Let's Play Ten

Cooking tips and menu placement are hallmarks of any good music podcast….right? No? What about local scene networking and pop-up shows? It’s all on the table, and MP and Ben attempt to control their own chaos, all the while presenting a playlist of brand new indie rock tracks that will julienne your peppers and smother your hash browns. Are you chuffed yet?

EPISODE PLAYLIST:

• hazy waters, “attention"
• For Nina, “Hounds"
• Sofia Isella, “Crowd Caffeine"
• The Redroom, “Nowadays"
• Greer, “Mugwump"
• Panchiko, “Chapel of Salt"
• Cosmorat, “Bad Boys Go To Heaven"
• sacréblue, “nelauk ir ateis"
• Hannah Lou Clark, “How to Unlearn Yourself"
• Picture Parlour, “Who’s There To Love Without You"
• The Braymores, “Ghost"
• Deep Sea Diver, “Always Waving Goodbye"
• BONUS TRACK, Panchiko, “Ginkgo"

Honorable Mentions:

• Swim School, “Alone With You"
• Billy Nomates, “Plans"
• Greeting Committee, “Animal at Best"
• Prima Queen, “The Prize"

We are often pre-disposed to discuss “the things we do wrong”, or “that shitty thing that happened”, or “that asshole that ruined the gig”. Maybe it’s in our nature. MP and Ben turn the fables and spin a pair of “it was all worth it” stories from their distant musical pasts, before they completely threw in the towel and became podcasters. If semi-longwinded stories are not your jam, we've got ten brand new indie rock tracks that will master your mix and sell out your house.

EPISODE PLAYLIST:

• hotgirl, “The Stink"
• Smut, “Syd Sweeney"
• Bug Crush, “Mikey Told Me"
• Les Votives, “I Don’t Care"
• Blush, “crowded spaces"
• Kills Birds, “Trace"
• Maddie Thies, “Owie" (feat. Lucas Rollo)
• The Royal Foundry, “Howlin’ At The Moon"
• Waking Hours, “i-35"
• Coast Arcade, “Acetone"
• Sweetmelk, “Athena"
• Wodan Boys, “Flying Solo"
• BONUS TRACK, Kills Birds, “Pyre"

“Hey, you like music, have you ever checked out this band?” meets “How can you call yourself a music person if you’ve never listened to this band?” as MP and Ben talk about their recent forays into the bands that got away. Don’t let any of the artists on this episode’s playlist pass you by, and please support them with your disposable income.

EPISODE PLAYLIST:

• Alison’s Fall, “What If"
• The Velveteers, “See Your Face"
• Bandit, “Masquerade"
• Strange Neighbors, “Hate Me Less"
• naya mö, “reverb boy"
• Shefu, “Smoke Show"
• Sunsick Daisy, “It’ll Be Alright"
• Q.E., “Hollow Words"
• Florence Road, “Heavy"
• Cliffords, “Bittersweet"
• Star 99, “Kill"
• Slow Fiction, “Brother"
• BONUS TRACK, Strange Neighbors, “Influencer"

Remember your very first concert without an adult chaperone? MP and Ben talk about their first concerts and what they took away from the experience. Also, MP might be getting bored, but maybe not, and the algorithm may need re-training. In the meantime, the boys spin a list of brand new indie rock tracks that will have you falling out of a tree into a creek (with excitement).

EPISODE PLAYLIST:

• Milledenials, “Self Destruct and Scott Emotion"
• overpass, “Like No Other"
• FACS, “Wish Defense"
• Billy Nomates, “The Test"
• STINT, “Där jag inte ser"
• Queen Cult, “Figure It Out"
• HotWax, “One More Reason"
• Polly, “So What"
• Touchdown Jesus, “Hairdryer"
• mercury, “Faster"
• Emilia Sisco, “In These Binds"
• Isabella Strange, “Karma 5"
• BONUS TRACK, overpass, “Take It Or Leave It"

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"