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Denison Witmer is a singer/songwriter and woodworking from Lancaster PA and longtime collaborator of Sufjan Stevens, who has been releasing records for 20+ years acclaimed by the likes of NPR and Stereogum, and ran a recording studio in Brooklyn before returning to PA. We talk to Denison about the value of creative documentation, leaving behind the external stimulation of the city (Brooklyn) and how returning to relative quiet (Lancaster) shook up his creativity, embracing imperfection, the parallels and contrasts between woodworking and record making, putting systems in place to be the person/artist you want to be, patience, and a whole lot more.Get more access and support this show by subscribing to our Patreon, right here.Links:Denison WitmerSufjan StevensSaltlandsDawn LandesFelix McTeigueChappel RoanCharles MingusEp 85 - Caroline SpenceEp 39 - Joe HenryMLS DocCavan SullivanClick here to watch this conversation on YouTube.Social Media:The Other 22 Hours InstagramThe Other 22 Hours TikTokMichaela Anne InstagramAaron Shafer-Haiss InstagramAll music written, performed, and produced by Aaron Shafer-Haiss. Become a subscribing member on our Patreon to gain more inside access including exclusive content, workshops, the chance to have your questions answered by our upcoming guests, and more.

Jake Lenderman plays and records under the name MJ Lenderman. He put out his first album in 2019. In addition to his solo work, he's been a member of the band Wednesday, and he's also featured on the Waxahatchee hit song “Right Back to It." In September 2024, the fourth MJ Lenderman album came out. It's called Manning Fireworks. The New Yorker named it the best album of the year, and Stereogum, Rolling Stone and Pitchfork all put it in their top ten. For this episode, I talked to Jake about one of the songs from that album, called “You Don't Know the Shape I'm In.” The song itself took shape in a few different ways. Coming up, you'll hear the way the song started as a demo, and then how that got fleshed out, and then how it got rebuilt, and then how Jake completely reimagined the whole thing.For more info, visit songexploder.net/mj-lenderman.

Chris DeVille is Managing Editor at Stereogum and author of the book Such Great Heights, available for preorder now. We talk about the 2007 Bon Iver debut album, For Emma, Forever Ago. Also going cabin-mode in the Wisconsin winter, this album's lore, the indie landscape in '08, Pitchfork kingmaking, The OC, Garden State, Popt*mism, gentrifying indie music, hearing "Skinny Love" at my bad recession-era office job, "Flume" as a thesis, stacking falsetto harmonies, the lyrics, staring out windows at crows, Sable, bass-fishing boats, "Re: Stacks" and final tracks, cooking with minimal ingredients, Blood Bank EP, the pursuit of hipness and the evolution of indie rock. Order Chris's book.Blood Bank EP episode is live now on Patreon: patreon.com/afterthedeluge--Justin: x.com/routinelayup / routinelayup.bsky.socialChris: x.com/chrisdeville / chrisdeville.bsky.social/

For the Record is a conversation series where we speak with all manner of music heads — DJs, music journos, indie label captains, record shop owners, listening bar kingpins, et al — about their stories + the music that makes them.Join the Crate Coalition: https://discord.gg/sAaG6a7bv4Doug Moore is a prolific extreme metal musician based in Queens. He's the vocalist of Pyrrhon, Scarcity, Glorious Depravity, & Seputus, and the multi-instrumentalist and vocalist of Weeping Sores.In prior years, he worked as a music critic and editor for Stereogum, Invisible Oranges, and BrooklynVegan, among other outlets. Outside of his musical activities, he pays the bills by working as a software engineer, and pursues lifelong interests in fitness and literature.https://linktr.ee/avantdumbMUSIC MENTIONSNirvanaStone Temple PilotsSoul AsylumRadioheadFairport ConventionThe BeatlesPink FloydLed ZeppelinMetallicaSlayerMatt HollenbergJohn ZornClericEarly days, vocal inspirations (11:50):James HetfieldMikael ÅkerfeldtOpethThe Dillinger Escape PlanDimitri MinakakisTomas LindbergAt the GatesJ.R. HayesPig DestroyerPeter TägtgrenHypocrisyDavid VincentMorbid AngelTom ArayaJeff WalkerCarcassSteve SchweglerPyrrhonSeputusDylan DiLellaDigital MetalMetal JudgmentLambgoatMetal ReviewLast RitesWNYU RadioContextualizing work as a music journalist (26:45):Invisible OrangesWyatt MarshallStereogumRelapse RecordsQ&ALankumIan LynchBill WellsAidan MoffatArab StrapPhilip GlassKrallice“Second Wound” by Plowshare“Exhaust” by PyrrhonWillowtip RecordsScarcity“The Promise of Rain” by ScarcityThe FlenserWeeping SwordsI, Voidhanger RecordsHave a Nice LifeDiscovering music today (35:08):Music journalist friends, band mates, etcWyatt MarshallIan ChaineyAaron LariviereCaroline HarrisonThomson GusterFire Draw NearFirst album ever purchased (41:11):“Tubthumper” by ChumbawumbaMost recent album purchased (42:42):“Everything's Getting Older” by Aidan Moffat and Bill WellsArtists discovered in the past year (44:20):Shovel Dance CollectiveBłotoPlowshareDesert island discs (49:33):“Bitches Brew” by Miles Davis“OK Computer” by Radiohead“Master of Puppets” by Metallica

For the Record is a conversation series where we speak with all manner of music heads — DJs, music journos, indie label captains, record shop owners, listening bar kingpins, et al — about their stories + the music that makes them. Join the Crate Coalition: https://discord.gg/sAaG6a7bv4 Ian Chainey has been writing Stereogum's The Black Market since 2014. Former editor and associate editor - respectively - of the Invisible Oranges and Last Rites music blogs, his bylines have also spanned several publications over the years. Moreover, he's produced many a podcast and runs two newsletters: Plague Rages and Wolf's Week. MUSIC MENTIONS - Metal Trenches - R.E.M. - New Kids on The Block - “You Got It (The Right Stuff” by New Kids On The Block - “Revolver” by The Beatles - “Tomorrow Never Knows” by The Beatles - Aerosmith - Steely Dan - “Black Cow” by Steely Dan - WBCN Boston - “Mysterious Ways” by U2 - “Losing My Religion” by R.E.M. - All Music Guide - Epitonic - Pearl Jam - Metal Review - Invisible Oranges - Fenriz - Darkthrone - Petethepiratesquid - Parliament - György Ligeti - Jeromes Dream Living in ‘golden ages' (24:20): - Krallice - Encenathrakh - Colin Marston - Weasel Walter - Mick Barr - Paulo Henri Paguntalan - Effluence - Matt Stephans - Anal Stabwound - Trichomoniasis - Hunter Peterson Q&A - The Metal Archives - Pyrrhon - Scarcity - Starkweather - Machine Music - “Orange Crush” by R.E.M. - “Monster” by R.E.M. - Chloroma - Embryonic Devourment - “Keeper of the Shepherd” by Hannah Frances - Al Stewart - Kraftwerk - The Buzzcocks - Sunrise Patriot Motion - Yellow Eyes - Sonic Youth - The Cramps - “Primitive Thrill” by Weegee - Prince - Richard D. James - John Coltrane - Xeno & Oaklander - “Pierced from Within” by Suffocation Discovering music today (28:10): - Bandcamp - Doug Moore - Wyatt Marshall - Jon Rosenthal - Spotify - Rennie Resmini - Ron Ben-Tovin First album ever purchased (33:30): - “Green” by R.E.M. Most recent album purchased (34:25): - “Prime Specimens” by Embryonic Devourment Artists discovered in the past year (35:41): - Hannah Frances - Cosey Mueller - Weegee Desert island discs (38:45): - “Requiem” by György Ligeti - “Free Hand” by Gentle Giant - “Journey in Satchidananda” by Alice Coltrane

