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  • #146 - What is the sound of 2010? with Sam Himself
    Nov 19 2025

    Swiss-American alt rocker Sam Himself joins the show today! Thomas starts the conversation with a look back at the glory of 2010 indie. Sam then shares a number of brilliant, heartbreaking songs from some of the most criminally underrated artists of the 1960s.

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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • #145 - The origins of David Bowie, with Drew Danburry
    Nov 5 2025

    Songwriter Drew Danburry of Icarus Phoenix joins the show today! Matt sings the praises of the first two (legitimate..) albums of David Bowie, noting how they set the course for his subsequent creative output. Thomas explores the niche topic of songs from fictional bands in movies.

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    58 mins
  • #144 - 90's deep cuts that should have been singles, with Ben Zalman
    Oct 22 2025

    Music promoter Ben Zalman (Planetary Group) joins the show today! A special themed episode this week. Everyone selects 3 songs from the 1990's that should have been released as singles from their respective albums, in another installment of revisionist history...

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    1 hr and 8 mins
  • #143 - The Legend of Johnny Clegg, with Luke Beling
    Oct 8 2025

    Acclaimed songwriter and author Luke Beling joins the show today! Thomas opens with a search for the most *dated* music of all-time. Luke pays loving homage to one of South Africa's greatest pop artists - Johnny Clegg.

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    56 mins
  • #142 - Songs to scare your neighbors, with Abby Devoe
    Sep 24 2025

    Music critic, historian, and fashionista Abby Devoe is back on the show! Thomas opens with an ode to perhaps classic rock's most "liminal" figure, Doug Yule of the Velvet Underground. Abby then delights and frightens the group with a selection of tunes ideal for blasting on a surround sound system - and confusing everyone else around...

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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • #141 - The hits Elvis turned down.
    Sep 10 2025

    Thin Lear's got a segment this week! Just in time for his microphone to break down... He opens with a list of songs written with Elvis Presley in mind, that ended up going to other cover artists or performed by their composer. Thomas then follows with some beloved indie songs he thinks should become karaoke staples.

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    1 hr
  • #140 - A totally normal episode where nothing weird happens, with Nate Safren
    Aug 27 2025

    LMO all-star (and former bandmate of Thin Lear) Nate Safren returns to the show! Thomas opens with a question - in terms of its influence on a pop, how much jazz is too much jazz? Nate then opens the group's minds over the bizarre sound of unlikely spoken word mashups.

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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • #139 - The ultimate cover songs & the genius of Gregg Alexander, with Matt Farley
    Aug 13 2025

    The hardest working man in show business is back! Songwriter/performer/filmmaker Matt Farley of Motern Media joins the show, just in time to hear Thomas's idea of which songs received the definitive cover version treatment. Mr. Motern then leads his own segment, an ode to the many hidden and not-so-hidden pop gems from genius Gregg Alexander of New Radicals.

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    1 hr and 10 mins