Season 3 finale! Matt's near-veto pushes a friendship to the limit, Adam refuses to let a Season 1 feud with Chris die, and two more artists join the Active Listing two-time club in a final top ten that we all declare impeccable.

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Listen to our Season 3 playlist here!

https://bit.ly/4izC7ei

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Theme song: "Garden Green" by Matt LaJoie

For this year's March Madness, we line up a bracket of 32 indie-rock/pop/folk artists for head-to-head battles predicated on nothing more than the band's name itself. Which group with an animal in its name will advance farthest? Who will earn ultimate bragging rights as indie's top dog? And will Will Oldham ever answer our DM's?

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Opening theme: "Last Words" by Herbcraft

Closing theme: "Invitation" by ML Wah

We definitely maybe daydream under the bushes at marcy playground, counting crows and throwing jagged little pills in the garbage, sharing our hardcore reasonable doubts about the infamous and sublime mystic styles of some not-so-tiny music that didn't quite crack our individual top 10 lists. Grab some refreshments: this pod's a live one!

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Pony League Honorable Mentions playlist: https://bit.ly/41wWmmc

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Theme song: "Garden Green" by Matt LaJoie

Chris joins the Columbia House music club and places his first CD order, making his picks for the top ten albums released while we were in middle school (August 1994 - June 1997).

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Listen to our Season 3 playlist here!

https://bit.ly/4izC7ei

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Theme song: "Garden Green" by Matt LaJoie

Adam shares a hot take on Christmas albums before presenting his top 10 list of albums released during our time in middle school (August 1994 - June 1997). Meanwhile, Chris goes deep down the Wu-Tang rabbit hole and Matt offers a Wii Golf soundtrack recommendation.

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Listen to our Season 3 playlist here!

https://bit.ly/4izC7ei

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Theme song: "Garden Green" by Matt LaJoie

For Season 3 of Active Listing, we turn the dial back three decades to talk about the best albums released while we were in middle school (August 1994 - June 1997). On the premiere episode, Matt goes on a CD-length discussion of his personal top 10 albums of this era, while Chris reminisces about junior high dances and Adam drops a Grohl bomb.

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Listen to our Season 3 playlist here!

https://bit.ly/4izC7ei

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Theme song: "Garden Green" by Matt LaJoie

In the wake of the Grammys, Adam finally learns who Shaboozey is, Matt waxes nostalgic about 90's Memphis underground rap tapes, and Chris presents his very un-dorky folk coordinate plane as we discuss our favorite music of 2024.

Adam's top albums of 2024 playlist: https://bit.ly/42Pa0Do

Matt's 90's Memphis underground rap mixtape: https://bit.ly/3Qhw6a1

Matt's 100-track 2024 rap playlist: http://bit.ly/4gF4oiq

Matt's top tracks and albums of 2024 playlist: https://bit.ly/4hX413s

Chris's 2024 Folk Album Coordinate Plane: https://bit.ly/411xbaS

Chris's Best of Folk (That I Listened To) 2024 playlist: https://bit.ly/4hWYTwn

Chris's top albums of 2024 playlist: http://bit.ly/3QeXENr

Chris laments his audio woes, Adam reconsiders his veto, and Matt wishes he’d bent the rules as the guys voice their regrets about Season 2. Plus: a preview of Season 3’s topic and parameters, a discussion about 21st Century rock anthems, and if you could listen to only one artist for the rest of your life, who would it be?

Chris extols the virtues of "regular music" amid a volley of "psych acid fire" recommendations from Adam and Matt on our One and Done: Honorable Mentions episode.