas & The Papas; Discovering Japan - Graham Parker; California Sun - Ramones; Cleveland Rocks - Ian Hunter;  Dayton, Ohio/19 Something & 5 - Guided By Voices; Russian Hill - Jellyfish; Surfer Girl - Dave Alvin; Back To Mystery City - Hanoi Rocks; Sproston Green - The Charlatans; Satellite Beach - Peter Case; Go-Go Round - Gordon Lightfoot; Take Me Home Country Roads - John Denver; Vienna - Ultravox; No Sleep Till Brooklyn - Beastie Boys; Warsaw - Joy Division; Night Boat to Cairo - Madness; Third Planet - Modest Mouse; People You Were Going To - Peter Hammill; Tennessee Time - Valerie June; My Hometown - Mark Mothersbaugh; Los Angeles - Frank Black

When he was a young teen, Oscar Herrera (Former lead singer with The Sleep of Reason, Halo, El Duende and Black Tape for a Blue Girl) discovered the Beatles and there was no looking back. When he and his wife had children they made sure that music - and especially the Beatles - was front-and-center in their lives. For this special episode, Oscar is joined by his daughter Danielle Herrera as they unpack some songs from the Fab Four's 1968 release 'The Beatles' aka The White Album. Along the way they are both amused and slightly confused by Rob's lack of familiarity with the record, and it's a super-fun conversation!

I'm So Tired - Alex Chilton; These Fleeting Moments, She's Gone - Black Tape For A Blue Girl; Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Back In The U.S.S.R. - The Beatles; California Girls - The Beach Boys; Dear Prudence - Siouxsie & The Banshees; Dear Prudence - The Beatles; You Shouldn't Be So Sad - The Kinks; Sand and Foam - Donovan; Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da Story (part 1) - Jimmy Scott; Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da - The Beatles; Goo Goo Itch - DEVO; The Continuing Story Of Buffalo Bill, While My Guitar Gently Weeps - The Beatles; What Is Life - George Harrison; Happiness Is A Warm Gun - The Breeders; Happiness Is A Warm Gun, Martha My Dear, Blackbird, Piggies, Rocky Raccoon, I Will, Julia, Sexie Sadie - The Beatles; Mr Blue Sky - E.L.O.; Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey, Helter Skelter - The Beatles; Helter Skelter - Siouxsie & The Banshees; Revolution, Revolution 1, Cry Baby Cry, Revolution 9, Good Night - The Beatles; Good Night - Linda Ronstadt

There's no mistaking the fact that The Gaslight Anthem and their leader Brian Fallon are from New Jersey. The earnest storytelling and vivid imagery in their breakout album The '59 Sound is pure Born/Darkness-era Springsteen. This week's guest Todd Bauch was skeptical at first, but eventually got sucked-in by the punk rock edge, stellar songwriting and dizzying musical references contained within this banger of a record.

Songs featured in this episode: Great Expectations (Acoustic version from Alternative Press) - The Gaslight Anthem; Feel It All Around (Portlandia Theme) - Washed Out; Atlantic City - Bruce Springsteen; Cold Feelings - Social Distortion; Bastards Of Young - Replacements; Two Hearts - Bruce Springsteen; Tonight - The Reactions; Great Expectations - The Gaslight Anthem; Don't Think Twice, It's Alright - Bob Dylan; The '59 Sound, The '59 Sound (Live Hyde Park, UK w/Bruce Springsteen), Old White Lincoln, High Lonesome - The Gaslight Anthem; Round Here - Counting Crows; Film Noir - The Gaslight Anthem; This River Is Wild - The Killers; Butterfly - Broken Bones Matilda; I Still Believe - Frank Turner; Miles Davis & The Cool - The Gaslight Anthem; Rosalita - Bruce Springsteen; I Can't Turn You Loose - Otis Redding; Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes - Paul Simon; Patient Ferris Wheel, Casanova, Baby! - The Gaslight Anthem; Mustang Sally - Wilson Pickett; Quarter To Three - Gary US Bonds; Born In The USA - Bruce Springsteen; Even Cowgirls Get The Blues - The Gaslight Anthem; Santa Monica - Everclear; Boys Are Back In Town - Thin Lizzy; Meet Me By The River's Edge, Here's Looking At You, Kid, The Backseat - The Gaslight Anthem; Here's Looking At You, Kid - Broken Bones Matilda

Fresh off a tour with his band mssv (Mike Baggetta, Mike Watt & Stephen Hodges), guitarist/songwriter Mike Baggetta brings us a record he received as a gift when he was in High School that changed the course of his musical life moving forward: the mindblowing 1996 release by guitarist, composer, and producer David Torn, 'What Means Solid, Traveller?'

