Mat & Max's Infinite Playlist

In which Mat & Max spur the proverbial teams to an impossible comeback victory. Full playlist on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2ol3BEC2otA31ric9dcrK7?si=df4302a3ddf94fc5

In which Mat & Max create a playlist to convey the value of humankind to an alien race.

In which Mat and Max plumb the depths of Ted Cruz's musical soul. Catch the full playlist on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2QVblgnwWt6Va10YkLaRkZ?si=2Xf7zBzARyuGrR5CXtt75w

In which Mat and Max make their triumphant return with an uplifting playlist on the dog days of quarantine. Full playlist here--> https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1szN4Jt35LxgOqczQxgL1x?si=hnFp36N5RbKcTqlLGI57rg

Mat stans for Dorothy Wordsworth. Other topics discussed include Ben Affleck's regal back tattoo, Mat's stint in traffic school, ekphrasis, cross country journeys, bedroom dancing, Shaquille O'Neil's rap career, and drinking urine in order to pass college classes. Listen to the full playlist here.0. frank sinatra - coffee song (intro)1. the fall - totally wired (mat)2. charli xcx - vroom vroom (max)3. the lovely bad things - kessel run (mat)4. death grips - break mirrors with my face in the united states (max)5. FU-schnickens - true fuschnick (mat)6. danny brown - when it rain (max)7. black flag - black coffee (mat)8. ida maria - oh my god (max)9. zero boys - amphetamine addiction (mat)10. sonny rollins - b. quick (outro)

Spring is here, at least technically speaking. Will joins us to discuss rollerblading best practices, rank the seasons, and the time Zach Braff threatened criminal action against Will. Listen to the full playlist on Spotify! 0. black violin - vivaldi's spring (intro)1. melanie - brand new key (mat)2. neko case - this tornado loves you (will)3. animal collective - what would i want? sky (max)4. lullatone - like a honey bee on holiday (mat)5. akira kosemura - hicari (will)6. sigur ros - gobbledigook (max)7. shins - one by one all day (mat)8. lantlos - intrauterin (will)9. tipica leal 79 - dejame vivir (max)10. tiny tim - tiptoe thru' the tulips with me (mat)11. tallest man on earth - shallow grave (will)12. lemon jelly - nice weather for ducks (max) 

This week we cover everything— that's right, it's covers week! Listen to the full playlist on Spotify and have a blessed one. 0. gnarls barkley (covering violent femmes) - gone daddy gone (mat)1. michael jackson (covering alien ant farm) - smooth criminal (max)2. weaves (covering the beatles) - help! (mat)3. bryan ferry (covering bob dylan) - hard rain's gonna fall (max)4. devo (covering the rolling stones) - (i can't get no) satisfaction (mat)5. leonard cohen (covering jeff buckley) - hallelujah (max)6. dan wilson (covering adele) - someone like you (mat)7. xiu xiu (covering joy division) - ceremony (max)8. frank ocean (covering henry mancini) - moon river (mat)9. nine inch nails (covering johnny cash) - hurt (max)10. sampha (covering solange) - cranes in the sky (mat) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vieZvOK-yU11. bill callahan (covering kath bloom) - the breeze (max)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--tb6nc5l_4

This week we are joined by Max's brother Peter as well as a very special celebrity chef. We celebrate our multitudes and sing songs of ourselves. Peter goes public about his renegade electric scooter antics. Max unveils his much-under-wraps shower routine, and Mat gets weird in a wrestling ring. Listen to the full playlist on Spotify. Follow and subscribe, rinse and repeat.Here are some relevant links for your personal edification: space jam remix subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/comeonandslam/original space jam promotional site: https://www.warnerbros.com/archive/spacejam/movie/jam.htm1. taylor swift - welcome to ny (peter)2. nwa - express yourself (max)3. beastie boys - funky boss (mat)4. quad city djs - space jam (peter)5. meredith brooks - bitch (max)6. glenn frey - heat is on (mat)7. bon jovi - wanted dead or alive (peter)8. herb alpert & the tijuana brass - tijuana taxi (max)9. 2 live crew - me so horny (mat)10. smash mouth - all star (peter)11. qt - hey qt (max)12. ptaf - boss ass bitch (mat)13. james blunt - you're beautiful (peter)14. the undertones - jump boys (max)15. walk the moon - ghostbusters (mat)

