It's Halloween night, and we're reaching into our bucket of treats and sharing Queens of the Stone Age's creepiest tracks. We dig into why their music's embrace of dark imagery and macabre storytelling makes them a natural fit for the spookiest night of the year. Join us as we dive into some of QOTSA's heaviest, most ominous grooves that are as intelligently crafted as they are genuinely unsettling.

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We blast off into the stratosphere with Hum's 1995 masterpiece You'd Prefer An Astronaut, the Champaign, Illinois band's sonic collision of shoegaze shimmer and bone-crushing sludge metal. While MTV latched onto "Stars," the album's real treasures lie in the deep space between those radio moments—massive, swirling guitar walls courtesy of Matt Talbott and Tim Lash that feel like entire galaxies collapsing in slow motion. This is the record that proved heavy music could be beautiful, and shoegaze could absolutely crush. Strap in for lift-off.

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Our eye-in-the sky cohost Mitchy makes his Whatcha Heard debut in this cohesive collection of killer tunes that flows from lo-fi country to jazz-funk to doom-psych without blinking.

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Some country, some synth. Some trip hop, some one-man garage rock. And a whole lot of Deftones. It's our monthly Whatcha Heard!

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Hold onto your brain - we're diving headfirst into the kaleidoscopic chaos of Thee Oh Sees (and their many aliases). From garage-rock blitzes to prog-noise freakouts, we unpack the ever-evolving sound and vision of John Dwyer’s relentless sonic machine. Join us as we sample from their vast discography and genre-spanning sound, with tracks from Face Stabber, Orc, Floating Coffin, and Protean Threat. Whether you’re a seasoned fan or just noise-curious, strap in and get ready to ascend into Thee Oh Sees stratosphere.

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It's been awhile since our last proper Whatcha Heard episode, and this one is as wide-ranging and decade-spanning as you'd expect from our monthly mixtape format. From the 60s to brand-spanking new and mathcore to twee, join us for a little bit of everything.

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Our buddy Mitch returns and we pick up where we left off in our track-by-track deep dive into Kings of Leon's second record Aha Shake Heartbreak. Caleb Followill's lyrical prowess shines brightest on the back half of the record, from not-so-veiled innuendo to in-your-face bravado. Join us as we chat about one of the most formative records of our youth from a band on the verge of mega stardom.

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We sit down with our long time friend Mitchell (a name we've dropped countless times on this podcast) to chat about Kings of Leon's second record Aha Shake Heartbreak. An extremely formative band and record for the 3 of us, we reminisce about seeing the band open for The Strokes in 2003, rushing down to the local record shop to grab a copy of Aha Shake in 2005, and dive deep into every track of the record. We discuss the brilliant lyrical balance of raw vulnerability with unbridled testosterone, and the southern tinged garage rock sound that defined the group just before their meteoric mainstream rise in the years to come. Join us next week for part 2.

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We sit down with our long time friend Mitchell (a name we've dropped countless times on this podcast) to chat about Kings of Leon's second record Aha Shake Heartbreak. An extremely formative band and record for the 3 of us, we reminisce about seeing the band open for The Strokes in 2003, rushing down to the local record shop to grab a copy of Aha Shake in 2005, and dive deep into every track of the record. We discuss the brilliant lyrical balance of raw vulnerability with unbridled testosterone, and the southern tinged garage rock sound that defined the group just before their meteoric mainstream rise in the years to come. Join us next week for part 2.

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