Songs discussed in this episode: Network Of Sparks: The Delicate Code - David Torn; What It Feels Like For A Girl - Madonna; OK To Change - mssv; Willie The Pimp - Frank Zappa; Spartan, Before It Hit - David Torn; The Stars (Are Out Tonight) - David Bowie; Chemical Wire - fIREHOSE; Suyafhu Skin...Snapping the Hollow Reed, Spell Breaks With The Weather, What Means Solid Traveller - David Torn; Runnin' With The Devil - Van Halen; Are You Looking Up - Mk.gee; Such Little Mirrors, Tiny Burns A Bridge - David Torn; The Wagon - Dinosaur Jr; Gidya Hana - David Torn; Sita Ram - Alice Coltrane; Each Prince To His Kingdom Must Labor To Go, Particle Bugs @ Purulia Station, In The Sand Of This Day (I Will Not Be Free), In The Sand Of This Day ('til You Are Free), Elsewhere Now Than Waving - David Torn; Symphony No. 3 - Henryk Gorecki; On And On - mssv

Guitarist and Songwriter Mike Baggetta came across Mike Watt's 1997 punk rock opera 'Contemplating The Engine Room' at just the right time for him. Watt's expansive and highly personal song cycle that uses navy life as an extended metaphor for both his family history and his band, the Minutemen - created with guitarist Nels Cline and drummer Stephen Hodges - became a touchstone of sorts for Baggetta, opening his mind to the possibility of making highly original, authentic music independent of genre.

Songs featured in this episode: Pedro Bound! - Mike Watt (Live at Jillian's, Long Beach CA Feb 1998); Everywhen We Go - Mike Baggetta / Jim Keltner / Mike Watt; Boilin' Blazes - Mike Watt; Brave Captain - fIREHOSE; June 16th - Minutemen; Goodbye Pork Pie Hat - Jeff Beck; What's So Funny 'Bout Social Justice - mssv; In The Engine Room, Red Bluff - Mike Watt; Prove It - Television; The Bluejacket's Manual, Pedro Bound!, The Boilerman, Black Gang Coffee, The Boilerman (Live at Jillian's, Long Beach CA), Topsiders - Mike Watt; Reoccurring Dreams - Husker Du; Lake Of Fire - Nirvana (Meat Puppets cover, MTV Unplugged); Do You Want New Wave Or Do You Want The Truth - Minutemen; Scentless Apprentice - Nirvana; John Coltrane - Ogunde (Live); No One Says Old Man (To The Old Man) - Mike Watt; No One Says Old Man (To The Old Man) - mssv (Live); Fireman Hurley, Liberty Calls! - Mike Watt; What Means Solid Traveller - David Torn; In The Bunk Room/Navy Wife, Crossing The Equator, Breaking The Choke Hold, Wrapped Around The Screw, Shore Duty - Mike Watt; Hallucinating Reality - Dumbass Youth

Record purveyor Karl Ueberbacher (Phoenix Records, Waitsfield Vermont) nixed his original album pick for a more in-your-face Spring-centric selection, 1993's 'Saturation' by Chicago postmodern rockers Urge Overkill. Shedding their noise-rock roots - their first few releases were recorded by Steve Albini - for a more alternative arena rock sound, their major-label debut combines a tongue-in-cheek irony with a weirdly appealing sense of rock and roll fun.
"Come around to my way of thinkin'…"

Songs featured in this episode: Operation Kissinger (Hidden track) - Urge Overkill; Sick Of Being Sick - The Damned; All Worked Out, Ticket To L.A., Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon - Urge Overkill; Fuck and Run - Liz Phair; Sister Havana, Tequila Sundae - Urge Overkill; The Phuncky Feel One - Cypress Hill; Positive Bleeding - Urge Overkill; Cut Your Hair - Pavement; The Flame - Cheap Trick; Back On Me - Urge Overkill; Runaway Train - Soul Asylum; Woman 2 Woman - Urge Overkill; Plush - Stone Temple Pilots; Bottle Of Fur - Urge Overkill; Gonna Raise Hell - Cheap Trick; Crackbabies - Urge Overkill; Ladies Room - Kiss; The Stalker - Urge Overkill; Bad Penny - Big Black; Dropout - Urge Overkill; A Shot In The Arm - Wilko; Erica Kane - Urge Overkill; Debutante - Nash Kato; Nite and Grey - Urge Overkill; Do Ya - Electric Light Orchestra; Heaven - Urge Overkill; Theme From Beverly Hills, 90210 - John Davis; Operation Kissinger (Hidden track), Wichita Lineman - Urge Overkill

With their seventh release, 1990s 'Violator', Depeche Mode completed their transformation from quirky synth-pop pioneers to international rock stars. A more stripped-down, sinister sound aided by producer Flood perfectly showcases these dark songs about guilt, salvation and obsession. It's a sound that this week's guest, poet and music lover Sarah Nichols, has kept close to her heart for over 30 years.

Songs featured in this episode: Enjoy The Silence - Tori Amos; Run - New Order; Pictures Of You - The Cure; Behind The Wheel (Live 1988, Pasadena CA) - Depeche Mode; Temptation - New Order; People Are People, Stripped, A Question Of Time, World In My Eyes, Sweetest Perfection - Depeche Mode; Personal Jesus - Marilyn Manson; Personal Jesus - Johnny Cash; Personal Jesus, Halo, Waiting For The Night, Enjoy The Silence, Policy Of Truth - Depeche Mode; Fascination Street - The Cure; Blue Dress - Depeche Mode; One Of These Days - Pink Floyd; Clean, Ghosts Again - Depeche Mode