Adrianne Lenker is a singer and songwriter. She's the lead singer of the critically acclaimed and beloved band Big Thief, and her work as a solo artist is also critically acclaimed and beloved. Her most recent solo album, Bright Future, was named one of the best albums of 2024 by the New Yorker, Stereogum, and more, and it was nominated for a Grammy for Best Folk Album. It was co-produced by Adrianne and longtime collaborator Phil Weinrobe. And I talked to the two of them about the making of one of my favorite songs from it, “Sadness As a Gift.”For more, visit songexploder.net/adrianne-lenker.

The show begins with a Trader Joes update which somehow devolves into a shoe conversation. Todd updates us (20:30) on his home mail box situation which somehow devolves into a LONG conversation about Palau...plan a visit! We then round out the show (47:30) with our annual Stereogum review of new artists of the year! Sponsors: ScottyJ's album, Stereogum, Trader Joe's, USPS Full List of Stereogum's 2024 Artists: https://www.stereogum.com/2286447/best-new-artists-2024/lists/best-new-artists Scotty Js YouTube Page: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCV3WWSlwDKYf7P5k4XdP3zA IG & Twitter: the_bro_pod, littleBquotes E-mail the show!: thebropodnetwork@gmail.com Buy Merch!!: thebropod.threadless.com Our Website: www.bropodnetwork.com #Stereogum #NewArtists #foodchat #TraderJoes #Palau #podcasts #bropod #bropodnetwork

For the Record is a conversation series where we speak with all manner of music heads — DJs, music journos, indie label captains, record shop owners, listening bar kingpins, et al — about their stories + the music that makes them. Join the Crate Coalition: https://discord.gg/sAaG6a7bv4 Wyatt is SoundCloud's director of music intelligence and analytics and leads a team analyzing streaming trends and artist and fan communities on SoundCloud. His team's work informs fan, creator, and editorial strategy, and plays a pivotal role in A&R. He's also a journalist and photographer, write about music, music + data, culture, science, food and healthcare. With Ian Chainey, he's been writing Stereogum's monthly metal column, The Black Market, for over a decade. MUSIC MENTIONS Nine Inch Nails Metallica Sepultura Relapse Records Spectrum Fest Amorphis “Weeper on the Shore” by Amorphis Pasi Koskinen Iron Maiden “Rock in Rio” album by Iron Maiden Napster Agalloch “The Mantle” album by Agalloch Cold Cave “Cherish the Light Years” album by Cold Cave “The Great Pan Is Dead” by Cold Cave Invisible Oranges BrooklynVegan Doug Moore Mike Nelson Pyrrhon Stereogum Saint Vitus Bar (NYC) Dave Castillo Liturgy “Aesthetica” by Liturgy Taylor Swift Aaron Lariviere Ian Chainey “Whole Lotta Red” album by Playboi Carti Q&A Erech Leleth “Inevitable” album by Summer Haze '99 “God's Hands” by Hardrock “Tales from the Thousand Lakes” album by Amorphis 夢遊病者 (aka Sleepwalker) Discovering music today (37:37): Ian Chainey Doug Moore Bandcamp Fiadh Productions Artists discovered in the past year (42:47): Summer Haze '99 Bergfried Damián Antón Ojeda Sadness abriction Hardrock First album ever purchased (47:10): “Loser” by Beck Most recent album purchased (48:07): “Banshee” album by abriction Desert island discs (48:28): “Elegy” by Amorphis “ATLiens” by OutKast “Sing the Sorrow” by AFI

We start the show talking about my recent family photo shoot, I educate Todd on hotel microwaves and regale everyone with a tale of free food courtesy of Delta. We then play a new game that Todd has brought to the show (24:30) entitled "WTF are they talking about?" We then round out the show (41:00) with our annual Stereogum review of new artists of the year! Sponsors: ScottyJ's album, DDP, Stereogum, Marriott, Delta Full List of Steregum's 2024 Artists: https://www.stereogum.com/2286447/best-new-artists-2024/lists/best-new-artists Scotty Js YouTube Page: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCV3WWSlwDKYf7P5k4XdP3zA IG & Twitter: the_bro_pod, littleBquotes E-mail the show!: thebropodnetwork@gmail.com Buy Merch!!: thebropod.threadless.com Our Website: www.bropodnetwork.com #Stereogum #photoshoot #freefood #hoopty #RedHotChiliPeppers #NewArtists #podcasts #bropod #bropodnetwork

Looking up and out during performances, recording after business hours, and the $80 a month Strava membership. Danny Bengston (Together Pangea) "Since they began jamming back in William's Santa Clarita bedroom, Los Angeles indie band Together Pangea have continually challenged themselves with each subsequent offering. Jelly Jam [2010] poured the gasoline, Living Dummy [2011] struck the match, and Badillac [2014] lit the fire with its revved-up nineties rock-inspired flames. Along the way, fan favorites like “Sick Shit,” “Badillac,” and “Offer” would rack up millions of Spotify streams, while the group received support from Consequence of Sound, Pitchfork, MTV, Stereogum, and more. Following the 2015 release of The Phage EP, produced by The Replacements' Tommy Stinson, these working class boys embarked on the journey to what would become 2017's Bulls and Roosters, which evidenced their growth as a tried-and-true rock band with just the right amount of “brattiness,” as they like to say. Together Pangea—William Keegan, Danny Bengston, and Erik Jimenez—return in 2021 having made the most of 2020's turbulence by writing and recording DYE, an upbeat, undeniable collection of hooks, anthems, and power-pop garage-rock catchiness that is unmistakably the album of their career.DYE is an amalgam of the band's last three records: the inward looking and self-pleasing experimentation of 2017's Bulls and Roosters, the frantic and scream-y Badillac with its inspiration from emotionally raw grunge, and the 50's pop heavy 2011 album Living Dummy. After more than a decade as Together Pangea, the band know how their bread is buttered and made an effort to focus on what they know they do best." Excerpt from https://nettwerk.com/artist/together-pangea/ Together Pangea: Bandcamp: https://togetherpangea.bandcamp.com Instagram: @togehterpangea Website: https://www.togetherpangea.com Records: https://orgmusic.com/collections/together-pangea Merch: https://togetherpangea.bigcartel.com The Vineyard: Instagram: @thevineyardpodcast Website: https://www.thevineyardpodcast.com Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSn17dSz8kST_j_EH00O4MQ/videos

