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Against Me!'s Laura Jane Grace reflects on the music that inspired her as a kid, how her songwriting practice has evolved, and what she's learned from twenty years on tour. She also discusses her excellent debut solo album, Bought To Rot, and addresses whether Against Me! is likely to make another album.
86 On this episode of Best Song Ever the dear, dear cousins are visited by Loki the Trickster God as they do their first Thor Talk in a long time, where they mourn Stan Lee, Luke gives a Marvel Life Hack, and they talk about our favorite Kurt Russel movies. Luke decides to bloviate about My Chemical Romance, which leads the cousins into workshopping their sitcom idea Gerard and Gerard in the Yard. Crocodile Connery makes a surprise return and Brian talks about how he staged a coup and murdered a lot of people. The dear cousins get into how rappers use the names of their favorite Harry Potter characters, have fun with words doing some rapscallion word trickery and talk about creativity, reincarnation and make plans to eat at Red Lobster all while playing the six best songs you’ll hear all week!Every week Ghettoblaster feature writers (and dear cousins!) Brian LaBenne and Luke LaBenne bring you fresh new songs with the hopes of introducing you to some that you may consider to be the best song ever. Both Brian and Luke have no idea what songs the other has picked, so what you are hearing is their genuine reaction to listening to the songs together. Also, if you enjoy this episode, head to iTunes to subscribe and rate our podcast with the highest rating available to you.Songs Played on “Crocodile Connery Strikes Again”Gerard Way – Baby You’re a Haunted House out now on Reprise RecordsSneaks – The Way it Goes from Highway Hypnosis out January 25th on MergeLaura Jane Grace and the Devouring Mothers – Reality Bites from Bought To Rot out today on Bloodshot RecordsDAWN – new breed from new breed out January 25thMaggie Rogers – Light On from Heard It In a Past Life out January 19th on Debay Sound/Capitol RecordsJulia Jacklin- Head Alone from Crushing out February 22nd on Polyvinyl
October 29, 2018: - Heads up! There's a new pressing of Debt Neglector's Atomicland and we signed Spokane, WA's Alive In Barcelona! Hell yea! - A new AFI EP is coming to us, but you can hear "Get Dark" now. - Laura Jane Grace and the Devouring Mothers drop "Reality Bites" off of Bought To Rot. - boygenius has surprise dropped their EP, and the trio is going on tour together (though, not as boygenius). - Can't Swim released a song/video combo of “Sometimes You Meet The Right People At The Wrong Times" off This Too Won't Pass. - The Wonder Years, Have Mercy, Oso Oso, and Shortly released an EP where they cover each other's songs and donate the proceeds to charity. Too cool! Be sure to #TreatYourself and buy some vinyl from SmartpunkShop.com, where you can save 10% by using the discount code THELEADIN. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
October 20, 2018: - Check out how pretty the new Ice Nine Kills record is! - Laura Jane Grace and the Devouring Mothers release "The Airplane Song", the second single off Bought To Rot. The band has a few tour dates in November, as well. - New Hopeless Records signing Hold Close premiere "Breath" off Time, which will be out January 18th. The band is on tour with WSTR and PVMNTS. - FIDLAR dropped a single called "Can't You See" off their new record Almost Free, available everywhere January 25th. - GWAR announces 5-day tour with Iron Reagan and Against The Grain. - New music videos from Reel Big Fish (watch), Basement (watch), Knocked Loose (watch), Blessthefall (watch), and The Dirty Nil (watch). - New Slipknot record? Hell yes! Watch Corey Taylor's interview here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
August 29th, 2018: - Debt Neglector announced The Kids are Pissed. All pre-orders by 9/30 will be entered to win 2 passes to Gainesville's THE FEST. Listen to "Go Fund Yourself." - Alkaline Trio dropped "Demon and Division" off Is This Thing Cursed? - For a limited time, you can get discounted tickets to shows on the Mayday Parade "Welcome to Sunnyland" Tour using code "SUMMER". Supporting the band will be This Wild Life, William Ryan Key (formerly of Yellowcard), and Oh, Weatherly. - Laura Jane Grace and the Devouring Mothers release "Apocalypse Now (& Later)". Bought To Rot comes out November 9th on Bloodshot Records. - Gouge Away will be supporting Culture Abuse on tour on the East Coast and in the UK in October, then doing a co-headliner with Drug Church in November. Listen to "Ghost" - Valencia's "We All Need A Reason To Believe" 10-year anniversary show will be 12/28 at Union Transfer in Philadelphia, PA. Tickets on sale now. - With Confidence announce co-headlining tour with Broadside, Sleep On It, and Small Talks, with tickets on sale this Friday. Our #SmartpunkExclusive of WithCon's new record is running low! Be sure to use discount code "THELEADIN" on SmartpunkShop.com to save 10%. Talk to us on twitter @Smartpunk! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices