For this Patreon episode, we asked our Patrons once again to send in songs that break their hearts every time they hear them. They did NOT disappoint. Make sure you have a box of tissues within reach...

Songs featured in this episode: Don't Look Back In Anger - Manchester crowd; Words - Low; Fire and Rain - James Taylor; Changes - Charles Bradley; Don't Need A Reason - Beth Orton; Expert In A Dying Field - The Beths; Dear God - XTC; Mami - Melody; Them Changes - Thundercat; Ivy - Frank Ocean; Come A Little Closer - Cage The Elephant; Glimpse Of Us - Joji; Neither One Of Us (Wants To Be The First To Say Goodbye) - Gladys Knight and the Pips; I've Been A Mess - American Music Club; Foolish Games - Jewel; Party Fears Two - The Associates; Love In Vain - Robert Johnson; I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free - Nina Simone; Black Love - Greg Dulli; It Makes No Difference - The Band; Angie - Rolling Stones; I'd Rather Go Blind - Rod Stewart; Seasons In The Sun - Terry Jacks; Mile Rock Man - Dawn Oberg; Photograph - Ringo Starr; Lazarus - David Bowie; Lippy Kids - Elbow; Moonlight Motel - Bruce Springsteen; Come Pick Me Up - Ryan Adams; Come Together - Spiritualized; Hold On Hope - Glen Campbell

For this BONUS 'Mixtape Episode', we invited drummer Sam Fogarino (Interpol) to curate a mixtape and dug into his selections. Sam's mixtape: 1.Auf Wiedersehen - Cheap Trick 2.Smash It Up - The Damned 3.Panorama - The Cars 4.Mustopha Dance - The Clash 5.Chessboards - Killing Joke 6.Disappearer - Sonic Youth 7.Carry The Zero - Built To Spill 8.Lullaby - Low 9.Dos Galaxias - El Mato a Un Policia Motorizado 10.Rock Music - Pixies 11.Only The Strong - Midnight Oil 12.Girl Loves Me - David Bowie *Other songs featured in this episode: PDA (live, Sydney Australia 2008), Toni, Gran Hotel - Interpol; March Of The Pigs - Nine Inch Nails; Ca Plane Pour Moi - Plastic Bertrand

Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3wVVi4w6ZBHnTCjDm7V6L0?si=fa958cceedfb40a2

**episode artwork: Cori Elba (On PlanetWeird)

This week's guest Larry Smith brings us a record by the critically acclaimed, highly influential but criminally unheralded 80s Austin TX band Glass Eye. 'Bent By Nature' is a melodic-yet-quirky, highly intelligent collection of post-punk tunes with nods to kooky neighbors, invasive lizards and Daniel Johnston, among others.

Songs featured in this episode: I Am A Baby In My Universe - Kathy McCarty; Introduction - Chicago; Walking The Cow - Daniel Johnston; Don't Worry About The Government - Talking Heads; Come Back And Stay - Paul Young; Dalis Car - Dalis Car; Second Coming - The Stranglers; Rejoyce - Jefferson Airplane; Whiskey - Glass Eye; Desperate Man Blues - Daniel Johnston; Comeback, Oblivion, Living With Reptiles, We Don't Touch - Glass Eye; This House That I Call Home - X; Love Gone Wrong, Dimpsey Naish, Kicking The Dog, People In The House, Heywire, Parking Space, Christine, Mechanical Chihuahua - Glass Eye; That's How I Escaped My Certain Fate - Mission Of Burma; Walking The Cow - Kathy McCarty

Strap-in for this one, XTC fans: Record/Hot Sauce purveyor Kevin Chanel (Grooves Inspiralled Vinyl/El Enojado Hot Sauce) brings us a curious musical oddity called 'Take Away / The Lure of Salvage', the 1980 debut record by XTC frontman Andy Partridge a.k.a. Mr Partridge! Consisting basically of dub remixes/rewrites of tracks originally recorded by Partridge's band XTC - and Co-produced with John Leckie - it's a weirdly confounding, highly experimental slab that challenges at every turn.