There are albums. And then there's Thriller. For the third installment of our four-part series on the King of Pop, Stereogum's Tom Breihan returns for Pop Pantheon's first ever A-Side devoted to a single album: Michael Jackson's definitive 1982 pop blockbuster, Thriller. DJ Louie and Tom dig into every aspect of the best-selling album of all time, from iconic performances to choreography, fashion, and MJ's radical reimagining of the then-nascent music video format. They also tackle all of the album's genre-obliterating smash hits – seven top 10s and two number ones to be exact – and go deep on Thriller-mania, the album's long-lasting impact on pop, its enduring legacy and how it made Michael Jackson a the biggest kind of pop legend.Join us next week for our final installment of our Michael Jackson series, in which we discuss Bad, Dangerous, Michael's later-era work and his complicated legacy.Listen to Michael Jackson Pt. 1: The Jackson 5 (with Emily Lordi)Listen to Michael Jackson Pt. 2: The King of Pop Rises (With Joseph Vogel)Listen to Pop Pantheon's Episode "Do You Still Listen to Michael Jackson and Kanye West? (with Tre Johnson & Kemi Olivia Alemoru)"Listen to Pop Pantheon's Michael Jackson Essentials PlaylistJoin Pop Pantheon: All Access, Our Patreon Channel, for Exclusive Content and MoreShop Merch in Pop Pantheon's StoreBuy Tickets to our Dance Party Pop Pantheon Present: Main Pop Girls of '24 in NYC on August 2!Come to Gorgeous Gorgeous Lincoln Center on 7/20 FOR FREE!Come to Gorgeous Gorgeous: Los Angeles at Los Globos in Silver Lake on 7/26Follow DJ Louie XIV on InstagramFollow DJ Louie XIV on TwitterFollow Pop Pantheon on Instagram

Jeremy joins Rob today for another great interview. You may know Elliott Fullam from the movie TERRIFIER 2 (one of mine and Jeremy's favorite movies) where he played one of the main characters "Jonathan" but he is also an accomplished songwriter and  has released 3 albums in the last couple of years. Jeremy and I had a great time talking MUSIC and HORROR in this cross-over interview (which will also be featured on Jeremy's podcast platform THE HORROR CON LOUNGE! We talked about some of his songs, touring, metallica, Elliot's favorite Horror move and of course terrifier 2 & 3 (he couldn't tell us much about 3 since it's not out yet.. but I do have a theory) ... and more! Elliott was fun to talk to and he's a very enthusiast 19 year old ... just loving life right now! Besides music and acting Elliott has also done many interviews starting at the age of 9! His Little Punk People interviews have been going for 10 years now and the response has been incredible. Some of the people he's interviewed are ICE-T, James Hetfield (METALLICA), Norman Reedus and Tom Payne from THE WALKING DEAD, the band GHOST, Gaten Matarazzo from STRANGER THINGS, Drea De Matteo (The Sopranos, Sons of Anarchy, Shades of Blue), Jay Mewes, Malcolm McDowell, Scott Ian of ANTHRAX, Mads Mikkelsen of HANNIBAL & STAR WARS, Tom Araya from SLAYER and many more.  He has already been featured in major websites including Dangerous Minds, Gawker, Metal Injection, Blabbermouth, Revolver, Metal Hammer, Stereogum, Consequence of Sound, NME, Bloody Disgusting, Exclaim! and many others including overseas websites to give him international coverage.  Check out his interviews on YouTube (search "little punk people") Elliott will go on tour this summer sharing his music with everyone. Find out more about Elliott on his website: littlepunkpeople.net You can also find Elliott on Instagram @littlepunkpeople ************ KNOW GOOD MUSIC can be found on Podbean (host site), Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Iheart Radio, Pandora and almost anywhere you listen to podcasts.   You can help support our podcast by purchasing some cool Know Good Music Merch - https://www.teepublic.com/user/knowgoodmusic Visit our YouTube Channel where you can see video promos from some of our interviews.  Just search "know good music"."   Be sure to check out Jeremy's Horror Podcast THE HORROR CON LOUNGE (you can find it wherever you listen to podcasts)  

 Join us in our discussion on how to maximize 3 aspects of your next album campaign - interviews, video content, and social media content. Including a deep dive into well-known independent bands' campaigns.  Interested in our services? C-Squared is a multinational team specializing in music PR and marketing of all kinds including album campaigns, tour promotion, PR consultation, social network development, ads management and sales consulting. With agents in Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom, we offer worldwide promotion for your music.  ⁠https://csquared.info/contact-us/

The Flaming Lips formed in Oklahoma City in 1983. Over the last four decades, they've put out 16 albums. In 1999, they put out their album The Soft Bulletin, and that brought them a new level of success. And then, in 2002, they followed it up with Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, which was their biggest album to date. Pitchfork named it one of the top 5 albums of the year, Stereogum called it one of the best albums of the decade, and they won a Grammy. And the biggest song from the album was "Do You Realize??" So, for this episode, I talked to Wayne Coyne and Steven Drozd about how that song was first imagined. You'll hear the very first demo Wayne recorded for the song, and the demo he and Steven put together later, on their way to making the final version with producer Dave Fridmann. For more, visit songexploder.net/the-flaming-lips.

Justin has written for virtually every metal publication, including Rolling Stone, STEREOGUM, and currently, DECIBEL. Beyond hearing his story of how he got into metal journalism, we also discuss a range of topics relating to journalism, tips for getting started, how to keep your pieces engaging, and how AI is affecting the field.  Interested in our services? C-Squared is a multinational team specializing in music PR and marketing of all kinds including album campaigns, tour promotion, PR consultation, social network development, ads management and sales consulting. With agents in Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom, we offer worldwide promotion for your music.  ⁠https://csquared.info/contact-us/

Between their controversial Coachella performance and their upcoming documentary, Blur have been in the news lately. So we decided to honor 30 years of their 1994 album 'Parklife' by talking about it — and Blur in general — with longtime Blur defender and Stereogum managing editor Chris Deville.  Tangents include sports, Say Anything, and whether Gorillaz are good or not. Subscribe to the Endless Scroll Patreon for weekly bonus episodes, access to our Discord server, and more: https://www.patreon.com/endlessscrollpod

Deerlady is Mali Obomsawin and Magdalena Abrego, and their debut album Greatest Hits  is my favorite album of the year, and this is also one of my favorite interviews because we had so much fun. I first heard Deerlady while listening to my old college radio station, WTHS at Hope College in Holland, Michigan. They played "Bounty," and it was one of those moments when you hear a song for the first time, stop whatever it is that you're doing, love it immediately, then listen to the entire album. The backstory to Greatest Hits is fascinating. Obomsawin is a citizen of Odanak First Nation. She's a Berkelee-trained composer and bassist who leads the Mali Obomsawin Sextet, a jazz group. Abrego , a composer and guitarist, started at Berkelee before finishing at New England Conservatory, where she's on the faculty.  These are not, as you can tell, rock gigs. And that's why Obomsawin and Abrego love Deerlady: it's an unveiling! Greatest Hits is full of incredible guitar work and stunning vocals. Obomsawin told Stereogum, "It feels great to be in a rock band, like that's my natural state," while Abrego says that the band "feels like an unmasking." I'm loathe to categorize music, but others have called their music shoegaze, goth, slowcore. Whatever. I just love this album.