After a slough of surgeries and illness and technical difficulties, we're back! Apologies to all the mothers out there— this week, we're doing the awkward shuffle and picking out the very worst songs to come on shuffle mode when your mother is in the car. Matt plays his favorite salacious rap tunes, and Max gets weird with some ska. As always, check out the playlist on Spotify and support your favorite artists.0. cupkakKe - deep throat (intro)1. lightning bolt - dracula mountain (max)2. insect warfare - enslaved by machinery (mat)3. tenacious d - fuck her gently (max)4. ying yang - (wait) whisper song (mat)5. lil wayne - dick pleaser (max)6. dj isaac - face down, ass up (mat)7. reel big fish - gigantic (max)8. wheeler walker jr. - redneck shit (mat)9. blink-182 - shut up (max)10. khia - my neck, my back (mat)11. the who - squeeze box (max)12. bill cosby - (i can't get no) satisfaction (outro)

Happy Valentine's Day! Not! This week we celebrate the very best in heartbreak music with our good friend Dani. We talk about jealousy, band break ups, dancing off heartbreak, and the super secret reverse glass slipper move. As always, listen to the full playlist on Spotify, and don't forget to support your favorite artists.  0. j. geils band - love stinks (intro)1. no doubt - don't speak (dani)2. sleater-kinney - one more hour (mat)3. dan le sac vs. scroobius pip - look for the woman (max)4. eric clapton - don't think twice, it's alright (dani)5. standard fare - love doesn't just stop (mat)6. beat happening - cat walk (max)7. florence + the machine - delilah (dani)8. robyn - dancing on my own (max)9. robin thicke - lock the door (mat)10. lapsley - hurt me (dani)11. justine sky - u don't know (mat)12. riskay - smell yo dick (max)13. eyedea & abilities - by your throat (dani)14. ceelo green - fuck you (outro)

We rehash embarrassing memories from our middle school dances. Max gets breathalyzed. Becky regales us with the secret labors that all girls must complete. And Mat leaves room for the lord in a carpeted gym. Thanks to Becky for joining us-- you can read her writing here. As always, check out our Spotify playlist for uninterrupted listening. Support musicians and live well.  0. kci & jojo - all my life (intro)1. *nsync - god must have spent a little more time on you (mat)2. taylor swift - this is why we can't have nice things (becky)3. ginuwine - differences (max)4. savage garden - i knew i loved you (mat)5. 112 - peaches and cream (becky)6. usher - u got it bad (max)7. frank ocean - thinkin bout you (mat)8. city high - what would you do? (becky)9. selena - dreaming of you (max)10. all-4-one - i swear (mat)11. vitamin c - graduation (becky)12. o-town - all or nothing (max)13. darude - sadstorm (outro)

Well, if you're like me, you had absolutely no idea that Chumbawamba was a radical anarcho punk band. Listen as Mat and Will drop other nuggets of wisdom as we take a tour of PROTEST SONGS. Thanks to Will for joining us, and thanks to Kyle for this week's theme. Everyone should listen to Kyle's superb podcast, Music/Not Music, in which he plays some great songs for his mother, and she decides if it qualifies as music. As always, listen to the playlist without interruption on Spotify, and remember to support your favorite artists! 0. chumbawamba - diggers song (intro)1. yg - fdt (will)2. killer mike - reagan (max)3. downtown boys - a wall (mat)4. fever ray - this country (will)5. barry mcguire - eve of destruction (max)6. ben frost - all that you love will be eviscerated (mat)7. tim and eric ft. the shins - wipe my butt (will)8. phil ochs - love me, i'm a liberal (max)9. phil ochs - draft dodger rag (max)10. priests - pink white house (mat)11. patti smith - people have the power (will)12. randy newman - rednecks (max)13. country joe & the fish - i-feel-like-i'm-fixin'-to-die rag (outro)

