Episodes
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Episode 964: September New Music – Janelle Monae, Fleet Foxes, Royal Blood, Emmy the Great
What have our interns been digging? New music from Janelle Monae (Mary), Royal Blood (Sam), Fleet Foxes (Matt) and Emmy the Great (Sami). Press play.
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Episode 963: Eddie Van Halen, Rest in Power
Guitar legend Eddie Van Halen died of cancer on Oct. 6, 2020, at age 65. Jim and Patrick pay tribute, with help from Kevin Spain and several callers.
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Episode 962: Playing the Theremin on a Blue Oyster Cult Song
Our friend Jeff Nolan, music historian for Hard Rock Cafe, is also an accomplished guitarist and – we just learned – a theremin player. In fact, he plays theremin on Blue Oyster Cult’s new album, “The Symbol Remains.” He tells us the story.
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Episode 961: September New Music – Gorillaz, Sylvan Esso, Lo Tom, Hot Chip
What’s Jim been digging? New music from Sylvan Esso, Lo Tom and Gorillaz (feat. Robert Smith). Plus, we play a Velvet Underground song by Hot Chip.
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Episode 960: September New Music – Other Half, Sault, Haircut, Wild Feathers
What’s Patrick been digging? New music from Other Half, Sault and Haircut. Plus, we play a Jayhawks cover by the Wild Feathers.
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Episode 959: Embedded Album Titles
Tim Hoffman, a patron of the pod, picks the topic. We discuss album titles that are in lyrics of songs that are not title tracks. Get it? You will.
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Episode 958: Neil Young in the ’80s
Scott Parks, a patron of the pod, picks the topic. He defends Neil Young’s eclectic albums of the ’80s.
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Episode 957: Prince Countdown – 3, 2, 1
The conclusion of our Prince countdown, in which we reveal our listeners’ three favorite songs by this amazing artist. Plus, we discuss some more obscure tracks.
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Episode 956: Prince Countdown – 6, 5, 4 …
Day 4 of our Prince countdown. This episode also features a conversation with Edd Bowser, founder of Soul in Stereo.
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Episode 955: Prince Countdown – 9, 8, 7 …
Day 3 of our Prince countdown. Hear us reveal songs 9, 8 and 7 from our listener poll.