Over the last few weeks, there has been an explosive beef between hip-hop stalwarts Drake and Kendrick Lamar. What started out as a standard tit-for-tat has devolved into a volleying of nuclear bombs, accusations of predatory behavior, domestic violence, and absentee parenting flying with abandon. If you want a summary of a situation that is starting to require way too much time to follow, I recommend these pieces from Stereogum and Pitchfork. Nevertheless, this back-and-forth got me thinking about how hip-hop diss tracks are really part of a larger, less defamatory tradition.As a reminder, this is the podcast version of the newsletter Can't Get Much Higher. Click here to read the newsletter. It contains charts, graphs, and pictures that will color your listening. Click here to listen on Apple or Spotify. For a playlist of every new song that I've recommended, click here. For a playlist of every old song that I've recommended, click here. If you want to here songs and their answer songs, check out this playlist that I made on Spotify. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit chrisdallariva.substack.com/subscribe

Answering your questions about the sound and substance of the pop superstar's double album, and the way fans and critics have responded to it. Guests: Caryn Ganz and Stereogum's Tom Breihan.

SLOTHRUST rocks this episode of THE CITY'S BACKYARD PODCAST as we talk with lead singer/guitarist Leah Wellbaum! Slothrust — the duo composed of principal songwriter, guitar player, and unrepentant aesthete Leah Wellbaum and drummer Will Gorin — recently unveiled their brand new EP entitledI Promise, out now via Dangerbird Records.A key part of the tracklisting is the band's standout cover of Ginuwine's "Pony," on which they shamelessly wield and respect the track's raunchy nature and punch it up with a sludgy musicality, praised by outlets such as Billboard, Consequence, and Stereogum, and additionally added to the official Spotify 'Rock Covers' playlist.In addition to their new EP release, Slothrust has embarked on a tour in celebration of the 10-Year Anniversary of their release, Of Course You Do. The duo (a trio when playing live shows) is on it's  second leg of the tour, with continued support from Weakened FriendsFor more on SLOTHRUST click here for tour info and more! https://www.slothrust.com

Disclaimer: We had a few technical problems when recording this episode - SO sorry dear listeners!  Taylor's dropped a double album in The Tortured Poet's Department. We discuss our thoughts on it as well as some of the mixed reviews. We reference ‘The Tortured Poets Department' review: a rare misstep by Laura Molloy for NME and Premature Evaluation: Taylor Swift The Tortured Poets Department by Tom Breihan for Stereogum. Next, Coachella was back in California last week. We discuss how the vibes seemed "back" for the first time in years and reference this TikTok by user Worsegirlfriend and Are Coachella Outfits Becoming More … Normal? in The Cut by Danya Issawi.  Lana Del Rey was also performing at this year's Coachella but some of the commentary around her weight was concerning. We discuss the internet moment and reference this article Is Lana Del Rey "Back", Or Has Her Body Just Changed? by Alexandra Pauly.  After this, we chat about why people can't leave Sydney Sweeney alone – including other women.  In recommendations, Jas watched the movie, Challengers (by Luca Guadagnino) while Maggie enjoyed the book Allow Me to Introduce Myself by Onyi Nwabineli.  See you next time bbys. xoSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In today's episode I'm joined by writer, essayist, and poet Danielle Chelosky to discuss her brilliant new book 'Pregaming Grief,' a provocative and deeply engaging confessional about falling in love during the plague, fast cars, loss, and heartbreak. We also talk about the innovative brilliance of the Tumblr era and of course, Joyce Manor. ✨ MORE ABOUT DANIELLE CHELOSKY ✨ Danielle Chelosky is a writer, poet, and music journalist based in New York whose work has appeared in Stereogum, NPR, Uproxx, The Fader, and Billboard. Her brand new book, 'Pregaming Grief,' can be purchased here: hobartpulp.com/books/pregaming-grief ✨ KEEP UP TO DATE WITH DANIELLE CHELOSKY ✨ Web: https://www.daniellechelosky.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/dniellechelosky Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/daniellechelosky/ Substack: https://thewaitingroom.substack.com/ ✨ CONNECT WITH IZZY ✨ YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠youtube.com/channel/agrrrlstwosoundcents⁠⁠ Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠agrrrlstwosoundcents.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠instagram.com/agrrrlstwosoundcents/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠twitter.com/grrrlsoundcents⁠

This week on Talksicology, Jason sits down with guest Jonah Bayer. Jonah Bayer is a writer, musician, and podcaster with two decades of experience in the music industry. His work has appeared in Rolling Stone, Travel + Leisure, Guitar World, SPIN and Stereogum and he has produced, written, and hosted podcasts for clients such as HBO Max, iHeartMedia & Sonos. He is currently the co-host of the weekly podcast “How Did We Get Weird?” alongside his sister Vanessa Bayer, which is available on Will Ferrell's Big Money Players network. He also has a graduate degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and certification in Trauma-Informed Counseling from Antioch University. Join Jonah and Jason as they discuss the gaps in mental health services and the unique needs of musicians on the road. Jonah shares his journey touring with bands over the years and his work in the music industry. We dive into Jonah's passion for writing about the intersection of music and mental health and the changes that need to happen for musicians on tour. He shares his mission to bring more awareness to mental health and the strong need for access to therapy to prevent the self-destructive behaviors that often take place. This episode of Talksicology is proudly brought to you by Recovery Unplugged. For those in need of support, please call 855-206-6172 or visit recoveryunplugged.com.

Abby Jones is a Music & Culture Journalist from Austin, Texas based in Brooklyn, New York.  I found Abby via Twitter because music Twitter is the last good tweets to read. I connected with her tweet “it's cool that strawberry switchblade is going viral on TikTok” but hones ting every tweet she writes I get. Abby has written for Pitchfork, Consequence, Stereogum, NPRmusic etc Abby literally eats, lives, and breathes indie music. I thought I did, but I can't keep up. Please welcome Abby Jones to Wear Many Hats. twitter.com/abbyfjones_ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠instagram.com/wearmanyhatswmh⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠instagram.com/rashadrastam⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠rashadrastam.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠wearmanyhats.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Keep your eye out for these notorious music industry scams! Ian helps identify how to sift through the red flags and identify the legitimate opportunities Read Ian's Column: The Black Market: The Month In Metal - Stereogum Interested in our services? C-Squared is a multinational team specializing in music PR and marketing of all kinds including album campaigns, tour promotion, PR consultation, social network development, ads management and sales consulting. With agents in Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom, we offer worldwide promotion for your music.  ⁠https://csquared.info/contact-us/

