You've heard "Dreams" and "Linger". You've probably heard "Zombie" close to a gazillion times by now. But as we like to say around here, it's often the tracks between the singles that need another listen (or for some - a first listen). We dive into The Cranberries' first three records and marvel over how unmatched Dolores O'Riordan's powerful and unique vocals were in the 90s rock landscape, and how refusing to shed their Irish origins made her voice that much more powerful by giving western audiences a perspective we may never have heard.

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At the start of the new millenium, Sweet Trip took the dream pop and shoegaze formula of the 90s and brought it into the digital age with their ever-evolving sound and constant experimentation. In 2003, Velocity: Design: Comfort. blended classic elements of dream pop and shoegaze with glitch pop, IDM, and techno to create a genre-defying sound and push dream pop into brand new territories. Six years later on You Will Never Know Why, they changed their sound yet again, this time with more "raw and bare and simple", striped-down guitar-driven indie tracks that paved that way for dream pop's next big wave.

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When their forces combined, Elizabeth Fraser and Robin Guthrie created some of the most ethereal, mysterious, and glimmering alt rock of all time. With every track absolutely drenched in reverb and lush textures from Guthrie's signature guitar tone, and Fraser's celestial vocals spanning operatic heights to wailing punk rock, Heaven or Las Vegas is truly the most radiant jewel in dream pop's crown.

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With Quentin back at the mic, we take a left turn from last week's grunge gaze with a little dream pop courtesy of The Sundays. 

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Just in time for their brand new record, Travis and special guest (and friend of the pod) Roni dive into the grunge/shoegaze/post hardcore revival of Soul Blind. We play a track from (most) of their EPs along with a brand new track off their forthcoming  full-length Feel It All Around which drops November 11th on Other People Records.

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For our very special bonus Halloween episode, we chat about the perfect record for cruising around on Halloween night: White Zombie's 1992 La Sexorcisto. Also called Devil Music Volume One, the record is a "movie for the ears" with sampled clips from horror and grindhouse films scattered throughout. Join us as we throw up the horns and summon Beelzebub with some proper devil music.

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Only on Whatcha Heard will you hear a blood-curdling horror soundtrack followed by a children's song about the letters Q and U. It's our monthly mixtape on No Filler! Tune in to hear everything from grunge to downtempo.

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We get it: if you have to hear Monster Mash one more time, your boombox will be the only thing getting graveyard smashed. If you're in need for some new tunes for your costume party tonight, we've got you covered. Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats takes psychedelic rock and doom metal and mashes it with The Manson Family, Universal Monsters, and all the other horror film essentials on your October watch list. And of course, singer K.R. Starrs is an absolute vocal doppelgänger for John Lennon. What more could you ask for? Turn the lights down low, light some candles, and tune in for our bonus Halloween episode.

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John Carpenter is often referred to as the master of horror. His iconic Halloween franchise defined the slasher film formula for decades to come. But for fans of synthwave music (and the use of synth in cinema), we have Carpenter to thank for that as well. His extremely effective use of synths to build atmosphere and heighten tension in his films went on to influence countless synthwave artists and film composers. On this Halloween bonus episode of No Filler, we listen to a couple tracks from his 1982 score for Halloween III, and talk about his legacy in both film and music.

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Following last week's episode on Bowery Electric, we pull from the No Filler vaults with our episode on Seattle shoegaze group Cock & Swan. They pick up where Bowery left off with a similar blend of shoegaze and downtempo. Johnny Goss and Ola Hungerford have a knack for creating these wonderfully dark & dazey, lusciously lo-fi tunes, often with jerky, slightly odd rhythms.

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