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Episodes
222 episodes since 2021
Tancred and A Place to Bury Strangers Share Band Shirt Stories | Band Shirt Day Podcast
This is the Band Shirt Day Podcast. In this episode, Dylan Gette King and Jason P. Woodbury share band shirt stories from Oliver Ackermann of A Place to Bury Strangers who describes the torn and frayed charm of his favorite...
September 17, 2024
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22:35
Sleater-Kinney, Refused, Bad Bunny Joins the Sandler-Verse | Music News
This week on the news, Decoy says HELLLLLLO to Sleater-Kinney. Formed in Olympia in 1994, Sleater-Kinney was one of the defining bands of the riot grrrl movement. After releasing seven studio records, the band entered a hiatus in 2005 bu...
September 13, 2024
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3:49
The Desolate Charm of The Specials' "Ghost Town" | The Spindle
In the late '70s, The Specials took the UK by storm with their hybrid of punk and reggae and an explicit anti-racist stance. A few years later, the band was coming apart—but not before they made an amazing final 7", the chart-topping, zeitgeist...
September 12, 2024
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33:12
Band Shirt Stories from Vicky Farewell and Weezer Historian Karl Koch | Band Shirt Day Podcast
On one hand, a band shirt is a simple everyday item, the kind of thing you might take for granted. But when you start thinking about it, the topic encompasses so much more: band shirts help us tell stories about ourselves and what music means t...
September 10, 2024
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34:18
Nada Surf's Matthew Caws on Green Day, Elliott Smith, and Changing Tires | Hotline
Nada Surf may have broken in the '90s with the sardonic mega-hit "Popular," but songwriter Matthew Caws isn't big on living in the past. On the band's new album, Moon Mirror, out September 13th from New West Records, he sets his sights...
September 09, 2024
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18:17
People Under the Stairs and an Interview With The Mighty Redd Kross | Music News
Decoy Deloy is back with a news bulletin from the Hello Lincoln loft studio. In this episode, he shares some history and a new merch drop from
September 06, 2024
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34:34
The Psychedelic Grooves of Moby Grape | The Spindle
In 1967, Columbia decided to debut a new band called Moby Grape not just with an album—but also five simultaneously released 7-inch singles! Fall On You w/ChangesSitting By the Window w/Indifference805 w/Mr. BluesOmaha/w Hey...
August 29, 2024
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33:59
Say Hello to Devo, Arms & Sleepers on Tour, Meet Tony Hawk's Creative Director Jaimie Muehlhausen
Decoy Deloy is back with more Music News brought to you by Hello Merch. Here at Hello, we don’t mess around: we do merch, we do it right, and we put artists first. And this week, we’re pleased to announce a fresh new addition to t...
August 23, 2024
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16:46
Dreaming and Scheming with Quivers | Hotline
On their new album Oyster Cuts, Australian indie rockers Quivers blend jangle rock, synth-dappled new wave, and catchy indie-pop. Echoing the strum and chime of classic alt-acts like The Go-Betweens and R.E.M
August 20, 2024
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15:25
Beyond Pop—The Sampladelic Power of Herbie Hancock's "Rockit" | The Spindle
Jazz legend Herbie Hancock's venture into the land of hip-hop beats and turntable scratches, "Rockit", was ubiquitous on the dance floor and MTV's rotation, but its origin story is more interesting than you might think. John
August 15, 2024
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31:24
Ween, Get Up Kids, Roar, David Lynch, Torres & More | Music News
This is Music News, brought to you by Hello Merch! This week, we're psyched to share new tie-dyes from ROAR, check out the news from visionary filmmaker David Lynch & mysterious vocalist Chrystabell, scope a new ...
August 09, 2024
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4:42
Thankyoumaxo, The Hard Quartet, 10cc, Desert Daze | Music News
Decoy Deloy is back with music news you need to know. Up first, dive into classic progressive pop band 10cc's new merch collection at Hello Merch; then, dig into the Desert Daze 2024 lineup, featuring Jack White, Cigaret...
