Travis, Mosby & Burke are back on their bullshit with discussions, jokes, debates, and predictions for our best current artists. This is a real one, so strap in.

We talk about #FreshCuts Vol. 26 and the first 2 days of our polls for best current artists.

Travis and I get into a wide ranging discussion on nominations for #FreshCuts Vol. 25 as well as this week's 1st round of polls to decide our best current artists. And we get criticize the lazy criticism of Oasis.

Bryan Mosby, Travis Boots, and I dive into ours and Wes Dorris' picks for greatest current artists. We also ponder what the music world would have looked like if Kurt Cobain hadn't died.

Jennifer and I break down all 27 of this week's #FreshCuts (songs that most of us haven't heard, picked and voted on by the Live Wire private Facebook group). We ponder if you can appreciate a song without understanding its language, the king of daddy-daughter dance songs, Waylon Jennings at a rave, metal songs that Jennifer actually likes, buying a bug zapper, new songs that stoke nostalgia, authentic vs. performative singing voices, how young Grace Bowers is, and why the hell anyone would title a song after their garage code. We also get YouTube-exclusive #FreshCuts out of order. It's a fun listen. You can hear all 27 of this week's #FreshCuts at this YouTube link: https://youtu.be/Pgum6OT_VH8?si=LSPm_II-YLOmC12f. You can also hear 25 of #FreshCuts Vol. 23 on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6Rz4zNUwIYySUteWLxd9rh?si=b4738fae6cb04c62, Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/freshcuts-vol-23/pl.u-yZyV1MVF6JLG1, and Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/user-playlists/2f24d3092aa34d55be4f1ce492525118sune?marketplaceId=ATVPDKIKX0DER&musicTerritory=US&ref=dm_sh_gEIFKCmtZDHuHEw4m27rMBU68

Travis Boots, Bryan Mosby, and I discuss the 1st day of polls for the Live Wire private Facebook group's top 32 feel-good songs of all time. But before that, we get into a discussion on #FreshCuts and what we can do to increase engagement with songs that most of the group has never heard. It's always a great talk with Mosby and Travis, and this episode is no exception.

Does a song have to be longer than 6 minutes to be considered a jam band song? The group has some psychedelic song tendencies this week in our #FreshCuts Vol. 22 nominations, and Jennifer and Burke discuss it.  If a song is #FreshCuts-caliber, that means it’s enough to tell your friends about it. There are some strong ones this week. We also ponder the current situation of the underboob woman on Ween’s 1994 “Chocolate And Cheese” album cover, urge our male listeners over 40 to get their prostate checked, talk about not trying to know too much about a #FreshCut that we’ve never heard, get into new country dad rock, discuss how Freedy Johnston sounds like a mix of Elvis Costello and Neil Young, and we talk about people in the group shifting from recommending songs they like to recommending songs that we will like. Growth. It’s awesome. And Burke has an on-air allergic reaction to fake blues, but recovers to close out the episode with a Harry Caray impression. Hear #FreshCuts Vol. 22 on Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/playlist/72mT6oANFVLt4fj1EBAG8B?si=44db21eff72e4df9), Apple Music (https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/freshcuts-vol-22/pl.u-yZyV1yLT6JLG1, Amazon Music (https://music.amazon.com/user-playlists/57ce1f32b7da4135a2183a9621a9624esune?ref=dm_sh_S6OqmNYAIoS6JSFx10TTmTB2W), and YouTube (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhGwwDGyNc-9hUlXblVAKEfZH9bo-q1UM&si=iQE6yoScg-PtHKuR).

It's Sunday. So Jennifer and I are picking apart all of the #FreshCuts for this week. These are songs so new or so rare, most of us in the Live Wire private Facebook group haven't heard them. We get into songs by Elbow, Goldfrapp, Thou, Bukka White, Ken Pomeroy, Jack White, Simon Stokes & The Nighthawks, ODIE, Chromatics, The Wildwoods, EquallyOpposite, Phantogram, moe., Widespread Panic, Delbert McClinton & Dick50, smit, Brainstory, Pinegrove, Sharon Van Etten & Angel Olsen, Toro y Moi feat. Wet, Parlor Greens, Noah Kahan, The Cold Stares, and Billy Strings.

Jennifer and I dive into the Live Wire Facebook group's 24 #FreshCuts for Vol. 20. These are songs that most of the group hasn't heard, and we have a great time pondering word pronunciations, song meanings, and what Charley Crockett would sound like with a British accent. This is a strong collection. You can hear #FreshCuts Vol. 20 on Spotify at https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4SkdhNPpFEUvC443qWLKDs?si=1601a717be604872, on Apple Music at https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/freshcuts-vol-20/pl.u-06oxbobuyNk0Z, and Amazon Music at https://music.amazon.com/user-playlists/9d4d3e04d5c7443f9e4ea1e91786d315sune?marketplaceId=ATVPDKIKX0DER&musicTerritory=US&ref=dm_sh_BQLopJAwjryDd3S1hWyemWpLr