10/10 You're Great

"What is a rose (wonder) by any other name (hit value)?" - Romeo Hanson, MMMBop (1997). This week we find out! And by that I mean we wax nostalgic about some of the 1 hit wonders of early indie adulthood. Does this work as an episode? Probably not but let us know or report your own childhood one hit wonder by calling us at 206-413-8676.

Is this bad Star Wars writing because "Somehow, Christopher has returned". That's right Chris calls in from the middle coast to return to the pod and talk Phantogram's debut record, Eyelid Movies. That's gotta mean a dream right, like that's a movie on your eyelid? Well we didn't discuss that.But what we do discuss includes: an exhaustive review of every Illinois Burger King, it's okay to drive at night as long as you're scared by music, and Chris ranks every rollercoaster while explaining if it's made of wood or steel. Artists mentioned this episode include: The Knife, Jeff Rosenstock, Twisted Teens... and more?

"When the Chris is away, the boys shall slay" -intro text to our gender-swapped Buffy, who is called Beefy in this adaptation. All jabs and giles aside, this week Chris is in the center coast of Illinois so Lucas and Charlie had to do what they do best: panic and improvise. And in this case that meant recommending 9 newish albums, and reminiscing about Chris and how he should've kept us in line.Also up for discussion: A very baseball bev is check'd, an extremely accurate showtime presentation, and quite a bit of speculation about what Chris will think when he hears this trainwreck.Bands referenced in this episode include: Four Tet, Sparklmami, Whitelands, Slippers, Topiary Creatures, Khun Narin, YHWH Nailgun, PVA, Twisted Teens, Beauty Queen, Castlevania Sound Team, Lana Del Ray.

This week Andrew Sacher (editor at BrooklynVegan and host of their BV Weekly podcast) peeked into the TTYG hole and extolled the virtues of The Menzingers' On the Impossible Past. We also got a sneak peek at Andrew's upcoming book Emo Revival: Community, DIY, and Rebirth in Post-Hardcore and Emo (spoilers: Foxing mentioned).Also up for emo-scussion (that's discussion by Carly Rae Jepsen): A furtive review of what nostalgia feels like per Carl Jung, the world's worst Pokémon analogy is deployed and every single emo-adjacent band is named along with the year of their albums and a horoscope of their fates. Bands referenced in this episode include: Paramore, Foxing (a lot) Modern Baseball, Algernon Cadwallader, Hop Along, Joyce Manor, Fall Out Boy, My Chemical Romance, Panic! At the Disco, and basically every other emo band 2008-2018. Also Jawbreaker. You can find BV weekly here or wherever else podcasts are found. You can also preorder Emo Revival here on Amazon or your local bookstore. I would've done the hotter and more ethical thing by linking back to the publisher at Clash Books, but their copies are SOLD OUT so you know its gonna be a hit.

It's raining cats and "Dogs" is something we could have said but didn't when discussing Nina Nastasia's Dogs with Josaleigh Pollett, who much more adeptly walked us through their love of the record, plus shared a WORLD PREMIERE PROBABLY of a new song off their upcoming album, “If I Let It Quiet.” If we three hosts were let to be quiet this podcast might become listenable.Also up for quiet reading hour discussion: Utah is the home of bees and also its own iconic pride flag, it's hard to hear a Zoom from Japan over all the breakfast sandwich mayonaisse, and we are forming a Sly and the Family Stone cover band that plays mozzarella music.Bands referenced in this ep: Wilco, Jessica Lea Mayfield, Bill Callahan, Tin Hat, Lucinda Williams, Sly and the Family Stone.Get a little more of a sneak peek (is it a sneakier peek?) at Josaleigh’s new music on Bandcamp: The Witness, Like a River

Ciara joins us for the 3rd time to talk the 3rd record by Billy Talent (google Pezz with the two zs and then filter "Canadian") as it turns 20! That's right its a birthday extravaganza and we "Try Honestly" to get it right. I know that's not the name of the song but it is close, so give it to me. Also up for 2scussion: Golden crocodiles, wherefore art thou? World of Warcraft is the ideal way to discover music, and Sy Snoodles is put on blast. Also hey! Charlie wrote a retrospective on the album for The Alternative here.

This week we cannonball into the 90s with the help of music critic Abby Jones, who walks us through The Breeders' classic record Last Splash, and if you want better writing than this sentence provides, you can check out her work at https://www.abbyfjones.com/Also up for splashscussion (that's discussion in a tidal pool): We demand to pull the blur lever at Pitchfork, what is the quintessential 7.0 record?, and Chris attempts to goad Abby into slandering her previous employers for some reason.

It's a music podcast! And Shrek is one of the most musical movies out there! Kind of! Also this one is really bad and does not leverage the hits-- so look forward to our intimate disection of this Dreamworks classic. Also up for donk-shreking: A new hybrid bev that is better than the hybrid donkey dragon monster babies, we wear Julia's jeans for a night, and who could've seen it coming but Chris has a showtime and its the same as it was the last 30 times.