There are discussion groups for books, why not for music? MP and Ben talk about the possibilities of taking the concept of a “book club” into the music sphere. Could a group of people get together regularly to talk about a record the way people talk about books? How would such a discussion be facilitated? How would they pick the albums? Who would bring the beer? While you’re contemplating all of that, you can enjoy this episode’s playlist of brand new indie rock tracks that will turn your pages and flip your disc.

EPISODE PLAYLIST:

• Mannequin Death Squad/Emmy Mack, “Don’t Care"
• ODDLY, “Nautilus"
• Fright Years, “Do What You Wanna"
• Paraquay, “Rat"
• Mineral King, “Epilogue"
• Crawling Vines, “If I Get High (feat. Tommy Oeffling)"
• Wes Parker, “Splinter"
• Kouskous Heaven, “Inanimate Objective"
• HUNNY BUZZ, “Hush Hush"
• Basic Partner, “THEM"
• Social Creatures, “This Is Where The Love Lies"
• SunDog, “Fading Flower"
• BONUS TRACK: Kouskous Heaven, “Sunday Witches"

Honorable Mentions: Winona FIghter, Sunday 1994, Mood Bored, Better Joy, Daffo

The boys fly by the seat of....someone's pants...and MP finally honors his pledge to perform the bass part to Eleanor Kelly's song "In My Soul". So listen carefully and judge sternly, dear podcastees, and then check out our playlist of brand new indie rock tracks that will turn your knobs and dial in your tone.

EPISODE PLAYLIST:

• Press Club, "Champagne & Nikes"
• Delivery, "Deadlines"
• Paper Crowns, "Clean"
• Mood Bored, "Wet Faced & Ugly"
• fucales, "Golden Star"
• Dear Seattle, "Promise"
• Slung, "Laughter"
• Petey USA, "Model Train Town"
• Mary Hood, "5"
• The Wholesome Boys, "Tonight It's Just Us"
• Black Ends, "My Own Dead"
• Flycatcher, "Brother"
• BONUS TRACK, Dear Seattle, "Cut My Hair"

Special thanks to Eleanor Kelly.

LPT returns with MP's new year's resolution, Ben's night-driving phobia, a most definitely critically wounded owl, and a few plugs for some of our favorite podcasts. Of course we have a playlist of new indie rock tracks that will embroider your pillows and fix your bumpers.

EPISODE PLAYLIST:

• Fool Nelson, "Don't Feel Right"
• Scarlet Demore, "Ticket to Heaven"
• Morgan Nagler, "Cradle The Pain"
• Pardon, "Empty House"
• hallpass, "Aurora"
• modernform "Tunnel Vision"
• Fiona-Lee, "When I Wake Up I'm Sad"
• Siam Jem, "Colussus"
• Always Morning, "Waves"
• Adore, "Can We Talk"
• The Bel-Air Lip Bombs, "Look The Part"
• Adriana McCassim, "Sometimes I Change My Mind"
• BONUS TRACK: Adriana McCassim, "Love (can overtake us) Slow"

Shoutouts to: GenX Women are Sick of This Sh*t, Rebel Rock Radio, Breaker Box, How To Money, Bandsplain, The Brian Turner Show

Ben and MP run down their favorite albums, EPs, and singles of 2024. It's the last episode of the year and the boys make it count with some sparkling conversation and a top tier playlist. Wishing you all the best for the holidays!

EPISODE PLAYLIST

• Worlds Greatest Dad, "Private Hell"
• English Teacher, "R&B"
• Mediocre, "Kindling"
• SPRINTS, "Shaking Their Hands"
• Onsloow, "Riding on Lies"
• Sour Widows, "I-90"
• Molly Payton, "Accelerate"
• The Joy Hotel, "Old Man's Eyes"
• Friko, "Where We've Been"
• Honeyglaze, "Ghost"
• BONUS TRACK, Veseria, "Maybe I'm Deaf, Maybe I'm Blind"

Every so often, music pulls you out of your perceived comfort zone and makes you love something you never thought to even try. MP and Ben talk about the things that we don't know we like until we like them, and try to understand why. It's the penultimate episode of 2024, and the playlist will jingle your bells and lang syne your aud.

EPISODE PLAYLIST:

• Pageant Mum, "Home Again"
• wilt, "bite my tongue"
• Grundeis, "Ignoring People"
• Satin Cali, "Archie"
• the thing is..., "Weeping WIllows"
• hey, nothing, "Sick Dogs"
• Flip Top Head, "Parish Cafe Meetings"
• Lazy Haze, "Not The Same"
• SISTER MADDS, "Purgatory"
• Beverly Kills, "Marigold"
• Wiri Donna, "In My Chambers"
• Ain't, "Oar"
• BONUS TRACK, Kali Masi, "Thurible"

MP and Ben rocket through the shortest episode ever, mangle people's names, do a lot of s-p-e-l-l-i-n-g, and talk about "private music" - those songs and artists that we're more comfortable with at home than in a public setting. And the music keeps on coming.