We had the pleasure of interviewing Sinkane over Zoom video!Sinkane (aka Sudanese-American musician Ahmed Gallab) announces his upcoming album We Belong, out April 5. His first full-length release since Dépaysé in 2019, We Belong is Sinkane's “love letter to Black music,” tak ing cues from gospel, Afrobeats, 70s funk, foundational soul of the rhythms of Sinkane's native Sudan and more. Alongside the album announcement, he shares a new single “How Sweet Is Your Love” and its accompanying music video.The upcoming project We Belong, tells introspective–and sometimes painful–stories of the Black diaspora with an underlying current of love and hope for the future. “How Sweet Is Your Love” marks a celebratory, funk-infused high point of the project. Set against heavy disco synth instrumentals and riffing strings, Sinkane encourages listeners to cast away their worries and embrace the current moment. “‘How Sweet Is Your Love' is about remaining in the present and feeling all of your feelings as fully as possible," Sinkane comments. "It dares you to prove the sweetness of your love, to your loves!”For this project, Sinkane assembled the who's who of musicians and collaborators which include Beastie Boys producer Money Mark, jazz fusion maestro Casey Benjamin, guitarist/producer Mikey Freedom Hart, Phony Ppl's Aja Grant, percussionist Meia Noite, organist Shedrick Mitchell, former bandmate Amanda Khiri and singers Bilal, STOUT, Tru Osborne and Hollie Cook. He has also created an all-star six piece band called The Message, who support Sinkane live. Band members include: Ronnie Lanzilotta (bass), Dave Palazola (drums), Patt Carr (keys), Asher Kurtz (guitar), Ifedayo (vocalist) and Jessica Harp (vocalist).The first single off the project, “Everything is Everything,” featuring vocalist Tru Osborne, is an acute reflection of life as a Black person in America (watch HERE / listen HERE). Sinkane opens the jazzy ballad “We're here again / Ain't nobody listenin'… Y'all only know our names from hashtags'' before taking a hopeful turn; “The tides of change / Serve great purpose in our every day / My people, we will find our way.” Upon release, Stereogum called it “a social commentary set against a cinematic, immersive sonic landscape.” Sinkane has always paved his own way, defying all odds and surpassing expectations. With seven studio albums under his belt and an illustrious career as a composer, producer and band leader, he has orchestrated remarkable projects. From music directing the Atomic Bomb! Band, the resounding revival of Nigerian funk musician William Onyeabor, to composing the “lively” (The Guardian) musical adaptation of Roald Dahl's The Enormous Crocodile which debuted last month, Ahmed's journey has been extraordinary to say the least.We want to hear from you! Please email Hello@BringinitBackwards.comwww.BringinitBackwards.com#podcast #interview #bringinbackpod #Sinkane #NewMusic #ZoomListen & Subscribe to BiBhttps://www.bringinitbackwards.com/followFollow our podcast on Instagram and Twitter! https://www.facebook.com/groups/bringinbackpod

For the Record is a conversation series where we speak with all manner of music heads — DJs, music journos, indie label captains, record shop owners, listening bar kingpins, et al — about their stories + the music that makes them. Join the Crate Coalition: https://discord.gg/sAaG6a7bv4 Born and raised in the greater Bay Area, Pranav has spent the majority of his career working in San Francisco as a non-profit impact consultant specializing in behavioral design. In his spare time, he moonlights as a freelance music journalist, with regular bylines at Stereogum; Vinyl Me, Please; and Passion of the Weiss, among other publications. The through-line spanning the various dimensions of his career is to create greater space and opportunities in our communities and media for underrepresented voices. Explore more of this conversation (and others): https://www.greymatter.fm/community/ftr026-pranav-trewn --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/greymatterfm/message

Hey pals. Here's a development that we never had on our 2024 bingo card: shoegaze is back, and it's arguably bigger than ever. Andrea first got wind of this in October when she interviewed one of the architects of the genre, which dates back to the 80s and early 90s and is characterized by reverbed-out guitars, heavy feedback, and vocals that sit way back in the mix. On the heels of their fifth album, everything is alive, the U.K. quintet Slowdive is enjoying a level of success that is unprecedented in their 35-year career. They're selling more music than ever—they recently landed their first-ever Billboard Album Sales Top 10—and their fanbase is skewing noticeably younger. As the band explained to Andrea, a lot of that has to do with one critical factor: Their music has gone viral on TikTok. Slowdive is hardly alone. In December, the Pittsburgh-based music journalist Eli Enis published an exhaustively reported feature for Stereogum called “TikTok Has Made Shoegaze Bigger Than Ever.” While perusing Spotify, he stumbled into a clutch of new shoegaze-inspired artists he'd never heard of — see: wisp, flyingfish, quannnic, and sign crushes motorist — who were wracking up millions of streams. Digging deeper, he discovered that these artists were even more popular on TikTok. Many of them were still in their teens, making tracks on a DAW in their bedroom or between classes at school. And some of them were being offered major-label deals off the back of just a song or two. What is it about shoegaze, a sound that originated roughly four decades ago, that is speaking so much to people in their teens and early 20s? How are platforms like TikTok changing the nature of what a career in music looks like, or what it means to be a fan, or even the sonic elements of a genre like shoegaze that get emphasized or deemphasized? And what do we gain, and lose, in a world where music dreams are made (and dashed) based on inscrutable recommendation algorithms, far removed from the physical scenes and communities that traditionally incubated these subcultural sounds? Eli joins us to talk about what he learned while reporting on the Gen Z-driven shoegaze resurgence and talking to its central players. We also tapped the perspective of The Culture Journalists's very own Ben Newman, who in addition to being our new audio editor (welcome, Ben!!) also happens to be the drummer in a little band called DIIV, which you probably know in the context of an earlier wave of artists processing shoegaze influences in the 2010s.  This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit theculturejournalist.substack.com/subscribe

Jayson Buford is a writer and a lifelong New Yorker, a diehard Knicks and Yankees fan, and someone who has been searching for Rocawear jackets to bring back into the mainstream. His work can be found in Rolling Stone, Stereogum, Byline, GQ, Vulture, Pitchfork and more. Jayson's Substack is filled with basketball, and hiphop where I hope one day he gets his own show to chat about this. I met at Jumbo's Clown Room and also Harvard and Stone. Two Los Angeles institutions where when you first start off as an indie performer you can only go up from here. A product of the roaches in them ashtrays. Please welcome Jayson Buford to Wear Many Hats. instagram.com/jaybuf ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠instagram.com/wearmanyhatswmh⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠instagram.com/rashadrastam⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠rashadrastam.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠wearmanyhats.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Today I sit down with Brandon MacDonald and Tilley Komorny from Home Is Where to discuss their monumentally acclaimed sophomore album the whaler, a brazenly cathartic reaction to the end of the world... and how it's taking forever. Digressions include our hypothetical cast for a Ken Burns emo documentary, the surprising amount of people who fall in love at their shows, and Emma Seligman's queer cinematic masterpiece Bottoms. ✨ MORE ABOUT HOME IS WHERE ✨ Home Is Where is a fifth-wave emo band from Palm Coast, Florida who built up a powerful and loyal fanbase off their breakout 2021 album I Became Birds, which was critically praised in Pitchfork, Stereogum, and The Washington Post. Their latest album, the whaler, is a concept album about the tragedy of 9/11 and the lasting effects it's had on the grim current state of the world. ✨ KEEP UP TO DATE WITH HOME IS WHERE ✨ Instagram: instagram.com/homeiswhereband/ Twitter: twitter.com/homeiswhereband Facebook: facebook.com/homeiswhereband/ Bandcamp: homeiswhere.bandcamp.com/album/the-whaler-2 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1umUe3DQdjTkk0LoMuwcj ✨ CONNECT WITH IZZY ✨ YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠youtube.com/channel/UCv6SBgiYCpYbx9BOYNefkIg⁠⁠⁠ Website: ⁠⁠⁠agrrrlstwosoundcents.com⁠⁠⁠ Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠instagram.com/agrrrlstwosoundcents/⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠twitter.com/grrrlsoundcents

