The Sound and the Story

We dive deep into the life-affirming, meaning-making power of Taylor Swift's folklore.

I had an in-depth quaratine call with Max Stern of Signals Midwest about their latest album Pin. Go buy it directly from the artist here. Songs featured in this episode (in chronological order): Can't Help But Wonder Pin Your Old New Apartment Also mentioned: Wil Wagner - More Like Signals MidBEST

I talk to Amy and Daniel of Future Teens about their Dan Campbell-aproved record, Breakup Season. You can find Future Teens on Twitter @FutureTeensUSA and at futureteensusa.com.

Kevin Devine, a unique, thoughtful, loquacious, multi-talented musician talks about the ten-year anniversary of Brother's Blood as well as a whole lot of other things. Go buy his stuff at kevindevine.net.

We pay our dues to the surprise record from wunderkind Phoebe Bridgers (boygenius) and former wunderkind Conor Oberst (Bright Eyes). Full chronological playlist: Songs by Better Oblivion Community Center unless otherwise noted. Chesapeake My City Conor Oberst - College Bright Eyes - If Winter Ends Bright Eyes - The City Has Sex Bright Eyes - June on the West Coast Bright Eyes - Interview from An Attempt to Tip the Scales Bright Eyes - False Advertising Conor Oberst - You All Loved Him Once Phoebe Bridgers - Steamroller The Replacements - Here Comes a Regular Didn't Know What I Was in For Sleepwalkin' Dylan Thomas Service Road Forest Lawn Big Black Heart Phoebe Bridgers - Would You Rather (feat. Conor Oberst)

In this two-part interview with Erik Garlington, the brains and brawn behind the black and queer pop-punk outfit Proper., we discuss both his records, "The Surburbs Have Ruined My Life" and "I Spent the Winter Writing Songs About Getting Better," and how his background of being an outsider and a military brat lead him on a wild journey to be a pop-punk singer in New York City. Full chronological playlist: "Germany, 1991" "A$AP Rocky Type Beat" "Not Black Enough" "Curtains Down! Throw in the Towel!" "Bragging Rights (ft. Willow Hawks of The Sonder Bombs)" "No Loitering"

I interview the very talented and very funny Deanna Belos of Sincere Engineer about her debut album Rhombithian. We talk about the expectations of growing up, lab mice, relationships, and the time Deanna almost died getting coffee. Full chronilogical playlist: Corn Dog Sonnet No. 7 Clip from the film Dirty Work Overbite Let You Down Ghosts In The Graveyard

blink-182, the band every punk pretends they hate, grows up on their untitled album. All songs by blink-182 unless otherwise noted: Here's Your Letter Circle Jerks - I Just Want Some Skank Frank Turner - Dammit - Live at Salty Dog Cruise 2006 Going Away to College - Live at the Pop Disaster Tour 2002 Dammit Touchdown Boy Dick Lips All Systems Go Feeling This Obvious Violence Interview with Tom DeLonge Down Go Easy Target I Miss You Asthenia Always Dammit - Live in Montreal 1998

In a Sound and the Story first, I interview Dylan Slocum of Spanish Love Songs about their album schmaltz. We talk about Dylan's painful journey south and the mechanics of mediocrity. Full chronilogical playlist (all songs by Spanish Love Songs): Beer and Nyquil (Hold It Together) Sequels, Remakes, and Adaptations Nuevo Buffalo Buffalo The Boy Considers His Haircut Otis / Carl Funeral (Phoebe Bridgers cover) And at 54:58, you can hear Dylan's mom sighing "wow" under her breath as noted in The Boy Considers His Haircut.

Today we talk about depression. Full chronological playlist: The Weakerthans - Virtute at Rest Bright Eyes - Poison Oak The Good Life - O'Rourke's, 1:20 A.M. Laura Jane Grace - Manic Depression Phoebe Bridgers - Funeral Elliott Smith - 2:45 am Frightened Rabbit - Floating in the Forth Luke Rainsford - Frame Titus Andronicus - No Future, Part Three: Escape from No Future Frou Frou - Let Go Local News Legend - i wrote this when I was super mentally bad a few months ago :^( Jetty Bones - Bringing It Up Van Morrison - Slim Slow Slider Here is a Spotify playlist of this episode's songs.