Songs featured in this episode: Meccanik Dancing (Peel Session), Dance With Me, Germany - XTC; Words From The Poster (Remix) - The Front; Big Train, Piss Bottle Man - Mike Watt; All My Friends Are Ghosts - Scared Of Chaka; Making Plans For Nigel, Battery Brides, A Dictionary Of Modern Marriage, Life Begins At The Hop - XTC; Commerciality - Andy Partridge; Refrigeration Blues - XTC The Day They Pulled The North Pole Down - Andy Partridge; Heatwave - XTC; The Forgotten Language Of Light - Andy Partridge; Millions - XTC; Kurt's Rejoinder - Brian Eno; Reel By Reel - XTC; Steam Fist Futurist, Shore Leave Ornithology (Another 1950) - Andy Partridge; Ornithology - Charlie Parker; Cairo - Andy Partridge; Penetration In The Centrefold - DEVO; Helicopter - XTC; The Rotery - Andy Partridge; Veteran's Day Poppy - Captain Beefheart And His Magic Band; Madhattan, I Sit In The Snow - Andy Partridge; Meninblack - The Stranglers; The Walrus Hunt, Margaret Freeman - The Residents; Work Away Tokyo Day, New Broom - Andy Partridge; Radio 4 - Public Image Ltd.; It's Over - The Front; Let There Be Snow - Andy Partridge

Returning guest Steve Michener (Big Dipper, Volcano Suns, Dumptruck) brings in Ground Zero for British punk, Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols, the one and only studio album by the notorious Sex Pistols. "We mean it, man!"

Songs featured in this episode:Roadrunner (demo) - Sex Pistols; Roadrunner - Sex Pistols (Live Brixton Academy, 2007); Meet The Witch - Big Dipper; I'll Be Back - The Beatles; Welcome To The Working Week - Elvis Costello; Street Life - Roxy Music; Beat On The Brat - Ramones; Holidays In The Sun - Sex Pistols; Welcome To Paradise - Green Day; In The City - The Jam; Bodies - Sex Pistols; More Than A Feeling - Boston; No Feelings - Sex Pistols; I'm So Bored With The U.S.A. - The Clash; No Feelings, Liar, Problems - Sex Pistols; I Don't Want To Talk About It - Rod Stewart; God Save The Queen, Seventeen, Anarchy In The UK - Sex Pistols; Come As You Are - Nirvana; Anarchy In The UK - Motley Crue; Submission - Sex Pistols; S.O.S.- ABBA; Pretty Vacant, New York - Sex Pistols; London Boys - The Heartbreakers; EMI - Sex Pistols; Careering - Public Image Ltd; Anarchy In The UK - Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain; God Save The Queen - Motorhead

Guitarist/vocalist Chris O'Rourke and drummer/vocalist Rachael McNally - two-thirds of the Boston band Sleepyhead - brings us a double record as intriguingly mysterious and expansive as its name: 'Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You' by Brooklyn indie rock band Big Thief. Anchored by the stunning voice and enigmatic songwriting of singer/guitarist Adrianne Lenker, it's an ambitious and weirdly absorbing collection of songs/sounds guaranteed to get under your skin.

Songs featured in this episode: Change - Big Thief (Live Glastonbury, 2022); New Alchemy - Sleepyhead; Simulation Swarm, Sparrow, UFOF, Dried Roses - Big Thief; Changes - David Bowie; Change - Big Thief; You Can Have It All - Yo La Tengo; Time Escaping, Spud Infinity, Certainty, Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You, Little Things - Big Thief; Hounds Of Love - Kate Bush; Flower Of Blood, Red Moon, No Reason, 12,000 Lines, Simulation Swarm - Big Thief; Kyoto - Phoebe Bridgers; Love Love Love, Blue Lightning - Big Thief; Pam and Eddie, Tony The Drunk Is A Thief - Sleepyhead

Wilco's fourth studio album, the quirky-yet-beloved 'Yankee Hotel Foxtrot', is widely considered to be the band's masterpiece. So of course Rob dismissed it as overhyped alt-rock critic-bait for 20 years. Returning guest Steve Carroll patiently unwraps the storied tropes and mythical symbols of Jeff Tweedy and co., revealing a pretty fantastic rock record underneath.

Songs featured in this episode: Jesus, etc. (Live at Sydney Opera House, 2013), Via Chicago - Wilco; After The Gold Rush - Neil Young; Drown - Son Volt; Forget The Flowers - Wilco; Black Horse - Gastr Del Sol; I Am Trying To Break Your Heart, Kamera - Wilco; Isi - NEU!; Radio Cure, War On War, Jesus, etc., Ashes Of American Flags, Heavy Metal Drummer - Wilco; American Girl - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers; Strutter - Kiss; I'm The Man Who Loves You - Wilco; Apeman - The Kinks; Pot Kettle Black - Wilco; In Between Days - The Cure; Poor Places, Reservations - Wilco; Phonetic Alphabet NATO - The Conet Archive; I Am Trying To Break Your Heart - JC Brooks and The Uptown Sound

It's hard to discuss British rock band Badfinger and NOT focus on the tragic details of their too-short career. This week's guest, legendary Miami music maven Rich Ulloa (Yesterday & Today Records, Y&T Music), doesn't shy away from the dark parts, but much prefers to focus on the wonderful music these four lads from Swansea gifted the world. Their 1971 release 'Straight Up' is as fine an example of lush, meticulously recorded and thrillingly played power-pop as you're ever likely to find.