Pop culture writer and co-host of the InSync Podcast, Rachel Brodsky, returns to Soundtrack Your Life to talk to Nicole and Ryan about Howard Deutch's 1986 film, Pretty in Pink. Rachel previously guested on this season's Dirty Dancing episode which you can find here:https://player.captivate.fm/episode/c8a28688-3efa-4f2a-899a-82edfb335f01Pretty in Pink is considered one of the best soundtracks of all time and we break down the big hits from the film, as well as the ending that John Hughes had to rewrite because of the poor reception it received at test screenings. We also talk about alternate Duckies and Molly Ringwald's connection to a band in the film that doesn't appear on the soundtrack.Catch all of Season 1 of InSync wherever you get your podcasts!For More Information about Rachel Brodsky / InSync:Website: https://rachelbrodsky.substack.com/IG: https://www.instagram.com/rebrods/Twitter: https://twitter.com/rachelbrods/If you'd like to support Soundtrack Your Life, we have a Patreon, where you'll get bonus episodes and more!This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podscribe - https://podscribe.com/privacyPodsights - https://podsights.com/privacyChartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

We start the show talking about how Todd is already getting ready for Christmas, particulary with his eating habits...and then discuss how much a Sunday paper costs. Does anyone know anymore?!?! We talk briefly about (18:30) our Spotify "Wrapped"...what did yours look like? We then jump into the Stereogum list (34:15) in order to wrap up this year's list, and close out the show talking about next week's Rewatchables episode! Stereogum list for 2023: https://www.stereogum.com/2241572/best-new-bands-2023/lists/best-new-bands/ Sponsors: ScottyJ's album, Stereogum, Trader Joe's, Snyders, Spotify The Bro Pod YouTube Page: https://www.youtube.com/@the_bro_pod Scotty Js YouTube Page: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCV3WWSlwDKYf7P5k4XdP3zA IG & Twitter: the_bro_pod, littleBquotes E-mail the show!: thebropodnetwork@gmail.com Buy Merch!!: thebropod.threadless.com Our Website: www.bropodnetwork.com #Christmas #candycanes #pretzelchat #7-11 #DenverPost #babybooks #SpotifyWrapped #NourishedbyTime #PainofTruth #PoisonRuin #PupilSlicer #SexyyRed #Snooper #Softcult #SPRINTS #Squint #TheTubs #Undulation #Wishy #WorldsWorst #yunepinku #Rewatchables #podcasts #bropod #bropodnetwork

This week on the podcast: We can't stop the plugs! One of our favorite music writer lifers —Michael Tedder!— joins us to talk about his new(ish) book “Top Eight: How MySpace Changed Music” (published by Chicago Review Press, by the way). We also argue/chat about his old(er) articles, Boston (the town not the band), Harvey Danger, the Oughts, Jann Wenner and his beef, Stereogum (that's a plug), the quaint ‘90s dilemma of selling out, SPIN gaffes, and the magical music year that was 2003. WARNING: This episode doubles as a drinking game. Use caution!

The show kicks off with us talking about holiday shopping, and then we jump into a story from my past regarding my appearance in "Gilmore Girls." We give updates on the Thanksgiving week that was (22:00) including family visits and horrible stomach issues. We end the show with the music reviews (43:00) and there are some real doozies this week! Stereogum list for 2023: https://www.stereogum.com/2241572/best-new-bands-2023/lists/best-new-bands/ Sponsors: ScottyJ's album, Stereogum, Variety, Wawa The Bro Pod YouTube Page: https://www.youtube.com/@the_bro_pod Scotty Js YouTube Page: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCV3WWSlwDKYf7P5k4XdP3zA IG & Twitter: the_bro_pod, littleBquotes E-mail the show!: thebropodnetwork@gmail.com Buy Merch!!: thebropod.threadless.com Our Website: www.bropodnetwork.com #BlackFriday #holidayshopping #GilmoreGirls #showflyers #Thanksgiving #turkeycake #holidaypies #illness #Christmastree #FeebleLittleHorse #FievelIsGlauque #Fleshwater #Fust #HannahJadagu #HomeFront #Jobber #Lifeguard #LiquidMike #LuhTyler #MaryJaneDunphe #Model/Actriz #MuiZyu #MyHairisaRatsNest #NewJeans #podcasts #bropod #bropodnetwork

We start the show talking about a hot topic, Biggie Small's weight. We then jump into an insanely long discussion (9:00) of donuts. We then jump right into the 2023 (35:00) Stereogum list of the best new bands of the year. We close out the show (69:00) talking about live shows and music in general. Sponsors: ScottyJ's album, Stereogum, Funyuns, Welch's, KrispyKreme, BeardMeatsFood The Bro Pod YouTube Page: https://www.youtube.com/@the_bro_pod Scotty Js YouTube Page: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCV3WWSlwDKYf7P5k4XdP3zA IG & Twitter: the_bro_pod, littleBquotes E-mail the show!: thebropodnetwork@gmail.com Buy Merch!!: thebropod.threadless.com Our Website: www.bropodnetwork.com #BiggieSmalls #donuttalk #KrispyKreme #Stereogum #@ #Agriculture #BarItalia #Blush #BobbyTootact #CashCobain #ChappellRoan #Cusp #DebbyFriday #DestinyBond #NOFX #Botch #SiblingDribblings #podcasts #bropod #bropodnetwork

