In this episode...

Jake has his heart broken by Kyle, and begins to question the respect of the blue jay.

Reed gets groovy with fire sauce over 70's flooring.

Devan likes every band, and wants to add some spice to your musical experience.

Kyle dislikes every band, and hasn't stopped saying "howdy" since 2016.

Times:

What's On Queue? Sympathy For Life - Parquet Courts (5:45), Illusory Walls - The World Is A Beautiful Place And I Am No Longer Afraid To Die (25:35), True Love - Hovvdy (38:45), Valentine - Snail Mail (51:20), Write A List Of Things To Look Forward To - Courtney Barnett (54:30), The Man Himself - Gang Of Youths (1:00:10)

Title Track - Hot Takes (1:05:30) Jake - Bands shouldn't take more than 2 years to create an album. (1:07:40) Devan - Don't pin yourself down to a genre. (1:12:10) Reed - Arcade Fire's "Everything Now" is actually good. (1:15:20) Kyle - Modest Mouse sucks, and Death Cab For Cutie should have stopped with "Plans" (1:16:30) Jake - Led Zeppelin's drummer isn't special, and Bob Dylan mostly writes nonsense. (1:22:10) Devan - Features and collaborations are often bad. (1:27:40) Reed - The Breeders are better than The Pixies (1:30:15) Kyle - Nirvana is overrated, and Foo Fighters are better. (1:30:45) Devan - Everyone should listen to 1 new foreign-language album every month. (1:38:30) Reed - Led Zeppelin just isn't very good. (1:41:15) Kyle - Guitar solos suck, and so does most classic rock. (1:45:45) Jake - Jeff Tweedy is the worst part of Wilco. (1:56:00)

Lightning Round: "Is this album better than Peppa Pig?" Quiz (2:07:50)

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