Songs featured in this episode: Take It All (Live) - Badfinger; We Can Work It Out - The Beatles; Clowntime Is Over - Elvis Costello; This Broken Heart - The Mavericks; Flagboy - For Squirrels; Thirsty Boots - Bob Dylan; Perfection - Sweet Lizzy Project; Come And Get It, No Matter What, Apple Of My Eye, Take It All - Badfinger; Golden Slumbers - The Beatles; Maybe I'm Amazed (Live) - Paul McCartney and Wings; Baby Blue - Badfinger; Money - The Flying Lizards; Money, Flying, I'd Die Babe - Badfinger; No Matter What - Jellyfish; Name Of The Game - Badfinger; Time Has Come Today - The Chambers Brothers; Suitcase, Sweet Tuesday Morning, Day After Day - Badfinger; No More - Pete Ham; Sometimes - Badfinger; It Wouldn't Have Made Any Difference - Todd Rundgren; Perfection, It's Over - Badfinger; Piano Red - Albert Castiglia Band (Featuring Mandy Marylane); No Matter What (World Version) - Stan Lynch; Eyesight To The Blind - Mose Allison; Name Of The Game - Amanda Green

With their third full-length album, 2011's 'The English Riviera', British band Metronomy transitioned from garish electro-pop to a sleek, sophisticated sound that's as much Steely Dan as Daft Punk. Our guest, Scottish singer/songwriter and producer Joshua Mackenzie (The Joshua Hotel, Lional), found inspiration for his own music in leader Joseph Mount's lush-yet-quirky songs about - among other things - his hometown of Torbay in Devon that make up this beguiling record. "You're up, but you'll get down You're never running from this town... This town's the oldest friend of mine"

Songs featured in this episode: Corinne (Instrumental) - Metronomy; Repetition Town - The Joshua Hotel; I'm Aquarius, Night Owl - Metronomy; Hey Nineteen - Steely Dan; Indie Rokkers - MGMT; Missing U - Robyn; The English Riviera, We Broke Free - Metronomy; Untitled - Interpol; Everything Goes My Way - Metronomy; She's Bought A Hat Like Princess Marina - The Kinks; The Lost Art Of Keeping A Secret - Queens Of The Stone Age; The Look - Metronomy; F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.O.V.E - Pulp; She Wants - Metronomy; Don't Get 2 Close (2 My Fantasy) - Ween; Trouble - Metronomy; Ashes To Ashes - David Bowie; Honesty Is No Excuse - Thin Lizzy; Don't Believe A Word - Marco Mendoza w/Josh Mackenzie; The Bay - Metronomy; Atlantis To Interzone - Klaxons; Loving Arm, Corinne - Metronomy; Blockhead - DEVO; Bela Lugosi's Dead - Bauhaus; Some Written - Metronomy; Lot 105 - Blur; Love Underlined - Metronomy; Daft Punk Is Playing At My House - LCD Soundsystem; Somebody New - The Joshua Hotel

For this BONUS Patreon episode, we asked our Patrons to send in songs about drinking and/or drugs. Real talk: Alcohol/Drugs in excess can be bad, but songs about them can be awesome! If you'd like to participate in these episodes, please consider becoming a Patron today... Cheers!!

Songs featured in this episode: Heroin - Saul Williams and John Cale (Concert at the Philharmonie de Paris, April 3, 2016); Arrested For Driving While Blind - ZZ Top; I Think I'm In Love - Spiritualized; Jane Says - Jane's Addiction; High Time - Casey Musgraves; Opium Trail - Thin Lizzy; Since You Put Me Down - Margo Price; Johnny Hit & Run Pauline - X; The Masked Marauder - Country Joe and The Fish; The Straight and Narrow - Spiritualized; The King Is Gone (So Are You) - George Jones; The British Army on LSD - Luke Haines & Peter Buck; White Rabbit - The Damned; Passenger Side - Wilco; Here Comes A Regular - Replacements; Black Coffee - Black Flag; Beer - Jay Bennett; Get Off On Your Porch - Charlie Pickett; I'm Straight (Jonathan Richman Cover) - Psyclone Rangers; Golden Brown - The Stranglers; Dopesmoker - Sleep

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