August 02, 2024
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7:18
My Bloody Valentine Is Its Own Genre of Music | The Spindle
My Bloody Valentine were a great band from the start, but the 1990 Glider EP broke their floodgates open, as Kevin Shields turned the band's mix of thick guitars, heavy bass, pounding drums, and heavenly vocals into a soundworld of its...
August 01, 2024
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36:26
A Place to Bury Strangers: Some Things Aren't Made For Normal People | Music News
Decoy Deloy shines a light on Synthesizer, the brand new album from one of the wildest bands we've ever seen: A Place to Bury Strangers. For their 7th album, A Place to Bury Strangers decided to pull out all t...
July 26, 2024
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34:50
Rui Gabriel Says "Like What You Like" | Hotline
Born in Venezuela, raised in Nicaragua, and musically christened in New Orleans with his band Lawn, Rui Gabriel is currently based in Indiana. On his debut solo album Compassion—out now from Carpark Records—...
July 23, 2024
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11:36
Phoenix Power Poppers Astrologer Are...Out of Control! | Music News
This is Music News, a weekly update of music you need to hear and stories you need to know with your host, Decoy Deloy. On this week's installment, Andy and Candy of Phoenix-based power poppers ...
July 19, 2024
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15:33
Destroy All Music With The Weirdos | The Spindle
There were many great punk bands in Los Angeles in the late '70s, and The Weirdos might've been the best. But were they even punk? John and Marc drop the needle on their first 7-inch, the Destroy All Music EP, to figure o...
June 06, 2024
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30:45
Moving Through Space and Time with Tom Krell of How To Dress Well | Hotline
"There's a Bladee lyric: kill whatever part of you that isn't true to the heart of you."Ring ring. Tom Krell of How to Dress Well responds to answering machine questions from 1-877-WASTOIDS from folks like Andrew Dost (fun., Meta...
June 06, 2024
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12:52
Online Life & Pop Culture with Gen X'rs, Elder Millennials, & Zoomers | Click Vortex
Your Vortex boys are back and so is the Clickhead live chat. On this special online odyssey, Sam and Jason dig into the "Gen X Soft Club" aesthetic and find themselves wondering what exactly makes Gen X different from Millennia...
May 30, 2024
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1:01:06
Look Back Bores and Saddos—The Fall's "Sir William Wray" | The Spindle
John and Marc explore the late period of Mark E. Smith's legendary group The Fall, focusing on 2013's "Sir William Wray" 7-inch, with insights from special guest Steve Pringle, author of the comprehensive Fall book
May 23, 2024
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48:39
He'll Rip your Lungs Out: Warren Zevon's "Werewolves of London" | The Spindle
This time around, John and Marc drop the needle on Warren Zevon's most famous single, 1978's "Werewolves of London" backed with "Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner." If you've ever turned on a classic rock radio st...
May 09, 2024
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30:08
The UFO-Obsessed Punk Funk of ESG | The Spindle
Formed in the South Bronx by four African American sisters, ESG coined a sound with their very first release: the "You're No Good" 7-inch, released on England's famed post-punk label Factory. Marc and John dig into how they got there, and why t...
April 25, 2024
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30:54
Blur, The Boss, Courtney Love, Enigma, the Beasties & More | Click Vortex
It's time to tumble down internet rabbit holes once again with Sam and Jason on an all-new Click Vortex. On this episode, they set the time machine in motion and travel back to April 1994, to reflect on that momentous month. Discussed: Kurt ...
April 18, 2024
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1:19:22
The Kingsmen: Rock So Raw They Tried to Outlaw It | The Spindle
If you're of a certain age, you've probably heard The Kingsmen's "Louie Louie," a '60s top 10 staple that got a later boost when it soundtracked a crucial scene in the 1978 frat comedy Animal House. But did you know it wa...
April 11, 2024
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30:09
Across the Vortex-verse: Great and Terrible Beatles Covers | Click Vortex
Sam and Jason are back on the bi-coastal swing, digging into the wild world of Beatles covers, encompassing the great to the terrible. To kick the clicks off, Jason rounds up selections from Vortex favorites PM Dawn, Todd Rundgren, Tom Jones...
April 04, 2024
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