Let's Play Ten

MP and Ben consider the inevitability that they won’t be able to restrict themselves to a mere five albums for this year’s Brammy awards (dropping late December). Ben shares the story of an artist that couldn’t get out of a deal with an online distributor, and MP contemplates the biblical origin of bass players. This episode’s playlist of brand new indie rock tracks will park your yacht and six your seven. Antlers on!

EPISODE PLAYLIST:

• Porch Light, “Upside"
• Talon, “Time Stops"
• Weakened Friends, “Lightspeed"
• Frída Dís, “Darker Spells"
• Dikembe, “King"
• shan the band, “The Swelter"
• Honey I’m Home, “Alive"
• Flip Top Head, “What I Really Want To Know"
• Ribbon Skirt, “Pensacola"
• Florence Road, “Miss"
• Paper Lady, “Silt"
• Sunlust, “Say You Want It"
• BONUS TRACK: Sunlust, “Year of the Rat"

Honorable mentions to: Coast Arcade, Girl Scout, Rocket, Future Teens, and Two Sun Bower.

Thanks to Monty Python and Kids In The Hall.

Get your kicks….on episode 66! Record stores are back…again. Ben and MP are noticing some changes in the way your local vinyl retailers are attracting, and keeping customers - from bigger spaces to more swag to less intrusive background music. We’ve got another great playlist of brand new indie rock that will tattoo your back and re-attach your foot.

EPISODE PLAYLIST:

• Bleech 9:3, “Ceiling"
• Candar., “Girl You See"
• plonki, “Lost To You"
• Tough Cookie, “Paycheck"
• REVERSE YR CURSE, “Depiction"
• Former Champ, “porcelain"
• Hana Eid, “Swallows"
• Fwango, “Hang Tight"
• Paper Crowns, “Strung"
• Abbey Lane, “Lessons Learnt"
• Cardinals, “Big Empty Heart"
• The Casper Fight Scene, “Summer’s End Smoke Out"
• BONUS TRACK: Former Champ, “now you see me"

MP and Ben saw a couple of good shows recently and regale one another with tales of concert hijinks. The windows are open and the bugs are singing. We’ve got a playlist of excellent new indie rock that will dylan your nelson and crimp your empanada.

EPISODE PLAYLIST:

• Durry, “Dead Media"
• The Belair Lip Bombs, “Don’t Let Them Tell You (It’s Fair)"
• Phantastic Ferniture, “Change My Mind"
• Hot Glue, “Bad Dog"
• Arkayla, “Waste of Time"
• The Orchestra (For Now), “Hattrick"
• The Retrograde, “If You Love Them (Let Them Go)"
• sleepazoid, “NEW AGE"
• Still Blank, “Cut Slack"
• Ratboys, “Light Night Mountains All That"
• Two Sun Bower, “Rot"
• Mellowing, “Untitled Fight"
• BONUS TRACK, Phantastic Ferniture, “Take It Off"

Honorable Mentions to: Petey USA, NewDad, Wednesday, Swim School

We’re seeing a trend where artists are removing their music from a certain streaming service, and Ben and MP are here for it, for a myriad of reasons. Your favorite indie rock podcast begins its fourth year with a monster playlist of new music that will clear your throat and electrify your tongue.

EPISODE PLAYLIST:

• Summer Bedhead, “Deep Breathe"
• Left At The Avenue, “New York"
• Jobber, “Million Dollar Man"
• Fistfight With Traffic, “Brand New"
• Queentide, “burn"
• Agatha Is Dead!, “no love to prove"
• Over Under, “Watching the Clock Tick"
• Fright Years, “Wait For Nothing"
• Ganser, “Half Plastic"
• Flycatcher, “Truth"
• Water From Your Eyes, “Life Signs"
• Lucky, “Lady Beetle"
• BONUS TRACK: Fistfight With Traffic, “Thick Skin"

Special Thanks to John R.

TFW when you don’t love something at first, and then you do. MP and Ben break down the new album by one of their favorite bands, and present a playlist of brand new indie rock to help you find yours. These songs will spread your stereo field and hyperlink your sputnik.

EPISODE PLAYLIST:

• Wilt, “Bad Seed"
• Pool Kids, “Last Word"
• Colatura, “Survive"
• Jinzo, “Great Zest"
• Rocket, “Act Like Your Title"
• Prewn, “System"
• Coast Arcade, “Cycles"
• Superstar Crush, “Fire Escape”
• IVY, “Loon"
• Hannah Kate, “End of the Day"
• Buddie, “Impatient"
• Honey Eyes, “Don’t Come Back"
• BONUS TRACK: Honey Eyes, “Hourglass"

More like Lollapa-SNOOZE-a!

