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The Bottom Forty is hosted by Greg Glover who grew up in Birmingham, Alabama but relocated to New York City in the mid 1990's. He co-founded the indie label The Arena Rock Recording Company (Harvey Danger, Superdrag, Elf Power) in 1995 and also served as

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    • May 29, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • weekly NEW EPISODES
    • 37m AVG DURATION
    • 221 EPISODES

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    The The Bottom Forty podcast is an absolute gem for music lovers. As someone in their 40s, I have been a dedicated listener of Greg's for years, and his bottom 40 segment on Sundays was always a highlight for me. I am thrilled that I can now listen to it on this podcast, as it allows me to discover cool and new-to-me music that I might not have found otherwise. This podcast deserves a perfect rating of 40 out of 40 stars.

    One of the best aspects of The Bottom Forty podcast is Greg himself. He is an amazing host with a genuine talent for music selection. His songs have truly changed my life and introduced me to artists and genres that I would never have explored on my own. His passion for music shines through in every episode, and it makes listening to this podcast a delightful experience.

    Another great aspect of this podcast is Greg's encyclopedic knowledge of music. It seems like he knows about every obscure artist and hidden gem out there. His ability to find great songs before anyone else does is truly impressive. If you're looking to keep up with the latest trends in music or discover underrated artists, this podcast is the perfect resource.

    As much as I love The Bottom Forty podcast, there are some minor drawbacks worth mentioning. Firstly, the frequency of episodes could be improved upon. While I understand that producing high-quality content takes time, waiting too long between episodes can be frustrating for eager fans like myself. Additionally, sometimes the podcast lacks variety in terms of genres or themes explored. It would be great to see more diversity in the song selections to cater to different musical tastes.

    In conclusion, The Bottom Forty podcast is an absolute must-listen for any music enthusiast. Greg's talent for music selection combined with his vast knowledge make this podcast an incredible resource for discovering new songs and artists. Despite some minor drawbacks, the overall experience of listening to this podcast is unparalleled. Whether you're commuting to work, working out, or just cleaning at home, give this podcast a listen and prepare to be blown away by the incredible music it has to offer.



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    Issue #208. Elbow, The House of Love, Activity and more!

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2025 30:53


    Still at it!

    Issue #207. Matt Berninger, Camper Van Beethoven, The New Eves and more!

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2025 29:43


    Issue #206. Cut Cult, The Alarm, Dating and more!

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2025 30:34


    Another half hour we get to spend listening to the tunes together! Hope you enjoy!

    Issue #205. Ezra Furman, Seam, Dean Wareham and more!

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2025 29:50


    The hits (and near-misses) keep on comin'!

    Issue #204. Stereolab, Goose, Heartworms and more!

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2025 30:54


    Non-denominational radio show/podcast!

    Issue #203. Ultra Lights, Pavement, Pulp and more!

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2025 31:28


    The first new music from Pulp in ages! Yes, please! 

    Issue #202. Car Seat Headrest, De La Soul, Rodeo Boys and more!

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2025 30:51


    Great new tunes plus a "trip" back to the "daisy age"! Enjoy!

    Issue #201. My Morning Jacket, PJ Harvey, Ain't and more!

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2025 30:45


    You won't hear most of this stuff on terrestrial radio! 

    Issue #200. Deradoorian, Pixies, Deerhoof and more!

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2025 30:36


    Long-running Bay Area band release new track via Craigslist and more!

    Issue #199. Cardinals, Swirlies, Broncho and more!

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2025 31:33


    Non-denominational radio! Follow us on Instagram!

    Issue #198. Vundabar, Bettie Serveert, Demise Of Love and more!

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2025 30:15


    Saving your eyes by using your ears!

    Issue #197. The Bug Club, XTC, Witch Post and more!

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2025 30:37


    Here we go again!

    Issue #196. Frog Eyes, The Saints, Panda Bear and more!

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2025 30:10


    Animal Collective's Panda Bear returns with a song that sounds like it could roll during the closing credits of a movie in 1986 or 1968! Hear this and more!

    Issue #195. Niis, Brian Eno, Moreish Idols and more!

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2025 31:57


    Plus, member of the Super Furry Animals (minus Gruff) return with Das Koolies!

