Earbuddies

Keep an eye on Mat and Tim! In this ep, the buddies talk ABBA. Mat loves 'em; Tim's still learning. After digging through their catalog, they hone in on the first new ABBA album in 40 years.

SONGS PLAYED:

ABBA - Dancing Queen

ABBA - Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)

ABBA - Waterloo

ABBA - Fernando

ABBA - Super Trouper

ABBA - Just a Notion

ABBA - The Winner Takes It All

ABBA - Take a Chance

ABBA - S.O.S.

ABBA - Mamma Mia

ABBA - When You Danced With Me

ABBA - I Still Have Faith In You

ABBA - Keep An Eye On Dan

ABBA - I Can Be That Woman

Namaste! In this ep, Mat and Tim consider tough questions surrounding deplatforming problematic artists, in the wake of R. Kelly's sex trafficking conviction. Then, for a palate cleanser, they discuss a movie Tim just saw.

Look at the stars; look how they shine for us! In this ep, Mat and Tim gush about Coldplay, a band that seems to have lost all sense of time and space and scale. We see the flaws, yet we still love them!

SONGS PLAYED:

Coldplay - Clocks

Coldplay - Higher Power

Coldplay x BTS - My Universe

Coldplay - Humankind

Coldplay - Trouble

Coldplay - Yellow

Coldplay - Fix You

Coldplay - Coloratura

Coldplay - Infinity

Coldplay - In My Place

Coldplay - Viva La Vida

Coldplay - Paradise

Coldplay - Midnight

Coldplay - A Head Full of Dreams

Coldplay - U.F.O.

Take it to the bridge! In this ep, Mat and Tim put the "middle eight" under the microscope. They share some of pop music's great bridges, and consider why fewer artists feel the need to write bridges anymore. Then, they get structural with special guest Matt Schimke!

SONGS PLAYED:

Paramore - Ain't It Fun

Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper - Shallow

Maroon 5 - This Love

Olivia Rodrigo - drivers license

Jason Mraz - The Remedy (I Won't Worry)

BRYAN ADAMS - Summer of '69

The Police - Every Breath You Take

Skrillex, Diplo - Where R Ü Now (feat. Justin Bieber)

Lil Nas X - Old Town Road (feat. Billy Ray Cyrus)

Katy Perry - Firework

Yellowcard - Ocean Avenue

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under the Bridge

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Wake up in the morning feeling like Mat and Tim! In this ep, the buddies recount a highly consequential year for pop music, and the three pop stars who led the way.

SONGS PLAYED:

Lady Gaga - Bad Romance

Katy Perry - The One That Got Away

Lady Gaga - Alejandro

Kesha - We R Who We R

Lady Gaga - Just Dance

Kesha - TiK ToK

Lady Gaga - Telephone (feat. Beyonce)

Katy Perry - California Gurls (feat. Snoop Dogg)

Kesha - Blah Blah Blah (feat. 3OH!3)

David Guetta - Sexy B**ch (feat. Akon)

Adele - Someone Like You

Katy Perry - Firework

Katy Perry - Teenage Dream

Owl City - Fireflies

SHOW AND TELL:

Mat: Katy Perry - Hummingbird Heartbeat

Tim: The Rescues - Teenage Dream

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Content warning: this episode contains J.K. Simmons using explicit language.

It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing! In this ep, Mat and Tim get mad about jazz elitists and gatekeeping within the genre.

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SONGS PLAYED:

Frank Sinatra - New York, New York

Miles Davis - Freddie Freeloader

Dave Brubeck - Everybody's Jumpin'

Kenny G - Songbird

Pat Metheny - Better Days Ahead

Kenny G - What a Wonderful World

Pat Metheny - Have You Heard

Kenny G - Going Home

Justin Hurwitz - Overture from 'Whiplash'

Oliver Nelson - Stolen Moments

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Is this loss? In this ep, Mat and Tim dive into a real bummer of a sub-sub-genre: country music about loss and heartbreak! Why does some of it work, and why is some of it unbearably corny?

SONGS PLAYED:

Chris Janson - Bye Mom

Chris Janson - Drunk Girl

Steve Wariner - Holes In the Floor of Heaven

George Jones - He Stopped Loving Her Today

Luke Bryan - Drink a Beer

Lee Bryce - I Drive Your Truck

Randy Travis - Three Wooden Crosses

Kacey Musgraves - angel

Kacey Musgraves - Merry Go ‘Round

Kacey Musgraves - camera roll

Eric Paslay - She Don’t Love You

SHOW AND TELL:

Mat: Kenny Chesney - A Lot of Things Different

Tim: Glen Campbell - I’m Not Gonna Miss You

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Promises made, promises kept! In this ep, Mat and Tim compare the industry structures of K-Pop and Motown, and the similarities therein. Will the working musician ever win? Listen and find out!

SONGS PLAYED:

Stevie Wonder - Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I'm Yours)

BTS - Butter

BLACKPINK, Selena Gomez - Ice Cream

BTS - Dynamite

Red Velvet - Queendom

ITZY - WANNABE

BRAVE GIRLS - ROLLIN'

Barrett Strong - Money (That's What I Want)

Gladys Knight & The Pips - If I Were Your Woman

Jackson 5 - I Want You Back

Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - Ain't No Mountain High Enough

Stevie Wonder - Superstition

The Temptations - My Girl

SHOW AND TELL:

LMFAO - Party Rock Anthem (feat. Lauren Bennett, GoonRock)

TOMORROW X TOGETHER - LOSER=LOVER

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