Now Hear This

Here is the news: We have a serious case of rocket lag on this episode on ELO's Time. Come down from your plastic ivory tower, grab your Gynoid, her jumpsuit, your ticket to the moon, and join us in 2095 to look back at 1981 when things were so uncomplicated. Where is the plot line running through these songs? Will Jeff Lynne make it back to Julie? Have you rented an apartment on a roller coaster? In the future, will we attempt to send this podcast as a letter in the form of a dream back to you, the listener, in this very moment now, in the past, but we fail? Buckle up because we have a message from another time. Now hear this: "Twilight," "Yours Truly, 2095," "Ticket to the Moon," "Here is the News," and "The Bouncer."

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What kind of world? The world of rock'n'roll's Charlie Brown that's what. Wait, maybe that's who, is that right? Anyway, what we do know is that Brendan Benson is possibly the best kept secret of rock'n'roll. Benson turns in an incredible collection of power pop on his 2012 album What Kind of World. Is what you want also what you need? It this tree sap dripping on your old reliable Telecaster or a brick of delicious sliceful hooks of tarty pop power punk? Will Ryan and Paul make it back from the Twilight Zone? Will we ever meet Jeb and his gangrenous leg? Listen and find out. Now hear this: "What Kind of World," "Bad for Me," "Light of Day," and "On the Fence."

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Join Paul, Ryan, and America's favorite hamburger boy on a jaunt through the now released, unreleased, mythical masterpiece SMiLE. All jokes aside, the gloves fell off in this one, and we took a few long, deep dives into the 1960s, psychedelia, psychedelics, psychology, and Mike Love's hat. Have our kids done it and created their best episode of season one or have they finally alienated their audience and themselves? Grab your piano sandbox, modular musical sensibilities, and birthday cake and buckle up for the wild ride of The Beach Boys' SMiLE. Now hear this: "Heroes and Villains," "Good Vibrations," "Cabinessence," "Surf's Up," and "Wonderful."

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So it goes, and so it goes, and so it goes, and so it goes. Where it's going, no one knows! Join Paul and Ryan on this season one highlight where things kick into 12th gear. Are you more of a Jesus of Cool person or a Pure Pop for Now People person? We're both and you'll hear why in a second. How does Nick Lowe feel about his label? Did Brinsley Schwarz open for Wings? What ended up happening to Marie Provost's dog? Will Ryan's towering physical presence scare Paul off of podcasting for good? Will you enjoy playing Paul's Huey Lewis party game? Join the soft touch typewriter and his great dictator to find out. It's music for money on this episode, and we're not sure what that means. Now hear this: "I Love the Sound of Breaking Glass," "So It Goes," and "36 Inches."

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Y'all don't know what it's like to be male, middle class, and white, and to listen to a podcast, or to possibly have your own podcast. Wait, maybe you do. We're back again with Ben Folds's 2001 album Rockin' the Suburbs. Does this album hold up? Will Paul make a Weird Al reference? Will Ryan slam Macca's musical ability, again? Will Ben Folds marry, again? What happened to the drum set Folds threw into that lake? Did someone leave the cake out in the rain? Some of these questions answered and more on this episode. Now hear this: "Annie Waits," "Zak and Sara," "Still Fighting It," "Not the Same," "The Luckiest," and the title track.

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Margo Price is a whiskey drinking, guitar slinging, establishment defying badass. Thank your lucky stars Paul dug her 2016 Midwest Farmer's Daughter album out for Ryan, who up to this point had a twangy slide guitar phobia. Price sells the truth, and once you take a taste, you won't stop lapping it up. (Shut up and take our money!) Has Margo done time? Has she successfully sung for Jack White? Will Ryan completely offend you, the listener? Will Paul occasionally wear a straw cowboy hat? Will you love this episode? Lift up the Evan Williams and find out. Now hear this: "Hands of Time," "Since You Put Me Down," "Four Years of Chances," "Hurtin' On The Bottle."

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We love L.A. and we also love Randy Newman. Good thing too because now you get to join us as we deliver a big slice of Randy's 1983 LP Trouble in Paradise as episode four of Now Hear This. Turns out Randy had a whole solo career before he started earnestly scoring your favorite Disney-sponsored toy movies. Our hats are off to the sarcastic, piano playing, soft-punk rocker himself. Paul's whole perception of reality changes and Ryan learns a few life lessons hidden in this LP he missed the first time around. Is this 2019 vintage of NHT starting to open up, or have the boys completely ruined their reputations? Tune in to find out. We love it! Now hear this: "I Love L.A.," "The Blues," "My Life Is Good," and "Christmas in Capetown."

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We’re back with The Fiery Furnaces' 2005 EP, which is neither an EP nor an LP, but dammit we love it. Brian Eno art rock-era inspired band comprising of Matthew and Eleanor Friedberger, The Fiery Furnaces were indie-darlings on fire from 2003 to 2009 (they broke up in 2011). This collection of singles and b-sides remains a refreshing classic and easy entry point to the groups myriad eccentricities. Paul and Ryan get real emotional in this one bro when talking about their "lost" periods on the east coast. It's too late to turn back now. Now hear this: "Single Again," "Here Comes the Summer," "Tropical-Iceland," and "Smelling Cigarettes."

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Our hearts are beating like hammers. Why? Because you're still with us with episode two of Now Hear This. Paul throws Metric's Fantasies into our faces and we lay back and enjoy it because it's a near perfect album. Emily Haines, James Shaw, Joshua Winstead, and Joules Scott-Key turn in possibly their best collection of well produced songs in 2009 and we sink our teeth right in. For some reason, Ryan and Paul spend an awful amount time talking about breakfast cereal. Will we make it to episode three? (Spoiler alert: yes.). Is this new-new wave? Will you hear from Bruce McMouse? Will you get answers to these questions and more? Probably. Now hear this: "Help I'm Alive," "Gold Guns Girls," "Gimmie Sympathy," and "Stadium Love."

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Here we go again, the start of the end, but there's more. Welcome to episode one of Now Hear This. Paul and Ryan dig into Todd Rundgren's 1973 magnum opus A Wizard, a True Star. We weren't sure where to begin, so why not begin with one of rock'n'roll's most enigmatic artist's enigmatic albums? Exactly. You will not want to miss this entertaining take on the Runt as well as the introduction to your two new favorite podcast hosts: Paul and Ryan. International feel! Still there’s more. Now hear this: "International Feel," "Tic Tic Tic It Wears Off," "Is It My Name?" and "Just One Victory."

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