We're dredging up some old embarrassing favorites this week! Kevin of Cape Francis makes his second (and surely his last) appearance on the podcast. Cape Francis is playing with Birch and Kew at Baby's All Right on Saturday 1/27, so check that out. As always, you can listen to the uninterrupted playlist on Spotify.0. wheatus - teenage dirtbag (intro)1. mudvayne - silenced (kevin)2. p.o.d. - alive (mat)3. hanson - weird (max)4. eiffel 65 - blue (da ba dee) (kevin)5. puddle of mudd - she hates me (mat)6. lfo - summer girls (max)7. lou bega - mambo no. 5 (kevin)8. aaron carter - aaron's party (come get it) (mat)9. blink-182 - the party song (max)10. carly rae jepsen - call me maybe (kevin)11. santana - smooth (mat)12. less than jake (ft. kel mitchell) - we're all dudes (max)13. sublime - burritos (kevin)14. styx - show me the way (desert storm mix) (mat)15. dave matthews band - crash (outro)

The gloves come off and we decide once and for all the better coast. Thanks to Yoni for joining us. Hear Yoni tickle the ivories with Cape Francis and Birch on 1/27 at Baby's Alright! Listen to the full playlist on Spotify0. 2pac - old school (intro)1.run-d.m.c. - my adidas (mat)2. ice t - 6 'n the mornin' (mat)3. television - marquee moon (yoni)4. blondie - atomic (yoni)5. beach boys - california girls (max)6. magnetic fields - california girls (max)7. vampire weekend - bryn (mat)8. eddie palmieri & friends - deseo salvaje (yoni)9. what's my age again x dirt off your shoulder (max)10. waxahatchee - 8 ball (mat)11. allison crutchfield - i don't ever wanna leave california (mat)12. billy joel - scenes from an italian restaurant (yoni)13. red hot chili peppers - can't stop (max)14. mamas & the papas - california dreamin'15. bobby womack - california dreamin'

Join us as we celebrate the absence of degrees. This episode features an amazingly timed audio glitch. Mat misidentifies the location of not one but two bands. I purposefully did not correct him because I wanted Mat to be embarrassed. Stop faxing us angry messages. Follow us on Spotify! 0. vashti bunyan - winter is blue (intro)1. anohni - 4 degrees (max)2. the softies - winter pageant (mat)3. michael hurley - tea song (max)4. arab strap - islands (mat)5. the chills - pink frost (max)6. rhucle - the moon's sigh (mat)7. glass candy - warm in the winter (max)8. sunn 0))) - cursed realms (of the winterdemons) (mat)9. art brut - moving to LA (mat)10 belle & sebastian - winter wooskie (mat)11. sufjan stevens - death with dignity (max) 

Join us as we consider the Great Dumpster Fire that was 2017 and the songs that kept us going. Kevin Henthorn of Cape Francis coins a new expression— to “piggy tail” someone— and has the gall to play a song a song that was released in 2011 during our 2017 retrospective. He will NOT be invited back. As always, check out the full playlist on Spotify. Listen, subscribe, review, tweet, rinse, repeat. Happy New Year, kids. 1. alvvays - dreams tonite (kevin)2. atta girl - betty's (mat) 3. big thief - mythological beauty (max)4. phoebe bridgers - scott street (kevin)5. exit order - still water (mat)6. xiu xiu - wondering (max)7. new pornographers - white out condition (kevin)8. destroyer - tinseltown swimming in blood (max)9. vince staples - big fish (mat)10. gabriel garci montano fruit flies (kevin)11. nick hakim - bet she looks like you (kevin)12. weeping icon - jail billz (mat)13. charli xcx - ILY2 (max)14. cende - what i want (kevin)15. luge - nanonana (mat) 16. michael bublé - santa baby (kevin— a song that is NOT from 2017)17. luis fonsi, daddy yankee - despocito (max) 18. father john misty - smoochie (kevin)19. lcd soundsystem - call the police (max)20. idles - mother (mat)