In this episode, the Bud Bladt Bloi™ Judge Dredd, Wulf, and the Inverted Cross-Examiner take on guest Ian Chainey's Metal Archives-based game Tic Tac Dio. You will hear the Bust Blatt Beauze™ utter unforgivable blasphemies as they excavate the deepest recesses of their minds to unearth the most obscure metal trivia and knowledge of six degrees of metal separation necessary to play the game. Which Butt Blaster will have the fastest Tic Tac Dio run? Which Butt Blast will end up in the rare recursive Brazilian loop? Which Butt Blaster will have a break from reality and, instead of Tic Tac Dio, choose to play with madness?  In this game of Tic Tac Dio, three Butt Blasters enter, ONE BUTT BLASTER LEAVES! Links:  Tic Tac Dio Boards from the Episode: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1R_Il-cN4QLep_W_ieHUpp0_SrZXHbeHX?usp=sharing Tic Tac Dio explanation and directions: https://www.stereogum.com/2231511/shall-we-play-a-game-tic-tac-dio/columns/the-black-market/ Ian's Black Market Column on Stereogum: https://www.stereogum.com/category/columns/the-black-market/ Ian's Substack: https://plaguerages.substack.com/ Ian's Podcast Plague Rages: https://open.spotify.com/show/3kBzFYGqxCa0zuZHu6kiCT Ian's Podcast Runout Grooves: https://open.spotify.com/show/4wCrs5NDnT9ykW94AUr05R  Nu-Metal Agenda: https://open.spotify.com/show/4jLSnvzewSFPWciJV0VBA4      

In this author interview, I speak with Nate Patrin, a freelance writer based in St. Paul, Minnesota. He has covered nearly every imaginable genre of music for outlets including Bandcamp, Stereogum, Pitchfork, The Vinyl Factory, and Red Bull Music Academy. His first book Bring That Beat Back: How Sampling Built Hip-Hop was published in 2020, and he joins me today to talk about his new book, The Needle and the Lens: Pop Goes to the Movies from Rock 'n' Roll to Synthwave. Listen to hear the importance of Lynch's first film Eraserhead to his career, what exactly a Lynchian film is, and why Lynch is a mystery even to himself. Books mentioned in this episode include:Films mentioned in this episode include:Pulp Fiction directed by Quentin TarantinoCasino directed by Martin ScorseseBoogie Nights directed by Paul Thomas AndersonMaster of the Flying Guillotine directed by Dazed and Confused directed by Guardians of the Galaxy directed by James GunnEasy Rider directed by Dennis HopperAmerican Graffiti directed by George LucasKiller of Sheep directed by Charles Burnett

After a short Sportscast segment in which Steven and Ian mourn the sorry states of their respective teams at the moment (Packers and Phillies), they get down to some inside-baseball chat about reckonings at major music publications. Rolling Stone published several articles this week that addressed Jann Wenner's recent comments about female and POC musicians, and Bandcamp was reeling after Instagram posts by the site's editorial director slamming the platform's union surfaced (6:57).After that, they delve into the latest album by The Gaslight Anthem, History Books, the band's first in nine years. Even with the long break, GLA pretty much picks up where they left off (30:31). Then Steven and Ian talk about the 20th anniversary of Chutes Too Narrow, the 2003 Shins album that Ian recently wrote about for Stereogum (37:03). In the mailbag, a listener asks about the numerous cameos by singer-songwriters in Killers Of The Flower Moon — including Jason Isbell, Sturgill Simpson, Jack White, and Pete Yorn (47:14) — while another listener talks about the surprisingly thriving Tumblr scene in the 2010s for bands like Beirut and The Decemberists (53:32).In Recommendation Corner (58:17), Ian talks up the new album by emo band awakebutstillinbed while Steven recommends a reissue from the iconic Pacific Northwest band Lync and a new EP by the jangle-pop group Lightheaded.New episodes of Indiecast drop every Friday. Listen to Episode 161 and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. You can submit questions for Steve and Ian at indiecastmailbag@gmail.com, and make sure to follow us on Instagram and Twitter for all the latest news. We also recently launched a visualizer for our favorite Indiecast moments. Check those out here.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Stereogum's Tom Breihan returns to Pop Pantheon to dissect the career of pop history's greatest mimic, Bruno Mars. Louie and Tom dive into how Bruno spent his childhood impersonating greats like Elvis and Michael Jackson, his failed start on Motown and early work for other artists, including via his production group The Smeezingtons. Then they discuss his tightly-stitched 2010 debut, Doo-Wops and Hooligans, 2012's pop history grab-bag, Unorthodox Jukebox, and the cultural sensation of his 2014 Mark Ronson-collab, the Morris Day-tributing “Uptown Funk.” Next, they explore Bruno's  tour through Black pop and soul history on 2016's 24K Magic and his Philly Soul and Parliament-Funkadelic-homaging super-duo with Anderson .Paak., Silk Sonic, as they parse whether Bruno is central to his music at all or simply a nostalgia curator. Finally, they rank Bruno Mars in the official Pop Pantheon.Read Tom's Number Ones Column write-ups of "Just The Way You Are" & "Grenade"Listen to Pop Pantheon's Bruno Mars EssentialsJoin Pop Pantheon: All Access, Our Patreon Channel, for Exclusive Content and MoreBuy Tickets to Pop Pantheon Live: Britney's Memoir, Music & Legacy on 11/2 In PasadenaCome to Gorgeous Gorgeous NYC: Halloween Edition on October 27Come to Gorgeous Gorgeous LA on November 10Come to Gorgeous Gorgeous X Who? Weekly on November 16Shop Merch in Pop Pantheon's StoreFollow Tom Breihan on TwitterFollow DJ Louie XIV on InstagramFollow DJ Louie XIV on TwitterFollow Pop Pantheon on InstagramFollow Pop Pantheon on Twitter

Ted Davis is a journalist. Ted is a writer, music editor, DJ, and musician from Northern Virginia. Ted is a columnist for Bandcamp Daily and his work has appeared in Rolling Stone, NPR Music, Pitchfork, Stereogum, Billboard, MTV News, SPIN, Resident Advisor, Paste Magazine, Reverb, FLOOD Magazine, Aquarium Drunkard, and honestly I find all his work on Twitter. Ted is also a freelance copywriter and writes bios for creative people across a variety of mediums. Going back to Twitter, I love all of Ted's Tweet's he's very caring, thought provoking, thoughtful, compassionate, and real. If we love Jim Davis, we'll love Ted Davis. Please welcome Ted Davis to Wear Many Hats. twitter.com/tddvsss ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠instagram.com/wearmanyhatswmh⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠instagram.com/rashadrastam⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠rashadrastam.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠wearmanyhats.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Alvvays is from Toronto. Their first album came out in 2014, and they've put out two other albums since then. In Canada, they've won the Juno Award for Alternative Album of the Year, and all three of their albums have been shortlisted for the Polaris Music Prize. Their first song was also one of their biggest hits. It's called "Archie, Marry Me." Rolling Stone and Stereogum named it one of the best songs of the last decade. So for this episode, I talked about it with Molly Rankin and Alec O'Hanley from the band. The two of them are pretty quiet about their relationship other than being bandmates, but they told me a lot about the song, which I would count nowadays as an indie rock classic. For more, visit songexploder.net/alvvays.

In a preview of this week's Pop Pantheon: All Access episode, Streogum's Tom Breihan joins DJ Louie to break down Olivia Rodrigo's sophomore album Guts, which dropped Friday: What's working (more rock!), what's not, the major themes and sounds and what it all says about Olivia's place in the pop star firmament of 2023. To hear the rest of the this episode plus receive at least three episodes of the show per month, gain access to our Discord channel and so much more, subscribe to Pop Pantheon: All Access at the Icon Tier. 