“Wednesday MP” is not a fan of one of the splashiest, splooshiest, longest running music festivals in the country. That’s why he stayed home and watched it on television for four days. And just what IS his real name??? Ben and MP talk about FOUS’s (Festivals of Unusual Size), introduce a new music-rating system, and present a playlist of fresh indie rock that will steam your fez and water your buffalo.

EPISODE PLAYLIST:

• Golomb, “Staring"
• WAAX, “Ur A Rat"
• Velvet Meadow, “The Velvet Sundown"
• Die Spitz, “Pop Punk Anthem (Sorry For The Delay)"
• Soft Bait, “Sooner"
• really big really clever, “the middle"
• SCHMOOZE, “Treason"
• The Royston Club, “30/20"
• The Flamingo Years, “beaver + wallace"
• MyVeronica, “Sleepless"
• Poppy Jean Crawford, “Glamorous"
• Sarah and the Sundays, “Pipe Down"
• BONUS TRACK: Golomb, “Real Power"

MP and Ben were just settling in to record this episode when news broke of Ozzy Osbourne’s passing. This got the boys thinking about the deaths of famous musicians that impacted them the most, in their youth and as adults. Yeah, it’s not the most light-hearted of discussions but we didn’t go TOO dark. Luckily, we had a great playlist of brand new and not so new indie rock tracks to lift our spirits.

EPISODE PLAYLIST:

• Chloe Slater, “We’re Not The Same"
• Stagger, “Head Rip"
• Bad Bloom, “Onion"
• Chartreuse, “Fold"
• Porch Light, “Over Flow"
• After London, “The Get Up"
• Indoor Foxes, “White Rabbit"
• Forth Wanderers, “Honey"
• Pebbledash, “Tell Me"
• The Sophs, “Death in the Family"
• NewDad, “RooBosh"
• Year of October, “Flannel"
• BONUS TRACK, Indoor Foxes, “Maggot Brains (and many other names)"

Our vacations are over, and we have so much to tell you. MP shares tales of a nearly flooded igloo, Ben avoids a nautical mishap, and we have a serious heart-to-heart about the precarious “state of things”. Of course, we’d be nothing without new indie rock, and we have a mid-summer playlist that will rattle your pipes and soak your floor.

EPISODE PLAYLIST:

• Yumi Zouma, “Blister"
• Annabel Lee, “THE SON!"
• Q.E., “If I Had Stayed Married To Andy"
• Future Teens, “Harm Production"
• Odelia, “Monkey With A Hammer"
• Ramonda Hammer, “The Panic"
• Honeycrush, “Soft Spot"
• Rehash, “malaise"
• spiderhoney, “Bare Minimum"
• Edgehill, “I Can Be Your Dog"
• Neptune’s Core, “Inside"
• Soot Sprite, “Days After Days"
• BONUS TRACK: Neptune’s Core, “Tethered"

It’s that time of year, when Ben and MP mark the half-way point of their season by taking a month off. The boys have a lot on their minds, including….their actual minds. Plus, house shows are becoming a “thing” again, but we’re not complaining about it. And yes, we’ve got your first playlist of summer with a batch of brand new indie rock guaranteed to shake the sand right out of those hard to reach places.

Ben and MP will be back in July.

EPISODE PLAYLIST:

• Leeches, “Green"
• The Snookers, “Male Male"
• Theo Moss, “Warning Sign"
• Skiptracer, “Rapid Eye Movement"
• Night Talks, “Gasoline"
• Ducki, “Dog Breath"
• Billy Nomates, “Metalhorse"
• Farmer’s Wife, “Dirty Shirley"
• McKay, “All On My Own"
• Pleasance, “Cool"
• The Ophelias, “Open Sky"
• Postcards, “Dust Bunnies"
• BONUS TRACK: Postcards, “Construction Site"

Is it better to push forward, or fall back? Ben and MP consider the risks and benefits of abandoning over-saturated promotional tools in favor of old school mailing lists and word of mouth. And, while they ponder the musical question “what’s Aunt Doris muttering about?”, they present a playlist of brand new indie rock that will deliver your phone books and improve your French.

EPISODE PLAYLIST:

• Lord Jane, “Kaleidoscopes"
• Coach Party, “Girls!"
• Soundcellar, “I Am"
• Press Club, “Wilt"
• Middle Class Fashion, “Rom Com"
• Really Good Time, “Scott Carson"
• La Flemme, “Oiseau"
• Jayla Kai, “Love Letter To Everyone"
• Slung, “Heavy Duty"
• The Vanns, “Up All Night"
• Ritchot Textiles, “Directing"
• TV Therapy, “Animal Control"
• BONUS TRACK: La Flemme, “Mer Azur"

Honorable Mentions: Blondshell, Man/Woman/Chainsaw