That slick hook and spot-on beat playing over the PA in Target, at Cumberland Farms, in the venue before the headliner takes the stage: WHO IS THAT? WHAT'S THAT SONG?

We all have the Shazam app loaded on our phones, and it's wild to think that for more than half our lives (speaking for the Diarists), we did without it. Here are four songs Bob, Brad, Mark, and Carla dialed up over Shazam. Reach out to us with some of your own discoveries on Twitter and Insta.

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Credits: Intro/ Outro — the Februarys, "Does Your Father Know"/ "... In a Letter."

It's never too late for a 2024 recap, right? In today's super-sized episode, Bob, Mark, Carla and Brad discuss their favorite new songs of 2024 and songs they rediscovered last year. Well...three of the four of us followed this plan. One of us interpreted this theme a bit differently. Will there be controversy over Pearl Jam? Will Mark recover after hearing a Human League album was rated and reviewed higher than the Cure's Disintegration? Did Brad find a song from 2024 that he actually liked? Listen and find out.

Find the Playlist on Spotify + Apple Music and your Extras on Twitter and Instagram. If you like what you hear, please share, rate and review us!

Credits: Intro/ Outro — the Februarys, "Does Your Father Know"/ "... In a Letter."

We go waaaaaaaaay back (four decades?) with our dear friend Alli. And whatever we got up to back in the day—tooling around town in her Chevette, rocking out in downtown Youngstown, or just chilling in any of our respective basements—music was involved.

No surprise that Alli was firmly at the top of our guest list. Here's hoping this is the first of many of her appearances on The Mixtape Diaries!

Credits: Intro/ Outro — the Februarys, "Does Your Father Know"/ "... In a Letter."