Trading Recs

On this special bonus episode of Trading Recs, Jaren is away dreaming of matrimony so Greg's wife, Sara, kindly joins to discuss her history with music. We also reflect on the bands we've bonded over throughout our relationship.

Sick of regular fakebooks? Well we got musician Jordan Banks (Error Jordan) on to talk Ultimate Fakebook's This Will Be Laughing Week. Greg and Jaren also share recs for That Dog's Retreat From The Sun and Pink Milk's Ultraviolet.

Greg and Jaren catch up and discuss Ravyn Lenae's Moon Shoes EP and Missy Elliot's first album, Supa Fly. We also talk Timbaland, hip hop, Nintendo 64, Spoon, and Music League.

Musician John Flannelly shares his recommendation of Cameo's Word Up! and talks about the talk box and more. Other recs for this week include Jean-Luc Ponty's Enigmatic Ocean and Zapp's 1980 self-titled.

This week Jaren and Greg discuss electronic and experimental music, the eras of chill wave and hyperpop, and the exciting elements of compilations. Also, they are real party dudes! The recommendations this episode are PC Music Vol. 1 and Congratulations, You've Won by Snowfall Tapes.

We're back from hiatus and discussing Maybe Ghosts by Baby Ghosts and Catch For Us The Foxes by mewithoutYou. We dive into our thoughts on emo, spoken word vocals, and more.

This weeks recommendations are Castle Oldchair's Sad Pants and Joni Mitchell's Blue. Jaren and Greg into the requirements of a superb folk album, and they also share a summer mix that you just gotta hear!

This week we discuss Kathleen Hanna's 1997 self-titled side-project, Julie Ruin, and Grouper's Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill. Other things we talk about the Spaghett drink, lo-fi, bedroom pop, DIY, indulging in mistakes, and how much these albums make us want to play music.

Our second episode is a bonus episode where Jaren and Greg discuss the legacy of Julee Cruise, Chucky, dream pop, and a buttload more.

In the augural episode of Trading Recs, Jaren recommends Kate Bush's The Dreaming and Greg recommends Weird Al Yankovic's Dare To Be Stupid.