The Strokes are back! Their new album, The New Abnormal, is not just the only good thing to happen in 2020, but it's also one-way-triggered Bob and Dan into revisiting Julian & The Boys' old catalog. Which brings us to First Impressions Of Earth, their divisive 2006 LP that either signaled an exciting new direction for the lo-fi NY rockers, or the beginning of the end. Or maybe both? How does this album hold up, and how does it sound now knowing the Strokes still had some gas left in the tank? Let's figure that out. But first, we've got to travel back to '06, a simpler time when the only social distancing that took place was Drew Barrymore trying to get as far away from Dan as possible.

THE STROKES - First Impressions Of Earth

Dan Hanzus and Bob Castrone love listening to music- almost as much as they love hanging out in a garage and talking about it. On The Throwback Podcast, lifelong friends revisit important albums from their past and go through them--track by track-- with fresh ears. From the classics to the cringeworthy, every week is a throwback.

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1 FM Radio + 1 Eternally Bored 15-Year-Old Bob + 1 Blank TDK D90 Cassette Tape + 2 Buttons (Play + Record) = RADIO MIX #3. Join a much, much older Bob and his 1995 Bosom Buddy Dan as they uncover a summer's worth of alt bangers from 90's luminaries like Bush, Filter, Primus, Tripping Daisy, and many, many more. We may never know what was on Radio Mixes 1 & 2, but at least we have this.

SUMMER '95 - Radio Mix #3

F*ck It, We're Doing Collective Soul

If you like the White Stripes but LOVE Mudvayne, boy, do we have the podcast for you. Let's go back to May 2005, when there were two different types of rock music battling it out on the charts, and when Bob was making some HIGHLY questionable life decisions.

MAY '05 - Modern Rock Countdown

Or Death And All His Friends... but c'mon, not BOTH, right? Buckle up, because we're about to go on a Brian Eno-led adventure through Chris Martin's deepest and strangest album ever. Even more importantly, we pose the question: How did the "Yellow" guys become the BTS guys... and YOU WON'T BELIEVE THE ANSWER!

COLDPLAY- Viva La Vida

It's The Greatest Night In Pod, as the Throwback Podcast RETURNS with a USA For Africa-sized episode destined to save the world. Dan (the Lionel Richie of this operation) and Bob (clearly the Dan Akroyd) dig into Netflix's Greatest Night In Pop doc by revisiting the artists that made "We Are The World" the most incredible song ever recorded. 
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THE STROKES - First Impressions Of Earth

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