Join us this week for a light-hearted conversation about quarter life crises! It gets dark, then it gets lighter, then it gets really, really dark. A big thank you to Michelle Birsky of Birch for joining us! You can check her music out here. Thanks also to Johanna B. for the excellent topic suggestion. And as always, if you'd rather not bother with the commentary, listen and follow us on Spotify. Tune in next week for a very special 2017 retrospective.  0. xiu xiu - chocolate makes you happy (intro)1. angel olsen - white fire (michelle)2. barbra streisand - where am i going? (mat)3. art brut - emily kane (max)4. sylvan esso - die young (echo mountain sessions) (michelle)5. nirvana - i hate myself and want to die (mat)6. britney spears - lucky (michelle)7. neutral milk hotel - my dream girl don't exist (max)8. galaxie 500 - crazy (mat)9. the national - beautiful head (max)10. the national - demons (michelle)11. malvina reynolds - somewhere between (mat)12. why? - good friday (max)13. grimes - SCREAM (michelle)14. lesley gore - someplace else now (mat)15. guided by voices - a good flying bird (max)15 high school musical - we're all in this together (outro)

Listen to the full playlist here https://open.spotify.com/user/tw49b9dc4r2t6bdfihsruvhyc/playlist/4seloqUOKt2nGNjW96UzwqFollow us on Spotify for more playlists https://open.spotify.com/user/tw49b9dc4r2t6bdfihsruvhyc0. baby, it's cold outside 1. young and sexy - last year's hopes (mat)2. beach boys - surfer girl (max)3. gavin bryars - jesus' blood never failed me yet (will)4. the walkmen - new years' eve (mat)5. hans zimmer - you're so cool (max)6. fleet foxes - white winter hymnal (will)7. el fog - olive (mat)8. animal collective - winters love (max)9. animal collective - winter wonderland (will)10. harry nilsson - i guess the lord must be in new york city (mat)11. fantastic angels - jesus been good (max) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPo9yC9uhlM12. kissed her little sister - the angel of the lord (will) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8-GJ9Sryhc13 lindsey buckingham - holiday road (mat)14 dismemberment plan - ice of boston (max)15 bill callahan - winter road (will) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zIJ7lZKNQY

Our episode last week got lost to in the digital vortex, so here's an extra special episode with an extra special guest, Becky Scott. Find the Spotify playlist here.1. duke ellington - take the A train (intro)2. new york dolls - trash (Max)3. napalm death - you suffer (Mat)4. nikki blonsky - good morning baltimore (Becky)5. parquet courts - everyday it starts (max)6. the police - don't stand so close (mat)7. charli xcx - boys (becky) 8. akron/family - italy (max)9. beastie boys - b-boy bouillabaisse: stop that train (mat)10. enya - only time (becky)11. orange juice - rip it up (max)12. el fog - silent soaring13. julianne hough - hopelessly devoted to you (becky)14. the roches - the train (outro)

Here's a link to the (partial) playlist on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/user/tw49b9dc4r2t6bdfihsruvhyc/playlist/5XuydxHY2LoVVHn1EfNrXR1. kew - june 19th 2. ted lucas - it's so easy3. nora and the brights - be my boy4. merle travis - nine pound hammer5. flower girl - let's build a fort6. the replacements - left of the dial7. mary allen - the lighthouse8. joanna newsom - cosmia9. kitchen hips - me oh my

In which Mat and Max survey their favorite driving songs.

In which Mat and Max conduct a rigorous critical review of the last century of pop music. Listen to the playlist here: https://open.spotify.com/user/tw49b9dc4r2t6bdfihsruvhyc/playlist/00Z2iMVCPFTTRqOM0DoFoN

In which Mat and Max construct a banging playlist for their Halloween party

In which Mat and Max raise money for prohibitively expensive medical procedures

In which Mat and Max get their bearings after being dropped from a helicopter

In which Mat and Max attempt to talk a would-be jumper off a rooftop.