    Issue #194. Viagra Boys, Dinosaur Jr, Black Country, New Road and more!

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2025 31:50


    A new ripper from Viagra Boys plus the ever-evolving Young Knives and more!

    Issue #193. Ela Minus, Cheap Trick, Perfume Genius and more!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2025 32:15


    We'll celebrate the birthday of one of my all-time fave lead singers plus hear new music from Perfume Genius, Babe Rainbow and feature a track from my fave release of this young year! Enjoy!

    Issue #192. Young Knives, Air, Underwater Cliffs and more!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2025 31:09


    B40 faves the Young Knives return and once again refuse to be pigeonholed! Plus, new music from Swervedriver, Horsegirl and a chilled classic from 1998!

    Issue #191. Witch Post, David Bowie, Bob Mould and more!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2025 30:34


    Happy New Year! First new one of 2025. Welcome back to all of us! Enjoy.

    Issue #190. Sky Ferriera, The Clash, Monobloc and more!

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2024 30:27


    The last issue of 2024! See you in 2025!

    Issue #189. Delivery, Frank Zappa, Du Blonde and more!

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2024 31:55


    Newcastle's Beth Jean Houghton (aka Du Blonde) has been a B40 fave for a decade and we're super-happy to hear new music!

    Issue #188. FACS, Courting, Stella Rose and more!

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2024 30:27


    Another half hour of great tunes you likely won't hear anywhere else!

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    Issue #187. Doves, Public Image Limited, Ela Minus and more!

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2024 31:11


    New music from Doves plus some not-so-easy listening vintage PIL and more!

    Issue #186. Calla, Talking Heads, Elbow and more!

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2024 30:49


    The first new music from criminally-underrated NYC band Calla plus a Talking Heads leftover from the first album and more!

    Issue #185. Heartworms, My Bloody Valentine, Kelly Lee Owens and more!

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2024 30:01


    Discover new music from Peter Perrett, Ain't and more! Plus, hear a lesser-played track from the Holy Grail of shoegaze albums!

    Issue #184. Hi Vis, Pulp, Gurriers and more!

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2024 31:21


    New music from TV On The Radio's Tunde Adebempe from his forthcoming solo release!

    Issue #183. King Stingray, Le Tigre, LCD Soundsystem and more!

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2024 29:17


    New music from LCD Soundsystem, Girl and Girl, Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory and more!

    Issue #182. Babe Rainbow, Tom Waits, The Serfs and more!

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2024 30:18


    New music from Aussie band Babe Rainbow that sounds like a modern day 'Mac to our ears! Also, we'll celebrate the 50th anniversary of the sophomore release from legend Tom Waits with our fave track from The Heart of Saturday Night! Enjoy.

    Issue #181. The Horrors, The dB's, Young Knives and more!

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2024 30:44


    Salt Lake City's The Mellons deliver a fresh-yet-retro-sounding gem along with new music from the criminally-underrated JD McPherson, The Horrors and more!

    Issue #180. Congratulations, Fiona Apple, Jerry Paper and more!

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2024 29:59


    New tunes from Silverbacks, A Place To Bury Strangers and more! Plus, celebrate the anniversary of my favorite Fiona Apple LP with my fave track from it! Enjoy!

    Issue #179. White Denim, Gang of Four, Suzanne Vega and more!

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2024 30:26


    Get in touch!New tunes from: White Denim, Easy Sleeper and Suzanne Vega on a couple things that make NYC...well...NYC: rats and The Ramones! Enjoy!

    Special Edition. Interview w/ Siggi Baldursson (the Sugarcubes, Paddan etc).

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2024 28:35


    Get in touch!Welcome to a very special edition featuring my conversation with renowned drummer and Icelandic music pioneer Siggi Baldurrson. Siggi co-founded the Sugarcubes and is regarded as one of Iceland's most important musical figures. Discover his new musical project Paddan and hear what inspired it. Hope you enjoy. 

    Issue #178. Mogwai, The Replacements, Fashion Club and more!

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2024 30:59


    Get in touch!New music from the Scottish Guitar Army (aka Mogwai), Shower Curtain and more!  We'll also hear a track from what could be my favorite album from what could be my all-time fave band. Hmm. Hope you enjoy!