Join our PATREON for bonus episodes.  This week we have writer for Pitchfork, Billboard, Stereogum and lots more Patrick Lyons on to talk about the Rilo Kiley record More Adventurous. We also talk about: anthems for a seventeen year old girl, Queens (borough), Anacortes, Steve Brooks, the pitchfork review process, Ontological Mysterium by Horrendous, Turnstile (again), music on the beach, emo revival, getting all the details wrong, hyperpop, 100 gecs , letting it spray, disappointing follow-ups, the latter Modest Mouse catalog, bidding on Elliott Smith's car, the unibomber's backpack, Don's Plum, we also talk a lot about Rilo Kiley.  ________ ⁠Pre-order our Gatekeep Harder shirt here!⁠ // Follow us at @danbassini, @mysprocalledlife, @p_lyons_  and @runintotheground.

Hardcore music is shit hot right now and more than ever, a lot of decidedly non-hardcore music has snuck past the pit and onto show flyers. Who let all this adjacent bullshit through the gates and is any of it even good? To help answer these dire questions, I enlisted writer and supreme music nerd, Jay Papandreas (Listen Up, Nerds) to help with the task of picking out some of the most notable, bizarre, and interesting releases of hardcore-adjacent belligerence. We explore thirteen albums from the Ray & Porcell 7'' and Die Kreuzen to Rival Schools and Self Defense Family. See ya at Adjacent Fest 2024.  Subscribe to the excellent Listen Up, Nerds column on Substack Read Jay's Stereogum piece, “Sunbather Turns 10” Read “Self Defense Family: A Discography Partially Ranked” In the music world? Hire/Collab with Jay Papandreas Subscribe & never miss a new rabbit hole. Follow @thesoniccloth on Instagram to grab the tracklist Feedback, trash talk, and inquiries: thesoniccloth@gmail.com

Pop culture writer, and host of The In Sync Podcast, Rachel Brodsky joins Ryan and Nicole to talk about the soundtrack to the 1987 film, Dirty Dancing. It's one of the best selling soundtracks of all time and it features the Oscar and Grammy award winning hit (I've Had) The Time of My Life, which also topped the Billboard Hot 100 for 4 weeks.We Discuss:Rachel growing up with the movie and the soundtrack and why the movie used to make her think about her mom's familyHow the soundtrack is a blend of 60s hits and very 80s sounding songs written for the filmPatrick Swayze - actor, dancer, and… singer?Why does Time of My Life remind Ryan of his high school prom.And More!If you're looking to create a podcast with professional sound, check out Podtastic Audio at:https://www.podtasticaudio.com/easyFor More Information about Rachel / The In Sync Podcast:Website:IG: https://www.instagram.com/rebrodshttps://www.instagram.com/theinsyncpodTwitter: https://www.twitter.com/rachelbrodshttps://www.twitter.com/theinsyncpodIf you'd like to support Soundtrack Your Life, we have a Patreon, where you'll get bonus episodes and more!https://www.patreon.com/soundtrackyourlife

Sessa - "Vento a Favor" a 2023 single on Mexican Summer São Paulo-based musician Sessa returns with his first new single since last year's enchanting LP Estrela Acesa. The track is co-produced by Brazilian artist Biel Basile and American musician Mikey Coltun, who also plays bass in Mdou Moctar.  "'Vento a Favor' started as a track meant to be on Estrela Acesa," he tells Stereogum. "It was recorded, mixed, and mastered in the same sessions as the whole LP but somewhere along the way, when putting the pieces together, I started to feel that its energy was different from the story I was trying to tell with the record. The track was a bit too sure of its force and movement forward, outwards, while Estrela Acesa's gesture was something more of an inward look, a whisper to the soul. But you know, nothing wrong with that, breathing goes both in and out." Read the full story at KEXP.orgSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Love em or despise em, the number-one pop songs at any given time reflect the zeitgeist of popular culture and say a ton about how young people consume music. Guest Tom Briehan is a senior editor at Stereogum, where he writes “The Number Ones” column, cataloging the story behind every No. 1 single on Billboard's Hot 100 chart since 1965. His new book, The Number Ones: Twenty Chart-Topping Hits That Reveal the History of Pop Music, singles out the singles that made an indelible mark. He tells the fascinating story of some of those songs, from "The Twist" to "Black Beatles."  Subscribe to my substack Small Talk  Support the show on Patreon

MUNA is a trio from Los Angeles, made up of Katie Gavin, Josette Maskin, and Naomi McPherson. They've been making music together since 2013, when they met in college. Their third album, which is self-titled, came out in 2022, and Rolling Stone, Stereogum, the Guardian, and others, named it one of the best albums of the year. Consequence of Sound called MUNA the 2022 Band of the Year. I talked to MUNA about the song "What I Want," which they co-wrote with Leland. Leland is an artist and songwriter whose other credits include Selena Gomez, Charli XCX, and Troye Sivan. In this episode, Katie, Jo, and Naomi, along with Leland, tell the story of how the song came together, from the original demo to the final version, and you'll find out how a band that doesn't really party ended up writing a party banger. For more, visit songexploder.net/muna.

Enumclaw - Jimmy Neutron from the 2022 album Save the Baby on Luminelle Recordings. It can often be tough to trace exactly where and when a band “broke” but for Enumclaw, it's pretty straightforward. KEXP's own Martin Douglas first wrote about the Tacoma band on KEXP's website and, shortly after, major publications like Pitchfork, Stereogum, Gorilla vs. Bear, and The Fader followed suit. So, for all intents and purposes, we claim them as ours. Last week, the quartet - made up of Aramis Johnson, Nathan Cornell, Eli Edwards, and Ladaniel Gipson - released their debut full-length Save the Baby. Produced by Gabe Wax, who's also manned the boards for Soccer Mommy, Palehound, and Ian Sweet, the highly anticipated record continues their streak of ‘90s-inspired indie rock. Our Song of the Day, “Jimmy Neutron,” is a dreamy rocker about the desire for love and the pitfalls of making it a reality. "This song is about getting so close to love that you can almost taste it," says Johnson of the track. "All the highs of being in love and how ridiculously unlike yourself it can make you act. All the daydreaming you do about what things could be and how they might go. There's always a catch though and in this story as soon as you reach out to grab 'love' and have it in your hands you drop it." Enumclaw is currently touring the US, check out their scheduled dates to make sure you don't miss "the best band since Oasis." Recently, Martin Douglas spoke with Enumclaw and revisited the beginning of his relationship with the band for KEXP. Read the full post and watch the John C. Peterson-directed video for “Jimmy Neutron" at KEXP.org.Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When singer-songwriter Kate Bush released "Running Up That Hill" in 1985, it peaked at number 30 on the Hot 100. Now it's soared into the top ten, thanks to the newest season of Stranger Things. Guest host B.A. Parker talks to Stereogum writers Rachel Brodsky and Chris Deville about why old music seems to be getting more love than new music these days — and how even new music seems retro. Plus, actor and writer Jana Schmieding on the second season of Rutherford Falls, exploring physical comedy, and honoring aunties.