EPISODE PLAYLIST:

• Mixed Signals, "Destination Unknown"
• FEMME FUGAZI, "Look At You"
• modernlove, "Something To Hold On To"
• NEPS, "All You Do Is Work"
• Nemahsis, "dead giveaway"
• Vitoria Vermelho, "Go On Stop"
• Lady Revel, "Dance Moves"
• HUNNY BUZZ, "Chess Game"
• Kylie Spence, "Care More"
• Dirty Blonde, "Northern Twang"
• Bad Moves, "A Drowning Confession"
• POM, "a craving"
• BONUS TRACK, Nemahsis, "i wanna be your right hand"

Music lives on through the hearts, minds, and souls of the old and the young. It may be our saving grace. It will be there for you in the darkest of times. Lean into music and it will wrap its arms around you without asking for anything in return.

Episode Playlist:

• Pinkshift, "One Nation"
• TYA, "the world is ending, have a great day!"
• The Kairos, "Punchline Fistfight"
• hallpass, "Record Player"
• BERRIES, "Control"
• Bikelane, "It Is What It Is"
• Koizilla, "Alonely"
• Peacebone, "Never Run Away"
• ISTA, "MEGAWATT"
• Fiona-Lee, "Nothing Compares to Nineteen"
• WHY NOT, "It's Fun"
• Onsloow, "Brakes"
• Lightspeed, "The Guest House"
• The Brower Sisters Band, "Leader the Follow"
• Imogen and the Knife, "Mother of God"
• Emily Darcy, "Remember?"

Things start off weird, but eventually MP and Ben embrace it. Ben tells MP about "seasonal music" and how it reflects on our states of being as we work our way through our Autumn routines. The gents close out the story of the worst local promoter ever, and MP posits the concept of "metaphorical song reviews". Warning: this episode's playlist might make you pee a little.

EPISODE PLAYLIST:

• The Backfires, "Dressed For A Funeral"
• Big Other, "Explain It Again"
• Salarymen, "The Price Of Fun"
• wonderbug, "what a waste of time"
• Prima Queen, "Fool"
• Adjustments, "Bendy A"
• Grace Enger, "It's No Fun"
• Ruby Archer, "Pretty Thing"
• Bike Routes, "World Apart"
• sleepazoid, "rwtd"
• Sorry Snowman, "Wash Away"
• Why Bonnie, "All The Money"
• BONUS TRACK, The Backfires, "Brighter Lights"

Some promoters are shady. Some questions don't have a concrete answer. Some audio plug-ins need a little T-L-C. Ben and MP unravel a tale of a small-time local music swindler and de-construct the question to end all questions: "What's your favorite band?". Speaking of favorite bands, you'll probably find your newest one on this weeks playlist.

EPISODE PLAYLIST:

• Fríða Dís, "The Boathouse Dance"
• Starikova, "The World Starts With You"
• Feeling Figures, "Imagine Nations"
• Lemon's, "Parasite"
• Street Play, "Alameda"
• Connor Bracken and the Mother Leeds Band, "Back in Town"
• Snake Pool, "signs"
• Deadbeat Girl, "I've Been Dying"
• Flytrap, "Gutted"
• Flat Party, "Shotgun"
• deadfoot, "Self-Unemployed"
• Ellis King, "Better Luck"
• BONUS TRACK: Street Play, "Samhain's Delight"

Ben and MP are talking about the continuing and escalating saga of the post-post-Covid live gig economy. Plus, MP's shares his new album-rating system, and the guys share a list of "off-the-menu" records you should drop everything to hear. Yes, yes, yes, we have a playlist of new indie rock tracks that will pack your bar and fill your venue.

EPISODE PLAYLIST:

• Matilda Cole, "Big Mouth"
• Girl Tones, "Fade Away"
• World's Greatest Dad, "Method Larping"
• Jemima Rae, "Again"
• Sarah and The Sundays, "The Cue"
• Adore, "Supermum!"
• goo, "Tiny Dinosaur That Only I Can See"
• bigfatbig, "Reason/Season/Lifetime"
• Dalia, "Bellyfish"
• Gia Ford, "Housewife Dreams of America"
• Kal Marks, "A Functional Earth"
• The Bad Shots, "Quarrels"
• BONUS TRACK: goo, "Miso"