    Issue #177. My Wonderful Boyfriend, Neil Young, Underworld and more!

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2024 28:58


    What's up? Ya dig?Stephen Malkmus has a new project plus the return of a band who've just released their first new track in FORTY YEARS! 

    Neon Electric. Vol 12. Dead Milkmen, The Cure, Happy Mondays and more!

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2024 116:59


    What's up? Ya dig?Two hours of new-wave era goodness!

    Issue #176. Peel Dream Magazine, BoDeans, John Davis and more!

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2024 30:16


    What's up? Ya dig?Peel Dream Magazine will please fans of Yo La Tengo and American Analogue Set! Also, new music from Superdrag's John Davis and more! 

    Issue #175. Caribou, Guided By Voices, Paddan and more!

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2024 31:02


    What's up? Ya dig?GBV in hi-fi and great new indie pop from Los Angeles band Easy Sleeper. Plus, new music from former Sugarcubes drummer Siggi with his new project Paddan with an exclusive interview forthcoming! Enjoy!

    Issue #174. Amyl & The Sniffers, Midnight Oil, Fcukers and more!

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2024 30:55


    What's up? Ya dig?We'll hear from one of the only bands I'll play that has a name I can't say on the radio (it's a pet peeve) plus a lesser-heard track from a classic 1987 album and more!

    Issue #173. Field Music, Velocity Girl, Thus Love and more!

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2024 29:59


    What's up? Ya dig?Vermont's finest (not Ben & Jerry's) Thus Love return with a great new track! Also, new music for those of us that sorely miss Knoxville's criminally-underrated Superdrag! Their main man John Davis is back with a new solo effort!

    Issue #172. Jade Hairpins, Jobriath, Horse Jumper of Love and more!

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2024 31:26


    What's up? Ya dig?B40 faves Jade Hairpins return with a killer new track! Also hear from the musician some call the first openly gay artist on a major record label and more! 

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    Issue #171. Lutalo, Fetchin Bones, The Hard Quartet and more!

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2024 30:09


    What's up? Ya dig?New tunes from the latest alt rawk supergroup The Hard Quartet plus a tribute to Martin Phillipps of The Chills and more!

    bones quartets chills martin phillipps
    Issue #170. King Krule, Beastie Boys, The Medium and more!

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2024 30:04


    What's up? Ya dig?New stuff from Nashville rockers The Medium, Hockey Dad and more! Plus, we pay tribute to one of the last great records of the 1980's!

    Issue #169. Sunset Rubdown, Ween, Primal Scream and more!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2024 30:09


    What's up? Ya dig?Wolf Parade's Spencer Krug returns with his Sunset Rubdown project for the first new music in 15 years plus an unearthed track from Ween and more!

    Issue #168. Efterklang, Curtis Mayfield, The Bug Club and more!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2024 31:43


    What's up? Ya dig?New music from Public Service Broadcasting, TR/ST, Heartworms and more!

    Issue #167. Walt Disco, The Rolling Stones, Dutch Interior and more!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2024 31:39


    Taking a lil' break after this one so you can catch up! 

    Issue #166. Bonny Doon, Bjork, Cold Cave and more!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2024 30:28


    Yet another new track from GBV plus mercury and more!

    Neon Electric. Vol 11. Madness, De La Soul, Adam Ant and more!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2024 120:12


    Another two hours of new wave-era stuff for your aural pleasure!

    Issue #165. Cardinals, Nick Lowe, Quivers and more!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2024 30:38


    Nap Eyes, a track from The Cars so-called "greatest hits" album and more!

    Issue #164. Pond, Circus Underwater, The The and more!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2024 30:47


    New music from legends The The, a nearly-forgotten ambient/electronic LP from the early '80s that was recently reissued and more!

    Issue #163. Islands, Small Faces, From Indian Lakes and more!

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2024 30:19


    New music from MILLY, Girl and Girl and more!1

    Issue #162. Softcult, Run DMC, Redd Kross and more!

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2024 30:14


    Redd Kross are back! Also, new music from +/- and King Hannah! Enjoy!

    Neon Electric. Vol 10. Kate Bush, They Might Be Giants, Level 42 and more!

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2024 116:45


    Another two hours of new wave, post-punk and more!

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