The Wonder Years deliver a genre-defining album about surburbia and coming home. Full chronilogical playlist (all songs by The Wonder Years unless otherwise noted) Local Man Ruins Everything Came Out Swinging Buzz Aldrin: The Poster Boy for Second Place My Last Semester Allen Ginsberg and Tom Waits - America Pool scene from Garden State My Life As a Pigeon Came Out Swinging Woke Up Older The Mountain Goats - Woke Up New Local Man Ruins Everything Suburbia Okkervil River - Singer Songwriter Summers in PA I Won't Say the Lord's Prayer Coffee Eyes I've Given You All The Get Up Kids - I'll Catch You Don't Let Me Cave In Hoodie Weather And Now I'm Nothing Aaron West and the Roaring 20's - '67 Cherry Red

The iconic grandfathers of emo and saints of the East Bay scene get the full Sound and the Story treatment. Full playlist (all songs by Jawbreaker unless otherwise listed): The Boat Dreams from the Hill Lurker II: Dark Son of the Night Shield Your Eyes Tour Song Donatello In Sadding Around Nirvana - Lithium Million Jet Black Save Your Generation Ache Want Chesterfield King Boxcar Condition Oakland Jack Keourac and Steve Allen - October in the Railroad Earth Jinx Removing West Bay Invitational Accident Prone Kiss the Bottle Unlisted Track Check out my buddy's podcast, Good Grief, about one man's struggle with his mothers death from cancer, featuring music that you hear on this podcast! This podcast is on the Podcast Advocate Network. Check out PodcastAdvocate.Network for more awesome podcasts.

The Menzingers and I take a good, hard look at who we've been and who we want to end up with after the party.

In the Sound and the Story, I tell the stories of your favorite records. In this episode, I explore the pain and faith in Julien Baker's Sprained Ankle. Songs in order (all songs by Julien Baker unless otherwise noted) Something The Get Up Kids - I'll Catch You (Live) Clip from Before Sunrise Something The Star Killers - Dallas Rejoice Blacktop Vessels Go Home Sprained Ankle Accident Prone (Jawbreaker cover)

In the Sound and the Story, I tell the stories of your favorite records. In this episode, I contemplate the end of adolescence with the Crows' debut album, August and Everything After. Songs in order (all songs by Counting Crows unless otherwise noted) Round Here Anna Begins Sordid Humor - Barbarossa Mr. Jones (demo) August and Everything After (live) Round Here Mr. Jones Sullivan Street Anna Begins Rain King Raining in Baltimore Perfect Blue Buildings Murder of One Have You Seen Me Lately (live)

The 7 Inch Singles Club takes a dives as deep we can into one song. Exclusive for Patreon members, this first episode is available for everyone! In this episode, we compare Brand New's "Seventy Times Seven" and Taking Back Sunday's "There's No 'I' in Team," which was written about the same salacious incident. Song at the end is some live version of Jeff Rosenstock's "Beers Again Alone" I found.

In the Sound and the Story, I tell the stories of your favorite records. In this record, I dive deep into Rilo Kiley's best record, More Adventurous, an indie rock record with major label ambitions. Songs in order (all songs by Rilo Kiley unless otherwise noted): Portions for Foxes Kevin Devine - I Don't Care About Your Band With Arms Outstretched (from Execution of All Things) It's A Hit Does He Love You More Adventurous Portions for Foxes I Never Jenny Lewis - Rabbit Fur Coat

www.patreon.com/thesoundandthestory I want to keep this show free without having obnoxious ads. I want to keep spending hours researching, writing, recording, and editing. I want to bring you more and more albums. I want to create a new type of episode, the 7" Single Series, that goes into one song by a lesser known artist (and maybe even an interview with that artist too). I want to make you playlists and I want to send you interesting emails about how I make the show. I can't do that without your support. It costs me time and money to put this show together and instead of going to advertisers, I'm coming to you. Song is Jawbreaker - "Million"

