Welcome to another edition of PlaylistMakers: a new Indie Basketball Podcast episode where a group of folks collaboratively make a playlist together, fantasy draft style. I am joined by Royce Wilmot (Shoshin Boy on TikTok), Matt Mitchell (Paste Magazine), and Kevin Patrick Sullivan (Field Medic) to draft a playlist of songs from a debut album.

Want to listen to the final output playlist? Check it out here: https://spoti.fi/3B7D8Kl 

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Rick Maguire of the indie rock band Pile joins me to talk about the Celtics championship and the joys of pickup hoops at the Y. We also do a game of Musician Matchups!

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Returning guest Nik Ewing of Local Natives joins the podcast to discuss his new album for his solo project for Chewing, Olympic basketball, Clippers season preview, and dive in for another Build-A-Band.

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We have brand new Half Court Sessions with Free Range and Mister Goblin, now available: https://www.youtube.com/@indiebasketball

Bon Iverson hats and Lift Yr Skinny Fists And Take A Jumpshot From Heaven t-shirts are available at http://www.indiebasketball.com

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Iris Gunnison of the New York band Bloomsday is here to talk about their recent album Heart of the Artichoke and get into their history with basketball, including some NBA 2K and growing up a New Jersey Nets fan. Plus, they do their version of Build-a-Band.

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We have a brand new Half Court Session with Runnner, now available: https://www.youtube.com/@indiebasketball

Bon Iverson hats and Lift Yr Skinny Fists And Take A Jumpshot From Heaven t-shirts are available at http://www.indiebasketball.com

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Joey Vannucchi is here talking about the newest From Indian Lakes album and to get into how much of a hoop head and Warriors fan he really is. He also provides his take on Build-a-Band.

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We have a brand new Half Court Session with Runnner, now available: https://www.youtube.com/@indiebasketball

Bon Iverson hats and Lift Yr Skinny Fists And Take A Jumpshot From Heaven t-shirts are available at http://www.indiebasketball.com

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We have our very first returning guest on the podcast in Nick Thorburn of the band Islands and formerly The Unicorns. He's back to talk about a new Islands album and what makes it different than previous ones. We also talked playoffs, Raptors, offseason, NBA trading cards, and having previously done Build-a-Band, it's his turn to do Musician Matchups with some Raptors legends.

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We have a brand new Half Court Session with Runnner, now available: https://www.youtube.com/@indiebasketball

Bon Iverson hats and Lift Yr Skinny Fists And Take A Jumpshot From Heaven t-shirts are available at http://www.indiebasketball.com

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Stoked to have on the legendary Jonah Matranga (Far, Onelinedrawing, New End Original) to celebrate his Celtics winning an NBA Championship. I make him defend his case on the Celtics road to a title, talk about growing up in Boston, and he makes a few artist recommendations. Plus, he has a fun version of Build-a-Band in line for us.

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Half Court Sessions with Ducks Ltd. and San Fermin are now live: https://www.youtube.com/@indiebasketball

Bon Iverson hats and Lift Yr Skinny Fists And Take A Jumpshot From Heaven t-shirts are still available at http://www.indiebasketball.com

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Tyler Jordan is the singer and guitarist of Austin-based band Good Looks and he came on this weeks episode to give us some details on their new (fantastic) record Lived Here For a While, while also sharing his deep-rooted Houston Rockets fandom. Together we solve some Rockets related Musician Matchups.

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Half Court Sessions with Ducks Ltd. and San Fermin are now live: https://www.youtube.com/@indiebasketball

Bon Iverson hats and Lift Yr Skinny Fists And Take A Jumpshot From Heaven t-shirts are still available at http://www.indiebasketball.com

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The dudes of STRFKR dropped in the pod to talk about the Trailblazers, their new album, and they do a fun little round of Build-a-Band. You can check out their album Parallel Realms out now.

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Half Court Sessions with Ducks Ltd. and San Fermin are now live: https://www.youtube.com/@indiebasketball

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Sammy from Mom Jeans and Just Friends shares stories on stories of how basketball has been a part of his life, rooting for the Warriors, not rooting for the Celtics, and he also crates some wild scenarios in Build-a-Band.

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Half Court Sessions with Ducks Ltd. and San Fermin are now live: https://www.youtube.com/@indiebasketball

Bon Iverson hats and Lift Yr Skinny Fists t-shirts available at http://www.indiebasketball.com

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Join the conversation on Discord: https://discord.gg/HJaDNwxSbe

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