Active Listing

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.

On this special bonus episode of Active Listing, we honor the NCAA Tournament with our own version of March Madness: a bracket of punk bands. Witness Chris and Matt learn about punk in real time, while Adam labors to keep the entire thing afloat with his punk cred intact. Who will come out on top as our number one punk band of all time?

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Theme song: "Trash Heap" by Herbcraft

Adam shares his top ten list of artists who only released one album, as well as his disappointment in Chris and Matt for omitting a personal favorite album from their own lists.

Matt declares himself the winner of Season 1 before launching into his list of the best single-album artists of all time.

On the Season 2 premiere of Active Listing, Chris lists his top ten artists who released only one album in their career, while Adam and Matt reminisce about a 2002 trip to a Hoobastank concert.

For our first Billboard tracks draft, Adam, Matt, and Chris select songs from Billboard's Top Modern Rock Tracks chart for the week ending August 19, 2000, in an effort to make the best possible playlist from a particularly grim era of popular rock music. Which track will go number one in our draft? And which hit songs will be relegated to the dishonorable "sh*t list"?

Listen to our individual playlists on Spotify:

Adam's List: rb.gy/65t28x

Matt's List: rb.gy/l10xvw

Chris's List: rb.gy/1ig1lb

Sh*t List: rb.gy/vkdnn6

Adam, Chris, and Matt discuss and set ground rules for Season 2 (coming November 2023!) before contending with and defending some controversial takes from Season 1, including unpopular opinions on Pavement, Portishead, and Puff Daddy.

Season 1 Finale! Matt vetoes a living legend, Adam rejects a shoo-in, and Chris stumps for a stoner-metal classic as we debate and decide on the top ten albums released while we were in high school together.

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Listen to the Season One playlist at: https://tinyurl.com/4a5dmztz

Adam, Chris, and Matt share their lists of "close call" albums — honorable mentions that were in consideration for their personal top ten lists, but ultimately didn't make the cut.