In the Sound and the Story we go behind and inside the meaning of your favorite records. In this episode we dive deep into The Gaslight Anthem's The '59 Sound, a rock trying to capture a time gone by. Songs in order (all songs by The Gaslight Anthem unless otherwise noted): Great Expectations The '59 Sound Casanova, Baby! Snippets of Great Expectations/Old White Lincoln/High Lonesome/Miles Davis and the Cool/Casanova Baby! Meet Me By The River's Edge Here's Looking at You, Kid Brian Fallon - Blue Jeans and White T-Shirts (live) Miles Davis and the Cool The '59 Sound The Backseat Clip from Mad Men - The Wheel Old White Lincoln Tom Waits - Cold Cold Ground Brian Fallon - Smoke

In the Sound and the Story we go behind and inside the meaning of your favorite records. In this episode we dive deep into Bon Iver's For Emma, Forever Ago, a minimalist masterpiece born out of a Wisconsin winter. Songs in order (all songs by Bon Iver unless otherwise noted): Skinny Love DeYarmond Edison - Silent Signs Flume Lump Sum Skinny Love The Wolves (Act I and II) Blindsided Creature Fear Team For Emma re: Stacks Blood Bank The Gaslight Anthem - Blood Bank (Bon Iver cover)

In the Sound and the Story we go behind and inside the meaning of your favorite records. This month, we dive in to Say Anything's ...Is a Real Boy, a manic, incessant almost rock opera. Songs played in order: Say Anything - Belt Say Anything - The Futile Clip from the film Say Anything Say Anything - You Help Them Say Anything - Woe Say Anything - An Orgy of Critics Say Anything - Belt Say Anything - Woe Say Anything - The Writhing South Say Anything - Slowly, Through a Vector Say Anything - Alive with The Glory of Love Say Anything - Yellow Cat Slash Red Cat Say Anything - Every Man Has a Molly Say Anything - Belt Intro Say Anything - Admit It! Clip from the film Good Will Hunting Say Anything - Chia-like, I Shall Grow Say Anything - Jessie and My Whetstone (Saves The Day cover)

In the Sound and the Story we go behind and inside the meaning of your favorite records. This month, we dive in to Brand New's The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me, a treatise on death, loss, and heartbreak. Songs played in order: Brand New - "Sowing Season (Yeah)" Brand New - "Archers" Rites of Spring - "Hain's Point" Brand New - "Jude Law and a Semester Abroad" Taking Back Sunday - "Cute Without The 'E' (Cut from the Team)" Brand New - "Jaws Theme Swimming" Brand New - "I Will Play My Game Beneath the Spin Light" Brand New - "1996" (Leaked Demo 2006) Brand New - "You Won't Know" Brand New - "Sowing Season (Yeah)" Brand New - "Degausser" Brand New - "Luca" Brand New - "You Won't Know" Brand New - "Archers" Brand New - "Limousine" Brand New - "Jesus Christ" Richard Kipling - "If--" narrated by Ralph Fiennes Brand New - "Welcome to Bangkok" Brian Fallon - "Sowing Season (Yeah)" (Brand New cover)

Death Cab For Cutie's Transatlanticism changed the indie rock scene for the better. Find out the story behind and inside the record, including why Ben Gibbard was so dang sad.]]>

In this episode we dig deep into The Mountain Goats' haunting, hopeful tale of sex, abuse, and music. Come, come, come to The Sunset Tree, there's lots of find here.]]>

The Hold Steady has been named America's bar band, which is accurate only if your local bartender is reading Kerouac, the Catechism, and Infinite Jest. In this episode of The Sound and the Story, I take a look at the gospel according to Craig Finn: Separation Sunday. Soak up the lyrics and the riffs as Finn takes us to church.]]>

Weezer's Pinkerton was voted the second worst album of 1996 by Rolling Stone readers. But now, almost every rock band cites it as an influence. What happened? Why was Rivers so sad? And how is it all connected to a Puccini opera? Find out in the inaugural episode of The Sound and the Story.]]>